Productivity

Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed a method that may help producers more easily identify natural gas-rich areas in the Marcellus Shale for exploratory wells.

U.S. well productivity gains posted last year may not repeat in 2019 with the same magnitude, but domestic output still should drive the global market in the next decade, according to Raymond James & Associates Inc.

U.S. shale producers are pulling out more oil and gas at a much lower cost, setting them on course to accelerate activity later this year and into 2018.

U.S. oil prices should hold between $50-60/bbl through 2020 on improved unconventional productivity and increased overseas supplies, Goldman Sachs is forecasting.

Productivity gains made in U.S. unconventional oilfields were solid last year and now are melding into more quality driven gains, improved by optimizing targets and increasing fractures, Goldman Sachs & Co. said Wednesday.

Productivity gains made in U.S. unconventional oilfields were solid last year and now are melding into more quality driven gains, improved by optimizing targets and increasing fractures, Goldman Sachs & Co. said Wednesday.

Upstream operators may be scrutinizing their dwindling finances, but they haven’t stopped investing in digital technologies to improve well completions and capital efficiencies, according to a new global survey.

Natural gas production from the seven major U.S. unconventional shale plays is projected to decline through February, with the Marcellus and Eagle Ford expected to see the biggest drops, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) updated Drilling Productivity Report released Monday.

Total monthly natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale is projected to decline slightly year/year in December and January for the first time since the play emerged as a major gas producing region, according to data from the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR).