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Assessment of unconventional tight-gas resources of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile, 2015

January 20, 2016

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed a technically recoverable mean resource of 8.3 trillion cubic feet of unconventional tight gas in the Zona Glauconitica of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile.

Publication Year 2016
Title Assessment of unconventional tight-gas resources of the Magallanes Basin Province, Chile, 2015
DOI 10.3133/fs20153085
Authors Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Michael E. Brownfield, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Kristen R. Marra
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2015-3085
Index ID fs20153085
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center