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GAS SHALE PLAYS
in the US and Canada
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History of Shale Gas Plays
The
first commercial gas well in the US was completed in New York's
Dunkirk Shale in 1821, and estimates indicate that over 28,000
shale-gas wells have been drilled in the United States since then.
The first Barnett Shale gas production, by Mitchell Energy &
Development Corp, took place in the Fort Worth Basin in 1981. Until
Barnett Shale successes, it was believed that natural fractures had
to be present in gas shale. A low-permeability gas-shale play is
presently viewed as a technological play. Advances in micro-seismic
fracture mapping, 3D seismic, horizontal drilling, fracture
stimulation and multiple frac stages, have all contributed to
successful gas shale wells.
By the early 2000’s the main gas shale plays to that point had been:
Antrim Shale in the northern Michigan Basin; Barnett Shale in the
Fort Worth Basin, Texas; Lewis Shale in the San Juan Basin; New
Albany Shale in the Illinois Basin; and the Ohio Shale in the
Appalachian Basin. More recent gas shale plays include the Woodford
Shale in Oklahoma; Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas; Haynesville Shale
in Louisiana; Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin; Utica Shale
in New York; and Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. There are 57 United
States and Canadian gas-shale plays listed below.
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Gas Shales
United States
& Canada |
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FORMATION |
PERIOD |
LOCATION |
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Antrim Shale |
Late Devonian |
Michigan Basin, Michigan |
| Baxter Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Vermillion Basin,
Colorado, Wyoming |
| Barnett Shale |
Mississippian |
Fort Worth and Permian
basins, Texas |
| Bend Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Palo Duro Basin, Texas |
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Cane Creek Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Paradox Basin, Utah |
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Caney Shale |
Mississippian |
Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma |
| Chattanooga Shale |
Late Devonian |
Alabama, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Chimney Rock Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Paradox Basin,
Colorado, Utah |
| Cleveland Shale |
Devonian |
Eastern Kentucky |
| Clinton Shale |
Early Silurian |
Eastern Kentucky |
| Cody Shale |
Cretaceous |
Montana |
| Colorado Shale |
Cretaceous |
Central Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Conasauga Shale |
Middle Cambrian |
Black Warrior Basin,
Alabama |
| Dunkirk Shale |
Upper Devonian |
Western New York |
| Duvernay Shale |
Late
Devonian |
West
central Alberta |
| Eagleford Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Maverick Basin, Texas |
| Ellsworth Shale |
Late Devonian |
Michigan Basin,
Michigan |
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Excello Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Kansas, Oklahoma |
| Exshaw Shale |
Devonian-Mississippian |
Alberta, northeast British Columbia |
| Fayetteville Shale |
Mississippian |
Arkoma Basin, Arkansas |
| Fernie Shale |
Jurassic |
West
central Alberta, northeast British Columbia |
| Floyd/Neal Shale |
Late Mississippian |
Black Warrior Basin,
Alabama, Mississippi |
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Frederick Brook Shale |
Mississippian |
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia |
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Gammon Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Williston Basin,
Montana |
| Gordondale Shale |
Early
Jurassic |
Northeast British Columbia |
| Gothic Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Paradox Basin,
Colorado, Utah |
| Green River Shale |
Eocene |
Colorado, Utah |
| Haynesville/Bossier Shale |
Late Jurassic |
Louisiana, east Texas |
| Horn River Shale |
Middle Devonian |
Northeast British Columbia |
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Horton Bluff Shale |
Early Mississippian |
Nova Scotia |
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Hovenweep Shale |
Pennsylvanian |
Paradox Basin,
Colorado, Utah |
| Huron Shale |
Devonian |
Part of Ohio Shale;
east Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Klua/Evie Shale |
Middle Devonian |
Northeast British Columbia |
| Lewis Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Colorado, New Mexico |
| Mancos Shale |
Cretaceous |
San Juan Basin, New
Mexico, Uinta Basin, Utah |
| Manning Canyon Shale |
Mississippian |
Central Utah |
| Marcellus Shale |
Devonian |
New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
| McClure Shale |
Miocene |
San Joaquin Basin,
California |
| Monterey Shale |
Miocene |
Santa Maria Basin,
California |
| Montney-Doig Shale |
Triassic |
Alberta, northeast British Columbia |
| Moorefield Shale |
Mississippian |
Arkoma Basin, Arkansas |
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Mowry Shale |
Cretaceous |
Bighorn and Powder River basins, Wyoming |
| Muskwa Shale |
Late
Devonian |
Northeast British Columbia |
| New Albany Shale |
Devonian-Mississippian |
Illinois Basin,
Illinois, Indiana |
| Niobrara Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Denver Basin, Colorado |
| Nordegg/Gordondale Shale |
Late
Jurassic |
Alberta, northeast British Columbia |
| Ohio Shale |
Devonian |
East Kentucky, Ohio,
West Virginia |
| Pearsall Shale |
Cretaceous |
Maverick Basin, Texas |
| Percha Shale |
Devonian-Mississippian |
West Texas |
| Pierre Shale |
Cretaceous |
Raton Basin, Colorado |
| Poker Chip Shale |
Jurassic |
West
central Alberta, northeast British Columbia |
| Queenston Shale |
Ordovician |
New York |
| Rhinestreet Shale |
Devonian |
Appalachian Basin |
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Second White Speckled Shale |
Late
Cretaceous |
Southern Alberta |
| Sunbury Shale |
Mississippian |
Appalachian Basin |
| Utica Shale |
Ordovician |
New
York, Quebec |
| Wilrich/Buckinghorse/ Garbutt/Moosebar
Shale |
Early Cretaceous |
West central Alberta,
northeast British Columbia |
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Woodford Shale |
Late Devonian-Early Mississippian |
Oklahoma, Texas |
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SHALE TIMELINE |
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GEOLOGICAL PERIOD |
MILLION YEARS AGO |
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Cretaceous |
71 -
145 |
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Jurassic |
151 -
200 |
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Triassic |
204 -
251 |
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Permian |
254 -
299 |
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Pennsylvanian |
304 -
318 |
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Mississippian |
326 -
359 |
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Devonian |
374 -
416 |
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Silurian |
419 -
444 |
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Ordovician |
446 -
488 |
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Cambrian |
496 -
542 |
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