The deep-water wells that EPA drilled are located near a natural gas reservoir.

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This would only happen however if the rocks were extremely porous, yet if this were the case the natural gas reservoir would have never existed in the first place.

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By now investors expected Davy Jones to be flowing 50 million cubic feet a day of natural gas from its giant reservoir.

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To begin with, the vertical depth separation between drinking water aquifers and reservoir targets for gas production is several thousand feet of impermeable rock.

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The shale acts as both the source and the reservoir for the natural gas.

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Thankfully, because the reservoir was almost entirely gas, there was little environmental damage.

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Net pay refers to the thickness of a reservoir capable of producing commercially viable oil and gas.

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This is the same gas responsible for recent coal mine accidents, and it can infiltrate the water reservoir if there is too much pumping, which creates a pressure draw down.

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