“Without our StackFrac system, the Bakken formation in southeastern Saskatchewan would still be uneconomic for the most part,” says Dan Themig, president of the seven-year-old private firm. Producers ...

Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at the beginning of production but its advantage over multi-stage fracturing diminishes over time. Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at ...

The next big thing is here in the Canadian oil patch. I wrote a few weeks ago that a number of new Alberta and Saskatchewan petroleum plays are being poked at using multi-stage fracturing technology.

Fracturing horizontal wells has had a profound impact on the U.S. oil and gas industry over the past 25 years, allowing production from fields once considered too marginal to produce. A new book, ...

Horizontal drilling isn't new. Such wells have been drilled for the better part of a century. But combining it with hydraulic fracturing to produce gas and oil from shale is a far more recent ...

Horizontal drilling on the Onnagawa formation of the Fukumezawa oilfield is expected to start in late May as part of this multi-stage fracking pilot programme. To minimise the environmental impact, ...

PJSC Gazprom Neft reported performing an 18-stage hydraulic fracturing operation in Russia’s Yuzhno-Priobskoye field. Well depth was about 4 km, with the horizontal section extending 920 m. PJSC ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The price of oil dropped in 2015 and many oil and gas ...

Hydraulic fracturing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years with the rise of U.S. shale oil and gas drilling and production. Hydraulic fracturing is also at the center of heated debates, ...

State oil and gas personnel are trying to determine whether hydraulic fracturing of a horizontal well outside De Beque is responsible for water and gas flowing from a non-producing vertical well a ...

SELBYVILLE, Del., Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydraulic fracturing market is slated to gain considerable impetus in the ensuing years, primarily driven by surging investment for production and ...