The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Sounds like a lot but really not for ME, they may be conservative as they are early and source rock tend to much bigger volumetrically than overlying conventional fields. Also it is OOIP and only a small portion of it is recoverable via differential liberation process since there are currently no IOR or EOR technique developed yet for shale oil. Most of the free gas can be recovered if it is free gas and not solution gas.

from ABC "Oil Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said the amount of oil that can be extracted from the Khalij al-Bahrain Basin is still being studied."