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Utica Shale Estimate

Written by Greg Russell | Oct 13, 2012 2:02:38 PM

The State Journal is reporting on a new report issued by the U.S. Geological Survey:  "The Utica Shale contains about 38 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas, according to the first assessment of this unconventional natural gas accumulation released Oct. 4 by the U. S. Geological Survey. *** The Utica Shale has a mean of 940 million barrels of unconventional oil resources and a mean of 9 million barrels of unconventional natural gas liquids."

For a copy of the related press release and report itself, see here.