RANKING OF THE WORLD'S OIL AND GAS PROVINCES BY KNOWN PETROLEUM VOLUMES
OPEN FILE REPORT 97-463
TABLE 1. Ranking of world provinces that contain oil and gas by known petroleum volumes.
Percent Cum.
of Percent
Rank World of World
excl. Known Petroleum Volumes Volume Volume
of Province Province Assessment Oil Gas NGL Total excl.of excl.of
Rank U.S. Code Name Type (BB) (TCF) (BB) (BBOE) U.S. U.S.
1 1 1174 West Siberian Basin Priority 140.4 1271.8 3.1 355.6 14.3 14.3
2 2 2024 Mesopotamian
Foredeep Basin Priority 292.4 298.3 1.8 344.0 13.8 28.1
3 3 2021 Greater Ghawar Uplift Priority 141.7 248.6 8.6 191.7 7.7 35.8
4 4 2030 Zagros Fold Belt Priority 121.6 399.4 1.4 189.5 7.6 43.4
5 5 2019 Rub Al Khali Basin Priority 89.9 182.3 2.6 122.8 4.9 48.3
6 6 2022 Qatar Arch Priority 1.2 465.6 13.8 92.5 3.7 52
7 7 1015 Volga-Ural Region Priority 64.0 99.2 1.1 81.6 3.3 55.3
8 8 4025 North Sea Graben Priority 44.1 160.6 6.0 76.9 3.1 58.4
9 5047 Western Gulf 26.9 251.6 7.5 76.2
10 5044 Permian Basin 32.7 94.0 6.7 55.0
11 9 6099 Maracaibo Basin Priority 49.1 26.7 <0.1 53.6 2.2 60.6
12 10 7192 Niger Delta Priority 34.8 93.9 2.8 53.3 2.1 62.7
13 11 6098 East Venezuela Basin Priority 30.2 129.7 0.7 52.6 2.1 64.8
14 12 1016 North Caspian Basin Priority 10.8 156.9 8.9 45.8 1.8 66.6
15 13 2043 Sirte Basin Priority 36.7 37.7 0.1 43.1 1.7 68.4
16 14 5305 Villahermosa Uplift Priority 35.0 41.3 0.1 42.0 1.7 70.1
17 15 1154 Amu-Darya Basin Priority 0.8 230.4 1.2 40.3 1.6 71.7
18 5097 Gulf Cenozoic OCS 11.9 140.3 0.0 36.8
19 16 5243 Alberta Basin Priority 15.0 93.7 2.3 32.9 1.3 73
20 17 3127 Bohaiwan Basin Priority 24.6 15.7 0.1 27.3 1.1 74.1
21 18 4035 Northwest German
Basin Priority 2.3 141.7 <0.1 25.9 1.0 75.1
22 19 2058 Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin Priority 0.5 114.2 5.0 24.6 1.0 76.1
23 20 1112 South Caspian Basin Priority 17.4 36.0 0.5 23.9 1.0 77.1
24 5001 Northern Alaska 14.4 33.0 1.1 21.0
25 5058 Anadarko Basin 2.2 93.1 2.8 20.6
26 21 2054 Trias/Ghadames Basin Priority 15.3 25.1 1.0 20.5 0.8 77.9
27 22 1008 Timan-Pechora Basin Priority 13.2 36.6 0.7 20.0 0.8 78.7
28 23 2023 Widyan Basin-Interior
Platform Priority 17.4 7.4 <0.1 18.7 0.8 79.5
29 24 7203 West-Central Coastal Priority 14.5 12.2 0.1 16.6 0.7 80.1
30 5010 San Joaquin Basin 13.8 12.5 0.7 16.6
31 5048 East Texas Basin 9.2 34.8 1.6 16.6
32 25 3144 Songliao Basin Priority 15.5 1.7 0.0 15.8 0.6 80.8
33 5049 Louisiana-Mississippi
Salt Basins 7.1 42.8 1.3 15.6
34 26 3702 Greater Sarawak Basin Priority 0.8 82.3 0.4 14.9 0.6 81.4
35 27 1109 Middle Caspian Basin Priority 9.6 28.7 0.1 14.4 0.6 81.9
36 28 3808 Central Sumatra Basin Priority 13.2 3.9 <0.1 13.9 0.6 82.5
37 29 3701 Baram Delta/Brunei-
Sabah Basin Priority 6.9 36.2 0.2 13.1 0.5 83
38 30 8043 Bombay Priority 8.4 24.2 0.3 12.7 0.5 83.5
39 31 4036 Anglo-Dutch Basin Priority 0.6 71.7 0.1 12.7 0.5 84
40 32 2056 Illizi Basin Priority 3.7 45.1 0.9 12.1 0.5 84.5
41 33 3703 Malay Basin Priority 3.7 48.3 0.3 12.0 0.5 85
42 5043 Palo Duro Basin 1.8 48.4 2.1 11.9
43 34 3817 Kutei Basin Priority 2.9 45.8 1.3 11.8 0.5 85.5
44 35 1050 South Barents Basin Priority 0.0 70.0 0.1 11.8 0.5 86
45 36 1009 Dnieper-Donets Basin Priority 1.6 59.1 0.2 11.7 0.5 86.4
46 37 3948 Northwest Shelf Priority 1.1 56.7 1.0 11.6 0.5 86.9
47 38 6035 Campos Basin Priority 10.1 6.2 <0.1 11.2 0.4 87.3
48 39 2071 Red Sea Basin Priority 9.2 8.5 0.3 10.9 0.4 87.8
49 5014 Los Angeles Basin 8.6 7.0 0.4 10.1
50 5022 San Juan Basin 0.3 38.2 1.4 8.0
51 40 5301 Tampico-Misantla
Basin Priority 6.9 6.7 <0.1 8.0 0.3 88.1
52 5045 Bend Arch-Fort Worth
Basin 4.9 11.7 0.8 7.7
53 41 6096 Llanos Basin Priority 5.4 10.3 0.2 7.3 0.3 88.4
54 42 4061 Carpathian-Balkanian
Basin Priority 5.9 7.3 0.1 7.2 0.3 88.7
55 43 3115 Jungger Basin Priority 6.8 2.4 0.0 7.2 0.3 89
56 44 6041 Putamayo-Orient-
Maranon Basin Priority 6.6 1.6 0.0 6.9 0.3 89.2
57 45 2020 Interior Homocline-
Central Arch Priority 4.9 9.9 0.3 6.8 0.3 89.5
58 46 5244 Williston Basin,
