Conventional

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working on a set of draft rules that would require natural gas producers to submit comprehensive water management plans when they apply to drill horizontal wells in the Marcellus Shale.

Continued growth in production of shale gas and recent discoveries in deep waters offshore is expected to increase domestic natural gas production through 2035 and will be reflected in the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) next Annual Energy Outlook, which is due out in December, according to EIA Administrator Richard Newell.

North American operators are continuing to shift from conventional natural gas plays “to oil and shales, particularly the gas and condensate plays,” which puts Weatherford International Ltd. in a particularly strong position, CEO Bernard Duroc-Danner said last week.

North American operators are continuing to shift from conventional natural gas plays “to oil and shales, particularly the gas and condensate plays,” which puts Weatherford International Ltd. in a particularly strong position, CEO Bernard Duroc-Danner said Tuesday.

Houston City Council last week approved a three-year agreement with Southern Star Exploration LLC to explore for conventional natural gas beneath three municipal parks and a public works center in an industrial area.

Houston City Council on Wednesday approved a three-year agreement with Southern Star Exploration LLC to explore for conventional natural gas beneath three municipal parks and a public works center in an industrial area.

While conventional and shallow drilling die down, Canadian natural gas producers with deep enough pockets to outlive current low prices are switching to larger, more technical tight and shale targets for their next generation of supplies.

North American natural gas production is no longer opportunity-constrained, it’s market-constrained, as the swift, stunning growth of unconventional plays already has overtaken conventional drilling, according to industry leaders and energy pundits, who shared their expertise and advice at Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ CERAWeek in Houston.

North American natural gas production is no longer opportunity-constrained, it’s market-constrained, as the swift, stunning growth of unconventional plays already has overtaken conventional drilling, according to industry leaders and energy pundits, who shared their expertise and advice last week at Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ CERAWeek in Houston.