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An introduction to shale gas June 2011 Shale Gas vs Conventional Gas Natural gas resources are typically divided into two categories: conventional and unconventional. Conventional gas typically is found in reservoirs with permeabilities greater than 1 millidarcy (“mD”) and can be extracted via traditional techniques. A large proportion of the gas produced globally to date is conventional, and is relatively easy and inexpensive to extract. In contrast, unconventional gas is found in reservoirs with relatively low permeabilities (less than 1 mD) and hence cannot be extracted via convent