ConocoPhillips Co. (COP) comprehensively reviewed stimulation techniques and acid fracturing designs in North Sea chalks to improve its stimulation designs. The choice between matrix acidization, acid ...

Two novel completion techniques that solve the problems of acid fracturing in complex carbonate horizontal wells have been successfully implemented in China. Using them has enhanced production in the ...

With oil prices down, the oil and gas industry is under significant pressure to cut costs, whether by reducing workforces, pulling back from exploratory drilling, or—as the study referenced in a ...

An energy company executive's sip of fracking fluid at an industry conference this month has been called a demonstration by some and a stunt by others, but it's bringing attention to new recipes for ...

Researchers find multiple potential threats to water sources posed by hydraulic fracturing as the jobs-producing practice expands. Risk analysts have concluded that the disposal of contaminated ...

Scientists have developed new geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment. The tracers have been field-tested at ...