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Fracking makes the Texas oil and gas industry possible; it may also be harming the state

Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it was shown to increase the ...
Crude Oil Prices

How Fracking Helped the U.S. Become the World’s Top LNG Exporter

Despite early predictions of a natural gas crisis in the early 2000s, the U.S. dramatically increased its natural gas production, particularly through fracking and horizontal drilling techniques. This ...
Digital Journal

Controversial new fracking to go ahead in U.K.

The judicial support for fracking means that horizontal fracking can begin at the Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in Lancashire. Hydraulic fracturing describes a well-stimulation technique ...
Oil

3D horizontal trajectory reduces drilling cost

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...
Reuters

North Carolina closer to joining the "fracking" boom

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina moved closer to joining a number of states that have embraced shale gas exploration using hydrofracking, under legislation the state's House of ...
Seeking Alpha

Ring Energy, Inc. (REI) Discusses Horizontal Drilling Strategy and Impact of Recent Equity Offering on Deleveraging Goals Transcript

Thank you for joining today's fireside chat with Ring Energy's senior leadership team. We're joined today by Chairman and CEO, Paul McKinney; COO, Alex Dyes; Chief Exploration Officer, James Parr; and ...
T&D

A Comprehensive Look at Horizontal Directional Drilling in Utility Installations

In today’s high-demand energy sector, utilities and infrastructure developers face increasing pressure to deliver projects more quickly while minimizing disruption to the environment and surrounding ...