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Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata of the Gulf Coast, 2010

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3020/

We estimated means of 147.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, 2.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, and 2.96 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in this area using a geology-based assessment methodology.

by Dubiel, Russell F.; Warwick, Peter D.; Swanson, Sharon M.; Burke, Lauri A.; Biewick, Laura R. H.; Charpentier, Ronald R.; Coleman, James L. Jr.; Cook, Troy A.; Dennen, Kristin; Doolan, Colin; Enomoto, Catherine B.; Hackley, Paul C.; Karlsen, Alexander W.; Klett, Timothy R.; Kinney, Scott A.; Lewan, Michael D.; Merrill, Matthew; Pearson, Krystal M.; Pearson, Ofori N.; Pitman, Janet K.; Pollastro, Richard M.; Rowan, Elisabeth L.; Schenk, Christopher J.; and Valentine, Brett J.
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3020
Related topics:
Cretaceous, Jurassic, Economic geology, Natural gas resources, Natural resource assessment, Oil resources, Petroleum, Mineral deposit areas
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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

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