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Jul 2010

• Distributed temperature sensing yields lessons for acid treatment

  Author Robert Reyes, Gerard Glasbergen, Valerie Yeager and Joseph Parrish

  A Permian Basin operator used downhole temperature profiles to maximize the effectiveness of a well stimulation campaign.

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Jul 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Eagle Ford—Geochemical fixes boost shale completion efficiency

  Author Matt Blauch

  Controlling the effects of geochemical interactions between the shale and the fracturing fluids has helped shale gas operators preserve reservoir communication to the wellbore, reduce sour gas potential and tailor flowback water for reuse.

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Jul 2010

• Shale Energy: Developing the Eagle Ford—Oil, NGL and condensate opportunities lift Eagle Ford Shale activity

  Author Pramod Kulkarni

  Leasing and drilling activity are gaining due to prospects for producing higher-priced liquids in addition to dry gas.

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Jul 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Eagle Ford—Unconventional approaches aid Eagle Ford development

  Author Murray Roth

  Stretching from the meandering Rio Grande, the Eagle Ford Shale play extends along a 50-mile corridor in South Texas for over 400 miles to the northeast.

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Jun 2010

• Electromagnetic MWD improves drilling performance in the Fayetteville

  Author Sandeep Janwadkar, Christian Klotz, Bart Welch and Shane Finegan

  The use of real-time MWD data and reliable directional control resulted in increased average ROP and reduced drilling time.

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Jun 2010

• Fayetteville Shale wells benefit from cementless lateral technique

  Author Garry W. Templeton, Andre Broussard and Deck Travis

  A new whipstock-and-packer approach to drilling openhole laterals can reduce rig time and risk by eliminating the need to set cement.
  

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Jun 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Haynesville—A cooperative model for US shale gas development

  Author J. Daniel Arthur

  A recent Wall Street Journal editorial commented that an accompanying article in that newspaper “makes the case that huge natural-gas discoveries in shale rock are on the verge of, well, changing everything.”

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Jun 2010

• Shale Energy: Developing the Haynesville—Mergers and acquisitions support sustained Haynesville drilling

  Author Pramod Kulkarni

  Shale E&P activity continues to grow through strategic joint ventures designed to reduce risk and improve pipeline takeaway.
  

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May 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Bakken—Infill drilling potential and fracture

  Author Elyezer P. Lolon, Craig L. Cipolla*, Leen Weijers, Robin E. Hesketh and Murray W. Grigg*

  A fracture modeling and multi-well simulation study evaluates down-spacing potential for horizontal wells in North Dakota.
  

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Mar 2010

• Developing US Shale Plays:Marcellus—Arrival of IOCs and increasing legislative interest signal critical mass for Marcellus

  Author Pramod Kulkarni, Contributing Editor

  The Appalachian shale gas play has attracted majors hunting for elephants and government entities seeking tax revenues and political gains.

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