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References
Bolyard, T. H., (1981). A summary and evaluation of the eastern gas shales program cored wells
in the Appalachian Basin. Science Applications, Inc., prepared for U.S. Department of Energy
under contract DE-AM21-78MC08216, September, 32 p.
Bregman, A. (2016). Israel’s Wars: A History since 1947 (4th ed.). New York: Routledge
Publishing. 360 p. (ISBN:978-1138905368).
Bruner, K. R., & Smosna, R. (2011). A comparative study of the Mississippian Barnett shale,
Fort Worth Basin, and Devonian Marcellus shale, Appalachian Basin, report DOE/
NETL-2011/1478. URS, Inc., prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, 106 p.
The Ten Major U.S. Shale Plays
Formation
Age
Basins &
Location
Initial
Developer
Year
Production
Depths
Production Core Areas
Barnett Shale
Mid to Late
Miss
Fort Worth,
TX
Mitchell
(Devon)
Energy
1997
3 - 8k ft
gas, NGL
Newark East
Field; NW of
Ft. Worth
Fayetteville
Shale
Late Miss
Arkoma, AR
Southwest
Energy
2004
3 - 6k ft
dry gas
North-central
Arkansas
Haynesville
Bossier
Late Jurassic
A rkla, TX-LA
Chesapeake
Energy
2005
10k - 13k ft
dry gas
Lufkin, TX to
Shreveport,
LA
Marcellus
Shale
Mid
Devonian
Appalachian,
WV, PA
Range
Resources
2007
3 - 9k ft
gas, NGL
SW PA & NW
WV; NE PA
Bakken
Formation
Late
Devonian to
Early Miss
Williston, ND,
MT, SK
EOG &
Continental
Resources
2006 -
2009
4k - 11k ft
oil, gas
NW North
Dakota, E.
Montana,
Canada.
Woodford
Shale
Late
Devonian
Anadarko,
Ardmore, OK
Newfield
Exploration
2005
4k - 25k ft
bio, oil, NGL,
dry gas
central &
southern
Oklahoma
Niobrara
Formation
Late
Cretaceous
Denver;
Powder River,
CO, WY
Whiting
Petroleum
2008
3 - 11k ft
bio, NGL, dry
gas
E. Colorado,
E. Wyoming
Eagle Ford
Shale
Late
Cretaceous
Brazos,
Maverick, TX
Petrohawk
Energy
2008
3 - 20k ft
oil, NGL, gas
southern
Texas
Spraberry,
Wolfcamp,
Bone Spring,
Glorieta, Yeso,
and Delaware
formations.
Mid to Late
Permian
Permian, TX
Multiple
2009
~2k - 25k ft
oil, NGL, gas
western
Texas;
southeast
New Mexico
Utica/Point
Pleasant
Mid
Ordovician
Appalachian,
OH
Multiple
2011
3 - 15k ft
gas, NGL
southeast
Ohio
Fig. 4.4 The ten major shale gas and tight oil plays in the United States (Source: Summarized
from Soeder and Borglum 2019 (NGL = natural gas liquids; bio = biogenic gas). Many of these
formations outcrop at the surface, but a minimum production depth of 2500–3000 feet is required
for fracking)
References
References
Bolyard, T. H., (1981). A summary and evaluation of the eastern gas shales program cored wells
in the Appalachian Basin. Science Applications, Inc., prepared for U.S. Department of Energy
under contract DE-AM21-78MC08216, September, 32 p.
Bregman, A. (2016). Israel’s Wars: A History since 1947 (4th ed.). New York: Routledge
Publishing. 360 p. (ISBN:978-1138905368).
Bruner, K. R., & Smosna, R. (2011). A comparative study of the Mississippian Barnett shale,
Fort Worth Basin, and Devonian Marcellus shale, Appalachian Basin, report DOE/
NETL-2011/1478. URS, Inc., prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, 106 p.
The Ten Major U.S. Shale Plays
Formation
Age
Basins &
Location
Initial
Developer
Year
Production
Depths
Production Core Areas
Barnett Shale
Mid to Late
Miss
Fort Worth,
TX
Mitchell
(Devon)
Energy
1997
3 - 8k ft
gas, NGL
Newark East
Field; NW of
Ft. Worth
Fayetteville
Shale
Late Miss
Arkoma, AR
Southwest
Energy
2004
3 - 6k ft
dry gas
North-central
Arkansas
Haynesville
Bossier
Late Jurassic
A rkla, TX-LA
Chesapeake
Energy
2005
10k - 13k ft
dry gas
Lufkin, TX to
Shreveport,
LA
Marcellus
Shale
Mid
Devonian
Appalachian,
WV, PA
Range
Resources
2007
3 - 9k ft
gas, NGL
SW PA & NW
WV; NE PA
Bakken
Formation
Late
Devonian to
Early Miss
Williston, ND,
MT, SK
EOG &
Continental
Resources
2006 -
2009
4k - 11k ft
oil, gas
NW North
Dakota, E.
Montana,
Canada.
Woodford
Shale
Late
Devonian
Anadarko,
Ardmore, OK
Newfield
Exploration
2005
4k - 25k ft
bio, oil, NGL,
dry gas
central &
southern
Oklahoma
Niobrara
Formation
Late
Cretaceous
Denver;
Powder River,
CO, WY
Whiting
Petroleum
2008
3 - 11k ft
bio, NGL, dry
gas
E. Colorado,
E. Wyoming
Eagle Ford
Shale
Late
Cretaceous
Brazos,
Maverick, TX
Petrohawk
Energy
2008
3 - 20k ft
oil, NGL, gas
southern
Texas
Spraberry,
Wolfcamp,
Bone Spring,
Glorieta, Yeso,
and Delaware
formations.
Mid to Late
Permian
Permian, TX
Multiple
2009
~2k - 25k ft
oil, NGL, gas
western
Texas;
southeast
New Mexico
Utica/Point
Pleasant
Mid
Ordovician
Appalachian,
OH
Multiple
2011
3 - 15k ft
gas, NGL
southeast
Ohio
Fig. 4.4 The ten major shale gas and tight oil plays in the United States (Source: Summarized
from Soeder and Borglum 2019 (NGL = natural gas liquids; bio = biogenic gas). Many of these
formations outcrop at the surface, but a minimum production depth of 2500–3000 feet is required
for fracking)
References