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Another Large U.S. Natural Gas Discovery? -- Eagle Speak
Geology.com asks, "Utica Shale - The Natural Gas Giant Below the Marcellus?":
The Utica Shale is a rock unit located a few thousand feet below the Marcellus Shale. It also has the potential to become an enormous natural gas resource. The Utica Shale is thicker than the Marcellus, it is more geographically extensive and it has already proven its ability to support commercial production.
It is impossible to say at this time how large the Utica Shale resource might be because it has not been thoroughly evaluated and little public information is available about its organic content, the thickness of organic-rich intervals and how it will respond to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. However, the results of early testing indicate that the Utica Shale will be a very significant resource.
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My Comment: Eagle Speak may be right .... we are more energy independent than what we think. If true .... the impact on national security and our dependency on unstable foreign energy supplies may profoundly change how we conduct ourselves in international relations and how we prioritize our national security needs.