Basin Analysis and Play Characterization

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Near- to Mid-Term Energy Mineral Sources
Bridge to the Future for Alternative
Energy William A. Ambrose April 3, 2007
Bureau of Economic Geology John A. and Katherine
G. Jackson School of Geosciences
Energy Minerals Division American Association
of Petroleum Geologists
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Acknowledgments
? Jeremy Platt, Laura Wray, and Creties Jenkins

EMD Region Councilors Jeffrey R. Levine
(Southwest) Michael A. Wiley (Gulf
Coast) Charles Boyer III (Eastern) Ed Ratchford
(Mid-Continent) James G. Clough (Pacific)
Laura L. Wray (Rocky Mountain)
Publication was authorized by the Director,
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin
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Data Sources
AAPG (Energy Minerals Division)
U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Agency
USGS
Gas Technology Institute
SMU Geothermal Laboratory
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Outline
? Global and US Energy Supply
? Energy Minerals -Coal -Coalbed Methane -Gas
Shales -Oil Shale -Gas Hydrates -Uranium -Tar
Sands -Geothermal Energy
? Summary
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Estimates of 21st century World energy
supplies Billion barrels oil equivalent
Billion barrels oil equivalent yr-1
Coal
Natural Gas
Oil
2100
1900
2000
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Energy Resource Distribution
Quadrillion (1015) Btu
USDOE
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U. S. Unconventional Gas Share of Production
(Includes Tight Gas)
100
U. S. Technically Recoverable (Tcf) Unconventional
Gas Resources Tight Gas
250 Coalbed Methane
60 Shale Gas
55 Geopressured
1,100? EIA (2005)
80
60
40
20
0
1990
2003
2025
Unconventional Gas
Other Domestic Production
Modified from EIA (2005)
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U. S. Electricity Generation
2002 Generation (million MWh)
Coal
Nuclear
31
Oil
Hydro
15.5
Nat. Gas
Renewable/Other
3.1
Courtesy NRG and CEED
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Energy Mineral Resources
Earth materials (other than conventional oil and
natural gas) capable of being produced for
energy. EMD (2007)
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Coal-Fired Capacity Additions
EIA (2005)
Capacity, MW
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FutureGen Coal Gasification
? Flexible fuel source
? Near-zero-emission gasifier
? CO2 , H2 pipelines
? Stacked storage -EOR -Deep brine-bearing fm.

BEG (2006)
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Miscible CO2-EOR Potential 4.7 BBbl in Gulf Coast
Holtz and others (2005)
USGS (2007)
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Coalbed Methane
Fruitland Fm. San Juan Basin
Ferron CBM field, Utah

• Accounts for 10 of US dry natural gas
  reserves.
• Annual US production almost 2 Tcf.

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Production
1.8
U. S. CBM Resources Total Resources 749 Tcf
Annual (Tcf)
2000
1980
GRI/DOE
Modified from Scott and others (1995)
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U.S. Gas Shale Basins and Resources
Total Shale Gas-In-Place 467-607 Tcf
Estimated Recoverable 55-100 Tcf
Schlumberger (2005)
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Mid-Continent Shale-Gas Basins
Fayetteville Shale
? 2.5 million acres leased
? 180 wells end 2006
? IP 2-3 MMcfd for horizontal wells
Modified from ARI (2006)
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World Oil Shale Resources
?1 Ton of rock 1 Barrel of oil
?2.6 Trillion Barrels worldwide
?Current activity Brazil, China, Estonia
?Other deposits in Australia, Jordan
?US activity Utah, Colorado (ended 1991)
Kerogen bulk of organic material
USDOE
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Oil Shale Mining and Processing
Stuart Project, Queensland
Mining Strip and Open Pit Underground Retort
Processing Crushing Separation Heating to 450C
(H2, H2O)
Southern Pacific Petroleum
In-Situ Conversion
US Resources Production 1.2-1.8 Trillion bbl in
place 4.5 MMBbl, 1985-1990
Shell EP
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Worldwide Gas Hydrate Distribution
USGS (2002)
Seafloor Mound
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Mallik Test in Canada USGS (2004)
Arctic Gas Hydrate
? Up to 590 Tcf in onshore Alaska North slope
(Collett, 2004)
? 500 to 4,000 ft depths
? Thermogenic source
? Shallow sand reservoir below permafrost
Hunter et al. (2004)
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U. S. Uranium Deposits
U3O8 reserves, 72.00/lb. Wyoming
255 New Mexico 245 AZ, CO, UT
108 Texas 14
Source Uranium Industry Annual 2002
www.stockinterview.com
million pounds Source EIA (2006)
Spot Price, Jan. 15, 2007 72.00/lb. (Ux
Consulting Company, LLC)
Yellowcake
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US Uranium Workforce
UEC, DOE
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Nuclear Power Plant Sites
104 Reactors each generating gt100 MW 55 MMlb. of
U3O8 yr-1 consumed 2.7 MMlb. yr-1 produced

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NuStart 520 million project License application
2008 Construction 2010 Completion 2014
American Nuclear Society, Inc.
NuStart Candidate Site
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World Tar Sands And Heavy Oil Resources
Heavy Hydrocarbons 5.6 trillion barrels
Conventional Crude Oil 1.02 trillion barrels
Syncrude Canada Ltd. (2004)
Petroleum Equities. Inc. (2003)
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Geothermal Surface Heat Flow
Geothermal Power Plant
Modified from SMU Geothermal Laboratory (2004)
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Energy Minerals Summary
Commodity
()
U. S. Resources
()
Coal
Coalbed Gas
Gas Shales
Oil Shale
Gas Hydrates
Uranium
Bitumen
Geothermal