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By Central Energy Resources Science Center November 30, 2018

The U.S. Geological Survey completed the following assessments of the Santa Maria Basin Province 5012.

  • 2024 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province (FS 2025-3052)
  • 1995 Assessment (DDS-30).
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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).
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center
United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources

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).
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USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project—Santa Maria Basin Province, California: Assessment Unit Boundaries, Assessment Input Data, and Fact Sheet Data Tables USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project—Santa Maria Basin Province, California: Assessment Unit Boundaries, Assessment Input Data, and Fact Sheet Data Tables

This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units and input data for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province, California. The assessment unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The assessment unit is defined within the context of the higher...
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Central Energy Resources Science Center

Below are publications associated with this project.

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
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center

1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data 1995 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...
Authors
Donald Gautier, Gordon Dolton, Kenneth I. Takahashi, Katharine L. Varnes
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center

The U.S. Geological Survey completed the following assessments of the Santa Maria Basin Province 5012.

  • 2024 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province (FS 2025-3052)
  • 1995 Assessment (DDS-30).
Application to explore US Oil and Gas Assessments

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).
By
Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center
United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources

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).
Learn More

USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project—Santa Maria Basin Province, California: Assessment Unit Boundaries, Assessment Input Data, and Fact Sheet Data Tables USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project—Santa Maria Basin Province, California: Assessment Unit Boundaries, Assessment Input Data, and Fact Sheet Data Tables

This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units and input data for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province, California. The assessment unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The assessment unit is defined within the context of the higher...
By
Central Energy Resources Science Center

Below are publications associated with this project.

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
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center

1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data 1995 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...
Authors
Donald Gautier, Gordon Dolton, Kenneth I. Takahashi, Katharine L. Varnes
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center
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