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_Directional, horizontal and extended-reach drilling -- to depths up to 30,000 feet and reaching horizontally even farther -- can tap multiple gas reservoirs from a single location onshore or from a single offshore facility.
_Technological advances allow the use of smaller modular drilling rigs that can be more easily transported to remote locations and disassembled and removed after a well is drilled. Drilling is necessary to find and produce the natural gas consumers need.
_By using advanced technologies, such as sophisticated computer technology used to improve geological analysis, America’s natural gas industry proves every day that it can continue to produce natural gas -- and its benefits to society -- in ways that are sensitive to environmental protection. Since more than one-third of the natural gas produced in the United States comes from multiple-use government lands, government land use policies should allow continued access to these vital resources. |
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_Tiny down hole sensors located near the drill bit can transmit data while drilling to Accurately target the well into desired gas zones
_Geoscientists, including physicists, geologists and engineers, can estimate with sophisticated computer equipment and software which subsurface rock, sand and coal structures are likely to contain the abundant natural gas that exists throughout much of North America. Within those structures the most likely places for natural gas to be found can be identified before a well is drilled. This results in ever-increasing precision in selecting productive well locations, thereby reducing the number of wells that may need to be drilled, onshore or offshore.
_Although natural gas is abundant, it must be brought to the surface and our industry must be allowed to get to these resources to maintain a stable supply. Drilling is still the only way to actually find and produce the natural gas. |
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