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Shale gas, like any other natural gas, is mostly methane. But it often contains heavier hydrocarbons C2-C5 which increase the energy per unit volume significantly above that of methane. In the Bakken play, the gas at the wellhead averages about 1,400 BTU/ft3, compared to about 1,000 for methane. The
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I couldn't find out from this article the composition of shale gas. I am inclined to believe that it may be mainly methane, but is it something else as well? If so, what, and in what proportion? And those "Trillions of cubic feet" are, to me, quite incomprehensible/useless. What would it be in MTOE
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I've corrected or toned down the worst NPOV vios (that I saw), and added some balancing information. Article now seems reasonably balanced, imo. Note that I'm a geologist -- not an oil guy, but sympathetic to the industry. So editors with other viewpoints should check too. Do we still need the tag?
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