| Thermogenic and secondary biogenic gases, San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico—implications for coalbed gas producibility AR Scott, WR Kaiser, WB Ayers Jr AAPG bulletin 78 (8), 1186-1209, 1994 | 653 | 1994 |
| Coalbed gas systems, resources, and production and a review of contrasting cases from the San Juan and Powder River basins WB Ayers AAPG bulletin 86 (11), 1853-1890, 2002 | 487 | 2002 |
| Lignite resources in Texas WR Kaiser University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1980 | 112 | 1980 |
| Assessment of Eagle Ford shale oil and gas resources X Gong, Y Tian, DA McVay, WB Ayers, WJ Lee SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference?, SPE-167241-MS, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| Lacustrine and fluvial-deltaic depositional systems, Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana WB Ayers Jr AAPG bulletin 70 (11), 1651-1673, 1986 | 87 | 1986 |
| Lacustrine and fluvial-deltaic depositional systems, Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana WB Ayers Jr AAPG bulletin 70 (11), 1651-1673, 1986 | 87 | 1986 |
| The Eagle Ford Shale play, South Texas: Regional variations in fluid types, hydrocarbon production and reservoir properties Y Tian, WB Ayers, WD McCain Jr International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC-16808-MS, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Global unconventional gas resource assessment Z Dong, SA Holditch, DA McVay, WB Ayers SPE Economics & Management 4 (04), 222-234, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| Lacustrine‐Interdeltaic Coal in the Fort Union Formation (Palaeocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, USA WB Ayers Jr, WR Kaiser Sedimentology of Coal and Coal‐Bearing Sequences, 61-84, 1985 | 66 | 1985 |
| Composition, Distribution, and Origin of Fruitlan Formation and Pictured Cliffs Sandstone Gases, San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico AR Scott, WR Kaiser, WB Ayers Jr Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1991 | 54 | 1991 |
| Knowledge of methane potential for coalbed resources grows but needs more study WB Ayers Jr, BS Kelso Oil and Gas Journal;(USA) 87 (43), 1989 | 54 | 1989 |
| Regional analysis of stratigraphy, reservoir characteristics, and fluid phases in the Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas Y Tian, WB Ayers, WD McCain Jr GCAGS Transactions, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| Eagle ford shale play economics: Us versus mexico R Weijermars, N Sorek, D Sen, WB Ayers Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 38, 345-372, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Probabilistic assessment of world recoverable shale-gas resources Z Dong, SA Holditch, DA McVay, WB Ayers, W John Lee, E Morales SPE Economics & Management 7 (02), 72-82, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| Assessment of the distribution of technically-recoverable resources in North American Basins K Cheng, W Wu, SA Holditch, WB Ayers, DA McVay SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference?, SPE-137599-MS, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |
| Coal fracture studies: guides for coalbed methane exploration and development SE Laubach, CM Tremain, WBJ Ayers | 36 | 1991 |
| Basin analog investigations answer characterization challenges of unconventional gas potential in frontier basins K Singh, SA Holditch, WB Ayers Jr | 35 | 2008 |
| Geologic and Hydrologie Characterization of Coalbed-Methane Reservoirs in the San Juan Basin WR Kaiser, WB Ayers Jr SPE Formation Evaluation 9 (03), 175-184, 1994 | 34 | 1994 |
| The Wilcox Group and Carrizo Sand (Paleogene) in east-central Texas: depositional systems and deep-basin lignite: The University of Texas at Austin WB Ayers Jr, AH Lewis Bureau of Economic Geology Special Publication 30, 1985 | 34 | 1985 |
| Global unconventional gas resource assessment Z Dong, SA Holditch, DA McVay, WB Ayers SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference?, SPE-148365-MS, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
Duane A McVayProfessor of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityVerified email at pe.tamu.edu
