Knowledge from successful existing plays can reduce the learning curve for new and current areas of development.

For Marathon Oil Corp., 80% of the company’s growth of 200,000 barrels of incremental production per day is expected to be driven by the Bakken, Niobrara, Woodford and Eagle Ford shale plays.

Uinta Basin plan gets OK from Dept. of Interior and environmental groups; estimated recovery is 500 MMcf per day.

February was the second month running in which daily revenue fell below $200 million industrywide.

In one fell swoop Floyd Wilson’s Halcon Resources Corp. added another half to its proved reserves base and nearly doubled its existing production with its $1-billion acquisition of GeoResources Inc.

While the 2012 year in U.S. oil and gas dealmaking has been relatively quiet thus far, notwithstanding a handful of statistic-skewing blockbuster acquisitions, the second half of the year looks to be hot with activity.

Great deal-price upside remains in the Permian Basin, which is the newest target of horizontal-well application to oil-rich resources.

Apollo Global Management LP views the tremendous disparity in Btu value created by the oil and gas commodity price bifurcation as an investment opportunity for those with staying power.

The conundrum of low gas prices coupled with burgeoning unconventional supplies has created a tricky environment for the U.S. natural gas industry.

Emerging shale plays are oil prone and liquids-rich according to speakers at Hart Energy’s 7th Annual Developing Unconventional Gas (DUG) Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, April 23-25.

Statoil, a Norwegian semi-national oil company, has jumped into the shale gale in a serious manner.

Norwegian Jarand Rystad gave the participants at the DUG 2012 Conference a resounding “thank you” for saving the world economy with the shale revolution.

The abundance of natural gas from U.S. shale plays is a tremendous resource, but low prices are frustrating gas producers.

Drillinginfo’s Ramona Hovey says producers are finding new opportunities by acquiring acreage where leaseholds have, or soon will, expire in the shale plays.

Dr. James Canton said that the future for natural gas in the US is bright, but that the industry needs to take risks and be open to innovation.