Hope

There is money to be made in exporting liquefied U.S. natural gas, but not as much as many might think, or as consistently as some might hope, according to an analysis by Raymond James & Associates.

Gas and oil reside in the shales, but how much, and at what price, are questions researchers at the University of Oklahoma (OU) hope to answer at a new oil and gas “center of excellence.”

Gas and oil reside in the shales, but how much, and at what price, are questions researchers at the University of Oklahoma (OU) hope to answer at a new oil and gas “center of excellence.”

There is money to be made in exporting liquefied U.S. natural gas, but not as much as many might think, or as consistently as some might hope, according to an analysis by Raymond James & Associates.

The U.S. onshore rig count currently is “trendless,” but there’s hope for some direction in first quarter reports by three of the top domestic oilfield services providers, Schlumberger Ltd., Baker Hughes Inc. and Halliburton Co., according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Inc. (TPH).

The federal government wants to keep closer tabs on the “fast-growing” natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and Utica Shale in Ohio.

Industry needs all the help it can get to fulfill visions of a northern energy mother lode that the Canol Shale exploration campaign is reviving, said a geologist.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has drafted proposed rules for sampling and monitoring groundwater before and after new wells are drilled, as well as changes to setbacks, which formalizes some procedures that the industry had begun voluntarily last year (see Shale Daily, Aug. 4, 2011).

Riding high on record profits and continuing efficiencies, the contract drilling sector nevertheless faces uncertainties during the first half of next year that require patience and flexibility, said the CEO of Tulsa-based Helmerich & Payne Inc. (HP).