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Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in sandstone reservoirs of the Cotton Valley Group, U.S. Gulf Coast, 2015

August 11, 2015

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered mean volumes of 14 million barrels of conventional oil, 430 billion cubic feet of conventional gas, 34,028 billion cubic feet of continuous gas, and a mean total of 391 million barrels of natural gas liquids in sandstone reservoirs of the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Cotton Valley Group in onshore lands and State waters of the U.S. Gulf Coast region.

Publication Year 2015
Title Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in sandstone reservoirs of the Cotton Valley Group, U.S. Gulf Coast, 2015
DOI 10.3133/fs20153050
Authors Jennifer D. Eoff, Laura R.H. Biewick, Michael E. Brownfield, Lauri Burke, Ronald R. Charpentier, Russell F. Dubiel, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Nicholas J. Gianoutsos, Scott A. Kinney, Timothy R. Klett, Heidi M. Leathers, Tracey J. Mercier, Stanley T. Paxton, Ofori N. Pearson, Janet K. Pitman, Christopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Katherine J. Whidden
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2015-3050
Index ID fs20153050
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center