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Unconventional gas, resources for the future

Unconventional gas resources have major strategic implications for the future of the world’s natural gas supply. Their geological characteristics make them atypical targets for development and call for a specific set of production techniques. Total possesses the tried and tested know-how that this requires, and today is reinforcing its positions in this promising segment.

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Optimization

Total is devoting significant resources to optimize its production of unconventional gas, in a determined quest to combine well productivity improvements with responsible exploitation.
Research in the area of UCG
Total, a world-class player

To play a part in renewing the world’s natural gas reserves, the Group is investing in shale gas and coal bed methane production.
Expanding Total’s portfolio of assets
The huge potential of unconventional gas

Present on every continent, unconventional gas can become a major contributor to a long-term solution for the world’s growing energy demand.
An abundant and widespread resource
Presentation of unconventional gas

Unconventional gas (UCG) is trapped in compact rock formations or coalbeds, and can only be released using appropriate extraction techniques.
Specific techniques for atypical geologic locations