Sandstone

Adding modified graphene nanoribbons to a polymer and then microwaving the mixture appears to reinforce wellbores drilled to extract oil and natural gas, making wells more stable and reducing production costs, Rice University researchers have discovered.

The same horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies that unlocked gushers across North America’s unconventional plays have so far turned up meager results in North Dakota’s Tyler Shale in Slope County.

Gill Ranch Storage LLC (GRS), a subsidiary of NW Natural, has begun service from a new underground storage facility at Gill Ranch near Fresno, CA.

Unconventional natural gas resources — coalbed methane, gas shale and tight sandstone — have buoyed North American production, but on the downside, production per well is lower, thus raising unit costs, which means that continued higher gas prices are needed to maintain output on a flat trajectory, according to a joint study by energy consultants Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and IHS.

Unconventional natural gas resources — coalbed methane, gas shale and tight sandstone — have buoyed North American production, but on the downside, production per well is lower, thus raising unit costs, which means that continued higher gas prices are needed to maintain output on a flat trajectory, according to a joint study by energy consultants Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and IHS.

Honeoye Storage Corp. has received FERC approval to expand itswestern New York sandstone storage facility to provide anadditional 1.8 Bcf of firm service capacity under market-basedrates. Honeoye plans an open season to start before the end of Juneand run through July.

Honeoye Storage Corp. has received FERC approval to expand itswestern New York sandstone storage facility to provide anadditional 1.8 Bcf of firm service capacity under market-basedrates. Honeoye plans an open season to start before the end of Juneand run through July.