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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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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Penn Virginia to buy Eagle Ford shale assets from Magnum Hunter
Apr 8, 2013
Penn Virginia Corp. agreed to pay Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. $400 million to acquire producing and undeveloped leasehold interests in the South Texas Eagle Ford shale, said the Radnor, Pa., independent. |
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International Unconventional
The Midcontinent Granite Wash is a series of tight gas plays (Lard Ranch, Buffalo Wallow, Stiles Ranch, and Colony West) that runs from the Texas Panhandle to Southwest Oklahoma. There is some oil production in the Granite Wash, mainly in Oldham and Gray counties in Texas. The sandstone reservoir is about 160 miles long and 30 miles wide. Operators are using both horizontal and vertical drilling to produce reserves from this longtime target.
Economic rates are achieved by multi-stage, slickwater fracture treatments and close attention to costs. There are over 2600 operating wells in the Granite Wash, and some of the operators include Chesapeake Energy, Newfield Exploration, Penn Virginia, Cimarex Energy, Questar, Linn Energy, Forest Oil, Apache Corp., BNK Petroleum, Devon Energy, and Cordillera Energy Partners III.
Chesapeake contemplates exiting Permian basin
Feb 14, 2012
Chesapeake Energy Corp. recently received industry inquiries about a complete exit from the Permian basin, the company said Feb. 13, acknowledging that it might consider selling all its Permian basin assets if it were to receive a compelling offer. |
Linn Energy to buy Granite Wash oil, gas assets for $600 million
Nov 8, 2011
Linn Energy LLC agreed to acquire US Midcontinent oil and natural gas assets from Plains Exploration & Production Co. for $600 million. The acquisition will double Linn’s inventory of Granite Wash horizontal drilling sites in Texas and Oklahoma to more than 400. |
Eagle Rock to expand processing in Granite Wash play
Nov 1, 2011
Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, will build a 125-MMcfd high-efficiency cryogenic processing plant in Wheeler County, Tex., in the Texas Panhandle’s Granite Wash natural gas play. |
Midstream operator hikes NGL takeaway in Texas Panhandle
Sep 9, 2011
Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, has amended its long-term NGL marketing agreement with Oneok Hydrocarbon LP to increase Oneok’s volume takeaway commitment from processing plants in the Texas Panhandle. |
Parnon plans Oklahoma crude oil pipeline
Aug 10, 2011
Parnon Gathering Inc., Tulsa, will lay 109 miles of 8-in. crude oil pipeline between Cherokee and Cushing, Okla. |
Eagle Rock to install cryogenic plant in Granite Wash
Aug 1, 2011
Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, will install a recently acquired 60-MMcfd cryogenic processing plant in Hemphill County, Tex., in the Granite Wash play of the Texas Panhandle. |
MarkWest to add plant for Granite Wash gas
Feb 24, 2011
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, Denver, plans to build a third plant at its Arapaho gas processing complex in western Oklahoma to handle production from the expanding Granite Wash play. |
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Dec 27, 2010
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Forest Oil plans Canadian subsidiary spinoff
Dec 14, 2010
Forest Oil Corp. plans to sell 19.9% of its subsidiary, Lone Pine Resources Inc., in an initial public offering to be followed by a spinoff of Forest’s remaining shares in Lone Pine to Forest’s shareholders. |
OGJ Newsletter
Nov 22, 2010
International News for Oil and Gas professionals
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Unit adds plant, steps up Granite Wash drilling
Nov 17, 2010
Unit Corp., Tulsa, is in final stages of completing a 50 MMcfd turboexpander gas processing plant in the northeastern Texas Panhandle, where it is stepping up horizontal drilling in the Granite Wash oil and gas play. |
OGJ Newsletter
Nov 8, 2010
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Plains All American to boost Midcontinent crude capacity
Nov 3, 2010
Plains All American Pipeline LP announced its Midcontinent Expansion Project, providing additional takeaway capacity for increased crude production in the Cleveland Sand, Granite Wash, and Colony Wash development areas. |
OGJ Newsletter
Aug 2, 2010
International news for oil and gas professionals
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