Canada Priority 3.6 18.2 0.1 6.7 0.3 89.8
59 47 2016 Fahud Salt Basin Priority 4.5 10.0 0.2 6.3 0.3 90
60 48 3930 Gippsland Basin Priority 3.9 9.8 0.7 6.2 0.2 90.3
61 49 6055 Neuquen Basin Priority 2.4 20.7 0.3 6.2 0.2 90.5
62 50 1322 North Sakhalin Basin Priority 2.2 22.4 0.2 6.1 0.2 90.8
63 51 1210 Nepa-Botuoba Arch Priority 2.0 22.0 0.3 6.0 0.2 91
64 52 4017 Vestford-Helgeland Priority 2.7 15.7 0.7 6.0 0.2 91.3
65 53 3822 North Sumatra Basin Priority 0.7 25.6 0.9 5.9 0.2 91.5
66 54 6059 Magallenes Basin Priority 1.2 24.8 0.2 5.6 0.2 91.7
67 55 2048 Pelagian Basin Priority 2.2 17.2 0.1 5.2 0.2 91.9
68 56 4057 Transylvania Priority <0.1 30.7 0.0 5.1 0.2 92.1
69 57 2014 Ghaba Salt Basin Priority 1.4 19.0 0.5 5.0 0.2 92.3
70 58 3824 Northwest Java Basin Priority 3.2 8.1 0.2 4.7 0.2 92.5
71 59 4048 Pannonian Basin Priority 2.2 13.8 0.1 4.6 0.2 92.7
72 5013 Ventura Basin 3.4 5.8 0.2 4.6
73 60 3828 South Sumatra Basin Priority 2.4 10.7 0.1 4.3 0.2 92.9
74 61 2004 Ma 'Rib-Al Jawf Basin Priority 1.2 16.6 0.3 4.3 0.2 93.1
75 62 6045 Santa Cruz-Tarija BasiPriority 0.3 18.8 0.6 4.1 0.2 93.2
76 63 6058 San Jorge Basin Priority 3.3 3.6 <0.1 3.9 0.2 93.4
77 5037 Southwestern Wyoming 0.8 16.3 0.4 3.9
78 5064 Illinois Basin 3.9 <0.1 0.0 3.9
79 64 6103 Tobago Trough Priority <0.1 22.6 0.1 3.9 0.2 93.5
80 5061 Southern Oklahoma 3.1 2.7 0.2 3.8
81 65 1108 Azov-Kuban Basin Priority 0.5 18.6 0.1 3.7 0.1 93.7
82 66 4047 North Carpathian BasinPriority 0.9 16.3 <0.1 3.7 0.1 93.8
83 67 8034 Assam Priority 2.5 6.5 <0.1 3.6 0.1 94
84 68 4060 Po Basin Priority 0.4 18.9 <0.1 3.6 0.1 94.1
85 5062 Arkoma Basin 0.9 15.6 <0.1 3.5
86 5055 Nemaha Uplift 2.7 2.8 0.3 3.5
87 69 8042 Indus Priority 0.2 19.6 <0.1 3.5 0.1 94.3
88 5033 Powder River Basin 2.8 2.6 0.2 3.4
89 70 6090 Middle Magdelena Priority 2.4 5.0 0.1 3.3 0.1 94.4
90 71 3913 Browse Basin Priority <0.1 18.0 0.2 3.2 0.1 94.5
91 72 3910 Bonaparte Gulf Basin Priority 0.5 13.3 0.4 3.2 0.1 94.6
92 5034 Big Horn Basin 2.7 1.8 <0.1 3.0
93 5053 Cambridge Arch-Central
Kansas Uplift 2.9 0.6 <0.1 3.0
94 73 5245 Rocky Mountain
Deformed Belt Priority 0.2 13.8 0.4 2.9 0.1 94.8
95 74 1150 North Ustyurt Basin Priority 2.4 2.4 <0.1 2.8 0.1 94.9
96 75 5304 Saline-Comalcalco
Basin Priority 2.4 2.2 0.0 2.7 0.1 95
97 76 5215 Labrador-Newfoundland
Shelf Priority 1.6 6.6 0.0 2.7 0.1 95.1
98 5031 Williston Basin, U.S. 2.1 2.4 0.2 2.7
99 77 8025 Sulaiman-Kirthar <0.1 15.8 <0.1 2.7 0.1 95.2
100 5003 Southern Alaska 1.3 7.5 <0.1 2.6
101 78 6043 Madre dos Dios Basin <0.1 10.8 0.7 2.5 0.1 95.3
102 5020 Uinta-Piceance Basin 1.6 4.7 0.1 2.5
103 79 8048 Irrawaddy Boutique 0.7 10.3 0.1 2.5 0.1 95.4
104 80 1175 Yenisey-Khatanga
Basin <0.1 14.2 0.1 2.5 0.1 95.5
105 81 2070 Mediterranean Basin <0.1 12.5 0.4 2.5 0.1 95.6
106 82 2012 East Flank Oman
Sub-basin 2.4 0.1 0.0 2.4 0.1 95.7
107 83 8047 Ganges-Brahmaputra
Delta Boutique <0.1 14.3 0.1 2.4 0.1 95.8
108 84 3966 New Guinea Foreland
Basin-Fold Belt 0.4 11.0 0.1 2.4 0.1 95.9
109 85 4033 German-Polish Basin 0.1 13.7 <0.1 2.4 0.1 96
110 86 4044 Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro
Basin 0.1 12.6 0.1 2.3 0.1 96.1
111 5060 Cherokee Platform 2.1 1.4 <0.1 2.3
112 87 2011 South Oman Salt Basin 2.2 0.5 <0.1 2.3 0.1 96.2
113 88 6081 Talara Basin 1.7 2.9 0.0 2.2 0.1 96.3
114 89 3805 Bintuni/Sulawati
Province 0.5 9.5 <0.1 2.1 0.1 96.3
115 5063 Michigan Basin 1.1 3.9 0.2 2.0
116 90 3507 Thai Basin 0.2 8.9 0.3 1.9 0.1 96.4
117 91 3142 Sichuan Basin Boutique 0.1 10.8 <0.1 1.9 0.1 96.5
118 92 1214 Lena-Vilyuy Basin 0.0 10.4 0.2 1.9 0.1 96.6
119 5012 Santa Maria Basin 1.5 1.5 0.1 1.9
120 93 6032 Reconcavo Basin 1.5 2.0 <0.1 1.9 0.1 96.6
121 94 4030 Irish Sea 0.2 9.6 <0.1 1.8 0.1 96.7
122 95 3924 Eromanga Basin 0.3 8.5 0.1 1.8 0.1 96.8
123 5039 Denver Basin 0.9 3.5 0.3 1.8
124 96 3154 Tarim Basin Boutique 0.7 5.0 0.2 1.7 0.1 96.9
125 97 3809 East Java Basin Boutique 0.4 7.6 <0.1 1.7 0.1 96.9
126 98 3031 Taranaki Basin 0.2 7.2 0.2 1.7 0.1 97
127 99 3128 Ordos Basin Boutique 0.7 5.6 0.0 1.6 0.1 97.1
