[blam]

"The map I saw of potential reserves showed Australia as a major player - good for Crocodile Dundee and the good guys!"

Here are some of the worlds reserves, maps.

[thackney]

Here are some of the worlds reserves, maps.

The US map at that web site indicates there are no oil reserves associated with shale in Texas or North Dakota, the locations of our largest production of oil from shale deposits so far.

It appears it is only focused on shale that contains kerogen and not oil released from shale. And the oil released from shale is the source of this increase in production.