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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Depositional sequences and facies in the Torok Formation, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA) Depositional sequences and facies in the Torok Formation, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA)
Brookian turbidites (Cretaceous through Tertiary) have become oil exploration objectives on the NorthSlope of Alaska during the past decade, and it is likely this focus will extend into the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). A regional grid of 2-D seismic data, sparse well control, and field work in the Brooks Range foothills provide constraints for an ongoing effort to establish...
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David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
A new USGS assessment concludes that NPRA holds signicantly greater petroleum resources than previously estimated. Technically recoverable, undiscovered oil beneath the Federal part of NPRA likely ranges between 5.9 and 13.2 billion barrels, with a mean (expected) value of 9.3 billion barrels. An estimated 1.3 to 5.6 billion barrels of those technically recoverable oil resources is...
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K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates
This report provides a summary of the estimated volume of technically recoverable undiscovered oil and nonassociated gas resources for each of the 24 plays evaluated in the U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002). It also provides a set of illustrations showing the stratigraphic and geographic location of each play. Additional...
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Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) core images and well data National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) core images and well data
This report contains photographic images and data from petroleum exploration wells drilled within and near the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The volume is organized into six chapters, each of which contains images and well data (including a GIS project of public domain cores) pertinent to the geology and petroleum potential of NPRA. This product is a compilation of data not...
Alaska North Slope core workshop Alaska North Slope core workshop
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David W. Houseknecht
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 area, petroleum assessment, 1998, including economic analysis Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 area, petroleum assessment, 1998, including economic analysis
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980) established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In section 1002 of that act, Congress deferred a decision regarding future management of the 1.5-million-acre coastal plain ("1002 area") in recognition of the area’s potentially enormous oil and gas resources and its importance as wildlife habitat. A report on the resources
Authors
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
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Filter Total Items: 99
Depositional sequences and facies in the Torok Formation, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA) Depositional sequences and facies in the Torok Formation, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA)
Brookian turbidites (Cretaceous through Tertiary) have become oil exploration objectives on the NorthSlope of Alaska during the past decade, and it is likely this focus will extend into the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). A regional grid of 2-D seismic data, sparse well control, and field work in the Brooks Range foothills provide constraints for an ongoing effort to establish...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
A new USGS assessment concludes that NPRA holds signicantly greater petroleum resources than previously estimated. Technically recoverable, undiscovered oil beneath the Federal part of NPRA likely ranges between 5.9 and 13.2 billion barrels, with a mean (expected) value of 9.3 billion barrels. An estimated 1.3 to 5.6 billion barrels of those technically recoverable oil resources is...
Authors
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates
This report provides a summary of the estimated volume of technically recoverable undiscovered oil and nonassociated gas resources for each of the 24 plays evaluated in the U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002). It also provides a set of illustrations showing the stratigraphic and geographic location of each play. Additional...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) core images and well data National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) core images and well data
This report contains photographic images and data from petroleum exploration wells drilled within and near the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The volume is organized into six chapters, each of which contains images and well data (including a GIS project of public domain cores) pertinent to the geology and petroleum potential of NPRA. This product is a compilation of data not...
Alaska North Slope core workshop Alaska North Slope core workshop
No abstract available.
Authors
David W. Houseknecht
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 area, petroleum assessment, 1998, including economic analysis Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 area, petroleum assessment, 1998, including economic analysis
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980) established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In section 1002 of that act, Congress deferred a decision regarding future management of the 1.5-million-acre coastal plain ("1002 area") in recognition of the area’s potentially enormous oil and gas resources and its importance as wildlife habitat. A report on the resources
Authors
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht