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Schlumberger's clever frack takes aim at gas costs

Reuters --
(Reuters) - Production costs of natural gas from unconventional fields could tumble in the United States if a new technique developed by Schlumberger lives up to its billing.

The world's largest oilfield services company by market value and others working in the industry have suffered this year because the runaway success of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling techniques to extract so-called unconventional gas has created a glut and caused a price slide.

But using a proprietary system called Hiway that only became commercially viable last year, Schlumberger's fracker in chief believes he has knocked a lump out of the infant industry's three major cost components; water, sand, and trucks.


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They are great at marketing...
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2012 6:38:09 AM

pro·pri·e·tar·y adj. 1. Exclusively owned; private; secret

Which is all great except for one thing. They are pumping this 'secret sauce' down, deep into the ground in order to make more gas more cheaply and make more money. Isn't free enterprise great. It's free for them but often paid for by others in terms of contaminated ground water, long term damage to ecosystems and triggering seismic events i.e. earthquakes. Free enterprise in action -- it's great!
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Alrighty then.
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Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 11:55:58 PM

Any new technique or technology that allows the same or increased production with lower productions costs sounds real good.
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Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 12:04:12 PM

American ingenuity.

Lower costs allow natural gas producers to be profitable even at a super low prices.

Win Win
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Excellent.
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Cool! Good luck to them!
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Whatever it takes
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o k
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ok
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I love those "Frackers."
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I'm with RENEGADEGAS 100%.
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Ok
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they need to take out chemicals that destroy ground water.
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Fracking Frackidy Frack....
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Whatever it takes to make the US energy independent.
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Don't think I really need to know all that. Just do it or stop!
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ok.
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Ok
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cool
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Interesting.
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okay..interesting
thanks for posting
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i read it also Kawibiker, but i still don't know what i read..
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k
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If it works as stated
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Go for it.
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I read it..
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Ok.
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I need more details than this. For all I know they are pumping cyanide into the wells.
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2012 11:40:40 PM

Interesting article. Only time will tell.
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I hope it's all good.
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ok
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2012 11:37:10 PM

You're not going to get any trade secrets by reading this. What a huge disappointment!
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2012 11:28:14 PM

We'll see, and it would be nice if it works as well as cause less pollution!

Have a Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!
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Good.
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That would be interesting if it works.
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A new monopoly in a new technology.
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hmm
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Hope so
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As long as it's done safely and responsibly !
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I agree, if this works it's good!
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If it works as stated, good.
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