Unconventional Gas Potential in the Northern Territory, Australia
... been a ‘true’ shale gas play tested, technical successes have encouraged the interest and investment on shale gas exploration in Australia. The greater McArthur Basin, and primarily the Beetaloo, has seen the highest level of oil and gas exploration activity in the Northern Territory (NT) outside th ...
... been a ‘true’ shale gas play tested, technical successes have encouraged the interest and investment on shale gas exploration in Australia. The greater McArthur Basin, and primarily the Beetaloo, has seen the highest level of oil and gas exploration activity in the Northern Territory (NT) outside th ...
midcontinent rift gas - Minnesota Geological Survey
... upper Copper Harbor Conglomerate, both with porosities up to 13%. Fractured shales also occur in the Nonesuch Formation, and sandstones with porosities up to 18% occur in the overlying Freda Sandstone. ...
... upper Copper Harbor Conglomerate, both with porosities up to 13%. Fractured shales also occur in the Nonesuch Formation, and sandstones with porosities up to 18% occur in the overlying Freda Sandstone. ...
UNDERSTANDING SHALE GAS
... • Water Usage: Water is the most common fracturing fluid, although in some shale gas reservoirs, where the reservoir rock is not compatible with water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen or propane are used. Different volumes of water are used in different shale formations. This can range from 2,000 to 20,000 ...
... • Water Usage: Water is the most common fracturing fluid, although in some shale gas reservoirs, where the reservoir rock is not compatible with water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen or propane are used. Different volumes of water are used in different shale formations. This can range from 2,000 to 20,000 ...
Marcellus natural gas trend
The Marcellus natural gas trend is a large and prolific area of shale gas extraction from the Marcellus Formation of Devonian age in the eastern United States. The trend encompasses 104,000 square miles and stretches across Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and into southeast Ohio and upstate New York. It is the largest source of natural gas in the United States, and production was still growing rapidly in 2013. The natural gas is trapped in low-permeability shale, and requires the well completion method of hydraulic fracturing to allow the gas to flow to the well bore. The surge in drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale since 2008 has generated both economic benefits and considerable controversy.Although before 2008 the Marcellus Shale was considered to have inconsequential natural gas potential, it is now believed to hold the largest volume of recoverable natural gas resource in the United States. In 2012, it was estimated to have 141 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable gas by the US Energy Information Administration, and 88 trillion cubic feet by the US Geological Survey. In September 2012, the Marcellus Shale overtook the Haynesville Shale of northwest Louisiana as the leading producer of both shale gas and overall natural gas in the United States. In February 2014, Marcellus gas wells produced 14.0 billion cubic feet per day, a 42 percent increase over the year previous, and comprising 21 percent of all the dry gas produced that month in the United States.The impervious limestone layers of the Onondaga directly below the Marcellus, and the Tully Limestone at the top of the Hamilton Group, have trapped valuable natural gas reserves in this formation. The gas is produced by thermogenic decomposition of organic materials in the sediments under the high temperature and pressure generated after the formation was buried deep below the surface of the earth. The rock holds most of the gas in the pore spaces of the shale, with vertical fractures or joints providing additional storage as well as pathways for the gas to flow; gas is also adsorbed on mineral grains,and the carbon in the shale.