Super-Laterals, Cost Controls Help Appalachian E&Ps Thrive in $3 Market

摘要

Appalachian gas production will continue to grow at current price levels largely because of technological advances-including so-called super-laterals—that have slashed drilling costs, according to several industry executives. But that optimism expressed last week at Hart Energy's DUG East conference in Pittsburgh was tempered by concerns about nagging obstacles, including an aggressive anti-fossil fuel movement that threatens to slow or derail hydraulic fracturing and the build-out of vital takeaway capacity.