Subsurface

Study Says Fracking Didn’t Cause Methane in Dimock Wells

A study published in Groundwater, a scientific journal for groundwater hydrogeologists published by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), said Marcellus Shale gas drilling did not cause methane contamination in private water wells in Dimock Township, PA.

July 24, 2013

Mexican Shale Prospects Uncertain, Analyst Claims

While the potential is widely recognized, a shale boom in Mexico akin to the rest of North America is unlikely any time soon, an analyst with the Houston office of Wood Mackenzie told NGI.

July 6, 2012

Williams to Triple Subsurface Drilling in Piceance Basin

Williams’ exploration and production (E&P) business is expected to at least triple the number of its subsurface drilling locations in the Trail Ridge area of the northern Piceance Basin after winning approval of its application for 10-acre bottom-hole well density from the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission.

December 15, 2005

BLM Lease Auction Nets $677,000 from AR, MS and WV Properties

The Eastern States division of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reported Monday that 45 parcels of federal subsurface mineral estate brought in $677,000 through a competitive auction of oil and gas leases on the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests in Arkansas, the DeSoto, Homochitto and Tombigbee National Forests in Mississippi and the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

June 28, 2005