The largest producing natural-gas play in Texas, and one of the biggest in North America, the Barnett Shale is an underground field of fine-grained, sedimentary rock that stretches more than a ...

To help Foolish Investors better understand the oil and gas boom in the United States, we're putting together a series of articles focusing on the major energy plays in the 48 contiguous states.

The Barnett Shale was once the darling of the U.S. oil and gas industry. From 2002 to 2010, it was the most productive source of shale gas in the country. However, it has fallen from its perch in ...

The Barnett shale is globally famous for having transformed the natural gas E&P business in North America and potentially in Europe and Asia as well.

Born in a time of dramatic price volatility for natural gas that once saw the price jump up to as high as $12 per Mcf, the development of the Barnett and other giant shale plays like the ...

But more importantly, experts say, George Mitchell’s gamble on Barnett Shale has cracked open the possibilities on shale plays the world over. “It’s a hell of a field,” Mitchell says.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — And then there was one. In October 2008, there were about 200 drilling rigs searching primarily for natural gas in the Barnett Shale. Everywhere you turned, someone was ...

The Barnett Shale gas play of North Central Texas may be the grandfather of shale gas plays in the United States, but it is still making news. Subscribe. Magazine.

The bosses of Barnett In any gas play, companies try to buy up the biggest tracts of lucrative land. Three of the top four landholders in Barnett are Devon Energy ( DVN -0.44% ) , EOG Resources ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - And then there was one. In October 2008, there were about 200 drilling rigs searching primarily for natural gas in the Barnett Shale. Everywhere you turned, someone was ...

To help Foolish Investors better understand the oil and gas boom in the United States, we're putting together a series of articles focusing on the major energy plays in the 48 contiguous states ...

To help Foolish Investors better understand the oil and gas boom in the United States, we're putting together a series of articles focusing on the major energy plays in the 48 contiguous states ...