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World Conventional Gas Resources, by Basin,
in Trillions (1012) of Cubic Feet

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as of 1/1/93

  Annual Production Cumulative Production Identified Reserves Undiscovered Resources Futures
95% Mode 5% Mean
North America 23.1 899.1 537.8 455.7 715 1427.2 856.5  
                 
USA 17.8 795.5 339 232.9 292.6 385.2 303  
                 
REGION 1 ALASKA                
990 Northern Alaska     30.3   50     80.3
991 Central Alaska     0   1     1
992 Southern Alaska     2.67   1.96     4.63
993                
1001 N. Aleutian St. George     0   0     0
1002 Navarin     0   0     0
1003 Norton     0   0     0
1004                
1005 Hope     0   0     0
1006 Chukchi Sea     0   0     0
1007                
1008 Beaufort Shelf     0   7.6     7.6
1009-12                
1009-12                
1013 Cook Inlet     0   0     0
1014 Gulf of Alaska/Shumagin     0   0     0
1015 Queen Charlotte     0   0     0
1016 Winona     0   0     0
1017 Tufino     0   0     0
1018 Georgia     0   0     0
                 
Lower 48                
Pacific Coast                
994 Pacific Northwest (Offshore)     0   0     0
995 Northern Coastal     0.01   0.93     0.94
996 Central Coastal     0.01   0.13     0.14
997 Sonoma-Livermore     0   0     0
998 Central California (Offshore     0.66   0.93     1.59
999                
1000 Salton Trough     0   0     0
1019 Eastern Oregon-Washington     0   0     0
1020 Western Oregon-Washington     0.02   0.6     0.62
1021                
1022 Sacramento     0.44   2.84     3.28
1023 San Joaquin     1.6   2.5     4.1
1024 Ventura, Santa Barbara     1.73   0.9     2.63
1025 Los Angeles     0.2   1.46     1.66
1026 San Diego-Oceanside-Outerbanks, USA     0   0     0
                 
Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range                
1029 Southern Arizona-
South West New Mexico		     0   0.18     0.18
1030 Idaho-Snake River Downwarp     0   0     0
1031 Western Great Basin     0   0     0
1032 Eastern Great Basin-Railroad Valley     0   0.01     0.01
1036 Northern Arizona     0   0     0
1044 Uinta-Piceance     1.99   3     4.99
1045 Paradox     0.21   1.89     2.1
1046 San Juan     18.39   0.8     19.19
1047-48                
1051 South-Central New Mexico - Rio Grande Rift     0   0     0
1052 Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift     0   0     0
                 
Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains                
1033 Montana Thrust Belt     0   0     0
1034 Central Montana     0.74   0.81     1.55
1035 Wyoming Thrust Belt     2.13   10.52     12.65
1037 South West Montana - Crazy Mountain     0.01   0.24     0.25
1038 Big Horn     0.22   0.4     0.62
1039 Wind River     0.99   1.05     2.04
1040 Powder River     0.37   1.2     1.57
1042 Park Basins     0   0     0
1043 South West Wyoming - Greater Green R.     8.05   1.4     9.45
1049 Denver     1.24   0.5     1.74
1050 Raton Basin - Sierra Grande Uplift     0   0     0
1053 Las Animas Arch     0.05   0.47     0.52
1054 Sioux Arch     0   0     0
1060 Williston     0.58   1.6     2.18
                 
West Texas and Eastern New Mexico                
1082 Pedernal Uplift     0   0     0
1065 Palo Duro     0.02   0.01     0.03
1066 Permian     13.42   15     28.42
1067 Bend Arch-Fort Worth     1.01   1.8     2.81
1086 Marathon Thrust Belt     0.03   0.14     0.17
                 
