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For the more than 7 billion people on our planet, every measure of quality of life, from gross domestic ­product per capita and infant mortality, to education levels and access to clean water, is correlated to the consumption of modern fuels, including oil and gas.

Are fugitive releases of natural gas and flaring environmental concerns? Can these be ameliorated today and even better in the future? Yes and yes.

Understanding how much rock is being stimulated and propped is critical for unconventional producers. New imaging methods using electromagnetic energy or acoustic microemitters could represent a milestone in understanding what is left behind after fracturing.

The force required to drill through a rock is a direct test of its strength and stiffness. Developing a reliable measure of the properties of rock based on the force required to drill a long lateral is a large challenge.

Eve Sprunt discusses SPE's new long range plan and other changes for SPE and it's members.

One of the biggest ways to lower the cost of production from shale would be to identify zones that are productive, or not, before fracturing them.

Two places that illustrate the mounting challenges facing the shale business are the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, where the number of working rigs is one-third what it was a year ago, and the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas, where there are no more working rigs.

Mass layoffs and rising bankruptcies haven't put an end to abundant supplies.

How do mooring systems reduce risks of hurricane damage to mobile offshore drilling units?

One study is showing that when pumping a proppant into a fracture, a little bit of extra effort might increase performance.