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Contributors xv

Preface xvii

1 Gas Shale: Global Significance, Distribution, and Challenges 1
1.1 Introduction, 1
1.2 Shale Gas Overview, 1
1.2.1 Shale Gas Geology, 2
1.2.2 Characteristics of a Producing Shale Gas Play, 3
1.3 The Significance of Shale Gas, 4
1.4 Global Shale Gas Resources, 5
1.4.1 Sources of Information, 5
1.4.2 Resource Estimation Methodologies, 5
1.5 Global Resource Data, 7
1.5.1 China, 7
1.5.2 The United States, 7
1.5.3 Mexico, 7
1.5.4 Southern South America, 7
1.5.5 South Africa, 8
1.5.6 Australia, 8
1.5.7 Canada, 8
1.5.8 North Africa, 8
1.5.9 Poland, 9
1.5.10 France, 9
1.5.11 Russia, 9
1.5.12 Scandinavia, 9
1.5.13 Middle East, 9
1.5.14 India, 9
1.5.15 Pakistan, 10
1.5.16 Northwest Africa, 10
1.5.17 Eastern Europe (Outside of Poland), 10
1.5.18 Germany and Surrounding Nations, 10
1.5.19 The United Kingdom, 10