128 100 5300 Burgos Basin <0.1 8.1 0.2 1.6 0.1 97.1
129 101 4019 Faeroes-Shetland-
Orkney Basin Boutique 1.3 2.0 <0.1 1.6 0.1 97.2
130 102 3825 Penyu/West Natuna
Basin Boutique 0.6 5.7 <0.1 1.6 0.1 97.2
131 103 4015 Hammerfest-Varanger
Basin 0.1 8.4 0.1 1.5 0.1 97.3
132 5009 Sacramento Basin <0.1 9.2 <0.1 1.5
133 104 2039 North Egypt Basin 0.7 4.2 0.2 1.5 0.1 97.4
134 5036 Wyoming Thrust Belt 0.2 4.0 0.7 1.5
135 105 4046 Bohemia 0.9 3.3 <0.1 1.4 0.1 97.4
136 106 3505 Saigon Basin Boutique 0.2 6.0 0.2 1.4 0.1 97.5
137 107 1156 Afghan-Tajik Basin 0.1 7.5 0.1 1.4 0.1 97.5
138 108 3159 Yingehai Basin 0.0 8.4 <0.1 1.4 0.1 97.6
139 109 1209 Angara-Lena Terrace Boutique 0.0 8.1 0.1 1.4 0.1 97.7
140 110 4051 Alps 0.3 6.2 <0.1 1.4 0.1 97.7
141 111 3605 Palawan Shelf 0.2 5.6 0.2 1.4 0.1 97.8
142 112 2074 Khleisha Uplift 1.2 0.8 <0.1 1.4 0.1 97.8
143 113 2089 Anah Graben 1.2 1.2 <0.1 1.4 0.1 97.9
144 114 6051 Cuyo Basin 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.4 0.1 97.9
145 115 7146 Sud Boutique 1.4 <0.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 98
146 116 1059 Ludlov Saddle 0.0 8.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 98
147 117 2038 Abu Gharadiq Basin 0.5 3.9 0.2 1.3 0.1 98.1
148 118 2075 Euphrates/Mardin 1.0 1.8 <0.1 1.3 0.1 98.1
149 5059 Sedgwick Basin 0.9 2.2 <0.1 1.3
150 119 5306 Macuspana Basin <0.1 5.9 0.2 1.2 <0.1 98.2
151 120 3503 Mekong/Cuulong/Vung
Tau Basin 0.9 1.3 <0.1 1.2 <0.1 98.2
152 121 6092 Eastern Cordillera
Basin <0.1 5.0 0.3 1.1 <0.1 98.3
153 122 2045 Murzuk Basin 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 <0.1 98.3
154 5035 Wind River Basin 0.5 2.8 <0.1 1.1
155 123 1159 Fergana Basin Boutique 0.8 1.5 <0.1 1.1 <0.1 98.4
156 124 7303 Orange River Coastal Boutique <0.1 6.0 0.0 1.0 <0.1 98.4
157 125 3606 Pamusian Tarakan
Basin 0.4 3.6 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 98.5
158 126 6097 Barinas-Apure Basin 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 <0.1 98.5
159 127 6089 Upper Magdelena 0.9 0.4 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 98.5
160 128 2047 Hamra Basin 0.8 0.9 0.0 1.0 <0.1 98.6
161 129 1207 Baykit Arch Boutique <0.1 5.1 0.1 0.9 <0.1 98.6
162 130 6029 Sergipe-Alagoas Basin 0.7 1.4 <0.1 0.9 <0.1 98.6
163 5028 North-Central Montana 0.5 2.3 <0.1 0.9
164 5021 Paradox Basin 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.8
165 131 5217 Scotian Shelf <0.1 4.7 0.0 0.8 <0.1 98.7
166 132 4040 Anglo-Paris Basin 0.7 0.4 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 98.7
167 133 4058 Adriatic Basin 0.6 1.0 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 98.7
168 134 6027 Potigar Basin 0.6 0.9 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 98.8
169 135 1167 South Turgay Basin 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.8 <0.1 98.8
170 136 3130 Pearl River Mouth
Basin 0.7 0.3 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 98.8
171 137 7363 South African Coastal 0.1 3.3 0.1 0.7 <0.1 98.9
172 138 7255 Somali <0.1 4.2 <0.1 0.7 <0.1 98.9
173 139 3126 Nanyang Basin 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 <0.1 98.9
174 140 8026 Kohat-Potwar 0.3 1.9 <0.1 0.7 <0.1 98.9
175 141 3147 Subei Yellow Sea Basin 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.7 <0.1 99
176 5011 Central Coastal 0.6 0.1 <0.1 0.7
177 142 6095 Guajira Basin 0.0 3.9 <0.1 0.7 <0.1 99
178 143 2077 Palmyra Zone 0.1 3.3 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 99
179 144 2009 Masila-Jeza Basin 0.6 <0.1 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 99.1
180 145 4066 Sicily 0.5 0.7 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 99.1
181 146 3131 Qaidam Basin 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.6 <0.1 99.1
182 147 7343 Mozambique Coastal Boutique 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.6 <0.1 99.1
183 148 7183 Gulf of Guinea Boutique 0.2 1.9 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 99.2
