Just how much shale gas is out there?

A research team takes a comprehensive look at data from four U.S. plays to figure out some estimates for ultimate gas production

By Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Although the upsurge in production from shale oil and gas plays in North America has revolutionized people’s views on future energy production in the region, there have been widely different forecasts of just how much new hydrocarbon resource might result from so-called unconventional developmen....

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Gaps in knowledge

Geologic analysis

Well performance

Economics

Uncertainty prevails in shale plays

Geologic complexity

Drilling techniques

Garbage in, garbage out