Publications

Unified published summary reports of either the overall Bureau Shale Production and Reserves Study or of the individual studies of the major US shale plays do not exist. Rather, various aspects of the Bureau Shale Production and Reserves Study are set out in separate manuscripts which have either already been published or are currently under peer review for future publication in academic journals. Work on portions of the study is ongoing, and data may be adjusted as manuscripts are finalized.

Publications Status Summary

  Bakken Barnett Eagle Ford Fayetteville Haynesville Marcellus Comprehensive
Geologic Analysis   Q. Fu, S. Horvath, E. Potter, F. Roberts, S. Tinker, S. Ikonnikova, W. Fisher, and J. Yan. Log-derived thickness and porosity of the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, Texas: Implications for assessment of gas shale resources. AAPG Bulletin, v. 99, no. 1 (January 2015), pp. 119-141. Hammes, U., Eastwood, R., McDaid, G., Vankov, E., Gherabati, A., Shultz, A., Smye, K., Potter, E., Ikonnikova, S., and S. W. Tinker. Regional Assessment of the Eagle Ford group of South Texas, USA: Insights from lithology, pore volume, water saturation, organic richness and productivity correlations. Interpretation, SEG Journal. Gherabati, S. Amin, Ursula Hammes, Frank Male, John Browning, Katie Smye, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova, Guinevere McDaid: Assessment of Hydrocarbon-in-Place and Recovery Factors in the Eagle Ford Shale Play. Submitted to SPE reservoir evaluation & engineering. Gherabati, S. Amin, et al. "The impact of pressure and fluid property variation on well performance of liquid-rich Eagle Ford shale." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 33 (2016): 1056-1068.     Smye, K., Potter, E.C., McDaid, G., Ikonnikova, S., and Tinker, S.W. Geological Analysis of the Marcellus Shale for Estimating Resource-in-Place and Predicting Productivity, in preparation Ikonnikova S. and Gulen G., Impact of low prices on shale gas production strategies; submittedIkonnikova S., Browning J., Gulen G., and Tinker, S., 2015, Factors influencing shale gas production forecasting: Empirical studies of Barnett, Fayetteville, Haynesville, and Marcellus Shale plays. Forthcoming in Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy
Engineering Scanlon, B., Reedy, R., Male, F., and Hove, M., submitted Managing the increasing water footprint of hydraulic fracturing in the Bakken play, United States: Environmental Science & Technology. Patzek, T. W., Male, F. and Marder, M. 2013. Gas production in the Barnett Shale obeys a simple scaling theory.  PNAS. Patzek, T.W. Male, F., and Marder, M. A simple model of gas production from hydrofractured horizontal wells in shales. AAPG Bulletin, v. 98, no. 12 (December 2014), pp. 2507–2529. Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Horvath, S., and S. Tinker. 2014. Well Recovery, Drainage Area, and Future Drill-Well Inventory: Empirical Study of the Barnett Shale Gas Play. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 17, no. 4 (November 2014), pp. 484-496, SPE-171552-PA. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/171552-PA Gherabati, S. Amin, John Browning, Frank Male, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova, and Guinevere McDaid: The impact of pressure and fluid property variation on well performance of liquid-rich Eagle Ford shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 33 (2016): 1056-1068.  Male, F., Marder, M., Browning, J., Gherabati, A., and Ikonnikova, S.A., Forecasting production from Eagle Ford wells, Journal of Petroleum Technology, in preparation. Male, F., Patzek, T., Yu, W., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M.P. Analysis of gas production in the Fayetteville Formation using scaling methods, in preparation Male, F., Islam, A., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. 2014. Analysis of Gas Production From Hydraulically Fractured Wells In The Haynesville Shale Using Scaling Methods, SPE 168993-MS Ikonnikova, S., Smye., Browning, J., Potter, E. Haynesville Shale: Resource and Reserves Estimates, in preparation Male, F., Islam, A., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. 2014. Analysis of Gas Production From Hydraulically Fractured Wells In The Haynesville Shale Using Scaling Methods, The Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Male, F., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. EUR estimates for gas wells in the Marcellus, in preparation  
Well Economics   Gülen G, Browning J, Ikonnikova S, Tinker S, Well economics across ten tiers in low and high Btu (British thermal unit) areas, Barnett Shale, Texas, Energy (2013).   Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Browning, J., and S. Tinker. 2014. Profitability of Shale Gas Drilling: A Case Study of the Fayetteville Shale Play Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Browning, J.Shale Gas Economics and Tax Incentives to Drill: Case Study of Haynesville Shale Play, in preparation Ikonnikova S, Gülen G, Browning J. Shale Gas Economics Uncertainties: A Case Study of Marcellus Shale Gas Production Across Various Regions, in preparation.  
Production Outlook   Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Tinker S. W., et al. 2013a. Barnett Shale Production Outlook. SPE Econ & Mgmt 5 (3): 89-104. SPE-165585-PA. Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2013b. Barnett shale model -1: Study develops decline analysis, geologic parameters for reserves, production forecast. Oil & Gas Journal, 08/05/2013, Volume 111, Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2013c. Barnett shale model -2 (Conclusion): Barnett study determines full-field reserves, production forecast. Oil & Gas Journal, 09/02/2013, Volume 111, Issue 9. Vankov, E., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Medlock, K., Analyzing shale gas and oil well productivity: A statistical study of Eagle Ford shale oil play. In preparation, journal to be determined. Gherabati, S. Amin, et al. "The impact of pressure and fluid property variation on well performance of liquid-rich Eagle Ford shale." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 33 (2016): 1056-1068. Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2014. Fayetteville shale resevres and Production forecast, OGJ January 6, 2014. Gülen G, Ikonnikova S, Browning J, Tinker SW. 2014. Fayetteville Shale Production Outlook, SPE Economics & Management, SPE-173187-PA, http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173187-PA (print copy forthcoming). Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Tinker S. W., et al. Study forecasts gradual Haynesvill production recovery before final decline, OGJ December, 2015 Gülen, G., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Tinker, S.W. Haynesville Shale Production Outlook, submitted to SPE Economics & Management. Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Tinker S. W., et al. Marcellus shale reserves and Production forecast, OGJ targeting December 2014. Ikonnikova S, Gülen G, Browning J. Marcellus Shale Production Outlook, in preparation.  
               
