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Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Nile Delta Basin Province, Eastern Mediterranean

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 1.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil, 223 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, and 6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the Nile Delta Basin Province using a geology-based assessment methodology.

First posted May 4, 2010 Fact Sheet PDF (1.5 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:

Kirschbaum, M.A., Schenk, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Klett, T.R., Brownfield, M.E., Pitman, J.K., Cook, T.A., and Tennyson, M.E., 2010, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Nile Delta Basin Province, Eastern Mediterranean: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3027, 4 p.