ShaleBlog.com » Colorado Gas http://shaleblog.com News about oil and natural gas from shale. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 65% of US Natural Gas from Five States http://shaleblog.com/2012/65-of-us-natural-gas-from-five-states/ http://shaleblog.com/2012/65-of-us-natural-gas-from-five-states/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 12:28:10 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2012/65-of-us-natural-gas-from-five-states.shtml The leading states for natural gas production during 2011 were: Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Together they produced 65% of US natural gas.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2012/65-of-us-natural-gas-from-five-states/feed/ 0 Oil Shale: The Next Fossil Energy Boom? http://shaleblog.com/2012/oil-shale-the-next-fossil-energy-boom/ http://shaleblog.com/2012/oil-shale-the-next-fossil-energy-boom/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:57:44 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2012/oil-shale-the-next-fossil-energy-boom.shtml The current fossil energy boom in the United States is natural gas from shale. The next one could be oil shales.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2012/oil-shale-the-next-fossil-energy-boom/feed/ 0 Anadarko Oil Estimate for the Niobrara Formation http://shaleblog.com/2011/anadarko-oil-estimate-for-the-niobrara-formation/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/anadarko-oil-estimate-for-the-niobrara-formation/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:15:48 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2011/anadarko-oil-estimate-for-the-niobrara-formation.shtml Anadarko Petroleum estimates that the Niobrara Formation in the Wattenberg Field contains the equivalent of 500 million to 1.5 billion barrels of oil that can be tapped by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (See slides 11-15 in the .pdf document)

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/anadarko-oil-estimate-for-the-niobrara-formation/feed/ 0 How Natural Gas is Taxed in 19 Different States http://shaleblog.com/2011/how-natural-gas-is-taxed-in-19-different-states/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/how-natural-gas-is-taxed-in-19-different-states/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:18:21 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2011/36251.shtml The Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research has prepared: Taxation of Natural Gas: A Comparative Analysis. This publication reviews the many methods of taxing natural gas 19 different states. You might be surprised at how many ways natural gas is being taxed.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/how-natural-gas-is-taxed-in-19-different-states/feed/ 0 Seismic Surveys of the Niobrara Shale http://shaleblog.com/2011/seismic-surveys-of-the-niobrara-shale/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/seismic-surveys-of-the-niobrara-shale/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:49:31 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2011/seismic-surveys-of-the-niobrara-shale.shtml An article in the Casper Star-Tribune reports that companies interested in the Niobrara Shale of Wyoming and Colorado are using seismic surveys to understand the stratigraphy.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/seismic-surveys-of-the-niobrara-shale/feed/ 0 Oil Shale Resources of the Green River Formation http://shaleblog.com/2011/oil-shale-resources-of-the-green-river-formation/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/oil-shale-resources-of-the-green-river-formation/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:10:59 +0000 admin http://geology.com/news/2011/oil-shale-resources-of-the-green-river-formation.shtml USGS has published Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources in the Eocene Green River Formation, Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.

The publication summarizes the Green River Formation with detailed descriptions, maps, cross-sections, resource estimates and more.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/oil-shale-resources-of-the-green-river-formation/feed/ 0 Niobrara Shale: Higher Risk Than Expected? http://shaleblog.com/2011/niobrara-shale-higher-risk-than-expected/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/niobrara-shale-higher-risk-than-expected/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:30:23 +0000 admin http://shaleblog.com/?p=3298 Some companies are starting to doubt the initially optimistic opinions about the Niobrara Shale that has produced oil and natural gas in the Colorado, Western Nebraska and Wyoming area. Some recent wells have not been commercially viable and that has generated uncertainty. More at GulfNews.com.…

]]> Some companies are starting to doubt the initially optimistic opinions about the Niobrara Shale that has produced oil and natural gas in the Colorado, Western Nebraska and Wyoming area. Some recent wells have not been commercially viable and that has generated uncertainty. More at GulfNews.com.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/niobrara-shale-higher-risk-than-expected/feed/ 0 Manufacturing Oil and Gas Reservoirs in the Niobrara Shale http://shaleblog.com/2011/manufacturing-oil-and-gas-reservoirs-in-the-niobrara-shale/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/manufacturing-oil-and-gas-reservoirs-in-the-niobrara-shale/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:11:31 +0000 admin http://shaleblog.com/?p=3290 Mark Northam, director of the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming says that horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing allow drillers to “manufacture a reservoir” in the Niobrara Shale. More in the Billings Gazette.…

]]> Mark Northam, director of the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming says that horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing allow drillers to “manufacture a reservoir” in the Niobrara Shale. More in the Billings Gazette.

]]> http://shaleblog.com/2011/manufacturing-oil-and-gas-reservoirs-in-the-niobrara-shale/feed/ 0 New Drilling Technology Opens the Niobrara Shale http://shaleblog.com/2011/new-drilling-technology-opens-the-niobrara-shale/ http://shaleblog.com/2011/new-drilling-technology-opens-the-niobrara-shale/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:07:12 +0000 admin http://shaleblog.com/?p=3286 An article in the Billings Gazette explains how horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are opening a bonanza of oil and natural gas from the Niobrara Shale in Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming.…

]]> An article in the Billings Gazette explains how horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are opening a bonanza of oil and natural gas from the Niobrara Shale in Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming.

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