As an example, for Nova Scotia, there's $4 billion in offshore investment going out to 2025, which generates $700 million in royalties during that period. New Brunswick has larger proven and probable reserves, natural gas. That's the kind of economic impact we're talking about. What would have to happen to develop those is right now we do have the regulatory framework in place. That's one thing. The second is attracting that investment from other shale plays around North America.
There has been in the United States a 518% increase in shale gas production from 2007 to 2011. In particular, this has created full employment in North Dakota. The same thing could happen in New Brunswick. So really it's a matter of attracting that investment to the province. We have licences in place. There are companies that are interested in doing the exploration. The New Brunswick government has the regulatory framework in place. So really it's a matter of getting the parties together and getting the development started.