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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: December 5, 2012  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Issues in focus

Table 20. Marcellus unproved technically recoverable resources in AEO2012 (as of January 1, 2010)
    EUR (billion cubic feet per well)  
Assessment Unit/State Area (square miles) Well spacing (wells per square mile) Percent of area untested Percent of area with potential High Mild Low Average TRR (billion cubic feet)
Foldbelt 19,063 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 757
Maryland 435 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 17
Pennsylvania 7,951 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 316
Tennessee 353 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 14
Virginia 7,492 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 298
West Virginia 2,833 4 100 5 0.5 0.18 0.03 0.21 113
Interior 45,161 4 99 37 6.33 1.41 0.06 1.95 137,677
Maryland 763 4 100 37 2.02 0.30 0.02 0.52 629
New York 10,381 4 100 37 7.80 1.79 0.07 2.43 40,124
Ohio 361 4 99 37 2.02 0.30 0.02 0.52 296
Pennsylvania 23,346 4 98 37 7.80 1.79 0.07 2.43 88,182
Virginia 321 4 100 37 2.02 0.30 0.02 0.52 264
West Virginia 9,989 4 99 37 2.02 0.30 0.02 0.52 8,182
Western 39,844 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 2,107
Kentucky 207 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 11
New York 7,985 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 424
Ohio 13,515 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 718
Pennsylvania 6,582 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 350
Virginia 653 5 100 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 35
West Virginia 10,901 5 98 7 0.35 0.11 0.03 0.13 569
Total Marcellus 104,067 5 99 18 5.05 1.13 0.05 1.56 140,541

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