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National Assessment of Oil and Gas Fact Sheet

Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Tertiary Strata of the Gulf Coast, 2007

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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 113.7 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, a mean of 690 million barrels of undiscovered oil, and a mean of 3.7 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in onshore lands and State waters of the Gulf Coast.

For More Information Contact:
Russell F. Dubiel, rdubiel@usgs.gov

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Posted October 2007
Suggested citation:

Dubiel, R.F., and others, 2007, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Tertiary strata of the Gulf Coast, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3066, 4 p.


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