I’d understood natural gas to be more of a byproduct of the process rather than an objective. Frack for oil, get natural gas as well. Is this incorrect?
I’d understood natural gas to be more of a byproduct of the process rather than an objective. Frack for oil, get natural gas as well. Is this incorrect?
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Not always there are some huge dry gas fields in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
That said, dry gas rigs have been declining while dry gas production has been rising. The reason for this is that the number of oil rigs has been rising—but drillers pretty constantly find natural gas among their natural gas liquids and oil. If they can, they’ll hold onto the natural gas and pump it somewhere productive for profit. If not, then the natural gas is flared off.
Incorrect. Hydraulic Fracturing does nothing to change the product in the ground. It only makes cracks in the reservoir so whatever is already there can flow more easily to the well.
“I’d understood natural gas to be more of a byproduct of the process rather than an objective. Frack for oil, get natural gas as well. Is this incorrect?”
Depends where you are. There are two sets of reservoirs here:
1. Oil (which always has some natural gas produced along with it)
2. Natural Gas - which may be dry or have some liquids associated with it. Sometimes like the Eagleford’s most prolific area, these liquids are great in amount.