Not exact matches
«This year, however, (OPEC's) production curbs will increasingly have to make do
with playing second fiddle to a Texas - sized wave of U.S.
shale growth,» Stephen Brennock, oil analyst at PVM Oil Associates, said in a research note Wednesday.
This study compares the early stage development of the Duvernay
shale play in Alberta
with the later stage development of the Eagle Ford
shale play in Texas, looking for similarities between the two
plays.
According to management, it can upgrade the facility to produce 1.6 million tons
with modest capital investments and will
play a critical role in expanding U.S. Silica's sales in the Haynesville and Marcellus / Utica
shales.
«I want to see proper environmental safeguards and generous community benefits for the areas where fracking will take place, but does my right hon. Friend agree that
shale gas has the potential not only to lead an industrial renaissance in this country but to
play a serious part in dealing
with fuel poverty?»
The state sits on one of the nation's richest
shale deposits, the Marcellus, and is the last state in the nation
with a major
shale play to authorize fracking.
Other parts of the country
with shale beds («
plays» in industry parlance), such as Wyoming, Colorado, Arkansas, and Louisiana, have experienced similar gas drilling booms.
I think that
shale gas and drilling
plays like RIG, SDRL, SD, TLM, CIE, OAS, etc. are too risky but some of them will be a long - term story, but, if I can not sleep well
with these in night, I do not buy them.
As news spread over the weekend of the death of George P. Mitchell, the 94 - year - old Texas oil man widely credited
with playing a pivotal role in unlocking the
shale energy era, I reached out for a reaction from Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer - winning chronicler of humanity's fossil fuel era.
With the heavy support from José Manuel Barroso, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Romania have all played a leading role in undermining shale gas legislation, with allies Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to a letter written by the UK Permanent Representation and obtained by Friends of the Ea
With the heavy support from José Manuel Barroso, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Romania have all
played a leading role in undermining
shale gas legislation,
with allies Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to a letter written by the UK Permanent Representation and obtained by Friends of the Ea
with allies Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to a letter written by the UK Permanent Representation and obtained by Friends of the Earth.
The history behind the
shale gas boom remained relatively unknown until late 2011, when researchers at the Breakthrough Institute conducted an extensive investigation revealing the role that federal agencies like the Department of Energy and the National Laboratories
played in supporting gas industry experimentation
with shale fracking.
[34][35] According to the US Geological Survey: «It was not until development of the Barnett Shale
play in the 1990s that a technique suitable for fracturing
shales was developed» [36] Although Mitchell experimented
with horizontal wells, early results were not successful, and the Barnett Shale boom became highly successful
with vertical wells.
The Marcellus
shale in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York, once thought to be
played out, is estimated to hold 168 - 516 trillion cubic feet (14.6 trillion cubic metres) still available
with horizontal drilling.
Argentina is on the brink of an oil and gas production explosion,
with its top
shale plays forecasted to vastly increase oil and gas production in the country through mid-century.