Unconventional resources

ExxonMobil technology has opened up so-called “unconventional” energy resources such as tight gas, heavy oil and oil sands — which previously were considered inaccessible or too costly to recover. For example, in Colorado’s Piceance Basin, ExxonMobil’s Multi-Zone Stimulation Technology (MZST) has opened up tight gas resources by allowing operators to create fractures in reservoir rock at a more rapid rate than conventional technology so gas can flow more easily. Using MZST and our Fast Drill Process, ExxonMobil is increasing recovery and production rates at Piceance while reducing development costs and our environmental footprint. Breakthroughs such as these have contributed to a recent increase in U.S. natural gas production.