David W. Houseknecht
David Houseknecht is a Senior Research Geologist (Scientist Emeritus) for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
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Circum-Arctic resource appraisal: Estimates of undiscovered oil and gas north of the Arctic Circle Circum-Arctic resource appraisal: Estimates of undiscovered oil and gas north of the Arctic Circle
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in all areas north of the Arctic Circle. Using a geology-based probabilistic methodology, the USGS estimated the occurrence of undiscovered oil and gas in 33 geologic provinces thought to be prospective for petroleum. The sum of the mean estimates for each province indicates...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Janet K. Pitman, Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Craig R. Wandrey
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal program. Geologically, the Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular-shaped cratonic block bounded by the northeast-southwest trending Ural Mountains and the northwest-southeast...
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Christopher J. Schenk, K. J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, D. L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, T. R. Klett, T. Moore, M. J. Pawlewicz, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. Tennyson
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the West Greenland-East Canada Province as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal effort. The West Greenland-East Canada Province is essentially the offshore area between west Greenland and east Canada and includes Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound, and Nares...
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Christopher J. Schenk, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip J. Brown, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Mark J. Pawlewicz, Anjana Shah, Marilyn E. Tennyson
Geologic model for oil and gas assessment of the Kemik-Thomson Play, central North Slope, Alaska Geologic model for oil and gas assessment of the Kemik-Thomson Play, central North Slope, Alaska
A geologic model was developed to assess undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Kemik-Thomson Play of the Central North Slope, Alaska. In this model, regional erosion during the Early Cretaceous produced an incised valley system on the flanks and crest of the Mikkelsen High and formed the Lower Cretaceous unconformity. Locally derived, coarse-grained siliciclastic and carbonate...
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Christopher J. Schenk, David W. Houseknecht
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations exposed along the Siksikpuk River, North-Central Alaska Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations exposed along the Siksikpuk River, North-Central Alaska
An exposure of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations along the Siksikpuk River in north-central Alaska provides a rare opportunity to observe the stratigraphic contact between these two formations and to interpret the depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy of the exposed strata. The Fortress Mountain Formation at the base of the measured section includes...
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David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk, Marwan A. Wartes
Stratigraphy and facies of Cretaceous Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations in Colville River Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska Stratigraphy and facies of Cretaceous Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations in Colville River Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska
Stratigraphic and sedimentologic studies of facies of the Upper Cretaceous rocks along the Colville River Bluffs in the west-central North Slope of Alaska identified barrier shoreface deposits consisting of vertically stacked, coarsening-upward parasequences in the Schrader Bluff Formation. This vertical stack of parasequence deposits represents progradational sequences that were...
Authors
Romeo M. Flores, Mark D. Myers, David W. Houseknecht, Gary D. Stricker, Donald W. Brizzolara, Timothy J. Ryherd, Kenneth I. Takahashi
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Filter Total Items: 99
Circum-Arctic resource appraisal: Estimates of undiscovered oil and gas north of the Arctic Circle Circum-Arctic resource appraisal: Estimates of undiscovered oil and gas north of the Arctic Circle
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in all areas north of the Arctic Circle. Using a geology-based probabilistic methodology, the USGS estimated the occurrence of undiscovered oil and gas in 33 geologic provinces thought to be prospective for petroleum. The sum of the mean estimates for each province indicates...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Janet K. Pitman, Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Craig R. Wandrey
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal program. Geologically, the Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular-shaped cratonic block bounded by the northeast-southwest trending Ural Mountains and the northwest-southeast...
Authors
Christopher J. Schenk, K. J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, D. L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, T. R. Klett, T. Moore, M. J. Pawlewicz, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. Tennyson
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the West Greenland-East Canada Province as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal effort. The West Greenland-East Canada Province is essentially the offshore area between west Greenland and east Canada and includes Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound, and Nares...
Authors
Christopher J. Schenk, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip J. Brown, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Mark J. Pawlewicz, Anjana Shah, Marilyn E. Tennyson
Geologic model for oil and gas assessment of the Kemik-Thomson Play, central North Slope, Alaska Geologic model for oil and gas assessment of the Kemik-Thomson Play, central North Slope, Alaska
A geologic model was developed to assess undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Kemik-Thomson Play of the Central North Slope, Alaska. In this model, regional erosion during the Early Cretaceous produced an incised valley system on the flanks and crest of the Mikkelsen High and formed the Lower Cretaceous unconformity. Locally derived, coarse-grained siliciclastic and carbonate...
Authors
Christopher J. Schenk, David W. Houseknecht
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations exposed along the Siksikpuk River, North-Central Alaska Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations exposed along the Siksikpuk River, North-Central Alaska
An exposure of the Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain and Torok Formations along the Siksikpuk River in north-central Alaska provides a rare opportunity to observe the stratigraphic contact between these two formations and to interpret the depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy of the exposed strata. The Fortress Mountain Formation at the base of the measured section includes...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk, Marwan A. Wartes
Stratigraphy and facies of Cretaceous Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations in Colville River Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska Stratigraphy and facies of Cretaceous Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations in Colville River Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska
Stratigraphic and sedimentologic studies of facies of the Upper Cretaceous rocks along the Colville River Bluffs in the west-central North Slope of Alaska identified barrier shoreface deposits consisting of vertically stacked, coarsening-upward parasequences in the Schrader Bluff Formation. This vertical stack of parasequence deposits represents progradational sequences that were...
Authors
Romeo M. Flores, Mark D. Myers, David W. Houseknecht, Gary D. Stricker, Donald W. Brizzolara, Timothy J. Ryherd, Kenneth I. Takahashi