184 149 1010 Pripyat Basin 0.6 <0.1 0.0 0.6 <0.1 99.2
185 150 6036 Santos Basin 0.3 1.1 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 99.2
186 151 4049 Molasse Basin 0.1 2.2 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 99.2
187 152 3308 Niigata Basin 0.1 2.2 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 99.2
188 153 6011 Solimoes Basin 0.1 2.3 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 99.3
189 5065 Black Warrior Basin <0.1 2.7 <0.1 0.5
190 154 1165 Chu-Sarysu Basin 0.0 2.7 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 99.3
191 155 8045 Krishna-Godavari 0.2 1.4 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.3
192 156 2035 Nile Delta Basin <0.1 2.4 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.3
193 157 1105 North Crimea Basin <0.1 2.5 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.3
194 158 4021 Baltic Depression 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 <0.1 99.3
195 159 1113 Kura Basin 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 <0.1 99.4
196 160 2046 Fezzan Uplift 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 <0.1 99.4
197 161 3969 Papuan Basin-Shelf
Platform 0.0 2.2 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.4
198 162 4045 Aquitaine Basin 0.4 <0.1 0.0 0.4 <0.1 99.4
199 163 3304 Japan Volcanic
Arc/Accreted Terrane 0.1 1.6 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.4
200 164 3151 Taiwan Thrust and Fold
Belt <0.1 2.0 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.4
201 165 4026 Ireland-Scotland
Platform 0.1 1.8 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 99.5
202 166 6107 Lesser Antilles
Deformed Belt 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 <0.1 99.5
203 167 3109 East China Sea Basin 0.1 1.4 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.5
204 168 6100 Falcon Basin 0.2 0.8 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.5
205 169 4062 Tuscany-Latium-Paola <0.1 2.0 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.5
206 170 3103 Beibuwan Basin 0.3 0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.5
207 171 5246 Mackenzie Foldbelt 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.5
208 172 4083 Iberic Cordillera 0.3 0.2 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.5
209 173 6091 Lower Magdelena 0.1 1.3 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.6
210 174 3181 South China Continental
Shelf Slope <0.1 1.6 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.6
211 175 3112 Jianghan Basin 0.3 <0.1 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.6
212 176 7273 Tanzania Coastal 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.6
213 177 4064 West Black Sea Basin 0.1 0.8 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.6
214 178 3958 Surat Basin <0.1 1.4 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.6
215 5098 Gulf Mesozoic OCS <0.1 1.6 0.0 0.3
216 179 5225 Algonquin Arch-
Michigan Basin 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.6
217 5066 Cincinnati Arch 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.3
218 180 5323 Sabinas Basin <0.1 1.5 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.6
219 181 6083 Progreso Basin 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.7
220 182 3903 Amadeus Basin <0.1 1.2 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.7
221 183 5317 Chicontepec Basin 0.3 <0.1 0.0 0.3 <0.1 99.7
222 184 2015 Central Oman Platform 0.1 1.0 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 99.7
223 185 7136 Benue <0.1 1.3 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.7
224 186 6040 Ucayali Basin <0.1 0.9 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.7
225 187 4016 Baltic Shield-Norwegian
Caledonides 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.7
226 188 3114 Jiuquan Minle Wuwei
Basin 0.2 <0.1 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.7
227 189 5302 Veracruz Basin Boutique 0.1 0.6 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.7
