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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 coalbed gas resources of the Central and South Sumatra Basin Provinces, Indonesia, 2016
Assessment of continuous oil and gas resources of the South Sumatra Basin Province, Indonesia, 2016
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Dnieper-Donets Basin and North Carpathian Basin Provinces, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and Poland, 2015
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and shale-gas resources in the Bazhenov Formation of the West Siberian Basin Province, Russia, 2016
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Lusitanian Basin Province, Portugal, 2016
Assessment of continuous oil and gas resources of the Cooper Basin, Australia, 2016
Assessment of shale-gas resources of the Karoo Province, South Africa and Lesotho, Africa, 2016
Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia, 2016
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Taoudeni Basin Province, Mali and Mauritania, 2015
Assessment of undiscovered hydrocarbon resources of sub-Saharan Africa
Geology and assessment of the undiscovered, technically recoverable petroleum resources of Armenia, 2013
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources of the Thrace Basin, Turkey, 2015
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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.
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Filter Total Items: 147Assessment of coalbed gas resources of the Central and South Sumatra Basin Provinces, Indonesia, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 20 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable coalbed gas resource in the Central and South Sumatra Basin Provinces of Indonesia.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Tracey J. Mercier, Michael E. Brownfield, Janet K. Pitman, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Thomas M. FinnAssessment of continuous oil and gas resources of the South Sumatra Basin Province, Indonesia, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 689 million barrels of continuous shale oil and 3.9 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the South Sumatra Basin Province in Indonesia.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Timothy R. Klett, Thomas M. Finn, Tracey J. Mercier, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Phuong A. Le, Sarah J. HawkinsAssessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Dnieper-Donets Basin and North Carpathian Basin Provinces, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and Poland, 2015
Using a geology-based methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 13 million barrels of oil and 2,643 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Dnieper-Donets Basin and North Carpathian Basin Provinces of Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and Poland.AuthorsTimothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk, Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, Tracey J. Mercier, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Marilyn E. TennysonAssessment of undiscovered continuous oil and shale-gas resources in the Bazhenov Formation of the West Siberian Basin Province, Russia, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean continuous resources of 12 billion barrels of oil and 75 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Bazhenov Formation of the West Siberian Basin Province, Russia.AuthorsTimothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk, Michael E. Brownfield, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Tracey J. Mercier, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. TennysonAssessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Lusitanian Basin Province, Portugal, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources of 121 million barrels of oil and 212 billion cubic feet of gas in the Lusitanian Basin Province, Portugal.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Timothy R. Klett, Thomas M. Finn, Tracey J. Mercier, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Phuong A. Le, Sarah J. Hawkins, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Stanley T. PaxtonAssessment of continuous oil and gas resources of the Cooper Basin, Australia, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean continuous resources of 482 million barrels of oil and 29.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Cooper Basin of Australia.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Tracey J. Mercier, Timothy R. Klett, Thomas M. Finn, Phuong A. Le, Michael E. Brownfield, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Sarah J. Hawkins, Heidi M. Leathers-MillerAssessment of shale-gas resources of the Karoo Province, South Africa and Lesotho, Africa, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resource of 44.5 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the Karoo Province of South Africa and Lesotho, Africa.AuthorsMichael E. Brownfield, Christopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Tracey J. Mercier, Thomas M. FinnAssessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia, 2016
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean conventional resources of 68 million barrels of oil and 964 billion cubic feet of gas in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins of Australia.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Tracey J. Mercier, Timothy R. Klett, Thomas M. Finn, Phuong A. Le, Michael E. Brownfield, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Sarah J. Hawkins, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Janet K. PitmanAssessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Taoudeni Basin Province, Mali and Mauritania, 2015
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 160 million barrels of conventional oil, 1,880 billion cubic feet of conventional gas, 602 million barrels of shale oil, and 6,395 billion cubic feet of shale gas in the Taoudeni Basin Province in Mali and Mauritania.AuthorsMichael E. Brownfield, Christopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Janet K. Pitman, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Tracey J. Mercier, Kristen R. Marra, Sarah J. HawkinsAssessment of undiscovered hydrocarbon resources of sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction The main objective of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National and Global Petroleum Assessment Project is to assess the potential for undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and natural gas resources of the United States and the world (U.S. Geological Survey World Conventional Resources Assessment Team, 2012). The USGS updated assessments that were completed during the USGS WorlAuthorsMichael E. BrownfieldGeology and assessment of the undiscovered, technically recoverable petroleum resources of Armenia, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessed the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of Armenia in 2013. A Paleozoic and a Cenozoic total petroleum system (TPS) were identified within the country of Armenia. The postulated petroleum system elements are uncertain, resulting in low geologic probabilities for significant oil an gas resources. Two assessment units (AU) were delinAuthorsT. R. KlettAssessment of undiscovered gas resources of the Thrace Basin, Turkey, 2015
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 787 billion cubic feet of conventional gas and 1,630 billion cubic feet of unconventional gas in the Thrace Basin, Turkey.AuthorsChristopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Janet K. Pitman, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Tracey J. Mercier, Kristen R. Marra, Sarah J. Hawkins, Michael E. Brownfield - Web Tools
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