When Rees-Jones began drilling in the Barnett Shale, prices were down around $2 per thousand cubic feet, or Mcf; (a measure preferred by gas producers, one Mcf is very close in volume to one MMBtu).

Drilling in the Barnett Shale has come to a halt. Less than a decade ago, there were hundreds of rigs. This one was just east of downtown Fort Worth in 2011. David Kent Star-Telegram archives ...

Last week, the number of drilling rigs operating in the Barnett Shale, the massive natural gas reservoir that underlies much of North Texas, dropped to 27, the lowest figure in a decade.

Introduction The Barnett Shale is the largest natural gas play in Texas and may be one of the largest on-shore natural gas plays in the United States. The shale is located in the Fort Worth Basin ...

The geological structure of the Barnett Shale is like an Oreo cookie, with layers of limestone at the top and at the bottom. The creamy filling is the shale, which can run as thick as a skyscraper ...

Chesapeake declined to discuss its Barnett operations, and XTO did not make a representative available. EOG, in an investor presentation, said it drilled 145 wells in the Barnett Shale in 2013.

The development of North Texas' Barnett Shale did not go as smoothly as gas companies had hoped. The flaming water in Parker County, elevated levels of benzene in DISH, elevated rates of breast ...

It all began in the late 1990s in the Barnett Shale, this marriage of two technologies – horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing – that over intervening years has led to a new era of ...

In 2010, it wasn't uncommon to see drilling sites going up in the Barnett Shale, like this location in Flower Mound. (DMN file photo) It finally happened. After reporting only a handful of rigs ...

The Barnett Shale was once the darling of the U.S. oil and gas industry. From 2002 to 2010, it was the most productive source of shale gas in the.

As we get back into the truck, I point out the houses to my Barnett Shale guide, Jay Ewing, a former Mitchell Energy field manager who works for Devon Energy, which bought Mitchell's company in 2002.

The Barnett Shale is the largest natural gas play in Texas and may be one of the largest on-shore natural gas plays in the United States. The shale is located in the Fort Worth Basin in Northern ...