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Fayetteville Shale Play

  2012 MAY 18 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/k84t2c/fayetteville_shale) has announced the addition of the "Fayetteville Shale Play" report to their offering.

  The Fayetteville Shale play is of Mississippian age and lies in the eastern part of the Arkoma Basin, primarily in Arkansas, covering around 3.2 million acres. After Barnett, Fayetteville is the oldest major shale play and is also a geological equivalent of the former. According to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC), the following nine counties saw Fayetteville production in 2010, in descending production order: Van Buren, White, Conway, Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Pope, Jackson and Franklin. The latter four counties accounted for less than 2% of total 2010 production.

  Fayetteville is targeted at depths between 1,500 and 6,500 feet with thickness varying from 50 to 500 feet. The U.S. Department of Energy stated in 2009 that Fayetteville had 41.6 Tcfe of recoverable gas resources.

  For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/k84t2c/fayetteville_shale

  Keywords: Oil & Gas.

  This article was prepared by VerticalNews Energy editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2012, VerticalNews Energy via VerticalNews.com.