The USGS has conducted several assessments of undiscovered oil and gas in formations in the Blue Ridge Thrust Belt (5068), Piedmont Province (5069), Atlantic Coastal Plain Province (5070), and the New England Province (5072). These basins are generally east of the Appalachian Basin Province (5067).
- 2011 Tight Gas Assessment of Eastern Basins (Fact Sheet 2012-3075).
- 1995 Assessment of Blue Ridge Thrust Belt, Piedmont Province, Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, and the New England Province.
These basins are generally east of the Appalachian Basin Province (5067).
Click here to access legacy downloadable data.
United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources
Below are publications associated with this project.
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the East Coast Mesozoic basins of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge Thrust Belt, Atlantic Coastal Plain, and New England Provinces, 2011
1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data
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The USGS has conducted several assessments of undiscovered oil and gas in formations in the Blue Ridge Thrust Belt (5068), Piedmont Province (5069), Atlantic Coastal Plain Province (5070), and the New England Province (5072). These basins are generally east of the Appalachian Basin Province (5067).
- 2011 Tight Gas Assessment of Eastern Basins (Fact Sheet 2012-3075).
- 1995 Assessment of Blue Ridge Thrust Belt, Piedmont Province, Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, and the New England Province.
These basins are generally east of the Appalachian Basin Province (5067).
Click here to access legacy downloadable data.
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United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources
USGS Energy Resources Program provides periodic assessments of the oil and natural gas endowment of the United States and the World. This website provides access to new, prioritized, assessment results and supporting data for the United States, as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). - Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the East Coast Mesozoic basins of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge Thrust Belt, Atlantic Coastal Plain, and New England Provinces, 2011
During the early opening of the Atlantic Ocean in the Mesozoic Era, numerous extensional basins formed along the eastern margin of the North American continent from Florida northward to New England and parts of adjacent Canada. The basins extend generally from the offshore Atlantic continental margin westward beneath the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the Appalachian Mountains. Using a geology-based asAuthorsRobert C. Milici, James L. Coleman, Elisabeth L. Rowan, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Mark A. Kirschbaum, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data
This revised CD-ROM summarizes the results, released in 1995, of the 3-year study of the oil and gas resources of the onshore and state waters of the United States. Minor errors in the original DDS-30 (listed in DDS-35 and DDS-36) are corrected in this revised version and in the data files now released in DDS-35 and DDS-36. Estimates are made of technically recoverable oil, including measured (proAuthorsDonald L. Gautier, Gordon L. Dolton, Kenneth I. Takahashi, Katharine L. Varnes