Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Baker Hughes, Bakken, Eagle Ford, energy, frack, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus, Natural gas, natural gas production, proppant, tight gas, tight oil
…a.k.a. proppant. Didn’t see that one coming, Baker Hughes didn’t either apparently.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Alaska, Bakken, bell curve, fracking, freaking, Gold Rush, Hubbert's Peak, hydraulic fracturing, Klondike, Montana, Nome, North Dakota, North Slope, oil production, peak oil, Prudhoe Bay, shale oil, shale plays, Sutter's Mill, tight oil
This is an excellent article by Derik Andreoli, looking at the historical big picture of American extraction booms.
The Oil Drum | The Bakken Boom – A Modern-Day Gold Rush.
Filed under: maps, Uncategorized | Tags: Eagle Ford shale, frac, oil, oil shale, shale gas, shale oil, Texas, tight gas, tight oil, tracking, water
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204528204577009930222847246.html
Piece in WSJ on oil versus water in Texas. The inconvenient reality of hydro-fracking. The article itself claims 6 million gallons needed for each Frac in the Eagle Ford. (The article is behind the paywall.)













