what is bowland hodder shale
1 The Bowland-Hodder shale gas play (or Bowland-Hodder shales) is the term used in this report for an amalgamation of shales of Visean to early Namurian age that includes the Bowland Shale Formation (and its equivalents) together with older shales which equate to the Hodder Mudstone Formation.irky Misperton 1 drilled a complete Bowland-Hodder unit thickness of 4598 ft (1401 m). The organic-rich upper part of the Bowland-Hodder unit is typically up to c.500 ft (150 m) thick, but locally reaches 2900 ft (890 m).