Hydraulic Fracturing gets a Break

Hydraulic Fracturing Isn’t the Problem

North Dakota fracking falls behind

Fracking Backlog in North Dakota

Texas floats fracking chemical rules

Texas floats fracking chemical rules - Upstream Online

From Farmer to Sand Miner - Oil and Gas changing the Midwest

Most of us don't think about the number of train cars full of frac sand that are rolling through the US at this very moment, but normally unaffected Midwest businesses are getting in on the US Shale boom.  What once was a commodity not worth digging up is now a huge business.
Frac sand becomes a profitable trade

Fayetteville producers to Recycle Frac water

Recycling water maybe a new answer to several issues that surround frac water use and treatment.

Arkansas Frac water gets a second life

NJ puts yearlong freeze on fracking

Looking to its future is New Jersey practicing wishful thinking or being proactive?  Time, money, and resources are being thrown at a fracking debate in a state that has no known reserves. 

NJ puts yearlong freeze on fracking - Upstream Online

Bakken producers getting on board with the Frac Focus Chemical Registry

Moving to rural North Dakota and going without Internet for two months has had some big challenges.  The first of course is my inability to update my blog and keep my readers feed.  The second biggest challenge I have faced is the lack of relevant information in hard copy to keep myself up to date on what is going on outside the region in the industry.
I have however found some small surprises in the my absence, for example the Frac Focus Chemical Registry has grown in that time.  After hitting the website today I am happy to find that North Dakota does have wells on the search database. A huge improvement from just a few short months ago. My quick count came up with seven producers in the region listing.  I did a little checking and it appears that Wyoming is at about the same pace on their participation.  Montana is still moving a little slower with only XTO Energy listing a single well, but since the focus has been less on Montana until recent months I think that will change as well.

For anyone interested in the website and if there is anything in your area, please check out:

Frac Focus Chemical Registry

Samson Oil & Gas - Earl #1-13H

Weather, holiday, and breakdowns slows down operations on the Earl #1-13H. Work began yesterday to drill out the 19 plugs down hole.  Samson reports they are encouraged by the marked increase in oil rate after the first plug was removed.

Target starts Buffalo fraccing in South Texas

Target starts Buffalo fraccing - Upstream Online

Brigham Exploration Announces Record Numbers

Brigham Exploration has made large gains in their drilling and exploration in the Bakken field.  Brigham has successfully completed 56 consecutive long lateral high frac stage wells.  The average early 24 hr peak flow back rate is approximately 2884 barrels of oil equivalent. With record wells in North Dakota and Montana Brigham Exploration will be a company to keep an eye on.

Brigham Exploration Table of Operational Updates

Samson Oil and Gas Advise on Earl #1-13H Well

Fracture stimulation operations have been completed on the Earl #1-13 H, with all 20 stages pumped.  The stimulation placed 2.1 million pounds of proppant.  The flow back equipment will be moved from the Rodney well and operations will commence in 24 hours.

Frac Focus Chemical Registry

With all the controversy in the oil and gas industry over fracture stimulation, I decided to post this website so anyone interested can go see more about the process and just what they use to do the procedure.

Fracture stimulation chemical listings

Samson Oil and Gas moves forward on the Earl 1-13H Well

Samson Oil & Gas - Earl 1-13H Well

SAMSON OIL & GAS ADVISES ON RODNEY #1-14H

Good reports are coming from the Samson group.  Please follow the link to see the most recent results of fracking the Rodney #1-14H.

Fracking complete on Samson Rodney#1-14H

Northern Oil and Gas Announces Plans to Move forward in Bakken

Northern Oil and Gas has acquired lease hold interest in approximately 11,000 net acres in the Windsor prospect of the Bakken.  NOG along with its operating partner Slawson Exploration have begun the second well and have also contracted a dedicated frac crew for their investments. 
To read further information on this newest focus for NOG and Slawson please see the link.
Northern Oil and Gas - Increased drilling in 2011

Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing Video

This video comes from API's website.  Very good generalization of the process for anyone wanting to understand the procedure.
Horizontal drilling and Hydraulic fracturing - API

Samson Oil and Gas - Rodney #1-14 H

Samson Oil and Gas has moved forward on their 16 stage plan to fracture stimulate the Rodney#1-14.  Due to some mechanical issues they report to be on stage 15. (1700 hours March 21st)  Samson also reports the spud date for the Everett #2-15 has been moved up to March 28th.

Samson's Rodney #1-14H is ready for fracture stimulations

Samson's fourth production well in the North Stockyard field is rigged and ready for stimulation.  Samson proposes 4 days, 16 stages, and about 2 million pounds of proppant. 

To read the full announcement from Samson Oil & Gas please see the following link:
Samson - Rodney #1-14 H Well