Eagle Ford
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May 2020
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers held a virtual meeting on May 20 to provide its members, and invited guests, an update on problem issues that the association is working to solve.
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April 2020
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Chairman Wayne Christian’s sudden April 29 declaration against prorationing appears to run counter to what a majority of Texas E&P professionals would like the agency to do on May 5, according to results of a new World Oil survey.
News
December 02, 2019
At current oil prices, “what you cannot do is harvest cash and grow,” said Raoul LeBlanc, a Houston-based analyst at IHS Markit. “There’s an inflection point coming here because production growth is going to slow down massively.”
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August 2019
Two federally-funded projects in the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales strive to improve recovery efficiency in unconventional plays while accelerating their development and generating high-quality data.
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August 2019
The caliche roads cutting through the blackbrush and mesquite of the South Texas brush country are a bit less congested of late, as Eagle Ford drilling and completion activity dips in what is ranked among the most profitable of the unconventional plays.
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February 2019
In an exclusive interview with World Oil Editor-in-Chief Kurt Abraham, ConocoPhillips Chief Technology Officer Greg Leveille discusses the technical issues facing global E&P, particularly as relates to the many U.S. unconventional plays
Article
February 2019
A novel rotary steerable system addresses maintenance, downhole motors, and hole geometry in a new light.
Article
January 2019
A case study performed in the Eagle Ford has proven that tunable technology can help achieve greater efficiency gains in developing unconventional reservoirs.
Article
January 2019
Hits and misses
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July 2018
The Eagle Ford is enjoying a comeuppance, of sorts. Once left to pick up Permian basin leftovers, the unconventional elder has emerged as a veritable hedge against the bottleneck-induced price differentials of its high-flying neighbor to the immediate west.
Article
June 2018
Predictive proxy model uses data analytics, reservoir characterization to streamline completion optimization
Article
May 2018
The ascension of dual-activity rig floors, which enable different operations to be conducted simultaneously in parallel, is credited with helping reduce offshore well delivery time.
Article
April 2018
An example of a cooperative relationship was demonstrated when Ulterra, a producer of PDC drill bits, and a large independent E&P company—operating in the Eagle Ford shale—combined forces to examine ways to improve performance.
Article
March 2018
Recycling produced water cuts disposal costs
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August 2017
Making hay in a temperamental market
Article
August 2017
Drilling activity is noticeably higher, as American drillers climb out from historically low levels.
News
January 13, 2017
Anadarko Petroleum has agreed to sell its Eagle Ford shale assets in South Texas for approximately $2.3 billion to Sanchez Energy Corporation and Blackstone Group LP.
News
January 03, 2017
SM Energy Company has entered into a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Venado Oil and Gas, an affiliate of KKR, for the sale of the company's third-party operated assets in the Eagle Ford, including its ownership interest in related midstream assets, for a purchase price of $800 million.
Article
September 2016
A study in the Eagle Ford shale assessed the challenges associated with cluster efficiency in horizontal plug-and-perf treatments, as well as the application and methodology of using a diverter. Production was analyzed to validate the diverter’s performance, and fiber-optic data provided subsurface insight to validate diversion effectiveness.
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August 2016
Only the core survives mounting ROR pressure
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August 2016
Paved with best intentions
