 | Permian Basin: The Comeback Kid
It's been pumping out oil for 100 years and had been on the decline for past 40. But thanks to the application of horizontal drilling, the Permian Basin is again the nation's drilling hotbed. Devon's leasehold in among the Permian's largest.
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 | Fossil discoveries benefit exploration and academic science
Consider the odds of cutting a 4-inch circular swath from thousands of feet below ground, pulling it back to the earth's surface and finding inside a fossil that reshapes your thinking about the rock formation's potential for containing oil or natural gas.
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 | Horizontal drilling reawakens the Mississippian
In its home state of Oklahoma, Devon has assembled about 500,000 net acres in the Mississippian oil play. Drilling in the Mississippian limestone formation dates to the late 1800s. Horizontal drilling raised activity to an all-time high in 2012.
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 | Extreme conditions mean right time for winter drilling
Arctic temperatures, frozen ground, high winds, heavy snowfall and ice are not ideal for outdoor activity. But for Devon, the conditions are just right for one of the company’s busiest drilling programs in Canada.
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 | New ideas unlock unconventional resources
Sometimes, what an old oil or natural gas field needs to reinvigorate production is a new idea. When it comes to using innovation to unlock new reserves, Devon is an industry leader. The company is a top producer of natural gas from unconventional sources such as coal and shale.
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 | More than 5,000 wells and counting in the Barnett Shale
Devon has drilled more than 5,000 wells into the Barnett Shale since 2002. Use of fracturing technology has helped Devon increase its Barnett production from 200 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day in 2002 to 1.3 billion today.
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 | Petroleum use goes far beyond meeting energy needs
Gasoline fuels our cars and natural gas heats our homes, but have you ever wondered what life would be like without the countless products derived from natural gas and oil? In our modern world, we have come to enjoy and expect a certain quality of life that is sustained by everyday things made from these natural resources.
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 | Jackfish: One of Canada’s technological gems
Devon’s Jackfish projects in the Alberta oil sands region are technological marvels. The steam-assisted gravity drainage operation produces more than 50,000 barrels of heavy oil per day without using any fresh water.
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 | Devon overcomes challenges in liquids-rich Cana
Not long ago, this shale play in west-central Oklahoma was unknown. Today, Cana is one of Devon’s most vital assets. The promise of future production prompted the company to build and later expand a large natural gas processing plant.
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 | Dover Project led to Devon’s oil sands success
By 2020, Devon expects its production in the Alberta oil sands to reach 150,000 to 175,000 barrels per day. Such an expectation would not have been possible if not for the company’s experience with the Dover Project, the birthplace of steam-assisted gravity drainage.
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 | Beaver Creek CO2 project exceeds expectations
In 2007, Devon embarked on a project aimed at reinvigorating the old Beaver Creek oil field in Central Wyoming by injecting carbon dioxide into existing wells. The project has produced better than expected, using purchased CO2 that otherwise would have been vented to the atmosphere.
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 | Conservation epitomized in Devon’s Lake Benbrook project
In the heart of the Barnett Shale, Devon proved again that being stewards of the land, of the community and of a publicly traded company are not mutually exclusive ideals.
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 | Thinking Small: Studying rocks at a molecular level enables Devon to make big plans for new shale plays
It might sound like science fiction, but this is actually the next chapter in a true story. Scientists with amazing new tools are peering deep inside limestones and shales, seeking to unlock the secret to producing more oil and gas from solid rock.
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 | Jackfish impresses Greenpeace co-founder
A renowned environmental advocate came away impressed after touring Devon’s thermal-heavy oil facility in Alberta. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, noted that only brackish water is used in Jackfish’s steam-assisted gravity drainage process, and that Devon recycles most of that water.
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