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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORLD PETROLEUM ASSESSMENT 2000
– DESCRIPTION AND RESULTS

By USGS World Energy Assessment Team*
 

U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series - DDS-60
(Available on CD-ROM: contact E-Team Disks)
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Contents

Master Code List
Numeric key to regions, provinces, total petroleum
systems, and assessment units

World Maps

World Assessment Summary (Revised)
For revised Summary in PDF format, Click HERE

Assessment Regions

Title 
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Author
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Chapter ES (PDF file 231KB)
Executive Summary - HTML format
 
U.S. Geological Survey World Energy
Assessment Team (PDF 765KB)
Chapter CF (PDF file 953KB) -
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Report
Chapter LS (PDF file 765KB)
Members of the U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000 Team
Chapter CD (PDF file 1.18MB) -
CD-ROM Design Notes
Kenneth I. Takahashi
Chapter AK (PDF file 843KB) -
Acknowledgments
T. S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter IN (PDF file 1.44MB) –
INTRODUCTION
T. S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter GL (PDF file 1.1MB) –
Glossary
T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, Ronald R. Charpentier, Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, and Gregory F. Ulmishek
Chapter RV (PDF file 1.35MB) –
A Review of Previous USGS World Energy Assessments
J. W. Schmoker and T. S. Dyman
Chapter PS (PDF file 2.94MB) –
The Total Petroleum System—The Natural Fluid Network That Constrains the Assessment Unit
L. B. Magoon and J. W. Schmoker
Chapter RH (PDF file 6.75MB) –
Assessment Hierarchy and Initial Province Ranking
T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, and Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter DS (PDF file 1.44MB) –
Data Sources and Compilation
T. R. Klett and Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter AM (PDF file 2.09MB) –
U.S. Geological Survey Assessment Model for Undiscovered Conventional Oil, Gas, and NGL Resources— The Seventh Approximation
James W. Schmoker and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter OP (PDF file 2.85MB) –
Assessment Operational Procedures
T. R. Klett, Ronald R. Charpentier, and James W. Schmoker
Chapter MC (PDF file 1.54MB) –
Monte Carlo Simulation Method
Monte Carlo Simulation Programs
Ronald R. Charpentier and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter AA (PDF file 2.62MB) –
Procedures For Allocation and Aggregation of Resources
Ronald R. Charpentier, T. R. Klett, and James W. Schmoker
Chapter RG (PDF file 2.76MB) –
Estimating Potential Reserve Growth of Known (discovered) Fields: A Component of the USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000
James W. Schmoker and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter AR (PDF file 6.3MB) –
Analysis of Assessment Results
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Ronald R. Charpentier, 
T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, and Christopher J. Schenk, Map compilation by Feliks M. Persits2, and geologic data compilation by Sandra J. Lindquist2

Region Reports

USGS
Region 
Code Title 
(in HTML) (view or download the PDF file)
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Author
 
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R1 Region 1 (PDF file 940KB) –
Former Soviet Union
G. F. Ulmishek1, S. J. Lindquist2, and L. S. Smith-Rouch2
R2 Region 2 (PDF file 801KB) – 
Middle East and North Africa
by Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Richard M. Pollastro, Timothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk, Sandra J. Lindquist2, and James E. Fox2
R3 Region 3 (PDF file 1.03MB) – 
Asia Pacific
Peter J. McCabe, Robert T. Ryder, and Michele G. Bishop2
R4 Region 4 (PDF file 643KB) –
Europe
D. L. Gautier
R5 Region 5 (PDF file 814KB) – 
North America 
L. B. Magoon and M. E. Henry
R6 Region 6 (PDF file 700KB) – Central and South America  C. J. Schenk, D. K. Higley, and L. B. Magoon
R7 Region 7 (PDF file 862KB) – 
Sub-Saharan Africa and Antarctica
R. R. Charpentier, M. E. Brownfield, and M. L. Tuttle
R8 Region 8 (PDF file 518KB) – 
South Asia
Craig J. Wandrey, Robert Milici, and Ben E. Law

Data Files
Archival data described, listed, displayed, downloaded

Spatial Data Files

Data Tables

Readme Files

Maps

Monte Carlo Simulation Programs


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USGS Information Services
Box 25286, Building 810
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225

Call: (303) 202-4200

For more information on the World Petroleum Assessment 2000 Project contact:

Thomas S. Ahlbrandt:  ahlbrandt@usgs.gov
Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS939
Denver, CO   80225-0046

USGS World Energy Phone: 303-236-1645

1   U. S. Geological Survey
2   Contractor to the U. S. Geological Survey
*MEMBERS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORLD PETROLEUM ASSESSMENT 2000 TEAM  (PDF 765KB)


U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series - DDS-60

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