Shale plays first come to mind when one considers unconventional resources. These unconventional resource plays may yield natural gas, gas condensates, and crude oil. Some of the more noteworthy shale plays in North America include the Barnett, Haynesville, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, Woodford, Bakken, Niobrara, Horn River, and Utica formations. Tight gas, coalbed methane, oil sands, and heavy oil are non-shale unconventional resources.
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Oneok completes Bakken, Mont Belvieu NGL projects
Apr 10, 2013
Oneok Partners LP has completed three projects that are part of its previously announced growth program through 2015. |
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CenterPoint to gather XTO Bakken crude production
Apr 9, 2013
CenterPoint Energy Bakken Crude Services LLC (CEBCS), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy Inc., has entered into a long-term agreement with XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp, to gather XTO’s crude oil production through a new crude oil gathering and transportation pipeline system in North Dakota's Bakken formation. |
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EIA: US investments in shale plays highlight foreign JVs
Apr 9, 2013
Investments in shale plays in the US, which totaled $133.7 billion during 2008-12, highlight a renewed trend toward foreign joint ventures, the US Energy Information Administration reported. JVs by non-US companies accounted for 20% of this total. |
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PGC: US natural gas resource estimate rises 25% in 2 years
Apr 9, 2013
Technically recoverable US natural gas resources were a record 2,384 tcf at yearend 2012, 25% (486 tcf) more than the previous record-high assessment 2 years earlier, the Potential Gas Committee reported. |
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Piceance Niobrara gas discovery tops 1 bcf in 100 days
Apr 8, 2013
A Niobrara shale discovery well on production for 100 days in western Colorado’s Piceance basin has recovered more than 1 bcf of gas, the same volume as a typical well recovers from the Williams Fork formation in a 25-30-year life, said WPX Energy Inc., Tulsa.
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The Cotton Valley subsurface formation is a tight gas play in Northeast Texas and Northwest Louisiana located just above the Haynesville/Bossier Shale. It is Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous in origin and consists of sandstone, limestone, and shale. The depth of the Cotton Valley formation is roughly 7,800 to 10,000 feet. Although it is mainly a natural gas play, some oil has been produced in parts of the Cotton Valley.
Some of the more active producers in the Cotton Valley are Petrohawk Energy, Goodrich Petroleum, Exco Resources, Forest Oil, XTO Energy (now part of ExxonMobil), Questar, Penn Virginia, Cabot Oil & Gas, Devon Energy, and El Paso Corp.
SandRidge Energy appoints executive vice-president
Jun 14, 2011
SandRidge Energy Inc., Oklahoma City, appointed David C. Lawler to executive vice-president, operations. |
EXCO-BG ramps up Haynesville gas output
Mar 1, 2010
EXCO Resources Inc. has hiked gross production to 340 MMcfd in its Haynesville shale 50-50 joint venture with BG Group PLC and has begun horizontal drilling in the Marcellus shale.
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Special Report: GAS SHALE—1: Seven plays dominate North America activity
Sep 28, 2009
Seven shale plays dominate today's North America natural gas potential reserves additions and production increases.
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Firm plans work on four blocks in Ecuador
Apr 20, 2009
Ecuador’s state-owned Petroamazonas, a subsidiary of national oil company Petroecuador that operates oil assets previously owned by Occidental Petroleum Corp., expects to develop oil fields on four oil blocks this year.
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Emphasis on urban areas affects drilling in Ohio
Mar 9, 2009
Effective Sept. 16, 2004, a law went into effect that gives the Division of Mineral Resources Management sole authority in Ohio to regulate the permitting, locating, drilling, and operating of oil and gas wells and production facilities.
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UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-5: Rising drilling, stimulation costs pressure economics
Oct 15, 2007
The sharp recent rise in well drilling and particularly well stimulation costs has led to the concern that much of the US unconventional gas resource may be becoming uneconomic.
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UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-1: Reserves, production grew greatly during last decade
Sep 3, 2007
From an emerging resource 1 decade ago, and a mostly overlooked resource 2 decades ago, unconventional gas is now a core business of many large independent producers and a growing number of the major oil and gas companies.
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East Texas Deep Bossier gas deliveries expanding
Apr 16, 2007
The East Texas Deep Bossier gas play is growing fast with some of the country’s highest-delivering wells and a lot of room to grow.
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OGJ Newsletter
Mar 19, 2007
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COMPANY NEWS: Statoil, Norsk Hydro to merge in $30 billion deal
Jan 1, 2007
The boards of Norway’s Statoil ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA have agreed to merge their oil and gas operations in a deal valued at about $30 billion, creating the world’s largest offshore operator.
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US onshore industry bustles with high prices, decline legacy
May 12, 2003
Relatively high gas and oil prices are exerting more punch into US onshore exploration and development.
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GMX Resources maintains focus on finding natural gas in core areas
Oct 21, 2002
GMX Resources Inc. will base its future growth on maintaining a focus on exploration and development of natural gas in its core areas of operation, according to Ken Kenworthy Jr., chairman, president, and CEO.
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XTO picks Lower 48 onshore gas as 'the better way to go'
Oct 21, 2002
XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, Tex., is an acquisition and development firm that decided in the late 1990s that its best chance for success was exploitation of natural gas properties, primarily in the Lower 48.
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OGJ Newsletter
Jul 1, 2002
As anticipated, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided last week to keep its current oil production quota through September. OPEC members called for cooperation from other producers in curbing crude supplies "to minimize price volatility and maintain market stability."
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Search for gas in Triassic reefs progresses in northern Israel
Feb 18, 2002
A private independent is exploring what it calls a significant Triassic reef trend in northern Israel.
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