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  2. Shale gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    US shale gas basins, 2011. Shale gas in the United States is an available source of unconventional natural gas.Led by new applications of hydraulic fracturing technology and horizontal drilling, development of new sources of shale gas has offset declines in production from conventional gas reservoirs, and has led to major increases in reserves of U.S. natural gas.

  3. Natural gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Natural gas production 1973-2022 U.S. natural gas monthly production, imports, and exports Discovered shale gas deposits as of June 2016 Natural gas production by State. Natural gas was the United States' largest source of energy production in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. [1]

  4. Illinois Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois Basin has produced more than four billion barrels of petroleum. [6] Major oil production began in 1905, and from 1907 through 1912, the basin was the third-most oil productive area in the United States. Oil production peaked in 1908 at 34 million barrels per year, and declined steadily to 5 million barrels in 1933.

  5. Shale gas by country - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, shale gas wells in the United States produced 0.3 × 10 ^ 12 cu ft (8.5 km 3), 1.6% of US gas production; by 2006, production had more than tripled to 1.1 × 10 ^ 12 cu ft (31 km 3) per year, 5.9% of US gas production. By 2005, there were 14,990 shale gas wells in the US. [20]

  6. Shale Gas Production Fuels U.S. Chemical Manufacturing ... - AOL

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  7. These Shale Gas Plays Are Changing America's Energy ... - AOL

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    Shale gas well in Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Flickr/Nicholas A. Tonelli Shale gas flowing out of the Utica and Marcellus shale plays currently accounts for 18% of current total U.S. output. Over ...

  8. Fracking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a proportion of the country's overall gas production, shale gas increased from 4% in 2005 to 24% in 2012. [ 34 ] According to oilfield services company Halliburton, as of 2013 more than 1.1 million hydraulic fracturing jobs have been done in the United States (some wells are hydraulically fractured more than once), and almost 90% of new US ...

  9. Oil reserves in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2012 the oil production of the US increased by 800,000 barrels per day, the highest ever recorded increase in one year since oil drilling began in 1859. [9] In April 2013, US crude production was at a more than 20-year high, aided by the shale gas and tight oil boom; with production near 7.2 million barrels per day. [10]