228 190 6102 Cariaco Basin <0.1 1.2 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.7
229 191 3306 Kanto Basin 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.7
230 192 2006 Shabwah Basin 0.1 0.6 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
231 193 3508 Thailand Mesozoic
Basin Belt 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.8
232 194 3110 Erlian Basin 0.2 <0.1 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.8
233 5056 Forest City Basin 0.2 <0.1 <0.1 0.2
234 195 3950 Otway Basin <0.1 1.2 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
235 196 3156 Turpan Basin 0.2 0.1 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
236 197 6046 Oran-Olmedo Basin 0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
237 198 4023 Horda-Norwegian-
Danish Basin 0.2 <0.1 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.8
238 199 2031 Zagros Thrust Zone 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.8
239 200 6034 Espirito Santo Basin 0.1 0.2 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
240 201 3804 Barito Basin 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 <0.1 99.8
241 202 6026 Caera Basin 0.1 0.2 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
242 203 4075 Aegean 0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 99.8
243 204 6022 Foz de Amazonas Basin <0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.8
244 205 8044 Cauvery 0.1 0.4 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.8
245 206 2033 Sinai Basin 0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
246 207 7066 Chad 0.1 0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
247 208 3124 Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift 0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
248 5040 Las Animas Arch 0.1 0.1 <0.1 0.1
249 209 3952 Perth Basin <0.1 0.7 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
250 210 3833 Sumatra/Java Magmatic
Arc <0.1 0.5 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
251 211 3502 Khorat Platform 0.0 0.7 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
252 212 3146 South China Fold Belt 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
253 5050 Florida Peninsula 0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1
254 213 3135 Qinling Dabieshan Fold
Belt 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
255 214 4055 Rhine Graben 0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
256 215 1011 Russian Craton Margin <0.1 0.5 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
257 216 3806 Bone Basin 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
258 5067 Appalachian Basin 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1
259 217 4011 Svalbard High 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
260 218 3611 Sulu Sea Basin <0.1 0.4 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
261 219 1300 Anadyr Basin <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
262 220 3153 Taixinan Basin <0.1 0.5 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
263 221 2081 Lesser Caucasus <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
264 222 3907 Bass Basin <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
265 223 3803 Banda Arc 0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
266 224 5242 Northern Interior Basins 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
267 225 2085 Thrace/Samsun <0.1 0.4 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
268 226 3832 Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc
Basins 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
269 5054 Salina Basin 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
270 227 3303 Ishikari Hidaka Basin <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
271 228 6021 Guyana Basin 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
272 229 3316 Tsushima Basin 0.0 0.4 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
273 230 3301 Akita Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
274 231 2026 Jafr-Tabuk Basin <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 99.9
275 232 3916 Carnarvon Basin <0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
276 233 8023 Central Afghanistan <0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 <0.1 99.9
277 5019 Eastern Great Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
278 234 5332 Salton Trough 0.0 0.3 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 99.9
279 235 3161 Yunnan Guizhou Hubei
Fold Belt <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 99.9
280 236 1158 Tian Shan Foldbelt <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 99.9
281 237 2032 Levantine Basin <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 99.9
282 238 2061 Ougarta Uplift <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
283 5029 Southwest Montana <0.1 0.2 <0.1 <0.1
284 239 2076 Haleb <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
285 240 2053 Atlas Uplift <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
286 241 2029 Wadi-Surhan Basin Boutique 0.0 0.2 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
287 242 4077 Alentejo-Guadalquivir
Basin 0.0 0.2 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
288 243 3207 Temtsag Hailar Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
289 244 3821 North Banda Basin <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
290 245 3305 Joban Basin 0.0 0.2 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
291 246 8006 Tenasserim-Shan <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
292 247 5310 Sierra Madre de
Chiapas-Peten Foldbelt <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
293 248 1051 Kola Monocline-
Finnmark Platform <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
294 249 4012 Central Barents
Platform 0.0 0.2 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
295 250 2072 Rif Basin <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
296 251 1203 Tunguska Basin <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
297 252 3819 Meratus High <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
298 253 4038 Munsterland Basin 0.0 0.2 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
299 254 6063 Malvinas Basin <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
300 5024 Northern Arizona <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
301 255 4070 Spanish Trough-
Cantabrian Zone <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
302 256 2064 Essaouni Basin <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
303 257 3829 Sulawesi Accretionary
Prism 0.0 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
304 258 3160 Yinshan Da and Xiao
Hingganling Uplift <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
305 259 3162 Zhangguangcailing
Uplift <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
306 260 1328 Tatar Strait Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
307 5007 Northern Coastal <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1
308 261 3125 Nanpanjiang
Depression <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
309 262 1311 West Kamchatka Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
310 263 3802 Bali Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
311 264 6033 Bahia Sul Basin <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
312 5038 Park Basins <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
313 265 7013 Senegal Boutique <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
314 266 3118 Kunlunshan Fold Belt <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
315 267 3609 Reed Bank Basin 0.0 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
316 268 3204 Gobi Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
317 269 1103 Dobrogea Foreland <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
318 270 3810 East Natuna Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
319 271 3823 Northern Irian Jaya
Waropen Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
320 272 4027 Midland Valley-Forth
Approaches Basin <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
321 273 1211 Cis-Patom Foredeep Boutique 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
322 274 2060 Reggane Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
323 275 3113 Jiangnan South
Jiangsu Fold Belt 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
324 276 5320 Parras Basin 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
325 277 3911 Bowen Basin 0.0 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
326 278 3140 Shanxi Plateau 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
327 279 7373 Morondava 0.0 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
328 280 2101 Arabian Shield <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
329 281 4013 Barents Continental
Slope 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
330 282 4028 Mid-North Sea High 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
331 283 8005 Indo-Burman 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
332 284 8002 Himalayan <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
333 5004 Western Oregon-
Washington 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1
334 5046 Marathon Thrust Belt <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
335 285 2007 Sharmah Rift Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
336 286 1302 Khatyrka Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
337 287 5308 Yucatan Platform <0.1 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
338 288 2040 Cyrenaica Uplift 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
339 289 3310 Ryukyu Volcanic Arc 0.0 0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
340 290 3815 Java/Banda Sea <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
341 291 6023 Santana Platform <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
342 292 6074 Central Chile Forearc
Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
343 293 6031 Tucano Basin <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
344 294 3312 Sea Of Japan Backarc
Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
345 295 3914 Canning Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
346 296 1204 Turukhan-Norilsk
Folded Zone <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
347 297 1111 Rioni Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
348 298 6012 Amazonas Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
349 299 2079 Adana/Sivas <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
350 300 3149 Taihangshan Yanshan
Fold Belt <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
351 301 2052 Tellian Foredeep <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
352 302 3602 Cagayan Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
353 303 3816 Ketuneau/Sintang
Terrane <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
354 304 1327 Aniva Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
355 305 3007 Great South Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
356 306 8035 North Burma <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
357 307 3801 Arafura Basin-Irian
Jaya 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
358 308 1223 Upper Bureya Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
359 309 3612 Visayan <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
360 310 3704 Malay Peninsula <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
361 311 5236 Parry Island Foldbelt <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
362 312 3102 Altunshan Fold Belt <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
363 313 3136 Qiongdongnan Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
364 314 3404 Korba Bay Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
365 315 2034 South Harrah
Volcanics <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
366 5008 Sonoma-Livermore
Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1
