The Eagle Ford shale formation in South Texas runs from the US-Mexico border north of Laredo in a narrow band extending northeast for several hundred miles to just north of Houston. It is located directly below the Austin Chalk. The average thickness of the Eagle Ford shale is about 475 feet. The more active part of the region is mainly in McMullen, Maverick, Dimmit, La Salle, Karnes, Live Oak, and Atascosa counties. The formation produces both natural gas and oil, but it is the oil-producing and gas condensate areas that are hottest right now.
Houston-based Apache Corp. and EOG Resources are two of the largest lease-holders in the Eagle Ford. Other major players include Petrohawk, Swift Energy, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Murphy Oil, Chesapeake, Cabot Oil & Gas, and Pioneer Natural Resources.
Eagle Ford impact study results to be released
Apr 30, 2012
Results of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Eagle Ford Shale Economic Impact Study will be presented on two dates in May. |
Capstone to supply Eagle Ford producers with 30 more microturbines
Apr 17, 2012
Capstone Turbine Corp. has received orders for 30 additional C65 microturbines from producers in the Eagle Ford shale play. |
Housing shortage: 'Man camp' adds 100 beds in Eagle Ford
Apr 10, 2012
Oil services providers and field personnel working the Eagle Ford shale have a new place to lay their heads at night — and more — in Kenedy, Texas. |
ZaZa Energy expands in the Texas Eaglebine, begins drilling
Mar 29, 2012
ZaZa Energy Corp. has expanded its position in the Eaglebine trend in eastern Texas to a nearly contiguous total holding of approximately 144,123 gross acres through a transaction with a Range Resources subsidiary. |
NET Midstream expands Eagle Ford pipeline
Mar 23, 2012
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Carrizo to sell certain Barnett Shale assets to Atlas for $190M
Mar 16, 2012
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a portion of its properties in the Barnett Shale to a subsidiary of Atlas Resource Partners for $190 million in cash. |
American Standard acquires Permian Basin, Williston Basin, Eagle Ford assets from private company
Mar 16, 2012
On March 5, American Standard Energy Corp. closed and funded its acquisition of roughly 72,300 net acres and approximately 250 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production from privately-held Geronimo Holding Corp. |
ZaZa, Toreador complete merger to create international resource company
Feb 23, 2012
ZaZa Energy Corp. has completed the combination of Toreador Resources and ZaZa Energy LLC, creating an international resource-focused exploration and production company. |
Teak Midstream to construct natural gas gathering system, processing plant in Eagle Ford
Feb 22, 2012
Dallas-based TEAK Midstream LLC is constructing over 200 miles of natural gas gathering and residue delivery pipelines and an adjoining 200 million cubic feet per day cryogenic gas processing plant in South Texas to serve gas producers operating in the Eagle Ford Shale play. |
Copano adds to Eagle Ford presence with pipeline expansion, new long term contract
Feb 10, 2012
Midstream natural gas company Copano Energy LLC will extend its wholly-owned 96-mile, 24-inch DK Pipeline in the Eagle Ford Shale play by adding approximately 65 miles of 24-inch pipeline southwest into McMullen County, Texas. |
JV agreements played key role in 2011 E&P funding
Feb 8, 2012
Following a rise in popularity in the oil and gas upstream sector in 2010, joint venture agreements played a dominant role as a source of low cost funding in 2011—with unconventional resources drawing the most attention, noted analyst at Stifel Nicolaus. |
Southcross expands natural gas processing complex in Eagle Ford area
Feb 8, 2012
To expand its ability to serve oil and gas producers operating in the Eagle Ford Shale, Southcross Energy has begun construction of a fractionator and natural gas liquids and residue pipeline outlets in South Texas. |
Global NuTech acquires Texas Gulf Oil and Gas
Feb 1, 2012
Global NuTech Inc. has acquired 100% of the stock of Houston, Texas-based Texas Gulf Oil & Gas Inc. |
Texcom opens new liquid disposal site in heart of Eagle Ford Shale
Jan 25, 2012
Houston-based TexCom Inc., an environmental services company for the oil and gas industry, has opened its new liquid disposal site, owned and operated by its wholly owned subsidiary Eagle Ford Environmental Services LLC. |
Demand for Eagle Ford acreage continues as Marubeni buys share from Hunt Oil
Jan 9, 2012
Marubeni Corp. recently became Japan’s largest owner of American shale oil acreage when it announced it had acquired nearly 52,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale from Dallas-based Hunt Oil. |
The “natural gas revolution” is changing global energy dynamics, including the outlook for energy security in the United States and elsewhere.
In his keynote speech to the annual 31st annual CERAWeek Executive Conference in Houston, Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc, outlines what the industry and policymakers must do to ensure society fully leverages the many benefits of natural gas. He calls for well-targeted and robustly enforced regulations to ensure tight and shale gas production meets the highest standards. He also urges the industry to do a better job of listening and responding to public concerns about the environmental and operational challenges associated with gas production.
Read the full speech by Peter Voser here.