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Barnett Shale Tad W. Patzek, Frank Male, and Michael Marder Gas production in the Barnett Shale obeys a simple scaling theory PNAS 2013 110 (49) 19731-19736; published ahead of print November 18, 2013, doi:10.1073/pnas.1313380110
Barnett Shale Patzek, T.W. Male, F., and Marder, M. A simple model of gas production from hydrofractured horizontal wells in shales. AAPG Bulletin, v. 98, no. 12 (December 2014), pp. 2507–2529.
Barnett Shale Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Tinker S. W., et al. 2013a. Barnett Shale Production Outlook. SPE Econ & Mgmt 5 (3): 89-104. SPE-165585-PA. 
Barnett Shale Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2013b. Barnett shale model -1: Study develops decline analysis, geologic parameters for reserves, production forecast. Oil & Gas Journal, 08/05/2013, Volume 111, Issue 8.
Barnett Shale Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2013c. Barnett shale model -2 (Conclusion): Barnett study determines full-field reserves, production forecast. Oil & Gas Journal, 09/02/2013, Volume 111, Issue 9.
Barnett Shale Q. Fu, S. Horvath, E. Potter, F. Roberts, S. Tinker, S. Ikonnikova, W. Fisher, and J. Yan. Log-derived thickness and porosity of the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, Texas: Implications for assessment of gas shale resources. AAPG Bulletin, v. 99, no. 1 (January 2015), pp. 119-141.
Barnett Shale Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Horvath, S., and S. Tinker. 2014. Well Recovery, Drainage Area, and Future Drill-Well Inventory: Empirical Study of the Barnett Shale Gas Play. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 17, no. 4 (November 2014), pp. 484-496, SPE-171552-PA. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/171552-PA
Barnett Shale Gülen G, Browning J, Ikonnikova S, Tinker S, Well economics across ten tiers in low and high Btu (British thermal unit) areas, Barnett Shale, Texas, Energy (2013).
Eagle Ford Shale

