Christian Antkowiak is a shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Pittsburgh, Pa. His experience includes defending multistate class and collective actions, and serving as advisor to general ...

HOUSTON–Maximizing production and hydrocarbon recovery in horizontal resource plays requires understanding which portions of the reservoir are adequately stimulated and contributing production, and ...

DENVER–The law doesn’t stop at the county line and geology doesn’t change according to city limits. The same formations that hold oil and gas accumulations in the subsurface far beneath pastures, corn ...

HOUSTON–Manual tank gauging at onshore oil and gas facilities is viewed as a cost-effective solution for managing tank inventories and custody transfer measurements. The American Petroleum Institute’s ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–The advent of new technology allowing oil and gas producers to recover hydrocarbon resources from shales is both well known and well developed in North America. The impact ...

GOLDEN, CO.–In assessing the effectiveness of any carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery projects, it is essential to track the flow path of injected CO2 and determine the bypassed oil pockets. Time ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D.–Total in-place oil estimates for the Bakken petroleum system (including the Three Forks formation) range from 160 billion to more than 900 billion barrels. However, Bakken/Three ...

MIDLAND, TX.–The Permian Basin region has been under dual spotlights of late with its shale and horizontal plays (Wolfberry, Cline and Bone Springs), as well as its 11 ongoing carbon dioxide enhanced ...

BELMOPAN, Belize–Global giants in the international crude oil exploration, drilling and production industry tend to enjoy advantages when it comes to economies of scale and easy access to funding. But ...

EVERGREEN CO.–Producers continue to shift significant budget dollars to liquids-rich plays, including high-Btu gas and crude/condensate production with high-Btu associated gas. The result is growing ...

LAGUNA BEACH, CA.–Drilling fluids technology and best practices continue to evolve in step with the industry’s relentless quest to optimize drilling performance in all types of geology, operating ...

HOUSTON–Oil and gas companies are continuously pressured to not only do more with less, but do it faster, safer and cheaper. This “new normal” in oil and gas operations, spurred by market volatility, ...