Shale Basin and Plays World

The dataset provides an overview of major natural basins and plays that are targets of gas and liquid hydrocarbon unconventinoal resources worldwide. It was created from various sources at West Virginia GIS Technical Center, Dept. of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University. The data set has been created as part of the project between World Resources Institute and WVU.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Author
Author Email
Maintainer George Hall
Maintainer Email George Hall
Shared (this field will be removed in the future) Open
IB1 Sensitivity Class
IB1 Trust Framework
IB1 Dataset Assurance
IB1 Trust Framework
citation NETL
ecological_region Terrestrial
netl_product yes
poc_email [email protected]
point_of_contact Kelly Rose
program_or_project EPAct Unconventional Resources
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