Hammes, U., Eastwood, R., McDaid, G., Vankov, E., Gherabati, A., Shultz, A., Smye, K., Potter, E., Ikonnikova, S., and S. W. Tinker. Regional Assessment of the Eagle Ford group of South Texas, USA: Insights from lithology, pore volume, water saturation, organic richness and productivity correlations. Interpretation, SEG Journal.
Eagle Ford Shale

Gherabati, S. Amin, John Browning, Frank Male, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova, and Guinevere McDaid. "The impact of pressure and fluid property variation on well performance of liquid-rich Eagle Ford shale." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 33 (2016): 1056-1068.
Eagle Ford Shale

Gherabati, S. Amin, Ursula Hammes, Frank Male, John Browning, Katie Smye, Svetlana A. Ikonnikova, Guinevere McDaid. " Assessment of Hydrocarbon-in-Place and Recovery Factors in the Eagle Ford Shale Play." Submitted to SPE reservoir evaluation & engineering.
Eagle Ford Shale

Male, F., Marder, M., Browning, J., Gherabati, A., and Ikonnikova, S.A., Forecasting production from Eagle Ford wells, Journal of Petroleum Technology, in preparation.
Eagle Ford Shale

Vankov, E., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Medlock, K., Analyzing shale gas and oil well productivity: A statistical study of Eagle Ford shale oil play. In preparation, journal to be determined.
Fayetteville Shale Male, F., Patzek, T., Yu, W., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M.P. Analysis of gas production in the Fayetteville Formation using scaling methods, in preparation
Fayetteville Shale Browning, J., Tinker S. W., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., et al. 2014. Fayetteville shale resevres and Production forecast, OGJ January 6, 2014.
Fayetteville Shale Gülen G, Ikonnikova S, Browning J, Tinker SW. 2014. Fayetteville Shale Production Outlook, SPE Economics & Management, SPE-173187-PA, http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173187-PA (print copy forthcoming).
Fayetteville Shale Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Browning, J., and S. Tinker. 2014. Profitability of Shale Gas Drilling: A Case Study of the Fayetteville Shale Play, Energy, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2014.12.051
Haynesville Shale Male, F., Islam, A., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. 2014. Analysis of Gas Production From Hydraulically Fractured Wells In The Haynesville Shale Using Scaling Methods, The Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, forthcoming
Haynesville Shale Male, F., Islam, A., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. 2014. Analysis of Gas Production From Hydraulically Fractured Wells In The Haynesville Shale Using Scaling Methods, SPE 168993-MSM
Haynesville Shale Ikonnikova, S., Smye., Browning, J., Potter, E. Haynesville Shale: Resource and Reserves Estimates, in preparation
Haynesville Shale Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Male, F., Gülen, G.,  Tinker S. W., et al. Study forecasts gradual Haynesville production recovery before final decline, OGJ December, 2015.
Haynesville Shale

Gülen, G., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Tinker, S.W. Haynesville Shale Production Outlook, submitted to SPE Economics & Management.
Haynesville Shale Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Browning, J.Shale Gas Economics and Tax Incentives to Drill: Case Study of Haynesville Shale Play, in preparation
Marcellus Shale Male, F., Patzek, T., Ikonnikova, S., Browning, J., Marder, M. EUR estimates for gas wells in the Marcellus, in preparation 
Marcellus Shale Smye, K., Potter, E.C., McDaid, G., Ikonnikova, S., and Tinker, S.W. Geological Analysis of the Marcellus Shale for Estimating Resource-in-Place and Predicting Productivity, in preparation
Marcellus Shale Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., Tinker S. W., et al. Marcellus shale reserves and Production forecast, OGJ targeting summer 2014.
Marcellus Shale Ikonnikova S, Gülen G, Browning J. Marcellus Shale Production Outlook, in preparation.
Marcellus Shale Ikonnikova S, Gülen G, Browning J. Shale Gas Economics Uncertainties: A Case Study of Marcellus Shale Gas Production Across Various Regions, in preparation.
Comprehensive Ikonnikova S. and Gulen G., Impact of low prices on shale gas production strategies; submitted
Comprehensive

