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Fayetteville Shale News

Crestwood Midstream completes acquisition of midstream assets in Fayetteville Shale, Granite Wash

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP has completed the previously announced acquisition of midstream assets in the Fayetteville Shale and the Granite Wa...

Chesapeake sells Fayetteville Shale assets to BHP Billiton for $4.75 billion

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation said Feb. 21 it will sell all of the company’s interests in about 487,000 net acres of leas...

Gas directed shale rig counts down 16 for the month

Gas directed rig counts for the shale plays are down both this week and for the month, according to a January 11 research note by Jefferies & C...

Petrohawk sells Fayetteville Shale interests for $650M

Houston-based Petrohawk Energy Corp. said Dec. 23 it has completed the sale of its natural gas assets in the Fayetteville Shale, located primarily ...

Southwestern places 106 operated wells in Fayetteville shale in 1Q10

Southwestern Energy Co., the first company to drill and produce natural gas from the Fayetteville shale and the largest gas producer in the play (g...

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

The total value of US oil and gas mergers and acquisitions increased significantly in 2011 due to continued investment in US shale plays and related infrastructure, sustained interest from foreign buyers, and private equity entrants deploying capital in the energy industry, according to an analysis of energy M&A data by PwC US. A major trend in the energy sector driving the increase in deal value throughout the year was a shift towards more investments in oil and liquid plays as natural gas prices remained depressed amid hitting a 10-year low in 2011.

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Can the shale gas rBart Willigers, Palantir Solutions Ltd. evolution currently taking place in the US be repeated elsewhere? Although significant volumes of unconventional gas deposits are present in Poland, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK, shale gas developments are running many years behind their counterparts in the US. Skeptics have pointed out that differences in geology, taxes, public acceptance, environmental regulations and other factors in Europe vs. the US make for a tougher environment in which to develop unconventional resources. 

Read the article by Bart J. A. Willigers of Palantir Solutions Ltd. here

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