Ted Brown, senior vice president, says the company is escalating exploration in the play.

ConocoPhillips Ok’d to Begin Exploring Huge Niobrara Parcel East of Denver.

RMAG Presenters discuss how Niobrara isn’t like other plays and how to find Niobrara’s ‘sweet spot’.

Is Devon Energy Corp. about to add a sixth focus area to its Sinopec JV efforts to develop the Mississippi Lime, the Tuscaloosa, the Niobrara, and new liquids targets in Ohio and Michigan?

The final buildout of the Rocky Mountains’ dry natural gas infrastructure is nearly complete. Now, new infrastructure plans are focusing on gas-liquids plays.

Three wells were directionally drilled with coiled tubing in the Kansas Niobrara Formation and two horizontal wells are planned for early in 2012.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. recently offered up additional details on its Niobrara/Codell horizontal program and Wells Fargo analysts are reacting positively.

A new, private-equity-backed midstream company hunts for opportunities in the Rockies.

While there will undoubtedly be improvements in Niobrara operational efficiencies, economies of scale will be indispensable in operational optimization.

Understanding the distribution and occurrence of hydrocarbon source and reservoir rocks will aid future exploration. (from the Niobrara Playbook)

Drilling and completing Niobrara horizontal wells require latest technologies. (from the Niobrara Playbook)

The Niobrara Shale play is home to several large pipeline systems and more capacity is likely to be built next year as the land rush continues. (from the Niobrara Playbook)

Developments in technology and economics have combined to renew interest in the Niobrara Shale play. (from the Niobrara Playbook)

Developments in technology and economics have combined to renew interest in the Niobrara Shale play.

There’s plenty of upcoming Niobrara activity planned, including three projects in Piceance Basin.