User:Karena91/Tight Oil

Tight Oil (also known as Light Tight Oil, abbreviated LTO) is a hydrocarbon play that produces oil from shales. It uses the same horizontal well and hydraulic fracturing technology used in recent boom in production of Shale gas. It differs from Oil shale development in the API gravity and viscosity of the fluids, as well as the method of extraction.

""Tight Oil"" formations include the Bakken Shale, the Niobara Shale, and the Eagle Ford Shale.