A personal 3-D printer. Just $500.

Not that I’m ready to get one right now, but someday….

There’s a 3D printer called a Solidoodle that’s available for $500.  Can print up to 6” items.  It uses the melted extruded plastic approach to printing. Check it out here.

Cool video demonstration at the link.

That is an amazing example of the things that are available now.

How big a play is Eagle Ford? Huge.

ConocoPhillips is planning to focus on Eagle Ford.

FuelFix reports in their article Shale gas “a blessing” for U.S. Mulva says:

Mulva {who is the retiring CEO of ConocoPhillips} said the company this year plans to drill 160 wells in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas, 300 wells in the Permian Basin in West Texas and up to 30 wells in North Texas’ Barnett shale.

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