Prolific

The Pinedale Anticline in southwestern Wyoming, home to the prolific Jonah Field, covers only about 90 square miles on about 150,000 acres, but the natural gas output from the fairway’s tight sands has been nothing short of remarkable. Producers now are conducting tests that could make output from the play even more remarkable — because of the unknown potential of the region’s gas shale.

The adjectives used to describe the Barnett Shale play — “prolific,” “gas-rich,” “abundant” — may have, at times, seemed superfluous. But the simple language EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa used last week to describe his take on the Texas play may be the most descriptive: “bigger than we expected.”

The prolific Barnett Shale natural gas field, second only to the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, appears to extend much farther south than previously estimated, EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa said Wednesday. And based on its success in the Texas shale, Papa said EOG is going to focus on discovering new plays amenable to horizontal drilling — a key driver in the Barnett’s growth.

Gas production from the prolific Barnett Shale in North Texas is driving further expansion of transportation and gas processing assets in the region. Energy Transfer Partners LP of Dallas announced two projects Wednesday: a processing facility in Johnson County, TX, and a 36-inch pipeline expansion connecting the Barnett Shale to the company’s 30-inch Texoma pipeline.

Talisman Energy Inc. subsidiary Fortuna Energy Inc. of Calgary began production from two prolific gas wells in New York’s Appalachian Basin, and the latest results from the upper Black River Formation are showing the same promise that’s been seen in recent years.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP’s 650 MMcf/d Fort Worth Basin Pipeline, designed to help move natural gas from the prolific Barnett Shale production area of North Texas, is now in operation, the company said Thursday.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP’s 650 MMcf/d Fort Worth Basin Pipeline, designed to help move natural gas from the prolific Barnett Shale production area of North Texas, is now in operation, the company said Thursday.

Pipeline companies have scores of projects on the drawing board to export gas from the prolific Rocky Mountains region, but they are awaiting firm producer and customer commitments before going ahead with them, according to pipe executives.

Pipeline companies have scores of projects on the drawing board to export gas from the prolific Rocky Mountains region, but they are awaiting producer and customer commitments before going ahead with them, according to pipe executives.