Touting

U.S. natural gas producers are touting a variety of innovative systems they use to recycle the huge amounts of water needed to hydraulically fracture their unconventional wells in the face of mounting pressure from environmental groups and the threat of more regulation.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. is touting a net recovery potential of more than 2 Tcf from yet another North American natural gas shale play, this time in Colorado’s Raton Basin, which is expected to contribute to the Dallas-based independent’s growing output in the coming years.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. is touting a net recovery potential of more than 2 Tcf from yet another North American natural gas shale play, this time in Colorado’s Raton Basin, which is expected to contribute to the Dallas-based independent’s growing output in the coming years.

With other Canadian provinces touting large natural gas discoveries, Alberta has backtracked on its royalty regime changes and now will offer substantial breaks for deep oil and gas drilling.

With other Canadian provinces touting large natural gas discoveries, Alberta has backtracked on its royalty regime changes and now will offer substantial breaks for deep oil and gas drilling.

As the oil and natural gas industry explores ever-deeper targets, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the Department of Energy (DOE) is touting a groundbreaking pre-drill seismic technology to confirm deep oil and natural gas reserves.

Talisman Energy Inc. is touting its Alberta Outer Foothills conventional gas development as a “major new natural gas play” that could yield 200 MMcf/d of production by the end of the decade. The company currently is drilling four wells with the expectation that each will produce 6-10 MMcf/d with 6-10 Bcf of recoverable reserves per well.

Talisman Energy Inc. is touting its Alberta Outer Foothills conventional gas development as a “major new natural gas play” that could yield 200 MMcf/d of production by the end of the decade. The company currently is drilling four wells with the expectation that each will produce 6-10 MMcf/d with 6-10 Bcf of recoverable reserves per well.

The Alaska Gasline Port Authority (AGPA), which is touting an “All-Alaska Gasline” route to move North Slope natural gas to the Lower 48 states, late Monday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit charging ExxonMobil Corp. and BP plc with conspiring to refuse to sell gas from the resources they control on the North Slope.