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Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the U.S. Portion of the Michigan Basin

National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project

Available on DVD contact  Central Energy Resources Science Center

Contents

• Chapter 1 (2.63 MB)
  Executive Summary—Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the U.S. Portion of the Michigan Basin
  By Christopher S. Swezey, Joseph R. Hatch, Daniel O. Hayba, John E. Repetski, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher P. Anderson, and Christopher J. Schenk

• Chapter 2 (186 MB)
  Total Petroleum Systems of the Michigan Basin—Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry and Assessment of Undiscovered Resources
  By Christopher S. Swezey, Joseph R. Hatch, Joseph A. East, Daniel O. Hayba, and John E. Repetski

• Chapter 3 (318 kB)
  Tabular Data and Graphical Images in Support of the U.S. Geological Survey National Oil and Gas Assessment— Michigan Basin Province (5063)
  By T.R. Klett and P.A. Le

• Chapter 4 (362 kB)
  The GIS Project for the Petroleum Systems and Assessment of the U.S. Portion of the Michigan Basin
  By Christopher P. Anderson

GIS/Data/Metadata

• Michigan Basin Database

In 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin. For this assessment, the Michigan Basin includes most of the State of Michigan, as well as parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The assessment was based on the geologic elements of each of the six total petroleum systems defined in the basin, including (1) hydrocarbon source rocks (source-rock maturation and hydrocarbon generation and migration), (2) reservoir rocks (sequence stratigraphy and petrophysical properties), and (3) hydrocarbon traps (trap formation and timing). Using this geologic framework, the USGS estimated mean technically recoverable undiscovered continuous and conventional resources that total 990 million barrels of oil, 11.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 219 million barrels of natural gas liquids.

U.S. Geological Survey Michigan Basin Province Assessment Team, 2015, Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS–69–T, 4 chaps.,variously paged, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds69T.