Economic gas resources remain in western Canada Triassic plays

Journal Article · Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6749391

Dallaire, S M; Waghmare, R R; Roux, L; Conn, R F ^[1]

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1. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

This article reviews the estimates of economic potential of the undiscovered natural gas resources estimated to exist in the Triassic System of the interior plains region of the Western Canada sedimentary basin. This work was recently released as Part 2 of Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Bulletin 483. It is the second in a series of multidisciplinary studies reviewing the petroleum geology, discovered and undiscovered gas resources, and economic potential of natural gas in the Western Canada basin. Economic potential measures the portion of the undiscovered resource which can be expected to provide economic investment opportunities over the long term. By taking costs and other economic constraints into account, a more realistic estimate of the resources of commercial interest to industry is provided. Estimates of economic potential are also relevant in supply/demand forecasting, in the resource management mandates of governments and regulatory bodies, and in the strategic planning of transportation systems.

• OSTI ID: 6749391
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 92:50; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
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RESOURCE POTENTIAL
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TRIASSIC PERIOD
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
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NORTH AMERICA
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