Thursday, September 4, 2025
Earthstone Energy

Nodding Donkeys Fail as Long Shale Wells Make Pumping Oil Harder

From Bloomberg Imagine trying to slurp a thick chocolate shake through a J-shaped straw four miles long. That’s the kind of cheek-puckering test the American shale industry must overcome to prolong a record boom in oil output. For almost a decade, drillers have been using new techniques to tap vast petroleum reserves scattered within deep, porous rock layers in places

West Texas Landowners: Is Permian Fracing Volume Straining Groundwater Supply?

From The Texas Observer Charles Phillips was in his pasture one day last year when he heard the sound. At 85, Phillips doesn’t hear as well as he used to, but he had no problem picking up the unmistakable squeal of a drill boring through rock. That’s odd, he thought. Why would my neighbor be drilling a water well? He followed the