Developing Unconventional Gas or DUG is a series of annual regional conferences of the unconventional oil industry. Several notable key note speakers have visited DUG conferences including Leon Panetta at Pittsburgh's in 2014,^[1] T. Boone Pickens in 2011^[2] and George W. Bush in 2013.^[3][4]

Annual Conferences include:^{[citation needed]}

• DUG East - held annually at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
• DUG Australia - held annually in Brisbane, Australia.
• DUG Eagle Ford - held annually in San Antonio, Texas.
• DUG Midcontinent - held annually in Tulsa.
• DUG Bakken and Niobrara - held annually in Denver.
• DUG Permian - held annually in Fort Worth.
• Executive Oil Conference - held annually in Midland, Texas.
• Crude in Motion Conference - held annually in Houston.
• Marcellus-Utica Midstream Conference - held annually in Pittsburgh.
• Offshore Executive Conference - held annually in Houston.
• Energy Capital Conference - held annually in Houston.
• A&D Strategies and Opportunities Conference - held annually in Dallas.