| Titre | Shale Gas: A New Opportunity in Ontario |
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| Auteur | Hamblin, T; Carter, T; Lazorek, M |
| Source | Ontario Oil & Gas, Ontario Petroleum Institute (June), 2008 p. 34-36 |
| Année | 2008 |
| Séries alt. | Secteur des sciences de la Terre, Contribution externe 20070600 |
| Document | publication en série |
| Lang. | anglais |
| Media | papier |
| Province | Ontario |
| SNRC | 30M; 31C; 31D; 40I; 40J; 40O; 40P; 41A |
| Région | Kettle Point; southwestern Ontario; Collingwood; Blue Mountain |
| Lat/Long OENS | -84.0000 -76.0000 45.0000 42.0000 |
| Sujets | hydrocarbures; capacité de production d'hydrocarbures; schistes; gaz; ressources énergétiques; énergie; historique d'exploration; Formation de Marcellus ; Formation de Kettle Point ; combustibles
fossiles |
| Illustrations | cartes de localisation |
| Programme | Sécurité de l'approvisionnement énergétique du Canada
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| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Shale gas plays in the United States have attracted a lot of attention in the oil and gas industry recently and have become one of the hottest gas plays in
North America. The Barnett shale in the Fort Worth Basin has been the most recent focus of activity and according to a 2006 article in the Oil and Gas Investor gross gas production from the Barnett exceeds one billion cubic feet per day (1 bcf/d).
Although the Barnett has garnered most of the recent attention natural gas is produced from shales in several other basins in the U.S. Canadian companies are now beginning to take a serious look at shale gas potential here in Canada. And according
to a recent report by the Geological Survey of Canada some of the best prospects in Canada may be located right here in Ontario.
Shale gas production has a surprisingly long and successful history in the USA dating from 1821. It emerged as a
viable modern play concept after major tax incentives in the 1980's, and now represents approximately 4% of that nation's supply from thousands of wells in several major producing plays in mature basins. Each play type has a distinctive set of
geological characteristics, has required careful and considerable study, effort and expense to develop a successful exploitation technique and can be used as a guide for Canadian explorationists. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 224895 |
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