Oil companies turn to hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing
From Texas to North Dakota to Pennsylvania oil companies are using new hydraulic fracturing technologies combined with horizontal drilling in an attempt to stimulate production.
WHAT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS
New oil recovery techniques use a combination of horizontal drilling and the pumping fluids and material under high pressure to free previously unreachable resources.
UNTAPPED RESOURCES
Shale plays are regions with known oil-gas bearing information. |
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Shale basins are depressions in the Earth which were long ago flooded by ancient seas. |
PROJECTED US NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
U.S. NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION