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Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020

January 23, 2020
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska.

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Kate Whidden

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Christopher D Connors

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Richard O Lease, Ph.D.

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Christopher J Schenk

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Tracey Mercier

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Margaret M Sanders, Ph.D.

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William H Craddock

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Samuel Heller

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Julie A Dumoulin, Ph.D.

Research Geologist
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Lynn Tennyson

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Katherine French

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Ronald M Drake , II

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Thomas Finn

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