Top producers in the Eagle Ford Shale, slideshow

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Sanford Nowlin

A tanker truck moves through the Eagle Ford Shale town of Cotulla. Injection wells have proliferated in South Texas as activity in the shale increased.

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James Aldridge

Web Editor- San Antonio Business Journal

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The Eagle Ford Shale remains a hot commodity is Texas as advancements in drilling technologies have made it possible for more operators to unlock vast reservoirs of crude oil, natural gas and condensates thousands of feet under the Earth.

Last month, the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development issued a report showing that the shale generated $87 billion in total economic output for the state and supported nearly 155,000 jobs. And those figures are only expected to grow even higher over the next 10 years.

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We have produced a slideshow of the top five companies drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale based on the number of drilling permits issued by the Texas Railroad Commission. The full top 25 list appeared in the Friday, Oct. 10 issue of the San Antonio Business Journal.

Click here for the slideshow.

Check out the Eagle Ford Shale Insight for more breaking news and in-depth coverage. Click here.

James Aldridge oversees online content of the newspaper; edits and reports stories for the online edition.