Shale Gas in the United States: Recent Developments and Outlook for Global Shale Gas Initiative Conference Washington, DC August 23, 2010 Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator
Shale gas has been the primary source of recent growth in U.S. technically recoverable natural gas resources technically recoverable gas resources trillion cubic meters 60 Unproved shale gas & coal-bed methane 50 40 Unproved 30…
Since 1997, more than 12,000 gas wells completed in the Barnett shale Howard Gruenspecht, Global Shale Gas Initiative, August 23, 2010 3
The result has been an accelerating increase in production from the Barnett field gas production wells drilled billion cubic meters thousands 45 8 40 7 Vertical well production Vertical well count 35 Horizontal well production…
Success in the Barnett prompted companies to look at other shale formations in the U.S. U.S. shale gas plays Howard Gruenspecht, Global Shale Gas Initiative, August 23, 2010 5
Drilling activity on the rise, particularly in the Haynesville, Marcellus, and Eagle Ford rigs drilling for gas 200 180 160 140 Fayetteville Haynesville 120 Woodford Barnett 100 Marcellus Eagle Ford 80 60 40 20 0 Jan-07…
Over the last decade, U.S. shale gas production from the major plays has increased 60-fold shale gas production billion cubic meters 130 120 110 Barnett Fayetteville Woodford 100 Haynesville Marcellus Eagle Ford 90 80 70 60…
Shale gas production continued to rise rapidly over the past year billion cubic meters per day 0.40 0.35 0.30 0.25 Eagleford 0.20 Marcellus Haynesville 0.15 Woodford 0.10 Fayetteville Barnett Shale 0.05 0.00 Howard…
Shale Gas in the Long-term Outlook Howard Gruenspecht, Global Shale Gas Initiative, August 23, 2010 9
Shale gas and Alaska production offset declines in other supply to meet consumption growth and reduce imports U.S. gas production billion cubic meters History Projections 750 625 Alaska Shale gas 500 Coalbed methane 375…
Over the past 5 years, EIA has significantly lowered its projection of LNG imports into the U.S. U.S. net LNG imports billion cubic meters History Projections 200 AEO2005 150 100 50 AEO2010 0 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020…
Shale gas production significantly affects projected U.S. gas imports, and could have similar effects in other gas importing countries total U.S. natural gas imports billion cubic meters History Projections 150 120 No new U.S. shale…
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