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Vol. 11, No. 37 Week of September 10, 2006
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Seven shale gas plays pinpointed

New Geological Survey of Canada report narrows the field of shale formations to those meriting ‘immediate and intense’ study

Gary Park

For Petroleum News

As with coalbed methane, Canada has lagged well behind the United States in the exploitation of its massive shale gas prospects. But the pace could be picking up, helped by a new 103-page report by the Geological Survey of Canada which helps narrow down the best formations in the Western Canada Sedi....

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Evaluation began with 50 geographical units

Some of same concerns as other unconventional plays

Analysts call opportunity hot, say learning curve steep


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