By eliminating tripping for installing and removing plugs, and perforating, companies can cut the time for hydraulic fracturing dramatically.

Source of the deepest active shale play in the US delivers liquids-rich pay.

While Devon Energy's primary focus is in E&P, the company's midstream division is a very important and profitable segment of the company.

Big rigs are on the job in the red-hot, liquids-rich Cana Woodford play in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin. Meanwhile, operators in the Arkoma Basin’s established dry-gas play have shaved costs and boosted recoveries.

The Woodford and Fayetteville shales continue to be important areas for unconventional oil and gas players.

Its diversification plan now complete, Newfield Exploration is all about execution and optionality under a new president and chief executive.

Investment dollars continue to pour into the Fayetteville and Woodford shales, but can valuation metrics keep pace with the high bar set by recent deals? (From the Arkoma Playbook)

Operators build vast knowledge bases, then apply the right technical solutions to maximize productivity. (From the Arkoma Playbook)

Operators are working to insure that transportation capacity is available for growing oil and gas production. (From the Arkoma Playbook)

Lean times will not last forever. (From the Arkoma Playbook)

The Fayetteville and Woodford shale gas plays in north central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma are delivering solid volumes of gas to the nation’s markets. (From the Arkoma Playbook)

The Anadarko Basin shows promise for deep Woodford shale production.

?Marathon Oil Corp. reports it has participated in a successful step-out discovery well on the Brickyard prospect in the northeastern Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma.