Monthly Archives: August 2011

“Marcellus Shale gas emits 50 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than any U.S. coal-fired plant,” said Hendrickson, the Duquesne Light Co. Professor of Engineering and co-director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon. “We favor extraction of Marcellus Shale … Continue reading →

There are currently 1,905 drilling rigs actively working onshore the US, an increase of 40 this week and a jump of 297 year over year. With 35 offshore rigs working, the US Gulf of Mexico lost one rig this week. … Continue reading →

Based on 2 years of proprietary petrophysical and engineering research, McClendon expects the Utica play “will be economically superior to the Eagle Ford shale” in South Texas for his company. Chesapeake’s data on the Utica includes 2,000 well logs and … Continue reading →