Sweet Success In The Eagle Ford

Everyone expected alternative energy to be the big story of the 21st Century. However, the successful development of unconventional reservoirs delivered what Greg Leveille, chief technology officer for ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), described as an “energy miracle.” Contributing to that miracle is the resource-rich Eagle Ford Shale and the “enormously important role” it played in shifting the U.S. from the role of energy importer to energy exporter.