In addition to economic and operating considerations, environmental regulations also constrain the use of flares. Regulators typically assume 98 percent VOC destruction with flares, but even assuming ...
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.
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 ...
NEW ORLEANS–Any discussion of energy production in the Gulf of Mexico must include an analysis of activity in water depths greater than 1,000 feet. The Gulf of Mexico deepwater frontier fills the lead ...
HOUSTON–Oil and gas companies are continuously pressured to not only do more with less, but do it faster, safer and cheaper. This “new normal” in oil and gas operations, spurred by market volatility, ...
KEVIN R. PETAK is vice president of natural gas and fuels market modeling at ICF International in Fairfax, Va. He has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry. Petak also directs ICF’s ...
TOMBALL, TX.–U.S. producers of all sizes responded to the economic shutdown and sub-breakeven commodity prices by dramatically cutting back budgets for drilling and completing new wells, and by ...
U.S. Frac Spread Count Data made available by Primary Vision ...
HOUSTON–The United States ranked number one in the world for both crude oil and natural gas production growth last year, and U.S. producers appear to be positioned to defend that title in 2013 and ...
The Fischer-Tropsch reactors used in smaller scale gas-to-liquids plants may be configured to efficiently produce 1,500-15,000 barrels a day of liquid fuels, consuming 15,000-150,000 MMBtu of natural ...
After a flurry of activity in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) met with some unexpected geological challenges three years ago, the persistent independent producers that stuck with the play say they ...
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 ...