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Directional Drilling: The Key to the Smart Growth of Oil and Gas Development in the Rocky Mountain Region PDF

Over the past few years, the Rocky Mountain region has experienced explosive growth in drilling, especially in the number of natural gas wells. Benefiting from increases in gas price and new technologies, operators have embarked on a wave of development of gas resources that is breathtaking in magnitude, comprising increases of thousands of wells. While the region has previously experienced booms in drilling, this one has a different character. Natural gas resources are being developed at an unprecedented density, with wells spaced every 20, 10 or even 5 acres.

The "New Technology" Scam PDF

In the push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, the big oil companies and their allies in the Congress, Administration, and Alaska state government say drilling on Alaska’s North Slope has been clean and environmentally benign. They profess a commitment to strict environmental regulation, and they assert that new technologies – particularly ice roads and directional drilling – will reduce even further any impact of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.