Bill Way
Drilling Industry Waits for Bust to Clear
Three years after natural gas prices plunged to their lowest point since 1998 — one-sixth the price seen in 2005 — the gas market remains depressed, drilling is dormant, and oil production is flat in the traditional crude belt of south Arkansas. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Technological Innovations Bring Profitable Changes to the Fayetteville Shale
New advances have enabled companies to drill deeper and more complex wells to tap the gas shale, too. Mixed in with the drilling improvements are new fracking techniques that increase the productivity of wells. read more >
by George Waldon -