Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas The "shale ... and natural gas production technology—notably, a new combination of horizontal drilling and ...

The Permian Basin led the U.S. among shale deposits with 312 oil and gas drilling rigs, after dropping two in the last week, ...

In its last weekly release, Baker Hughes Company BKR stated that the U.S. rig count was lower than the prior week’s figure. The rotary rig count, issued by BKR, is usually published in major ...

The rankings also showed that the U.S. shale patch has mastered the art of efficiency gains—fewer rigs in 2024 allowed for an increase in total oil and gas production in America. The Top 50 ...

In the Haynesville shale in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, drillers cut two rigs ... a 43% increase in spot gas prices in 2025 would prompt producers to boost drilling activity this year after ...

Baker Hughes, a leading energy services company, said that the U.S. added oil and gas rigs this week for the first eight-week period.

During shale oil extraction, high drilling pressure can create cracks in the formation, causing well leakage. Conversely, insufficient pressure may allow underground oil, water, or gas to escape ...