Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. Researchers have now developed a ...

University of Wyoming researchers have published a critical review of the relationship among pore architecture, geomechanics and fluid flow during production-induced pressure decline in shales. This ...

Directional drilling in shale formations is applied to place long horizontal laterals precisely within thin, mechanically favorable target intervals, enabling multi-stage stimulation and economic ...