Texas House honors Barnett Shale pioneer George Mitchell
6 days ago
"He drilled his first Barnett Shale well in 1981.
Quicksilver posts smaller loss as production slips
11 days ago
The company said its Barnett Shale production declined by 5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012, but its production in Canada's Horn River Basin was up 30 percent.
Higher gas prices, oil production boost profit at Chesapeake
17 days ago
Chesapeake Energy, the big Barnett Shale producer that replaced its chief executive officer in March amid conflict-of-interest questions, swung to a higher-than-expected profit as gas prices...
Ed Bass, other plaintiffs, sue Chesapeake over royalty payments
65 days ago
Fort Worth investor Ed Bass and more than a dozen other landowners in southern Tarrant County have sued units of Chesapeake Energy in federal court in Dallas, accusing the Barnett Shale's...
Future of U.S. natural gas bonanza debated
71 days ago
So rigs have left the Barnett Shale and other natural gas fields in favor of drilling for oil, which commands a much higher price.
With natural gas so abundant and cheap, should U.S. export it?
73 days ago
"It is very important to develop a new market for domestic natural gas," said Ed Ireland, the executive director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council.
The ripple effect of falling gas prices
78 days ago
Julie Wilson, Chesapeake's vice president of urban development, said the Oklahoma City producer paid $31 million last year in ad valorem taxes in the Barnett Shale.
Study says Barnett will still be producing gas in 2050
79 days ago
The Barnett Shale will still be churning out natural gas even in 2050 and will produce more than three times what it has already yielded, according to a new study by the University of Texas at...
Quicksilver cuts capital spending
83 days ago
"Quicksilver's pullback in capital spending is evident in its Barnett Shale activities.
Overton Centre in Fort Worth goes for a triple play
95 days ago
Wednesday, Pioneer said it took noncash impairments totaling nearly $160 million on its Barnett Shale properties in the fourth quarter of 2012.
