The boom in production of oil and natural gas from shale formations became a significant factor after 2008. Greater availability of domestic energy resources benefits the United States by reducing ...
Secondary Production: Gas Injection Secondary production methods are employed to increase production by boosting depleted pressure in a formation. As the oil or natural gas in a formation is ...
Tight gas refers to natural gas reservoirs locked in extraordinarily impermeable, hard rock, making the underground formation extremely "tight." Tight gas can also be trapped in sandstone or ...
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only ... home to the Bakken shale formation. Then, in 2014, oil prices crashed. It took a couple of years, but ...