Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The price of oil dropped in 2015 and many oil and gas ...

Extending stage length in unconventional wells can yield considerable cost savings, but doing so may negatively affect distribution of fracture treatment among perforation clusters. Limited-entry ...

Over the past decade, the number of horizontal wells in the United States has risen from approximately 110,000 to over 200,000 and given the country’s concerted efforts to achieve energy ...

Trimulfracs are an extension of simultaneous fracturing treatments (simulfracs) to maximize capital efficiency. Trimulfracs keep pace with four to five drilling rigs and create greater consistency in ...

Well stimulation in tight oil is the completion-stage activity that creates high-conductivity flow paths in nano–microdarcy rocks to enable commercial production. It primarily comprises multi-stage ...

Chevron Corporation’s CVX subsidiary, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., in strategic partnership with Halliburton Company HAL, a Houston, TX-based oil and gas equipment and services firm, has unveiled a ...

The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...