Houston-based drilling giant ConocoPhillips is making a play in Louisiana’s portion of the Austin Chalk formation, raising the prospect of a resurgence of onshore drilling activity in the state.

The Oklahoma City independent has received permission from Louisiana regulators to plug back the Lane 64 well in East Feliciana Parish to complete the Selma Chalk, as the Austin Chalk formation is ...

ConocoPhillips Co. (COP) comprehensively reviewed stimulation techniques and acid fracturing designs in North Sea chalks to improve its stimulation designs. The choice between matrix acidization, acid ...

Houston-based Marathon Oil has confirmed it has a position in Louisiana’s Austin Chalk play, making it one of several large industry players exploring the formation. Marathon, in its first-quarter ...

In this guest article, David Eddy examines Yorkshire Water’s response to plans to drill for gas at Foxholes in North Yorkshire, above one of the region’s main sources of drinking ...

This release is available in German. It has a beautiful, but also an unpleasant side: crystallization determines the shape of precious stones, but also causes the lime scale in washing machines. How ...