DES PLAINES, IL.–Natural gas is cleaner burning and more flexible than other fuels, and is available in abundant supply, thanks to shale plays. It delivers clear economic as well as environmental ...

The Barnett Shale, the granddaddy of domestic shale gas plays, is located beneath one of the most populated urban centers in the country: the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and its 5 million inhabitants.

OKLAHOMA CITY–The success of the Barnett Shale has operators in search of similar producing formations across the country. One such formation is the Woodford Shale, which stretches from southern ...

HOUSTON–When golfing great Bobby Jones won all four major golf championships in 1930, a writer for the New York Sun quipped that Jones had “stormed the impregnable quadrilateral of golf.” Today, we ...

HOUSTON–Utilizing a “design one, build two (or more)” production facilities approach, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and its partners achieved first oil on a newly installed truss spar at the deepwater Gulf ...

As crude oil prices continue to climb, South Texas operators are zeroing in on new horizons in the Eagle Ford Shale and revisiting a formation once thought to be an industry classic: the Austin Chalk.

EVERGREEN CO.–Producers continue to shift significant budget dollars to liquids-rich plays, including high-Btu gas and crude/condensate production with high-Btu associated gas. The result is growing ...

HOUSTON–Over the past decade, the upstream industry has observed the rapid evolution of advanced seismic acquisition. Sometimes referred to as “specialized” acquisition, these customized solutions not ...

HOUSTON–With the dog days of summer in full run, global energy markets continue to experience an unusual set of business conditions. On the one hand is an ultratight supply and demand balance, which ...

HOUSTON–Well bore ballooning or breathing during drilling has become a greater challenge in horizontal resource plays. Ballooning is a formation anomaly whereby pumped fluids’ circulating friction ...

THE WOODLANDS, TX.–With more rigs now targeting crude oil than natural gas reserves, oil is spurring increased demand for all types of production and artificial lift equipment and services. While ...

COVINGTON, LA.–From the largest major and national oil companies to the smallest independents, offshore operators the world over are embracing standardized “design one, build many” field development ...