When Apache Canada Ltd.'s Green Road B-41 horizontal well spudded on June 18th, the event marked a technological step-change in the hunt for shale gas resources in New Brunswick, one of Canada's Maritime provinces which shares a border with Maine. The commencement of horizontal drilling operations affirmed more than a decade of exploration and production efforts by Corridor Resources Inc. -- a Canadian junior and Apache Canada's joint venture partner -- to characterize the Lower Carboniferous Frederick Brook Shale as a potentially prolific resource play. In stark contrast to its North American black marine shale counterparts, the Frederick Brook Shale is derived from a continental lacustrine source. MORE>>>

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