367 316 6020 Parana Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
368 5027 Montana Thrust Belt 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
369 317 4071 Dinaric Alps <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 100
370 318 1004 Belorussian-Voronezh
High <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
371 319 3134 Qilianshan Fold Belt <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
372 320 3959 Sydney Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
373 321 5321 Coahuila Platform 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
374 322 4052 Jura <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
375 323 6025 Barreieinas Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
376 324 4082 Tajo-Duero Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
377 325 2078 Beirut 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
378 326 3608 Philippine Magmatic
Arc <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
379 327 3837 Zambalez/Central
Luzon Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
380 328 3919 Clarence-Moreton Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
381 329 2050 Tellian Uplift <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
382 330 3940 Maryborough Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
383 331 6094 Cesar Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
384 332 6065 Altiplano Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
385 333 3021 New Zealand Orogenic
Belt <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
386 334 3311 Sagara Basin <0.1 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
387 335 4043 Massif Central <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
388 336 5322 Burros Uplift 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
389 337 2066 Aaiun-Tarfaya Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
390 338 3108 Cuoqing Lupola Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
391 339 3929 Georgina Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
392 340 5314 Jalisco-Oaxaca Platform <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
393 341 4039 Southwest German
Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
394 342 6069 Temuco Basin 0.0 <0.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
395 343 5316 Trans-mexican
Neovolcanic Axis <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
396 344 4056 Lion-Camargue <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
397 345 3122 Lhasa Terrane <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
398 346 6093 Perija-Venezuela-
Coastal Ranges <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
399 347 5334 Vizcaino Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
400 348 6010 Tacutu Basin <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
401 349 8003 Indian Shield <0.1 0.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1 100
402 350 1018 Mugodzhary-South
Emba 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
403 351 1106 Northeast Black Sea
Shelf 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
404 352 1153 Karabogaz-Karakum
High 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
405 353 5234 Sverdrup Basin Boutique 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
406 354 5239 Mackenzie Delta 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
1060 North Barents Basin Boutique nd nd nd nd
4068 Provence Basin Boutique nd nd nd nd
5200 East Greenland Rift
Basins Boutique nd nd nd nd
5207 Baffin Basin Boutique nd nd nd nd
7355 Karoo Boutique nd nd nd nd
Percent Cum.
of Percent
Rank World of World
excl. Known Petroleum Volumes Volume Volume
of Province Province Assessment Oil Gas NGL Total excl.of excl.of
Rank U.S. Code Name Type (BB) (TCF) (BB) (BBOE) U.S. U.S.
Total 1608.3 6753.4 109.4 2844.8
U.S. 171.7 908.6 29.4 354.1
Total w/o U.S. 1436.6 5844.7 79.9 2490.7| AccessibilityFOIAPrivacyPolicies and Notices | |
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