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Fact Sheet 2014–3033

National and Global Petroleum Assessment

Assessment of Potential Unconventional Lacustrine Shale-Oil and Shale-Gas Resources, Phitsanulok Basin, Thailand, 2014

By Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Timothy R. Klett, Tracey J. Mercier, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Janet K. Pitman, and Michael E. Brownfield

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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed potential technically recoverable mean resources of 53 million barrels of shale oil and 320 billion cubic feet of shale gas in the Phitsanulok Basin, onshore Thailand.

First posted April 21, 2014

Revised May 15, 2014

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Director, Central Energy Resources Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, MS-939
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
http://energy.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Schenk, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Klett, T.R., Mercier, T.J., Tennyson, M.E., Pitman, J.K., and Brownfield, M.E., 2014, Assessment of potential unconventional lacustrine shale-oil and shale-gas resources, Phitsanulok Basin, Thailand, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3033, 2 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143033.

ISSN 2327-6916 (print)

ISSN 2327-6932 (online)



Contents

Introduction

Geologic Definition of Assessment Units

Geologic Model for Assessment

Unconventional Resource Summary

References


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