Halliburton has done the first hydraulic fracturing job in Poland for PGNiG – the government’s oil and gas company. More at Reuters.com.

Newsweek has an article “Shale Gas: Hope for Our Energy Future” which is interesting… but for some readers the gem of the article might be the historical details about how the horizontal drilling and hydrofracturing methods were first applied to shale

A member of the Pennsylvania State Senate is concerned that gas companies might receive the ability to force landowners into “pools” as part of the proposed severance tax bill. More at The Times Tribune.

Encana has an informative video on their website that illustrates and explains the horizontal driling / hydraulic fracturing techniques used for many natural gas wells drilling in shale. Look for the video link on the right of the page – the video file is very large but worth waiting for the long download.

FieldPoint Partners plan to drill two or three horizontal wells into the Bone Spring formation in Lea County, New Mexico. The Bone Spring is about 10,000 feet below surface at that location. More at RigZone.

Some companies such as such as EOG Resources are using horizontal drilling to and hydrofracing to tap oil in organic shales. More at BusinessInsider.com.

In an article on the Journal of American Enterprise Institute website, Max Schultz, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute argues that new methods for producing natural gas (horizontal fracking) and new methods to distribute the gas (LNG) are going to transform the use of energy worldwide.

Just a few years ago Russia invested heavily in the Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea with the intent of exporting that gas as LNG to the United States. Now the US has several giant shale gas fields and the Russians have all of that Shtokman gas plus opportunities to develop their own shales. More at the United Press International website.

Exxon’s intention to buy XTO, a leading producer of natural gas from shale, could provide inertia that will move natural gas into the position of a bridge towards renewable energy.  More on the FWBusinessPress.com website.

The American Petroleum Institute has a video that explains and illustrates the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing processes.  It includes information about  drilling, fracturing, equipment, materials and environmental concerns.   This is an excellent video from an authoritative source,

The American Petroleum Institute has an excellent video that explains the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing processes. It explains the drilling process, fracturing procedure, equipment, materials used and environmental concerns.

An article in the Star-Telegram explains how technology that was initially used to produce natural gas from the Barnett Shale of Texas is being used as a worldwide model for gas shale development.

A Canadian Press article explains how horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have converted organic rich shales into viable natural gas plays.

Cabot Oil and Gas is in trouble with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection over two well site chemical spills with a combined volume of 8,000 gallons. The spills were a result of contractors working with a lubricant used in hydraulic fracturing. More in a Reuters article.

The United States Department of Energy funded nine natural gas from shale projects. Most of them are intended to improve the management of hydraulic fracturing water at shale drilling sites or waste water treatment sites. More in an article at Oil & Gas Journal.