GIS compilation of prospective Paleozoic shale gas areas of eastern Canada

A systematic multi-isotope approach to unravel methane origin in groundwater: Example of an aquifer above a gas field in southern New Brunswick (Canada)

“…The first two environmental studies related to hydrocarbons in New Brunswick covered a vast portion of the province, including the Sussex area. The first one (2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) was carried out by the Geological Survey of Canada, and mostly aimed at defining the unconventional O&G plays and providing a georeferenced database of all publicly-available geological, hydrogeological and exploration data on shale gas units in eastern Canada (Brake et al, 2013). This study included groundwater geochemical data from wells near the McCully gas field and around the town of Elgin (a prospective area for condensates, east of Sussex) to establish local groundwater baseline conditions (Al et al, 2013).…”

“…The first two studies (Al et al, 2013;Brake et al, 2013;Loomer et al, 2018;Loomer et al, 2016) aimed at establishing natural (baseline) groundwater conditions, and thus specifically targeted private water wells that are located away (>1.6 km) from any existing O&G well. These two studies have reported the presence of naturally-occurring methane in several shallow water wells in the study area of the present paper.…”