Western Canada’s Giant Gas and Liquids Fairway: The Duvernay, Horn River and Canol Shales

摘要

1. Emerging unconventional plays offer huge gas and liquids production and potential in western Canadarn2. Montney was the first to establish widespread commercial viability with horizontal wells (2005)rn3. Three closely-related Devonian shale plays aren’t quite there yetrn3.1 Horn River (2007)rn3.2 Duvernay / Muskwa (2009)rn3.3 Canol (2011)rn4. Where are they going, and when will they get there?