[nth]

I am wondering how much tight gas fields are in production.
There are lots of new technology to increase tight gas production. They are talking about doubling the gas output or more.

I heard the United States has an estimated 225 trillion cubic feet of tight gas. Is this true? If yes, is this in place or recoverable?
I believe this number includes non-discovered fields, but I maybe wrong.

[rockdoc123]

I got the following information from a publication put out by IFP (Institute Francais Petroliere)

In the US the EIA estimates tight gas sand resources at ~ 400 trillion cubic metres of which 7 trillion cubic metres is technically recoverable currently. In Canada the NEB estimates tight sand gas resources anywhere from 2.5 to 42 trillion cubic metres. Production of tight gas sands began in the 1970's in the US and is currently at a rate of 100 billion cubic metres per year. There are 40,000 wells producing from tight gas sands .......1600 reservoirs in 900 fields.

[nth]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'I') got the following information from a publication put out by IFP (Institute Francais Petroliere)

In the US the EIA estimates tight gas sand resources at ~ 400 trillion cubic metres of which 7 trillion cubic metres is technically recoverable currently. In Canada the NEB estimates tight sand gas resources anywhere from 2.5 to 42 trillion cubic metres. Production of tight gas sands began in the 1970's in the US and is currently at a rate of 100 billion cubic metres per year. There are 40,000 wells producing from tight gas sands .......1600 reservoirs in 900 fields.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nth', '
')The question then becomes will they be able to produce fast enough for US consumption?

[FatherOfTwo]

My understanding is that tight gas by its nature is not under high pressure and can be thought of as "seeping out", lasting a long time, but not providing high pressure rates.

It's one of the reasons why you see companies going nuts drilling all over the place, they need a lot of wells drilled to make up for the lower pressure.

Here in Alberta tight gas exploration and drilling is really moving into warp speed.

[nth]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nth', '
')The question then becomes will they be able to produce fast enough for US consumption?

[nth]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FatherOfTwo', 'M')y understanding is that tight gas by its nature is not under high pressure and can be thought of as "seeping out", lasting a long time, but not providing high pressure rates.

It's one of the reasons why you see companies going nuts drilling all over the place, they need a lot of wells drilled to make up for the lower pressure.

Here in Alberta tight gas exploration and drilling is really moving into warp speed.