Well Completion
Two key developments in well design and completions have fostered development of the Barnett Shale. These are horizontal, or "slant" drilling, and hydraulic fracturing. In addition, changes to the Clean Water Act made in the 2005 Energy Policy Act exempt natural gas explorers from disclosing what chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, allowing those explorers to avoid costly regulatory oversight.
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