After a flurry of activity in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) met with some unexpected geological challenges three years ago, the persistent independent producers that stuck with the play say they ...

ELENA MELCHERT is a petroleum engineer and the director of the Upstream Oil & Gas Research Division in DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy. She joined DOE in 1985, and has extensive experience in upstream ...

If 2008 is remembered as the year in which the bubble burst on the U.S. economy, 2009 may well go down as the year in which the bubble returned in domestic natural gas supply–at least temporarily.

The U.S. industry’s quest for liquids-rich plays is leading operators to double-down on the prolific Permian Basin, the long-standing cornerstone of domestic oil supply. And with an abundance of ...

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s annual report on oil and gas activity, operators produced 6.1 trillion cubic feet from the Marcellus and Utica in 2018–the most ...

HOUSTON–With the dog days of summer in full run, global energy markets continue to experience an unusual set of business conditions. On the one hand is an ultratight supply and demand balance, which ...

With horizontal resource plays continuing to set the tone for North American operators, it comes as little surprise that the forecast calls for an increase in hydraulic fracturing services in the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY–The San Andres formation has been producing oil in the Permian Basin since the Santa Rita No. 1 discovery well was drilled nearly a century ago. It is one of the Permian’s most ...

HOUSTON–With offshore development migrating into ever-deeper waters, the industry is relying on subsea technology to facilitate increased oil and gas recovery while lowering costs and improving safety ...

Colorado School of Mines researchers took a hard look at two methods for calculating total organic carbon from well logs. Here they reveal their findings.

DENVER–Liberty Resources continues to evolve its advanced completion design for Bakken/Three Forks horizontal wells, including applying high-density perforating (HDP) and extreme limited-entry (XLE) ...

ROBERT KESSLER is program manager, maritime global data solutions, at Oceaneering International Inc. His responsibilities include the development and application of the Oceaneering ® TerminalSmart™ ...