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NEW Assessment of Undiscovered Oil Resources in the Devonian-Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota, 2008:
Fact Sheet 2008-3021, Press Release (4/10/08),
Assessment GIS Data, and Slide Presentation (Flash document 1.39 MB)
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USGS scientists recently completed a quantitative analysis, published in the July 2007 issue of Geology, documenting effects of accelerated coastal land loss and thermokarst lake expansion and drainage along a section of the Alaska North Slope coastline.
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Undiscovered Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa and Woodbine Formations, Western Gulf Province of the Gulf Coast Region, Louisiana and Texas, Fact Sheet 2006-3146: Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the USGS estimated a mean of 20.8 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas [F95 value of 9.8 TCFG; F5 value of 35.4 TCFG], and a mean of 0.60 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids [F95 value of 0.25 BBNGL; F5 value of 1.11 BBNGL] in the Western Gulf Province of the Gulf Coast Region, Louisiana and Texas.

Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province, Alabama and Mississippi, DDS-069-i: This CD-ROM contains reports synthesizing information in support of the recent USGS assessments of the undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province in northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama. The assessment fact sheet, released in 2003, is available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-038-03/. For hard copy CD-ROM requests, please send an email to: eteamdisks@usgs.gov

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Assessment of Undiscovered Oil Resources in the Devonian- Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota, 2008

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 3.65 billion barrels of oil, 1.85 trillion cubic feet of associated/dissolved natural gas, and 148 million barrels of natural gas liquids in the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota.

Fact Sheet 2008-3021

Assessment GIS Data

Press Release (4/10/2008)

Slide Presentation
(Flash document 1.39 MB)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the Laptev Sea Shelf Province, Russian Federation
Fact Sheet 2007–3096

Implementation Plan for the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, Data Preservation Report (PDF - 1.11 MB)
For more information email: tdickinson@usgs.gov

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