Shale plays first come to mind when one considers unconventional resources. These unconventional resource plays may yield natural gas, gas condensates, and crude oil. Some of the more noteworthy shale plays in North America include the Barnett, Haynesville, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, Woodford, Bakken, Niobrara, Horn River, and Utica formations. Tight gas, coalbed methane, oil sands, and heavy oil are non-shale unconventional resources.
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Unconventional technology renews production for Mississippi Lime
LOGAN COUNTY, Okla.—The Mississippi Lime, or Miss Lime, is a c...
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Illinois lawmakers deliberate fracing legislation; residents await transformation
What initially began as a simple chemical disclosure bill has ...
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Flexibility in fracing reg seen still an open question
May 23, 2013
Increased flexibility for operators remains an open question in a revised proposal for federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a May 23 legal update by Roger W. Patrick of the law firm Mayer Brown. |
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First Yamal hydraulic frac jobs reported
May 23, 2013
Gazprom Neft has conducted what it says is the first hydraulic fracturing ever on Russia’s Yamal Pensinsula at geologically complex Novoport oil and gas condensate field. |
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BASF Total cracker revamped to run ethane
May 23, 2013
BASF Total Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) has completed a revamp of its steam cracker in Port Arthur, Tex., enabling the 1-million-tonne/year facility to process ethane, supply of which is increasing from US shale plays. |
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Methane hydrate test used special ESP
May 23, 2013
Depressurization in a pioneering test flow of methane from hydrates offshore Japan earlier this year involved a specially designed electric submersible pump system able to separate methane from water and move them to the drillship through separate production strings (OGJ Online, Mar. 12, 2013). |
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Deloitte: Shale gas, oil potential increasingly apparent
May 21, 2013
Oil and gas production from tight shale formations clearly is a long-term phenomenon and not a short-term trend, Deloitte LLP officials told reporters. The financial services company found growing confidence in unconventional energy resources in a survey it conducted last year, said John England, a vice-chairman and leader of its oil and gas practice. |
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Bakken | Barnett |Cotton Valley | Eagle Ford | Fayetteville | Granite Wash | Haynesville | Horn River | Marcellus | Niobrara | Piceance/Uinta | Utica | Woodford | Tight Gas | Coalbed Methane | Oil Sands |
International Unconventional
Surprising to many, Canada is the No. 1 oil exporter to the United States. Increasingly, these supplies come from Canada’s oil sands in northern Alberta. That province’s estimated oil sands deposits are in excess of 1.7 trillion barrels of crude bitumen. More than $91 billion has been invested in the oil sands in recent years and over $170 billion in oil sands-related projects. Venezuela and California are also heavy oil producers.
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