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The United States Geological Survey (USGS), Central Energy Resources Science Center (CERSC) addresses national and global energy geoscience issues and conducts interdisciplinary research on energy systems.   You can explore the projects that are based here using the 'Science' option to the left.

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USGS releases assessment of undiscovered gas resources in SW Wyoming’s Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation

USGS releases assessment of undiscovered gas resources in SW Wyoming’s Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation

USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources under Santa Barbara County, California

USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources under Santa Barbara County, California

USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of SW Wyoming and NW Colorado

USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of SW Wyoming and NW Colorado

Publications

Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025 Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 4.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
Authors
Jenny Lagesse, Christopher Schenk, Jane Hearon, Sarah Gelman, Thomas Finn, Benjamin Johnson, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Andrea Cicero, Ronald Drake II

Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province, California, 2024 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province, California, 2024

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional resources of 67 million barrels of oil and 56 billion cubic feet of gas in the Santa Maria Basin Province of California.
Authors
Christopher Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Andrea Cicero, Ronald Drake II, Sarah Gelman, Jane Hearon, Benjamin Johnson, Jenny Lagesse, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller

Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of Yemen, 2024 Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of Yemen, 2024

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional resources of 261 million barrels of oil and 4.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in Yemen.
Authors
Christopher Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Andrea Cicero, Sarah Gelman, Jane Hearon, Benjamin Johnson, Jenny Lagesse, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller
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