Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the World*, Table
- Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the World*, Table
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region recoverable resources**
United States 626
Canada 16
Northern and western Europe 2
Italy 13
Estonia 1
Russia 41
Zaire 38
China 10
Australia 17
Other countries 3
Total world 1,067
*Recovery factor = 37.5 percent of estimated in-place resource.
**In billion barrels; figures adapted from
Oil & Gas Journal, U.S. Geological Survey, and American Association of
Petroleum Geologists.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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