The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Thursday said it will study the potential risks of a technique used to stimulate production of shale gas — known as hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) — on water quality and public health. Producers say they are confident that the study — if conducted objectively — will show hydrofracing to be safe.
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Ultra Adds Acreage in Marcellus Leasehold
Ultra Petroleum Corp. on Monday agreed to pay $400 million to a private company to acquire an additional 80,000 net acres in the Pennsylvania portion of the Marcellus Shale.
Barclays: Conventional Declines Overshadow Canada’s Shale Gains
The Horn River and Montney shale plays in British Columbia — like their counterparts in the Lower 48 — have a productive future, but their bright outlook is overshadowed by steep declines in conventional Canadian production due to maturing fields and substantial cutbacks in drilling, according to analysts at Barclays Capital.
Midwest Utilities Stick to Procurement Script
Natural gas prices that some might describe as astronomically low and the unfolding of the North American shale gas story aren’t enough to dissuade the chief executives of at least two Midwestern utilities from their tried-and-true gas procurement strategies.
Despite Volatility, Midwest Utilities Stick to Procurement Script
Natural gas prices that some might describe as astronomically low and the unfolding of the North American shale gas story aren’t enough to dissuade the chief executives of at least two Midwestern utilities from their tried-and-true gas procurement strategies.
North Dakota Slowly Tapering Gas Flares
Thanks to the Bakken Shale, North Dakota oil production set a record last year; however, the oil bounty also drove up the flaring of associated gas to a high of more than one-third of production last December, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).
North Dakota Slowly Turning Down Gas Flare Flames
Thanks to the Bakken Shale, North Dakota oil production set a record last year; however, the oil bounty also drove up the flaring of associated gas to a high of more than one-third of production last December, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).
Initial Study of Barnett Tremors Points to Reinjection Well
Initial findings indicate a “possible correlation” exists between a series of recent small earthquakes in the Barnett Shale and one of Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s reinjection wells used to dispose of saltwater, officials said late Thursday. As a precaution, Chesapeake said it has shut two disposal wells.
Initial Study of Barnett Tremors Points to Reinjection Well
Initial findings indicate a “possible correlation” exists between a series of recent small earthquakes in the Barnett Shale and one of Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s reinjection wells used to dispose of saltwater, officials said last week. As a precaution, Chesapeake said it has shut two disposal wells.
Midcontinent Express Gets FERC Nod, Moves to Expand
Just days after FERC approved the mammoth pipeline project, backers of the Midcontinent Express Pipeline, which would give shale producers in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma access to southern and eastern markets, last Tuesday announced that they had completed a successful binding open season for a 300,000 Dth/d expansion of a portion of the planned system.