A New Boom in Natural Gas Threatens Drinking Water
… a spokesman for Devon Energy, an Oklahoma City-based gas company that pioneered hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett shale formation beneath Fort Worth, …
Controversial path to possible glut of natural gas
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 14 hours ago
… a spokesman for Devon Energy, an Oklahoma City-based gas company that pioneered hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett shale formation beneath Fort Worth, …
From: Barnett Shale Gas
Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel containing mostly methane. It is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. Natural gas deposits are also widespread: some 22 states are producing at present. Natural gas pipes wend their way through the community. New pipeline rights of way and wells are everywhere.
Natural gas produced on location [...]
On the Web, Drillers Want Their Say, and Call It News
Known as the Barnett Shale, the rock slab has proven rich in natural gas, and the Dallas/Fort Worth region has become a drilling hotbed for a menagerie of …
Room for everyone when it comes to recycling water in Barnett Shale
By Erin Rice With nearly 5000 natural gas well locations permitted for future drilling in the Barnett Shale, each requiring anywhere from one to four …
Barnett Shale is a gas-bearing formation that the industry has known about for a long, long time. It was not commercially producible on a vertical well bore because the formation would not give up enough gas on a vertical structure in order to be able to make your money back out of what it took [...]
UPDATE:Chesapeake CEO Cites Abundance To Promote Natural Gas
CNNMoney.com - 12 hours ago
He was referring to fields known as the Haynesville Shale, the Marcellus Shale and the Barnett Shale. A relatively new technique known as horizontal …
Drill, Drill, Drill: My Interview with Devon Energy CEO Larry Nichols
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - 18 hours ago
The incredible Barnett Shale on top of Dallas-Fort Worth is America’s biggest natural gas find. Here to tell us about this really great story is Larry …
Barnet Shale … It is Barnett Shale …
Barnett Shale is a massive natural gas deposit that occurs naturally deep under approximately seven counties in North Central Texas and including northeast Tarrant County. The Barnett field stretches from Dallas west approximately 5,000 square miles and produces about 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day [...]
Barnett Shale …
Barnett Shale is deeply fractured, with fissures that tended to be sealed by calcium carbonate. The field went undiscovered until Mitchell Energy experimented with employing large gel fracture methods to open the wells to natural gas. Barnett Shale is deeply fractured, with fissures that tended to be sealed by calcium carbonate. The field [...]
