shale

Senior Research Scientist and SPE Distinguished Lecturer Ian Walton uses a semianalytic shale gas production model to show that natural fractures, contrary to the intuitive beliefs of many, do not contribute significantly to production.

As interest in unconventional resources has grown in Europe, so have concerns about the potential environmental impacts of their development.

One of the world’s leading energy watchers says the second shale revolution will come in the form of LNG exports.

An analyst from Rystad looks at the state of the offshore drilling market and the likelihood of recovery by 2021.

A look at a water management plan for developing shale assets in the Permian Basin encompassing the full life cycle of each field.

By using a Bayesian network, a probabilistic graphical model, in their shale operations, companies might eliminate some of the hurdles they face in these areas, an expert said at the 2016 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.

Challenging environments such as unstable clay formations represent high operational risk when running tubulars after drilling is completed.

One of the most promising targets for resource-rock stimulation in South America is the Vaca Muerta (VM) shale in western Argentina.

Enventure Global Technology is working to convince operators that its solid expandable steel liners perform better than chemical diverter agents for refracturing operations. Its technology is called the ESeal ReFrac Liner.

At the recent 2015 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, a major theme was how companies can improve performance without increasing the size of their budget.