Eagle Ford Shale
The Eagle Ford Shale is located in South Texas producing from various depths between 4,000 and 12,000 feet. It derives its name from the town of Eagle Ford TX where the shale outcrops at the surface in clay form. Often the Eagle Ford is mistakenly spelled as “Eagleford”. The Eagle Ford is still an emerging shale play, however operators have accumulated large acreage positions and well results are promising. Unlike many other shale plays, the Eagle Ford thus far does not exhibit natural fracturing within the formation. The Eagle Ford formation does have a dry gas, a gas condensate, and oil an oil window.
Eagle Ford Shale Companies
Significant producers within the Eagle Ford Shale are:
- Anadarko
- Apache Corp.
- BP
- Cabot Oil& Gas
- Chesapeake Energy
- ConocoPhillips
- El Paso
- EOG Resources
- Exxon-XTO
- Forest Oil
- Goodrich
- Hilcorp
- Lewis Petro Properties
- Murphy Oil
- Newfield Exploration
- PetroHawk
- Pioneer Resources
- Reliance
- Rosetta Resources
- Sharon Energy
- Shell
- SM Energy
- St. Mary Land & Exploration
- Swift Energy
- Talisman
- TXCO Resources
Eagle Ford Shale Location
The Eagle Ford Shale is located in the following counties:
- Atascosa County TX
- Bee County TX
- Dewitt County TX
- Dimmitt County TX
- Fayette County TX
- Frio County TX
- Gonzales County TX
- Karnes County TX
- LaSalle County TX
- Lavaca County TX
- Live Oak County TX
- Maverick County TX
- McMullen County TX
- Webb County TX
- Wilson County TX
- Zavala County TX