Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
(a)
Muskwa-Otter Park,
Evie-Klua
North American shale plays
(as of May 2011)
Lower
Besa
River
Muskwa-
Otter Park
Montney
Doig
Phosphate
Colorado
Group
Horton
Bluff
Frederick
Brook
Bakken
***
Niobrara*
Utica
Cody
Heath**
Gammon
Mowry
Hilliard-Baxter-
Mancos-Niobrara
Antrim
Niobrara*
Devonian (Ohio)
Mancos
Hermosa
Lewis
Monterey-
Temblor
Marcellus
Excello-
Mulky
New
Albany
Utica
Woodford
Pierre-
Niobrara
Fayetteville
Current shale plays
Stacked plays
Chattanooga
Conasauga
Monterey
Bend
Avalon
Barnett-
Woodford
Floyd-
Neal
Shallowest/youngest
Intermediate depth/age
Deepest/oldest
* Mixed shale and chalk play
* * Mixed shale and limestone play
* * * Mixed shale and tight dolostone-
siltstone-sandstone play
Barnett
Tuscaloosa
Haynesville-
Bossier
Eagle
Ford
Eagle Ford,
La Casita
Prospective shale plays
Basins
Eagle Ford,
Tithonian
Pimienta
Pimienta,
Tamaulipas
0
N
Miles
Maltrata
0
200
400
600
800
FIGURE 28.9
(a) Map of the continental United States with Mexico and Canada showing distribution of shale oil and gas
reserves across North America based on the data reported by USEIA in 2011. (From USEIA,
Review of Emerging
Resources: US Shale Gas and Shale Oil Plays
. US Energy Information Administration, 2011.)
