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The Energy Information Administration has an interesting animated map on their website that shows the geographic spread of drilling activity in the Barnett Shale around Fort Worth, Texas . It also shows the introduction and spread of horizontal drilling activity throughout the Barnett Shale gas play.
The Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University has published a report titled: “Shale Gas and U.S. National Security”.
Tags: ads-by-google, eagle ford shale, energy, Geology.com, geophysics, haynesville shale, houston, Jobs, lng, marcellus-shale, politics and geology, shale, waterThe Wallow Fire has been burning in Arizona since May 29 and has now expanded to a burn area of more than 733 square miles. It is now the largest wildfire to occur in Arizona since recordkeeping began.
Tags: ads-by-google, arizona, arizona-geology, california, climate-change, Geology.com, geophysics, houston, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, wallow-fire, waterHeckman Water Resources will become the operator of the largest fleet of LNG trucks in North America as they purchase 200 Peterbilt vehicles that will be used to haul water for Encana’s Haynesville Shale drilling operations. Encana will provide the LNG from a mobile refueling station.
Tags: california, climate-change, Geology.com, houston, lng, louisiana, natural, natural gas, satellite images, shale, vehicles, virginia, waterThe Energy Information Administration recently reported that production from the Haynesville Shale had surpassed Barnett Shale production. Now, energy statisticians are arguing over the numbers.
Tags: climate-change, energy, Geology.com, haynesville, houston, marcellus-shale, middle-east, shale, texasThe Texas Army National Guard wants to buy 22,232 acres of land over the Eagle Ford Shale and owners of the land under consideration don’t want to sell because they want to keep the land for potential oil and gas royalties.
Tags: climate-change, earth sciences, energy, geophysics, houston, houston-chronicle, pennsylvania, shale, waterThe Houston Chronicle is a close watcher of the oil and gas industry – especially in Texas . Here is a quote from a recent HC article…. “Development of the Eagle Ford shale shows promise of being the most important economic generator South Texas has ever seen.
Tags: eagle-ford, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, houston, Jobs, middle-east, oil and gas, shale, texas, united-states, waterAccording to an article in the Houston Chronicle, the Haynesville Shale of Louisiana is now producing more natural gas than the Barnett Shale of Texas, running at a rate of about 5.5 billion cubic feet per day.
Tags: astronomy, canada, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquakes, geology-news, houston, marcellus-shaleTen years of GPS data reveals that an area northwest of Houston is subsiding by up to about 2 inches per year. The subsidence is being blamed on ground water withdrawal.
Tags: ads-by-google, canada, geology, Geology.com, ground, ground-water, houston, mexico, subsidence, texas, washingtonThe City of Houston, Texas is considering a plan to allow a horizontal well to drain natural gas from beneath several city parks in exchange for lease payments and potential royalties.
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