HOUSTON–For decades, companies drilling for oil and gas had law and history on their side. Drilling was a noisy, dusty and intrusive business, but it was heard and seen primarily by passing motorists ...

THE WOODLANDS, TX.–With natural and hydraulically induced fracture permeability largely dictating well performance in unconventional reservoirs, the geoscientist’s “tool kit” requires innovative ...

OKLAHOMA CITY–Following successful applications of high-viscosity friction reducer (HVFR) as a value-adding completion fluid in horizontal resource plays such as the Bakken, Permian and Eagle Ford, ...

PARKERSBURG, W.V.– Daily footage has become a key metric in quantifying Northeast drilling efficiency, and the pace of the improvement has been phenomenal. Six or seven years ago, drilling 2,500 feet ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY–Oil and gas companies understand the challenges associated with dealing with massive quantities of data, as well as the competitive advantages that come from rapidly extracting ...

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 ...

PLANO, TX.–Chevron Corp. initiated the first large-scale enhanced oil recovery project in the world to use carbon dioxide as the working fluid in 1972 in the Texas Permian Basin. Four decades later in ...

DENVER–In tight oil plays such as the Niobrara, Bakken and Eagle Ford, multiwell pads with four or more high-volume horizontal wells–often producing multiphase liquid and gas streams–require ...

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 ...

Horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing have unlocked vast quantities of natural gas in shale reservoirs. The lessons learned are being modified to achieve the same success in a ...

WASHINGTON–U.S. crude oil production has risen sharply in recent years, with much of the increased output moving to market by rail. In 2008, U.S. Class I railroads originated 9,500 carloads of crude ...