The demand for natural gas engineers within Eagle Ford has prompted Texas A&M Kingsville to reinstate it’s Natural Gas Engineering undergraduate program.  The program is designed to help get the Eagle Ford gas to the US markets, thus reducing our dependence on foreign gas.

Since TAMU Kingsville currently has a masters program in natural gas engineering, this reinstatement will use existing laboratories and staff.  The program has been approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and will be offered to students this Fall semester.

For more information see: http://www.engineer.tamuk.edu/departments/ngen/index.html

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More blue dots!  The latest well activiety from the Texas Railroad Commission. As of May 14,  2012.

Source: Texas Railroad Commission

Eagle Ford Well Activity as of May 14th, 2012

Fantastic video from Energy Now on fracking in Eagle Ford and North Dakota.

For Facebook memebrs who have already liked our Facebook page.  Here is a direct link to the contest (the link is also located under the Cover Image on the top right on our Facebook page):

http://www.facebook.com/EagleFord/app_254553244581393

Here is our Facebook page as well: www.facebook.com/EagleFord 

Mobile Phone Users Please use this link: http://bit.ly/J0IIg1

We’re Celebrating the News: Eagle Ford is Largest Oilfield in the Lower 48 States – with a Photo Contest!

HOW TO ENTER

Visit our Facebook Page to Enter www.facebook.com/EagleFord 

Must “Like or Page”

Mobile Phone Users Please use this link: http://bit.ly/J0IIg1

For a direct link to contest: http://www.facebook.com/EagleFord/app_254553244581393

See the Official Rules at: http://eagleford.org/photo-contest-rules/

THE PRIZE

Five lucky category winners will be mailed (USPS mail to an address in the contiguous 48 United States) an Eagle Ford Wall Map. The grand prize winner will receive $200. Map can be viewed at: http://www.mapsearch.com/content/dam/mapsearch/site-images/Shale%20Eagle%20Ford%20w.jpg

Eligibility

Promotion is open only to Facebook Members (or legal business entities who might be able to enter via their personal Facebook page log on) who enter by submitting a photo via our “Third Party” application promotional page (accessed through our Facebook business Page www.facebook.com/EagleFord ).  Entrants who are Facebook members must also “Like” our www.facebook.com/EagleFord Business Page.  Entrants agree/attest that they are legal adult residents of the 50 United States (including District of Columbia) who are of the age of majority in their state or province of residence at the time of entry. Entrants must attest that they own the photo and all copyrights to it and have obtained legal permission (via a model release) for all persons in the photo. Entrants must be capable of getting photos from their camera, to a computer and be able to upload those photos to the Third Party promotional application.  (Eagle Ford News will not be available to assist in any of these computer related issues). Employees of Eagle Ford News (“Sponsor”) and its parent companies, affiliates, franchisees, sales representatives, distributors, agents, and vendors involved with this promotion, and the immediate family and household members of all such employees, are not eligible to enter or win. Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.

How To Enter

Access the Promotion by clicking the Photo Contest link on the Eagle Ford News Facebook page, www.facebook.com/EagleFord . You must “like” the Eagle Ford News page in order to access the “Third Party” contest application. Follow the on-screen instructions to upload your photo and complete the online entry form as indicated with your first and last name, complete mailing address and email address. Once the form is complete, click the “Submit” button to enter the Promotion. You will be required to accept the official rules AND agree that you are transferring all ownership and copyrights of the photo to Eagle Ford News prior to submitting your entry (which you will have the opportunity to review).
Snap your best Eagle Ford photo and enter it in one of five Eagle Ford related categories (1. Eagle Ford Drilling Rigs 2. Eagle Ford Man Camps 3. Eagle Ford Jobs 4. Eagle Ford Businesses 5. Eagle Ford Graphic Design). Upload it, and then have your friends vote for your picture. “Approved” photos that get the most votes in each category win an Eagle Ford Wall map. The single “approved” photo that gets the most overall votes wins the Grand Prize.

We knew it – Everything’s Bigger in Texas!  Yes Sir, the news came out today.

The study was released today by the Center for Community and Business Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development (UTSA)

Click Here for the Report: http://ccbr.iedtexas.org/index.php/Download-document/52-Eagle-Ford-Shale-Final-Report-May-2012.html

This was an update from the earlier study of the same scope released in Feb of 2011. The new numbers blew out the old “conservative” numbers at an unprecedented rate. The Eagle Ford Shale contributed $25 billion in total economic output in 2011.

Dr. Thomas Tunstall, director of the UTSA Center for Community & Business Research said “The Eagle Ford Shale has proven to be one of the most important economic engines in the state,”

“In 2011 Eagle Ford generated over $25 billion in revenue, supported 47,000 full-time jobs in the area, and provided $257 million in local government revenue.”

Other key Eagel Ford statistics:

• $3.1 billion in salaries and benefits to workers;
• $12.6 billion in gross regional product;
• Added $358 plus million in state revenues, including $120.4 million in severance taxes;
• Local Counties realized a triple-digit sales tax revenue increase.

Eagle Ford Consortium

One Week Away. Register Today! Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford Shale Study Release.

Visit the website here: http://eaglefordconsortium.org/?p=818

Sponsorship Opportunities

Download Sponsorship Form HERE.

Mail completed forms with payment to:

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