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The Bureau of Economic Geology Shale Production and Reserves Study at the University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $350,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for an 18-month study reviewing prior analysis of major U.S. shale gas plays: the Barnett, Fayetteville, Haynesville and Marcellus.

The United States now holds more recoverable oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia, thanks to the unconventional revolution, according to a three-year global review by Rystad Energy.

Colorado oil/natural gas producers found a lot to like in a new West Slope air quality study released on Tuesday by researchers at Colorado State University (CSU). It follows bullish new reserve estimates for the Piceance Basin (see Shale Daily,June 8).

Texas will get 22 more seismic monitoring stations to supplement the 17 units already in place as part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program administered by the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Ottawa, Canada-based Nanometrics recently signed a US$1.98 million contract to supply and help deploy equipment.

Texas will get 22 more seismic monitoring stations to supplement the 17 units already in place as part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program administered by the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Ottawa, Canada-based Nanometrics recently signed a US$1.98 million contract to supply and help deploy equipment.

Natural gas and oil exploration firms hung on to free access to Canadian offshore and northern geological treasure maps in a landmark Alberta court verdict against a property rights crusade by a Calgary seismic survey enterprise.

Natural gas and oil exploration firms hung on to free access to Canadian offshore and northern geological treasure maps in a landmark Alberta court verdict against a property rights crusade by a Calgary seismic survey enterprise.

March natural gas is called 8 cents higher Friday morning at $2.05 as weather forecasts trend in the cooler direction past mid-month. Overnight oil markets were mixed.

Drought-sensitive California oil/gas regulators on Friday issued violation notices to 56 operators in the state for failing to report water data on time.