
Advanced applications of technology in unconventional gas development will shorten the time it takes to improve unconventional oil development and reduce the number of defective wells.
- Feb. 23 2012
Canadian unconventional-gas development has not come to a halt in the face of low prices, but the market is uncertain.
- Jan. 4 2012

Activity in the Horn River Basin is slow due to low gas prices. But a change in market economics could turn this play into a barnburner.
- May. 18 2011

Together, Horn River shales and Montney tight sands hold half of Canada’s wealth of unconventional natural-gas resources.
- Apr. 7 2011

Just as quickly as explorationists discover unconventional hydrocarbon deposits, developers figure out innovative ways to produce them cost effectively.
- Jan. 24 2011

Optimized motors can reduce drilling time in difficult, high-temperature shale formations.
- Jan. 6 2011

Since the beginning of 2010, acquisitions and joint ventures in selected North American shale plays have totaled more than $14 billion.
- Sep. 17 2010

British Columbia’s Horn River basin has more potential than the Barnett shale and IP rates on par with the Haynesville, according to a Barclays Capital report.
- Oct. 12 2009

An overview of the key companies working in remote Northeast British Columbia underscores the basin’s obstacles and potential. (From the Horn River Playbook)
- Sep. 4 2009

British Columbia program encourages road and pipeline development that would facilitate and/or sustain new oil and gas exploration. (From the Horn River Playbook)
- Jun. 29 2009

Operators are developing plans for new transportation systems that will move shale gas to Canadian, American, and international markets. (From the Horn River Playbook)
- Jun. 22 2009

British Columbia’s Horn River Basin has attracted more than a dozen players. With greater potential than the prolific Barnett, the excitement is palpable, but all is not rosy. (From the Horn River Playbook)
- Jun. 18 2009

British Columbia’s faraway Horn River Basin will one day be among the elite North American gas-producing provinces, thanks to its treasure of rich, black shales. (From the Horn River Playbook)
- May. 1 2009

The Horn River basin covers 1.2 million hectares, more than 3 million acres. Most activity has been in the Horn River Basin; however, a second depositional environment exists in the Cordova Embayment to the east where operators are aggressively acquiring land.
- Feb. 3 2009

New shale plays in Canada are taking the spotlight away from conventional gas and coalbed methane activity.
- Jan. 1 2009