Oil and Gas Investor surveyed the frac business landscape to determine what E&Ps can expect this year from one of the hottest markets in recent memory.

Executives emphasize a need for a strong service and supply industry.

If Europe muddles through economically, 2012 really has the makings of a banner year for the offshore oil business, said Douglas-Westwood’s Steven Kopits.

Unconventional supply could boost energy self-sufficiency in the Western Hemisphere by 2030.

Driven by surging natural gas consumption in Asia and the United States, global use of this form of fossil fuel rebounded 7.4% from its 2009 slump to hit a record 111.9 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2010, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute.

Shale gas development in China could displace liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to China and create pipeline deliveries of gas to South Korea, roiling Asian natural gas markets, according to a recent report.

With visions of high oil prices dancing like sugar plums in their heads, oil and gas operators plan a 10% increase in 2012 global upstream spending to a record $598 billion, according to Barclays Capital's annual oil and gas upstream spending survey.

The successful search for shale resources has remade the energy markets of the U.S. and Canada--now it’s remaking Mexico's as well.

There is no doubt that unconventional resources are changing the game in North America, with some expecting the U.S. to be self-sufficient in oil in a decade. Since 2008, there has been an eight-fold increase in U.S. gas production and a five-fold increase in oil production.

Evita H. Legowo, Indonesia's director general of oil and gas, talked with Hart Energy in an exclusive Q&A about Indonesia's plans and challenges in the unconventional resource arena.

Former secretary of defense talks about international affairs at Hart Energy's DUG Eagle Ford conference.

North Dakota talked up its effective and long-established regulatory regime at the API’s recent workshop on hydraulic fracturing in Pittsburgh.

The high cost of imported natural gas and increased demand have opened the door for shale-gas development in Argentina.

U.S. companies could use shale gas fracturing expertise to be on the leading edge of shale gas development in China.

Pemex estimates that Mexico's shale gas reserves fall between 150- and 460 Tcf while the U.S. Energy Information Administration puts the potential at 680 Tcf.