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Barnett Overview: The Barnett Shale is considered to be the "granddaddy" of all U.S. shale plays, as it was the formation in which Mitchell Energy & Development first successfully implemented the technology necessary to unlock shale gas in the early 1990s. Read More

Barnett Counties: TX: Bosque, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Erath Read More

Barnett Pipelines (natural gas): Atmos Pipeline, Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, Energy Transfer, Enterprise Products, Gulf Crossing, NGPL, OkTex Pipeline, Tolar Hub Read More

Barnett Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Barnett shale. View Table

ARTICLES

Texas Fracking Case Draws National Environmental Groups

December 5, 2014
Joe Fisher
Denton, TX, anti-frackers are marshaling forces to defend the city's voter-approved and recently enacted ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) against a challenge by the oil and gas industry as well as a Texas state agency. Read More
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EIA Says NatGas Reserves Up 10%; North Dakota Passes GOM in Crude

December 4, 2014
Charlie Passut
U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased nearly 10% and reached a record 354 Tcf in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, North Dakota's crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves surpassed those of the federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM), ranking it second only to Texas among U.S. states. Read More

Big Four Shale Gas Plays Show Decline -- Not Plateau -- After 2020, Say University of Texas Researchers

December 4, 2014
Carolyn Davis
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and a bevy of independent analysts have predicted domestic natural gas production will climb rapidly over the long-term because of booming unconventional gas growth. However, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is predicting production from the biggest shale gas plays -- Marcellus, Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville -- will peak by 2020 and decline thereafter. Read More
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Domestic NatGas, Oil Production to End 2014 on Steady Upswing, EIA Says

November 11, 2014
David Bradley
Production of natural gas and oil from the seven most prolific U.S. shale and tight oil regions will continue to increase through the end of the year... Read More

EVEP to Sell Joint Venture Acreage In Ohio's Utica Shale

November 11, 2014
Jamison Cocklin
EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) said Monday that it will begin marketing both its operated and non-operated joint venture (JV) acreage in Ohio's Utica Shale next year, where the company believes its efforts with Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Total E&P USA have made clear the asset's value for a successful sale. Read More
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Denton, TX, Votes Fracking Out, Lawsuits In

November 5, 2014
Joe Fisher
Nearly 59% of voters in Barnett Shale town Denton, TX, chose to ban hydraulic fracturing, making it the first Texas city to do so... Read More
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Texas Crude Production Climbing, NatGas Down From Year-Ago Levels

October 30, 2014
Joe Fisher
Texas crude oil and natural gas production statistics continue to reflect producers’ preference for oil over less-lucrative natural gas... Read More

Texas Adopts Quake-Minded Injection Well Rules

October 28, 2014
Joe Fisher
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) on Tuesday adopted rule changes that are intended to more closely regulate drilling waste disposal wells in areas of the state where there has been or could be heightened seismic activity. Read More
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Texas Operator Says Oil Price Slump Could Impact Future Drilling Plans

October 22, 2014
Joe Fisher
Clayton Williams Energy Inc. (CWEI) is tweaking its Eagle Ford Shale fracking operations and experimenting with downspacing. In the Delaware Basin, three of its recent wells ran into trouble, and the Midland, TX-based independent said it is monitoring the pullback in oil prices as it considers plans for next year. Read More

Rocky E&P Quarterlies Forecast on Oil Price Declines

October 22, 2014
Carolyn Davis
Talk about natural gas oversupply may not be the big story when the domestic exploration and production sector unveils quarterly earnings reports over the next few weeks. Instead, conversations may center around the impact lower crude oil prices had on the third quarter, and how they may impact drilling plans into 2015, energy analysts said this week. Read More

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