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Shale Gas and the Outlook for U.S. Natural Gas Markets and Global Gas Resources Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Richard Newell, Administrator June 21, 2011 | Paris, France U.S. Energy Information Administration Independent Statistics Analysis Overview • History of U.S. shale gas production • Outlook for the U.S. natural gas market • Implications for electric power • World shale gas resources: An initial assessment Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 2 Underground sources of natural gas Source: modified from U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 0113-01 Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 3 Diagram of a typical hydraulic fracturing operation Source: ProPublica, /special/hydraulic-fracturing-national Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 4 History of U.S. shale gas production Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 5 Since 1997, more than 13,500 gas wells completed in the Barnett shale Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 6 The result has been rapid increases in production from the Barnett field gas production wells drilled billion cubic meters thousands Source: EIA Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 7 Shale gas plays, Lower 48 States Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various published studies. Richard Newell, Paris June 2011 8