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This is a list of countries by recoverable
This is a list of countries by recoverable shale gas
Shale gas is an unconventional natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations. Since the 1990s a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has made large volumes of shale gas more economical to produce, and some ...
based on data collected by the Energy Information Administration agency of the United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the United Stat ...
. Numbers for the estimated amount of recoverable shale gas resources are provided alongside numbers for proven natural gas reserves.
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* indicates "Natural resources in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.See also
* Shale gas by country *Hydraulic fracturing by country
Fracking has become a contentious environmental and health issue with Tunisia and France banning the practice and a ''de facto'' moratorium in place in Quebec (Canada), and some of the states of the US.
Australia
Up until the mid-2000s, hydrau ...
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