“Without our StackFrac system, the Bakken formation in southeastern Saskatchewan would still be uneconomic for the most part,” says Dan Themig, president of the seven-year-old private firm. Producers ...

Horizontal drilling isn't new. Such wells have been drilled for the better part of a century. But combining it with hydraulic fracturing to produce gas and oil from shale is a far more recent ...

Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at the beginning of production but its advantage over multi-stage fracturing diminishes over time. Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at ...

Stress variations and drilling directions affect fracture geometry in open-hole multistage fracturing (MSF). Determining whether to drill toward the minimum horizontal stress (σmin) or maximum ...

Fracturing horizontal wells has had a profound impact on the U.S. oil and gas industry over the past 25 years, allowing production from fields once considered too marginal to produce. A new book, ...

Horizontal drilling on the Onnagawa formation of the Fukumezawa oilfield is expected to start in late May as part of this multi-stage fracking pilot programme. To minimise the environmental impact, ...

The copious amounts of oil and gas produced over the past decade through the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has resulted in greater energy security for the United States ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The price of oil dropped in 2015 and many oil and gas ...

State oil and gas personnel are trying to determine whether hydraulic fracturing of a horizontal well outside De Beque is responsible for water and gas flowing from a non-producing vertical well a ...

At least 450 conventional vertical wells in Oklahoma’s Kingfisher County have been damaged by horizontal fracturing, the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance (OEPA) said in a study, The Oklahoman ...

SELBYVILLE, Del., Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydraulic fracturing market is slated to gain considerable impetus in the ensuing years, primarily driven by surging investment for production and ...