As independent producers of natural gas seek to foster markets for their molecules, the bulk of the attention has been focused in only a few areas such as power generation, transportation and possible ...

HOUSTON–The Midland Basin is seeing an unprecedented boom in pad drilling driven by stacked pays in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations. Operators are targeting up to four reservoirs in one section ...

HOUSTON–Seneca Resources completed a group of Marcellus Shale horizontal wells in sequential order with preplanned fracture and reservoir diagnostics to better understand completion and stimulation ...

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.

With horizontal resource plays continuing to set the tone for North American operators, it comes as little surprise that the forecast calls for an increase in hydraulic fracturing services in the ...

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 ...

Kirk Raney is a petrochemist and principal consultant for Locus Bio-Energy SolutionsTM LLC, an Ohio-based company providing upstream nonbacterial, microbial-based solutions such as AssurEOR FLOWTM for ...

MORGANTOWN, W.V.–The ultimate goal in shale reservoirs is to produce wells at the highest economic rate while maintaining the integrity of the reservoir and completion, ensuring the maximum value of ...

HOUSTON–In early 2014, BHP Billiton began experimenting with well design variations to optimize and uniformly align its multiple-rig Eagle Ford drilling program in Karnes and DeWitt counties in South ...

AUSTIN, TX.–All geoscientists operate with a paradigm or working hypothesis on the nature of the subsurface in their project areas. Having a working model is imperative for predicting the nature and ...

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s annual report on oil and gas activity, operators produced 6.1 trillion cubic feet from the Marcellus and Utica in 2018–the most ...

From the panhandle of West Virginia to eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Pennsylvania, independent operators are finding great success drilling longer laterals and becoming more ...