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Annual Report 2013 - Bureau of Economic Geology

1 Apr 2014

most thorough assessment yet of the The study team completed the Barnett natural gas production potential of the and Fayetteville Shale portions of the The Bureau of Economic Geology’s Barnett Shale, foresees slowly declining study in 2013, with the Haynesville and Sloan study examines actual production production through the year 2030 and Marcellus Shale gas play portions of the data from more th. [...] and granular model that accounts the papers to journals, the BEG team for the key geologic, engineering, The team has now been funded by invited an independent review panel and economic parameters, and this the Sloan Foundation to study shale with members from government, adds significant rigor to the forecasts,” oil and will examine the Eagle Ford industry, and academia to critique said Svetlana. [...] oil-producing The recent surge in interest in Why have the repositories become so region and has unconventional oil and gas plays critical to unlocking the potential of the helped turn has created a corresponding surge vast resources recently discovered? The around Texas in interest in the cores and cuttings answer lies in the scientific data that and U. [...] experts/Scott-Tinker BEGstore: Official Store of the Bureau of Economic Geology With both a brick-and-mortar and 1,900 books, maps, and digital media an online presence, BEGstore is the produced by the staff of the Bureau official store of the Bureau of Economic Geology. [...] Ahmadian, and the team’s research well geophysical tools in order to The availability of the VSM at the is being conducted in collaboration improve the resolution and depth BEG will extend AEC’s suite of with scientists at leading universities of investigation beyond those of nanogeoscience tools and encourage in the United States, Europe, and current logging techniques.
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