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New plays emerge, although environmental issues arise

10/19/2009
By Scott Stevens, Michael Godec, Keith Moodhe
New shale plays continue to emerge in North America and elsewhere, but issues related to the environment and land will affect commercial shale development.This concluding article of a three-part series discusses the emerging plays as well as environmental considerations.The first part (OGJ, Sept. 28, 2009, p. 39) discussed the seven main shale plays in North America, while the second article (OGJ, Oct. 5, 2009, p. 52) highlighted the strategic and technological lessons learned from a decade of modern shale development with horizontal wells.Emerging North American shalesLed by the Barnett (5 bcfed), Fayetteville (1.3 bcfed), and fast-rising Haynesville (1.1 bcfed), shale reservoirs current...
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