It further expands GE's solutions portfolio for unconventional resources, consisting of more than 40 technologies that are addressing fundamental industry challenges, helping customers and the industry improve operational performance, reduce their environmental footprint and increase resource recovery while creating innovative technologies to drive demand for natural gas.

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In October, it released its first estimates for the neighboring (in Ohio) or underlying (in Pennsylvania and New York) Utica shales of 38 TCF, plus 940 million barrels of unconventional oil resources and 208 million barrels of unconventional liquids.

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Some estimates place global unconventional gas resources at about 33, 000 trillion cubic feet, or about five times the amount of proven reserves at the end of 2009.

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Our analysis, gleaned from data and on-the-ground experience alike, points to investment opportunities in new, unconventional technology and resources.

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Alex Farrell is a professor in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley who studies the impacts of unconventional oil.

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