Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Oil and gas fields, no matter how productive, eventually decline.

U.S. shale gas production experienced its first recorded decline in the first nine months of 2024, primarily due to falling gas prices and reduced rig counts. The Haynesville and Utica shale plays ...

Natural depletion in shale reservoirs is signaling the end of rapid growth. Despite advancements like AI driving cost reductions and improving well output, there are physical and technological limits ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. The U.S. shale oil and gas boom that began early this century had ...

At-a-Glance: Production testing in shale follows a structured sequence: controlled flowback and cleanup, disciplined drawdown via choke management, multi-rate testing with pressure build-ups, ...

Permian Basin operators’ search for their next Tier 1 opportunities has caught the attention of the Energy Information Administration. Operators are increasingly testing the Avalon, Barnett and ...

Sinopec experts and industry consultants say that China is increasing gas drilling in deeper, more ancient shale deposits of ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, April 1 (Reuters) - Natural gas touches almost every corner of the U.S. economy, fuelling power plants, homes, factories and the booming LNG export sector. But the supply needed ...

The Vaca Muerta shale play in southern Argentina continues delivering strong production growth. In a mere decade, shale oil and gas production have regularly soared to all-time highs, boosting ...

IN THE DENSE hilly forests of northern Pennsylvania, Trapper Wyman steers his pick-up truck down a gravel path until he reaches a small clearing at the end. It is a modest industrial site, with a ...