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Abstract
DOI: 10.1306/0810171622017164
2015 US Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered
shale
-gas and
shale
-
oil
resources of the Mississippian Barnett
Shale
, Bend arch–Fort Worth Basin, Texas
shale
-gas and
shale
-
oil
resources of the Mississippian Barnett
Shale
, Bend arch–Fort Worth Basin, Texas
Kristen R. Marra1
1US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, Colorado 80225; [email protected]
ABSTRACT
The Mississippian Barnett
Shale
within the Bend arch–Fort Worth Basin is a major continuous
shale
-gas resource in the United States. The Barnett
Shale
was last assessed by the US Geological Survey (USGS) in 2003 and only included vertical drilling. The Barnett
Shale
was reassessed in 2015 for undiscovered, technically recoverable gas and
oil
resources to include the impact of over 12 yr of horizontal-drilling development. The 2015 USGS assessment delineated three continuous assessment units (AUs): (1) Barnett Continuous Gas AU, (2) Barnett Mixed Continuous Gas and
Oil
AU, and (3) Western Barnett Continuous
Oil
AU. The AU boundaries were defined by hydrogen index (HI) values as a proxy for thermal maturity, in addition to
shale
thickness. An HI value of 100 mg hydrocarbon (HC)/g total organic carbon (TOC) was used to define the Barnett Continuous Gas AU boundary. The Barnett Mixed Continuous Gas and
Oil
AU was defined within the northeastern part of the basin where HI values are greater than 100 mg HC/g TOC and the
shale
thickness exceeds 100 ft (31 m). Resulting undiscovered, technically recoverable resource estimates for these two AUs were 53 tcf of gas, 172 million bbl of
oil
, and 176 million bbl of natural gas liquids. The western part of the Barnett
Shale
(HI >100) comprises the Western Barnett Continuous
Oil
AU, and it was not quantitatively assessed. The recent USGS assessment is nearly double the 2003 mean resource estimate of 26.2 tcf of gas and is the first study to provide quantitative estimates for
shale
-
oil
resources in the Barnett
Shale
.
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