Sentences with phrase «small shale drillers»

Companies like Anadarko (NYSE: APC) are too large to offer the huge upside potential that small shale drillers have, but they are also not as safe as the likes of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), leaving them with a tricky investment case.

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The recent oil shale boom was powered mostly by small firms because larger multinationals like Exxon and BP are structured for big payoff, technically - difficult projects like deep water drilling and Arctic exploration.

A rush to invest and drill Top producers Chesapeake Energy and Exxon Mobil Corp., along with hundreds of big and small oil and gas producers, are pouring billions of dollars into developing North American shale formations.

Many small - cap energy firms that operate in more expensive - to - drill shale formations, and that have heavier debt loads, have sold off hard, pushing their share prices down.

After the wells on a pad are drilled, cased and cemented, a device perforates the horizontal part of the production pipe to make small holes in the casing, exposing the wellbore to the shale.