World Global Leaders In Shale Oil And Gas Reserves

World Global Leaders In Shale Oil And Gas Reserves
More threads by Beijingwalker

G  World Affairs Forum

Beijingwalker

Senior Member
Jan 27, 2024
69,455
39
Origin

Residence

Axis Group

Global Leaders In Shale Oil And Gas Reserves

Robert Rapier


Feb 12, 2024,06:00am EST

The U.S. is the global leader in the production of natural gas and oil derived from shale formations. However, there are other countries with significant quantities of technically recoverable resources.

In 2015 the U.S. Energy Information Administration updated its assessment of world shale oil and shale gas resources. The U.S. has the world’s largest estimated recoverable resource of tight oil. This refers to crude oil that is trapped within low-permeability rock formations, such as shale, sandstone, or limestone. The oil is extracted using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, typically in combination with horizontal drilling.

Here is a summary of the ten countries with the greatest technically recoverable shale oil resources worldwide, based on the EIA data.

Global Tight Oil

Top 10 Countries with Tight Oil Resources.


Note that these are estimates of the technically recoverable tight oil resources in each of these countries. Whether they are economically recoverable will depend on prevailing oil prices.

Although the U.S. leads in the category of tight oil, China is the global leader in shale gas resources.

Global Shale Gas

Top 10 Countries with Shale Gas Resources.

One of the challenges in developing shale gas resources is water is needed to hydraulically fracture the formations. For some countries, the resources are located in dry regions. This is the case with some of China’s shale gas resources.

However, due to China’s growing energy demand, the country is investing billions into developing its shale gas resources. Commercial exploration and production of shale gas got underway in China in June 2011, when the country conducted its first round of shale gas bidding.

Private companies now have greater access to shale resources in China due to a change in legal status from a “natural resource” to an “independent mining resource.” China’s first large-scale commercial shale gas production operation began in March 2014.

Given the size of the resource, expect countries like China and Argentina to become major players in the production of shale gas. But that also means that the shale boom taking place in the U.S. may just be getting started globally.
 
Note that these are estimates of the technically recoverable tight oil resources in each of these countries. Whether they are economically recoverable will depend on prevailing oil prices.

Although the U.S. leads in the category of tight oil, China is the global leader in shale gas resources.

Global Shale Gas

Top 10 Countries with Shale Gas Resources.
Today maybe they are not economically "recoverable" due to the low global oil price, but could be recoverable with better and more efficient recovering technology in the future.
 
I’ve worked in the coal seam gas industry in Australia and it’s just drilling and then injecting fracking chemicals deep down into the fissure to ‘crack’ it. Wait a year or two…..when the pressure builds up then you start extracting/ separating/ storing/ pumping it. Within a year so the well is spent. Then you move down a couple of miles, do da same thing man. Keep on doing it. At the end of the day, the feasibility gets lost in da accounting and money gets spent…..nobody got a real handle on whether you made a profit or just spun da wheels, if yous know what I mean. There’s a lotta gimmicks for da gullible lower caste people to get fooled with. I just happen to know cuz I part took in this boondoggle. Just my two cents.
 

Latest Posts

Back