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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed a comprehensive
oil and gas assessment of the Williston Basin, which encompasses more than
90 million acres in parts of North Dakota, eastern Montana, and northern South
Dakota. The assessment is based on the geologic elements of each total... |
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Type: Publication
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated volumes of undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional petroleum resources for the Amu Darya Basin and Afghan–Tajik Basin Provinces of Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The mean v... |
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Type: Publication
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed a geology-based assessment of the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in Upper Cretaceous strata of the U.S. Gulf Coast region, which includes parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida... |
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Type: Publication
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Concentrations of the lanthanide series or rare earth elements and yttrium were determined for lacustrine oil shale samples from the Eocene Green River Formation in the Piceance Basin of Colorado and the Uinta Basin of Utah. Unprocessed oil shale, post-pyrolysis (spent) shale, and leached shale samp... |
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Type: Publication
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Coal exploration drill-hole data from over 24,000 wells in 10 States are discussed by State in the chapters of this report, and the data are provided in an accompanying spreadsheet. The drill holes were drilled between 1962 and 1984 by Phillips Coal Company, a division of Phillips Petroleum... |
Sunday, January 22, 2012 Type: Publication
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Using a performance-based geologic assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a technically recoverable mean volume of 6.1 trillion cubic feet of potential shale gas in the Bombay, Cauvery, and Krishna–Godavari Provinces of India. |
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Type: Publication
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of the volumes of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in conventional and continuous accumulations in Cook Inlet. The assessment used a geology-based methodology and results from new scientific research by the USGS... |
Sunday, January 01, 2012 Type: Publication
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The random function is a mathematical model commonly used in the assessment of uncertainty associated with a spatially correlated attribute that has been partially sampled. There are multiple algorithms for modeling such random functions, all sharing the requirement of specifying various... |
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Type: Outside Publication
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New book by The Geological Society of London, "Arctic Petroleum Geology, published August 2011. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the geology and the petroleum potential of the Arctic including 15 papers by USGS scientists. |
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Type: Outside Publication
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Reserve growth is defined as the estimated increases in quantities of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids that have the potential to be added to remaining reserves in discovered accumulations through extension, revision, improved recovery efficiency, and additions of new pools or... |
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Type: Publication
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USGS will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the U.S. portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. Additional information includes: FAQs, podcast, fact sheet, and presentation. |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Type: Press Release
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As part of the Department of the Interior’s evaluation of whether to segregate nearly 1 million acres of federal lands near the Grand Canyon from new uranium claims, the United States Geological Survey today released a report on uranium resources and uranium mining impacts in the area. |
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Type: Publication
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Significant Natural Gas Resources Remain to Be Discovered in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Cook Inlet Region, South-Central Alaska, 2011... |
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Type: Press Release
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In 2011, the USGS completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Devonian Marcellus Shale within the Appalachian Basin Province of the eastern United States. |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Type: Press Release
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"These new findings underscore the challenge of predicting whether oil or gas will be found in frontier areas and the importance of analyzing the geologic characteristics and history of an area in order to understand the oil and gas resources,” explains USGS Director, Dr. Marcia McNutt. |
Sunday, October 03, 2010 Type: Press Release
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The U.S. Geological Survey assessment on the economic recoverability of undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) and adjacent state waters is now available online. |
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 Type: Press Release
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The estimation of domestic or global CO2 storage resource in geologic formations is challenging... |
Thursday, July 08, 2010 Type: Press Release
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In 2008 an international partnership led by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (Government of India) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released the results of the most complex and comprehensive gas hydrate field venture yet conducted. |
Friday, February 08, 2008 Type: Field Report
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USGS asked to conduct an initial, independent evaluation of the science needs that would inform the Administration’s consideration of the right places and the right ways in which to develop oil and gas resources in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)... |
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Type: Publication
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Welcome to the new website for the USGS Energy Resources Program -- take a look around! Our new website is designed to make it easier for you to find what you need. |
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Type: Site News
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New Assessment of the Bakken Formation
will begin in Fiscal Year 2012 USGS will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the U.S. portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. Additional information includes: FAQs, podcast, fact sheet, and presentation.
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