Yukon's Liard basin contains an assessed shale gas resource of 68 Tcf gas-in-place and 7.6 Tcf marketable gas. The Government of Yukon study appraised two shale plays, the Horn River and Exshaw-Patry, providing detailed geochemical and physical property data. The data was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Model shale gas resource distribution based on assessed volumes and area percentages.
- Analyze reservoir quality based on geochemical properties like TOC content and maturity.
- Map potential drilling locations based on interpreted burial depths and net pay thicknesses.
- Evaluate mineralogical stiffness and porosity for engineering simulations.
Strengths
- Provides specific resource estimates: 68 Tcf gas-in-place and 7.6 Tcf marketable gas.
- Includes detailed geochemical averages for two distinct shale plays.
- Identifies geographic concentration: 50% of marketable gas in 30% of the assessed area.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single basin study.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Collection Method
- Integrated wireline log and geochemical evaluation.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:53.226806; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Liard basin, Yukon, Canada