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Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., kaolin, ...
US shale gas basins, 2011. Shale gas in the United States is an available source of unconventional natural gas.Led by new applications of hydraulic fracturing technology and horizontal drilling, development of new sources of shale gas has offset declines in production from conventional gas reservoirs, and has led to major increases in reserves of U.S. natural gas.
The type location for Haynesville Formation, is the Hunt Oil Company No. 1 well in Haynesville oil field, sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 7 W., Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. In many geological reports and journal papers, the Haynesville Shale was classified as part of the Bossier Shale, although they are now classified as separate formations. [4] [5] [6]
The Marcellus natural gas trend is a large geographic area of prolific shale gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale or Marcellus Formation, of Devonian age, in the eastern United States. [2] The shale play encompasses 104,000 square miles and stretches across Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and into eastern Ohio and western New York. [3]
Location; Region: Appalachian Basin of eastern ... James Hall, 1839: The Marcellus Formation or the Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock ...
A study by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, or NETL, suggests that wastewater from two Pennsylvania regions of the Marcellus Shale could supply up to 40% of U.S. lithium needs. One of ...
Map showing the location of the oil and gas assessment units (AU) for the Utica Shale in the Appalachian Basin Province. Utica Shale drilling and production began in Ohio in 2011. Ohio as of 2013 is becoming a major natural gas and oil producer from the Utica Shale in the eastern part of the state. [10]
Investors should pay close attention to what's happening in the Eagle Ford formation in the United States. The domestic oil and gas boom is thanks in no small part to the role Eagle Ford stands to ...