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  • Volume 2, Issue 6

    • Volume 2, Issue 6

    HSE

    A message from Oil & Gas Journal

    Dec. 15, 2014
    An important transition occurred during production of this issue of Unconventional Oil & Gas Report.
    Production Operations

    US Forest Service takes no stance on fracturing in national forest

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The US Forest Service has dropped a proposal that would have banned hydraulic fracturing in the George Washington National Forest.
    Discoveries

    EOG sees crude potential in Leonard, Second Bone Spring

    Dec. 12, 2014
    EOG Resources considers various formations within the Delaware basin of West Texas and New Mexico to be one of its three top US plays with the other two plays being the Eagle ...
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    Companies

    Encana plans to hit the ground running in Permian

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Encana Corp. has announced its second major acquisition in a Texas oil play this year, agreeing in September to acquire Permian basin-focused producer Athlon Energy Inc. for $...
    Companies

    Linn sells down Permian position

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Linn Energy LLC, of Houston, has agreed to sell assets in Ector and Midland counties, Tex., to Fleur de Lis Energy LLC, of Dallas, for $350 million.

    More content from Volume 2, Issue 6

    Exploration & Development

    Frac ban exemption made in Broomfield

    Dec. 12, 2014
    A Colorado District Court judge has ruled that a hydraulic fracturing ban in Broomfield, Colo., does not apply to an operator that entered into an agreement with the city before...
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    Exploration & Development

    Uncertainty lingers about local content rules as Mexico prepares for competitive bid round

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The energy industry around the world has it eyes on Mexico as the country implements constitutional and legislative reforms that are set to open its energy industry up to private...
    Companies

    Linn exits Anadarko basin in deal worth $1.95 billion

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Linn Energy LLC has agreed to sell all of its oil and gas properties and related midstream assets in the western Anadarko basin for $1.95 billion to FourPoint Energy LLC and EnerVest...
    Companies

    Eagle Ford sweet spots still profitable

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The average Eagle Ford well remains viable with US light, sweet crude prices at $80/bbl, but the economics of some wells outside the play's sweet spots could prove vulnerable ...
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    New Plants

    Eagle Ford economic boost jumps to $87 billion

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The Texas Eagle Ford shale supported more than 155,000 full-time equivalent jobs and provided more than $2.2 billion in revenue for local governments and the state in 2013, according...
    Exploration & Development

    COGA calls frac fluid study "sound science"

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Chemicals used in fracturing fluid appear to be no more toxic than chemicals commonly found in homes, said an analysis by University of Colorado Boulder researchers who studied...
    Home

    Barnett Briefs

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Barnett shale boosts Texas economic activityThe Barnett shale remains a driving economic force in North Texas, even though the number of active rigs has declined in recent years...
    Discoveries

    OSHA seeks to limit silica exposure for oil workers, Proposed rules target frac sand mining, fracturing

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The rapid growth in oil and gas production from shale and tight oil formations in the US is generating a boom in a related industry: frac sand. Sand is frequently used as a proppant...
    General Interest

    EnCana, Talisman optimist on Montney, Duvernay

    Dec. 12, 2014
    EnCana Corp. has achieved significant cost savings in the Montney and Duvernay plays, executives told analysts while discussing EnCana's third-quarter earnings conference.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    West Cornwall Township hears from Sunoco Logistics

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Sunoco Logistics Partners outlined its safety systems during a West Cornwall Township meeting in Pennsylvania on Nov. 10.
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    Companies

    Southwestern makes $5.4 billion bet on Marcellus

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Southwestern Energy Co. is purchasing Appalachian assets from Chesapeake Energy Corp. in a deal that more than doubles its leasehold in the Marcellus shale and grants it a foothold...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    ETP eyes larger capacity for planned Bakken pipe

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Energy Transfer Partners LP has launched a binding expansion open season to boost capacity on a planned pipeline system that would move oil from the Bakken and Three Forks shales...
    Production Operations

    Study links methane contamination in water wells to poor well construction-not fracing-in Marcellus

    Dec. 12, 2014
    A new study found that fugitive gas contamination at eight clusters of water wells in the Marcellus and Barnett shale regions might be linked to well integrity issues but not ...
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    Production Operations

    Weak crude prices could threaten Bakken production growth

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Bakken shale production set another record in August, but weakening crude prices and flaring reduction efforts threatened to temper production growth.
    Discoveries

    Bakken producers face possible new vapor pressure standards

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Oil producers in the Bakken, Three Forks, and Sanish plays could face new transportation safety regulations from the North Dakota Industrial Commission that would set operating...
    General Interest

    Common interests lead to Gtuit, Corval partnership

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Gtuit was started 3 years ago by three engineers in Billings, Mont, who developed a mobile, remote NGL capture and gas conditioning system.
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    Gas Processing

    Bakken flaring plan for Hess includes remote NGL capture

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Hess Corp., taking seriously a state mandate to reduce flaring in the Bakken shale, has adopted the use of a remote NGL capture technology at a handful of North Dakota wellsites...
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    Companies

    WoodMac: US unconventional enters new stage

    Dec. 12, 2014
    The unconventional oil and gas revolution is entering into a new stage with drilling and completion techniques pioneered in unconventional plays now being used to exploit all ...
    Companies

    Canada Briefs

    Dec. 12, 2014
    Encana sells Alberta CBM assets to EmberEncana Corp. has agreed to sell the majority of its Clearwater coalbed methane (CBM) assets in Alberta, Canada, to Ember Resources Inc....