Exxon Mobil to sell its Barnett Shale holdings

History of the Barnett Shale

 

 

Exxon Mobil has started selling its oil and gas properties in the Barnett Shale area of north Texas, a sale involving 2,700 wells across an estimated 182,000 acres.

The area is the home of the first horizontally drilled shale wells and is part of the company’s goal announced three years ago of raising $15 billion from asset sales reported Reuters.

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