Modeling discrete fracture networks optimizes frac design and performance.

New sampling techniques bring field-size tests into the laboratory.

Combining standard petrophysical measurements with new rock physics observations can help characterize unconventional reservoirs.

Mitchell Energy proved that technology makes a difference when it used horizontal drilling to unlock the secrets of the Barnett Shale. New technological breakthroughs will continue to be needed in the years ahead.

The Cherokee Basin is emerging as a significant coalbed methane (CBM) play.

The unconventional resource play has taken off like gangbusters in North America and is beginning to attract attention in Europe and the Middle East.

Multicomponent seismic technology can improve the economic success of tight gas exploration and production.