Shale gas: A global resource

Oilfield Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 28-39

  Boyer, Chuck ^a   Clark, Bill ^a   Jochen, Valerie ^a   Lewis, Rick ^a   Miller, Camron K ^a  

^a Dallas TX ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; CENTRAL TEXAS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GLOBAL RESOURCES; GLOBAL SCALE; NORTH AMERICAN; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; SHALE GAS; SOURCE ROCKS; TECHNIQUES USED;

NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

SHALE;

EID: 84055189947     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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