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The USGS World Energy Project conducts geologic studies that provide an understanding of the quantity, quality, and geologic distribution of world oil and gas resources. Our geologic studies are conducted in an impartial manner and are performed in collaboration and partnership with energy experts within and outside government. Through synthesis and improved understanding of global oil and gas data, we shall establish a geologic basis for predicting energy production trends, we shall discuss logical implications and consequences of energy occurrence for public policy, and we shall provide for the education of society about energy issues.
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The USGS assesses potential for undiscovered oil and gas resources in priority geologic provinces in the World. This website highlights conventional and unconventional (continuous) oil and gas resources (such as shale gas) for more than 170 basins.
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Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008
Engineering and Economics of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal (CARA) Project
Reserve Growth of Alberta Oil Pools
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008
Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the North and East Margins of the Siberian Craton, Russian Federation
Database for Assessment Unit-Scale Analogs (Exclusive of the United States)
An Approach to the Classification of Potential Reserve Additions of Giant Oil Fields of the World
Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the Laptev Sea Shelf Province, Russian Federation
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the East Greenland Rift Basins Province
An Evaluation of the USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000 - Supporting Data
Total Petroleum Systems of the Carpathian - Balkanian Basin Province of Romania and Bulgaria
Heavy oil and natural bitumen resources in geological basins of the world
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- Overview
The USGS World Energy Project conducts geologic studies that provide an understanding of the quantity, quality, and geologic distribution of world oil and gas resources. Our geologic studies are conducted in an impartial manner and are performed in collaboration and partnership with energy experts within and outside government. Through synthesis and improved understanding of global oil and gas data, we shall establish a geologic basis for predicting energy production trends, we shall discuss logical implications and consequences of energy occurrence for public policy, and we shall provide for the education of society about energy issues.
Assessment OverviewThe USGS assesses potential for undiscovered oil and gas resources in priority geologic provinces in the World. This website highlights conventional and unconventional (continuous) oil and gas resources (such as shale gas) for more than 170 basins.
Recent PublicationsBelow is a list of the latest World Oil and Gas Assessment Publications
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Filter Total Items: 147Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal program. Geologically, the Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular-shaped cratonic block bounded by the northeast-southwest trending Ural Mountains and the northwest-southeast trending Timan RiAuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, K. J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, D. L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, T. R. Klett, T. Moore, M. J. Pawlewicz, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. TennysonEngineering and Economics of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal (CARA) Project
This Open-File report contains illustrative materials, in the form of PowerPoint slides, used for an oral presentation given at the Fourth U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Reserve Growth of petroleum resources held on March 10-11, 2008. The presentation focused on engineering and economic aspects of the Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal (CARA) project, with a special emphasis on the cAuthorsMahendra K. Verma, Loring P. White, Donald L. GautierReserve Growth of Alberta Oil Pools
This Open-File Report is based on a presentation delivered at the Fourth U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Reserve Growth on March 10-11, 2008. It summarizes the results of a study of reserve growth of oil pools in Alberta Province, Canada. The study is part of a larger effort involving similar studies of fields in other important petroleum provinces around the world, with the overall objective oAuthorsMahendra K. Verma, Troy CookAssessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the West Greenland-East Canada Province as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal effort. The West Greenland-East Canada Province is essentially the offshore area between west Greenland and east Canada and includes Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound, and Nares Strait west ofAuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip J. Brown, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Mark J. Pawlewicz, Anjana Shah, Marilyn E. TennysonAssessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the North and East Margins of the Siberian Craton, Russian Federation
Four geologic provinces located along the north and east margins of the Siberian craton were assessed for undiscovered crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids/condensates resources as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal. Using a geology-based methodology, the USGS estimated the mean undiscovered, conventional petroleum resources in theseAuthorsT. R. KlettDatabase for Assessment Unit-Scale Analogs (Exclusive of the United States)
This publication presents a database of geologic analogs useful for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. Particularly in frontier areas, where few oil and gas fields have been discovered, assessment methods such as discovery process models may not be usable. In such cases, comparison of the assessment area to geologically similar but more maturely explored areas may be more appropAuthorsRonald R. Charpentier, T. R. Klett, E. D. AttanasiAn Approach to the Classification of Potential Reserve Additions of Giant Oil Fields of the World
This report contains slides and notes for slides for a presentation given to the Committee on Sustainable Energy and the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Harmonization of Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources Terminology on 17 October 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. The presentation describes the U.S. Geological Survey study to characterize and quantify petroleum-reserve additions, and the application of thiAuthorsT. R. Klett, Marilyn E. TennysonAssessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the Laptev Sea Shelf Province, Russian Federation
The Laptev Sea Shelf Province was assessed for undiscovered crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids/condensates resources (collectively referred to as petroleum) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal. Using a geology-based methodology, the USGS estimates the mean undiscovered, conventional petroleum resources in the province to be approximatelAuthorsTimothy R. KlettAssessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the East Greenland Rift Basins Province
Northeast Greenland is the prototype for the U.S. Geological Survey's Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal. Using a geology-based methodology, the USGS estimates the mean undiscovered, conventional petroleum resources in the province to be approximately 31,400 MBOE (million barrels of oil equivalent) of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids.AuthorsDonald L. GautierAn Evaluation of the USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000 - Supporting Data
Introduction In June 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published the results of a world petroleum assessment (exclusive of the United States), based on data current through 1995 (U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team, 2000). The assessment included the volumes of undiscovered crude oil and natural gas estimated to have the potential to be added to reserves in a 30-year timeAuthorsT. R. Klett, Donald L. Gautier, Thomas S. AhlbrandtTotal Petroleum Systems of the Carpathian - Balkanian Basin Province of Romania and Bulgaria
The U.S. Geological Survey defined the Moesian Platform Composite Total Petroleum System and the Dysodile Schist-Tertiary Total Petroleum System, which contain three assessment units, in the Carpathian-Balkanian Basin Province of Romania and Bulgaria. The Moesian Platform Assessment Unit, contained within the Moesian Platform Composite Total Petroleum System, is composed of Mesozoic and CenozoiAuthorsMark PawlewiczHeavy oil and natural bitumen resources in geological basins of the world
Heavy oil and natural bitumen are oils set apart by their high viscosity (resistance to flow) and high density (low API gravity). These attributes reflect the invariable presence of up to 50 weight percent asphaltenes, very high molecular weight hydrocarbon molecules incorporating many heteroatoms in their lattices. Almost all heavy oil and natural bitumen are alteration products of conventional oAuthorsRichard F. Meyer, Emil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman - Web Tools
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