World Blog Alberta July Archive

The Montney Play

By Geologist at 07/04/09 09:09

The Montney Play

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The Montney Play is the foremost example of unconventional gas play in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Large deposits of shale and siltstone with poor permeability contain vast quantities of gas in the west and oil in the coarser eastern facies of the Montney Formation. An estimated 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is trapped in this deposit.

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The Horn River Basin

The Horn River Basin

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The Horn River play is one of the latest grand resource plays to emerge in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Following in the footsteps of such shale gas plays as the Barnett, Antrim and Caney Shale, the Horn River discovery lead to a surge in land sales in remote north-eastern British Columbia. Mineral rights for more than a million acres were secured by oil and gas companies in the last few years.

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The Case for Remote Geo-Steering

The Case for Remote Geo-Steering

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The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is a mature oil and gas area, where most of the easy reservoirs have already been discovered, and in many cases already drained. Most new plays are linked to the deployment of new technologies in reservoirs previously deemed un-economic.

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