Shale_Activity_Creating_Need_for_Updated_Data_Management_Systems Hess To Form MLP For North Dakota Oil, Gas Transport Assets Oil and gas companies should truly understand the scope of their operations before investing in technology solutions to address the complexity and volumes of data in shale operations. The current boom in shale activity in the United States is creating changes in business processes that are causing companies to react and analyze their information differently, according to oil and gas industry experts with Deloitte. Oil and gas industry drilling practices have been based on premises established a century ago, when companies drilled vertical wells and relatively straightforward operations. However, shale oil and gas wells are more complex, with multiple laterals, directions and zones. As a result in the shift in technology and drilling practices such as pad drilling, the doubling of lateral well lengths since 2008 from 5,000 feet to over 10,000 feet, and sheer number […]