GRAND FORKS, N.D.–Total in-place oil estimates for the Bakken petroleum system (including the Three Forks formation) range from 160 billion to more than 900 billion barrels. However, Bakken/Three ...

AUSTIN, TX.–Drilling operations continue to get more complex as fields mature and operators search for new oil and gas reservoirs. Not only are oil and gas companies drilling more advanced well ...

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 ...

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.

AUSTIN, TX.–All geoscientists operate with a paradigm or working hypothesis on the nature of the subsurface in their project areas. Having a working model is imperative for predicting the nature and ...

HOUSTON–The top priority of any operator is capturing as much value as possible from each asset. Once an investment has been made to drill a well and build the infrastructure to produce it, the ...

While the amount of crude oil the United States exports varies from month to month, the trend continues upward. In the four years since Congress lifted the ban on oil exports, outbound cargos have ...

HOUSTON–Perforating operations long have been among the most dangerous activities performed on a well site. Accidental detonations while preparing for a perforating run, during arming of perforating ...

As crude oil prices continue to climb, South Texas operators are zeroing in on new horizons in the Eagle Ford Shale and revisiting a formation once thought to be an industry classic: the Austin Chalk.

HOUSTON–Utilizing a “design one, build two (or more)” production facilities approach, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and its partners achieved first oil on a newly installed truss spar at the deepwater Gulf ...

TOMBALL, TX.–U.S. producers of all sizes responded to the economic shutdown and sub-breakeven commodity prices by dramatically cutting back budgets for drilling and completing new wells, and by ...

From the panhandle of West Virginia to eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Pennsylvania, independent operators are finding great success drilling longer laterals and becoming more ...