Gulf Coast Onshore                
1084 Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basin***     14.1   29.43     43.53
1085 East Texas***               43.53
1088 Florida Peninsula     0   0.03     0.03
1090 Western Gulf, Onshore     18.07   50     68.07
1041 Superior     0   0     0
1055 Iowa Shelf     0   0     0
1056 Cambridge Arch-Central Kansas     0.05   0.33     0.38
1057 Nemaha Uplift     0.17   0.44     0.61
1058 Ozark Uplift     0   0     0
1059 Cherokee     0.07   0.17     0.24
1061 Salina     0.01   0     0.01
1062 Forest City     0.02   0     0.02
1063 Anadarko     19.45   13.9     33.35
1064 Arkoma     3.6   1.8     5.4
1065 Southern Oklahoma     0.87   0.97     1.84
1087 Sedgwick     0.23   0     0.23
                 
Eastern Onshore                
Atlantic Gulf Offshore                
1068 Michigan Basin     1.38   5.5     6.88
1069 Illinois Basin     0   0.4     0.4
1070 Appalachian Basin     0.16   2.2     2.36
1071 Black Warrior Basin     1.12   1.94     3.06
1072 Georges Bank (No. Atlantic)     0   0     0
1073 Baltimore Cyn. (Mid Atlantic)     0   5.36     5.36
1074 New England     0   0     0
1075 Blue Ridge Thrust Belt     0   0     0
1076 Adirondack     0   0     0
1077 Cincinnati Arch     0   0.02     0.02
1078 Atlantic Coastal Plain     0   0     0
1079 Carolina Trough     0   0     0
1080 Blake Plateau (So. Atlantic)     0   0     0
1081 Piedmont     0   0     0
1089 Western Gulf (Offshore)     50.3   88.49     138.79
1091 Eastern Gulf (Offshore)     2.5   1.27     3.77
1092 Florida Bahamas     0   0     0
1093-99                
                 
Canada 4.4 81.6 128.7 155 275 800 399  
1100 MacKenzie Beaufort 0 0 12.8 25 50 100 58 62.8
W. Canada Sedimentary Basin                
1101 Anderson***               167.9
1102 Alberta B.+ B.C.)   76.1 67.9 50 100 183 111 167.9
1103 Williston, Canada)               167.9
                 
Arctic Islands                
1104 Sverdrup)               89.4
1105 Melville)               89.4
1106 Victoria Strait)     14.4 40 75 125 80 89.4
1107 Jones Lancaster)               89.4
                 
Mainland Territories                
1108 Foxe)               9
1109 Hudson Bay)         9 16 9.8 9
1110 Baffin Bay)               9
1111 Labrador         Ng     0.01
1112 New Brunswick         Ng     0.01
1113 Scotian Shelf     5.4 6 12 25.8 14 17.4
1114 Grand Banks 0 0 5 15 30 64 36.4 35
Other Frontier       40 75 155 90  
                 
Greenland                
115 E. Greenland         NA     0
1116-20                
                 
Mexico 0.9 21.9 70.1 69.2 116.9 286.3 154.5  
NW Mexico                
1121 Outer Banks         Ng     0.1
1122 Salton Trough         Ng     0.01
1123 Purisma         Ng     0.01
1124 Guaymas         Ng     0.01
125 Mazatlan         Ng     0.01
1126                
                 
NE Mexico   2.4 5.5 25 50.2 85 60  
1127 Sabinas-Parras   0 14 23 44 75 53.3 45.4
1128 Burgos   0.2 0.8 2 4 10.5 5.5 4.8
1129 Tampico (Chicontepec)   2.2 3.3 0.5 1 2 1.2 4.3
                 
SE Mexico   4 31.2 41.8 76.3 200 95  
1130 Veracruz       1 2 5 2.7 >2.0
1131 Isthmus Saline)               60.3
1132 Reforma Shelf)   3.3 18.3 22 42 112 59 60.3
1133 Macuspana)               60.3
1134 Comalcalco)               60.3
1135 Campeche   0.7 12.9 16 30 75 36 42.9
1136 Chiapas Anticline         Ng     0.01
***  Basins joined for assessment presentation
( )  Indicates basin also listed under another country - no further calculations
Ng  Negligible
NA  Not assessed
Numbers with no following data are unused (e.g. 1009-12)

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