Drilling and completion practices in the Marcellus and Utica shales are more important than ever in an era of capital conservation. How are operators lowering drilling costs and boosting IPs across the plays? Are fracture stimulation designs improving, and which well spacing patterns work best?

  • Keith Yankowsky, vice president, Appalachia south business unit, Chesapeake Energy Corp.;
  • Joseph H. Frantz Jr., vice president, engineering technology, Range Resources Corp.;
  • Des Murphy, business development technology manager, Halliburton Co.; and
  • Malcolm Yates, stimulation domain manager, U.S. North, Schlumberger Ltd.