Open AccessLargest Ever U.S. Shale Oil Deposit Identified in Texas
Author(s) -
Aaron Sidder
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo063225
Subject(s) - oil shale , geology , tight oil , petroleum engineering , shale oil , mining engineering , unconventional oil , geochemistry , environmental science , paleontology
The Wolfcamp shale, which underlies a large swath of Texas roughly centered on the city of Midland, contains 20 billion barrels of oil that could be recovered with current technology.
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