Shale gas helps send US resource base up 39%

摘要

Washington-The US possesses a total resource base of 1,836 Tcf of natural gas, the highest resource evaluation ever calculated by the Potential Gas Committee in its 44-year history, the committee announced June 18. The panel's year-end 2008 assessment "reaffirms the committee's conviction that abundant, recoverable natural gas resources exist within our borders, both onshore and offshore, in all types of reservoirs," said John Curtis, director of the Potential Gas Agency.