USGS Fact Sheet 2012–3052: Assessment of Potential Additions to Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the World (Outside the United States) from Reserve Growth, 2012

Assessment of Potential Additions to Conventional Oil
and Gas Resources of the World (Outside the United States) from Reserve Growth, 2012

By Timothy R. Klett, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Emil D. Attanasi, Phil A. Freeman, Robert T. Ryder, Donald L. Gautier, Mahendra K. Verma, Phuong A. Le, and Christopher J. Schenk

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated volumes of technically recoverable, conventional petroleum resources resulting from reserve growth for discovered fields outside the United States that have reported in-place oil and gas volumes of 500 million barrels of oil equivalent or greater. The mean volumes were estimated at 665 billion barrels of crude oil, 1,429 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 16 billion barrels of natural gas liquids. These volumes constitute a significant portion of the world’s oil and gas resources.

First posted April 22, 2012

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Suggested citation:

Klett, T.R., Cook, T.A., Charpentier, R.R., Tennyson, M.E., Attanasi, E.D., Freeman, P.A., Ryder, R.T., Gautier, D.L., Verma, M.K., Le, P.A., and Schenk, C.J., 2012, Assessment of potential additions to conventional oil and gas resources of the world (outside the United States) from reserve growth, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3052, 2 p.

Contents

Introduction

Methodology

Assessment Results

Reference Cited

Reserve-Growth Assessment Project

Assessment of Potential Additions to Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the World (Outside the United States) from Reserve Growth, 2012

By Timothy R. Klett, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Emil D. Attanasi, Phil A. Freeman, Robert T. Ryder, Donald L. Gautier, Mahendra K. Verma, Phuong A. Le, and Christopher J. Schenk

Abstract

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Contents

Assessment of Potential Additions to Conventional Oil
and Gas Resources of the World (Outside the United States) from Reserve Growth, 2012