Directional drilling in shale formations is applied to place long horizontal laterals precisely within thin, mechanically favorable target intervals, enabling multi-stage stimulation and economic ...

1.1 Review well program, targets, hold tolerances, anti-collision rules, and survey management plan. 1.2 Validate BHA and bit program for curve and lateral (motor bend, RSS settings, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The Latest on a halt to work on a natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania (all times local): 5:15 p.m. An environmental hearing board judge has ordered a two-week halt to ...

Commercial development of shale gas with directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing is for the present almost entirely restricted to North America. The techniques were initially developed in the ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Drilling in U.S. shale fields, which are believed to hold massive natural gas reserves, should provide handsome profits in coming months to companies like Halliburton Co that sell ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ryan Directional Services, a division of Nabors (NYSE: NBR)—the world’s largest owner and operator of land-based drilling rigs—has selected Alcoa’s (NYSE:AA) oil and gas ...

Oil and gas investors are no doubt already familiar with the vocabulary of unconventional reserves. Aside from the buzzwords like “shale”, and of course “fracking”, there are more specific terms, ones ...

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Tuesday said the shale boom and technology saved oil and the global economy. “If you had not had the shale boom, the hydraulic fracturing directional drilling technology ...