Assessment of unconventional tight-gas resources of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile, 2015

Fact Sheet 2015-3085
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed a technically recoverable mean resource of 8.3 trillion cubic feet of unconventional tight gas in the Zona Glauconitica of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile.

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Schenk, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Pitman, J.K., Tennyson, M.E., Brownfield, M.E., Gaswirth, S.B., Le, P.A., Leathers-Miller, H.M., and Marra, K.R., 2016, Assessment of unconventional tight-gas resources of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2015–3085, 2 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20153085.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Geologic Model for Assessment
  • Unconventional Resource Summary
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of unconventional tight-gas resources of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile, 2015
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2015-3085
DOI 10.3133/fs20153085
Year Published 2016
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 2 p.
Time Range Start 2015-01-01
Country Chile
Other Geospatial Magallanes Basin
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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