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1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data

March 1, 1995

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 (proved) reserves, future additions to reserves in existing fields, and undiscovered resources. Estimates are also made of the technically recoverable conventional resources of natural gas in measured reserves, in anticipated growth of reserves in existing fields, and in undiscovered resources. Additionally, an assessment is made of recoverable resources in continuous-type (largely unconventional) accumulations in sandstones, shales, chalks, and coal beds.

Publication Year 1996
Title 1995 National Assessment of United States oil and gas resources: Results, methodology, and supporting data
DOI 10.3133/ds30
Authors Donald L. Gautier, Gordon Dolton, Kenneth I. Takahashi, Katharine L. Varnes
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Data Series
Series Number 30
Index ID ds30
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center; U.S. Geological Survey