Permian Basin Oil and Gas Assessments Active
The USGS has conducted several assessments of undiscovered oil and gas in formations in the Permian Basin of western Texas. This inlcudes the following.
- Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation of the Delaware Basin (2018)
- Spraberry Formation of Midland Basin (2017)
- Wolfcamp Shale of the Midland Basin (2016)
- Tight-Gas Resources in the Canyon Sandstones of the Val Verde Basin (2016)
This web site contains details about these assessments.
Click here to access legacy downloadable data.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Publications associated with the Permian Basin.
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation of the Delaware Basin, Permian Basin Province, New Mexico and Texas, 2018
Below are news stories associated with this project.
USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico
Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion Cubic feet of Natural Gas, and 20 Billion Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids in Texas and New Mexico’s Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation.
The USGS has conducted several assessments of undiscovered oil and gas in formations in the Permian Basin of western Texas. This inlcudes the following.
- Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation of the Delaware Basin (2018)
- Spraberry Formation of Midland Basin (2017)
- Wolfcamp Shale of the Midland Basin (2016)
- Tight-Gas Resources in the Canyon Sandstones of the Val Verde Basin (2016)
This web site contains details about these assessments.
Click here to access legacy downloadable data.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Publications associated with the Permian Basin.
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation of the Delaware Basin, Permian Basin Province, New Mexico and Texas, 2018
Below are news stories associated with this project.
USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico
Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion Cubic feet of Natural Gas, and 20 Billion Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids in Texas and New Mexico’s Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation.