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Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the Southwestern Wyoming Province: Wyoming, Colorado and Utah

January 1, 2005

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Southwestern Wyoming Province of southwestern Wyoming, northwestern Colorado, and northeastern Utah (fig. 1). The USGS Southwestern Wyoming Province for this assessment included the Green River Basin, Moxa arch, Hoback Basin, Sandy Bend arch, Rock Springs uplift, Great Divide Basin, Wamsutter arch, Washakie Basin, Cherokee ridge, and the Sand Wash Basin. The assessment of the Southwestern Wyoming Province is based on geologic principles and uses the total petroleum system concept. The geologic elements of a total petroleum system include hydrocarbon source rocks (source rock maturation, hydrocarbon generation, and migration), reservoir rocks (sequence stratigraphy, petrophysical properties), and hydrocarbon traps (trap types, formation, and timing). Using this geologic framework, the USGS defined 9 total petroleum systems (TPS) and 23 assessment units (AU) within these TPSs, and quantitatively estimated the undiscovered oil and gas resources within 21 of the 23 AUs.

Publication Year 2005
Title Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the Southwestern Wyoming Province: Wyoming, Colorado and Utah
DOI 10.3133/ds69D
Authors
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Data Series
Series Number 69
Index ID ds69D
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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