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Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a total of 1.32 trillion barrels of oil in place in 18 oil shale zones in the Eocene Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado.

First posted May 7, 2010 Fact Sheet PDF (17.2 MB) For additional information contact: U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Science Center Box 25046, MS-939 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225-0046 http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/ Part or all of this report is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF); the latest version of Adobe Reader or similar software is required to view it. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader, free of charge.

Suggested citation:

Johnson, R.C., Mercier, T.J., Brownfield, M.E., and Self, J.G., 2010, Assessment of in-place oil shale resources of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3010, 4 p.