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Monday, August 29, 2011
Sun about to shine on natural gas
As several of the shale plays reach maturity can we expect an increase in natural gas prices this winter? Calgary money manager Josef Schachter expresses his optimism in the following article. Click on the link below to read the detailed article by Gary Lamphier of the Edmonton Journal.
Monday, August 22, 2011
In Texas, Perry Has Presided Over Wind, Gas Booms
What would be the likely scenario with regards to energy if Texas Gov. Rick Perry wins the White House in 2012? The following article by Kate Galbraith of The Texas Tribune sums it up for us. Click the following link for the complete article.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
TCEQ Levies Hefty Fine on Wise County Driller
J-W Operating Co., an oil and natural gas producer in North Texas' Barnett Shale has been fined for air emissions violations. Read Star-Telegram writer Jack Z. Smith's entire article by clicking on the following link.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Pa. natural gas production rises 60 percent - WSJ.com
Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale becoming Huge Gas Producer. Read the WSJ article by clicking the following link.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Devon Energy's Barnett Shale Bet Pays Off
The following Star-Telegram article highlights Devon Energy's Barnett Shale drilling success. The article also examines in closer detail the Benbrook Federal 12 acre drill site in SW Tarrant County that will be home to 35 wells when drilling is completed in March of 2012. I recently visited the site mentioned in this article and posted several of my own photos to this blog prior to this article's release. Check out those photos in this previous post http://hillcountygasboom.blogspot.com/2011/08/patterson-drills-devons-benbrook-fed.html, and then read the complete Devon article by clicking on the following link.
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
One of Devon's Benbrook Fed Units at Lake Benbrook
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| Patterson's Drillbit continues to turn at one of Devon's Benbrook Fed Units located at Benbrook Lake in SW Ft. Worth. |
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| Red "Christmas Tree" wellheads stand at attention at Devon's Fed Drillsite. This is but 12 of the 30+ planned wells to be completed on this site. |
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| 12 more completed wells at the same Devon drill site. |
Monday, August 08, 2011
Could the EPA Be Planning a "Told You So" Moment?
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| Gene Powell, Editor/Publisher of the Powell Shale Digest voices concerns about recent EPA actions that could have a profound effect on Benzene Emissions beginning in 2013. Click here for the complete story |
Monday, August 01, 2011
EPA proposes emissions cuts for oil, gas operations
A proposed regulation by the EPA may result in more "green completions" of future gas wells, as well as older wells that are slated for re-fracture. The plan aims at reducing emissions not only at the well site, but to facilities such as processing plants, compressor stations and storage tanks located at the well sites. The EPA applauds this proposed measure stating that "the regulation would not only curb harmful emissions, but save the gas industry tens of millions of dollars annually from the value of natural gas that would no longer escape in the air." (Click the following link for the full story)
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