| Shale | Age of Shale | Depth/m | Effective Thickness/m | TOC/% | Ro/% | Quartz Content/% | Total Porosity/% | Gas Content/ (m3∙t−1) | Resource Abundance/ (108 m3∙km−2) |
| Barnett | Miss. | 1981 - 2926 | 30.00 - 183.00 | 2.00 - 7.00 | 1.10 - 2.00 | 35 - 50 | 4.00 - 5.00 | 8.50 - 9.91 | 7.15 |
| Fayetteville | Miss. | 305 - 2287 | 6.10 - 76.20 | 2.00 - 9.80 | 1.20 - 4.00 |
| 2.00 - 8.00 | 1.70 - 6.23 | 6.30 |
| Haynesville | J3 | 3048 - 4155 | 616.00 - 91.44 | 0.50 - 4.00 | 2.20 - 3.20 |
| 8.00 - 9.00 | 2.83 - 9.34 | 8.71 |
| Woodford | D3 | 1829 - 3353 | 36.58 - 67.10 | 1.00 - 14.00 | 1.10 - 3.00 | 60 - 80 | 3.00 - 9.00 | 5.66 - 8.50 | 2.29 |
| Antrim | D3 | 183 - 732 | 21.00 - 37.00 | 1.00 - 20.00 | 0.40 - 0.60 | 20 - 41 | 9.00 | 1.13 - 2.83 | 0.69 |
| Lewis | K2 | 914 - 1829 | 61.00 - 91.00 | 0.45 - 2.50 | 1.60 - 1.90 |
| 3.00 - 55.00 | 0.40 - 1.30 | 1.74 |
| Marcellus | D2 | 475 - 2591 | 15.20 - 304.00 | 3.00 - 12.00 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 50 - 70 | 10.00 | 1.70 - 2.83 | 1.73 |
| Montney | T | 400 - 4400 | 30.00 | 1.20 - 1.60 | 1.75 - 3.75 | 50 - 70 | 5.00 - 9.50 | 0.44 |
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| Qiongzhusi Formation | -C1q | 2600 - 4600 | 20.00 - 80.00 | 2.30 - 4.20 | 1.50 - 5.70 | 28 - 56 | 1.46 - 2.61 | 1.17 - 6.02 | 0.90 - 2.30 |
| Longmaxi Formation | S1l | 1600 - 4200 | 20.00 - 100.00 | 1.60 - 3.60 | 1.88 - 4.36 | 24 - 44 | 1.00 - 5.00 | 1.73 - 3.28 | 1.00 - 2.50 |