Ikonnikova S., Browning J., Gulen G., and Tinker, S., 2015, Factors influencing shale gas production forecasting: Empirical studies of Barnett, Fayetteville, Haynesville, and Marcellus Shale plays. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Volume 4, Issue 1, 19-35.

In addition, research results have been published in the following:

Final Report on Update and Enhancement of Shale Gas Outlooks (September 2018)

OIL & GAS JOURNAL Bureau Shale Gas Study - Part 1

OIL & GAS JOURNAL Bureau Shale Gas Study - Part 2

OIL & GAS JOURNAL Bureau Fayetteville Shale Gas Study

OIL & GAS JOURNAL Bureau Haynesville Shale Gas Study

Recent Presentations

Browning, J., Tinker, S.W., and Ikonnikova, S.A., 2016. Summary and conclusions from fieldwide study of Eagle Ford shale play, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

Gherabati, S. A., Browning, J., Male, F., Ikonnikova, S., McDaid, G., The impact of pressure and fluid property variation on well performance of liquid-rich Eagle Ford shale, in SPE Liquids-Rich Basins Conference — North America, Midland, Texas 21-22 September.

Gherabati, A., U. Hammes, F. Male, J. Browning, S. A. Ikonnikova, G. McDaid. Assessment of the Hydrocarbons-in-Place and Recovery Factors in the Eagle Ford Shale Play, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

Gülen, G., Ikonnikova, S.A., Browning, J., and Tinker, S.W. 2016. Eagle Ford production outlook sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

Ikonnikova, S., Gülen, G., & Browning, J. (2016, May 10). Impacts of Price Differentials, Taxation, and Costs on Shale Gas Drilling: A Marcellus Case Study. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/179985-MS, SPE/IAEE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, May 17-18, 2016, Houston.

Ikonnikova, S., Vankov, E., Gülen, G., & Browning, J. (2016, May 10). Understanding Shale Resource Production: What are the Key Variables? Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/179984-MS, SPE/IAEE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, May 17-18, 2016, Houston.

Ikonnikova, S.A., Hammes, U., Eastwood, R.L., Smye, K. Regional Assessment of the Eagle Ford Formation: Insights from Lithology, Water Saturation, Organic Richness and Productivity Correlations, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

Ikonnikova, S.A., Gülen, G., Browning, J., Medlock, K.B. 2016. Well economics and production outlook of the Eagle Ford shale play, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

Ikonnikova, S.A. and others, 2016. Integrated Analysis of Six Major U.S. Shale Gas and Shale Oil Basins, UNECE Expert Group on Resource Classification, Geneva, Switzerland, April, 2016.

Ikonnikova, S.A. and others, 2016. Shale Gas and Shale Oil: The U.S. Experience and its Global Implications, presented at the Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, China, March, 2016.

Male, F., Marder, M. P., Browning, J., Ikonnikova, S., and Patzek, T., 2016, Marcellus wells’ ultimate production accurately predicted from initial production, in SPE Low Perm Symposium: Society of Petroleum Engineers 180234.

Male, F., Marder, M., Browning, J., Gherabati, A., and Ikonnikova, S.A., 2016, Production Decline Analysis in the Eagle Ford, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2458308, August 2016.

Marder, M., Patzek, T., and Tinker, S. W., 2016, Physics, fracking, fuel, and the future. Physics Today, 69, 46-52.

Vankov, E.R., Ikonnikova, S.A., Gülen, G., and Medlock, K.B. 2016. Analyzing shale gas and oil well productivity: A statistical study of Eagle Ford shale oil play, in Proceedings of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 2016.

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