Assessment of potential shale gas and shale oil resources of the Norte Basin, Uruguay, 2011

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3100/

We estimated mean volumes of 13.4 trillion cubic feet of potential technically recoverable shale gas and 0.5 billion barrels of technically recoverable shale oil resources in this area using a performance-based geologic assessment methodology.

by Schenk, Christopher J.; Kirschbaum, Mark A.; Charpentier, Ronald R.; Cook, Troy A.; Klett, Timothy R.; Gautier, Donald L.; Pollastro, Richard M.; Weaver, Jean N.; and Brownfield, Michael E.

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3100

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