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World Conventional Oil Resources, by Basin,
in Billions (109) of Barrels

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as of 1/1/93

  Annual Production Cumulative Production Identified Reserves Undiscovered Resources Futures
95% Mode 5% Mean
NORTH AMERICA 4.1 199 112 58 90.3 177.5 107.5  
                 
USA 2.6 163.5 51.1 29.4 40.6 62 43.8  
                 
Region I Alaska                
990 Northern Alaska     15   5     20
991 Central Alaska     0   0.05     0.05
992 Southern Alaska     0.11   0.84     0.95
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         0.37     0.37
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   0.02     0.02
996 Central Coastal     0.15   0.42     0.57
997 Sonoma-Livermore     0   0     0
998 Central California (Offshore)     0.68   1.35     2.03
999                
1000 Salton Trough     0   0     0
1019 Eastern Oregon-Washington     0   0     0
1020 Western Oregon-Washington     0.03   0     0.03
1021                
1022 Sacramento     0   0     0
1023 San Joaquin     2.6   1.16     3.76
1024 Ventura, Santa Barbara     0.66   0.28     0.94
1025 Los Angeles     0.76   0.93     1.69
1026 San Diego-Oceanside - Outer Banks-USA     0   0     0
1027 Santa Maria     0.67   0.16     0.83
1028 Klamath Sierra Nevada     NA   NA     0
                 
Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range                
1029 Southern Arizona - South West New Mexico     0   0     0
1030 Idaho-Snake River Downwarp     0   0     0
1031 Western Great Basin     0   0     0
1032 Eastern Great Basin - Railroad Valley     0.01   0.35     0.36
1036 Northern Arizona     0   0     0
1044 Uinta-Piceance     0.29   0.15     0.44
1045 Paradox     0.11   0.28     0.39
1046 San Juan     0.02   0.03     0.05
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     0.02   0.26     0.28
1035 Wyoming Thrust Belt     0.05   0.59     0.64
1037 South West Montana - Crazy Mountain     0   0     0
1038 Big Horn     0.23   0.34     0.57
1039 Wind River     0.03   0.14     0.17
1040 Powder River     0.21   1.76     1.97
1042 Park Basins     0   0.01     0.01
1043 South West Wyoming - Greater Green R.     0.06   0.14     0.2
1049 Denver     0.06   0.22     0.28
1050 Raton Basin-Sierra - Grande Uplift     0   0     0
1053 Las Animas Arch     0.03   0.12     0.15
1054 Sioux Arch     0   0     0
1060 Williston     0.33   0.62     0.95
                 
West Texas and Eastern New Mexico                
1065 Palo Duro     0.08   0.02     0.1
1066 Permian     5.07   2.5     7.57
1067 Bend Arch-Fort Worth     0.22   0.5     0.72
1082 Pedernal Uplift     0   0     0
1086 Marathon Thrust Belt     0   0     0
Gulf Coast Onshore                
1084 Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basins***     0.96   2.49     3.45
1085 East Texas***               3.45
1088 Florida Peninsula     0.01   0.3     0.31
1090 Western Gulf     1   2     3
                 
Mid Continent                
1041 Superior     0   0     0
1055 Iowa Shelf     0   0     0
1056 Cambridge Arch -Central Kansas     0.11   0.18     0.29
1057 Nemaha Uplift     0.04   0.11     0.15
1058 Ozark Uplift     0   0     0
1059 Cherokee     0.09   0.11     0.2
1061 Salina     0   0     0
1062 Forest City     0.01   0     0.01
1063 Anadarko     0.22   0.37     0.59
1064 Arkoma     0.03   0     0.03
1083 Southern Oklahoma     0.2   0.2     0.4
1087 Sedgwick     0.02   0.04     0.06
                 
Eastern Onshore                
                 
Atlantic/Gulf Offshore                
1068 Michigan     0.04   0.9     0.94
1069 Illinois     0.01   0.4     0.41
1070 Appalachian     0.09   0.12     0.21
1071 Black Warrior     0   0.01     0.01
1072 Georges Bank (No. Atlantic)     0   0     0
1073 Baltimore Cyn. (Mid. Atlantic)     0   0.24     0.24
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)     4.4   8.07     12.47
1091 Eastern Gulf (Offshore)     0   0.24     0.24
1092 Florida Bahamas     0   0     0
1093-99                
                 
CANADA 0.5 16 11 13.5 26.1 55 31.4  
1100 MacKenzie Beaufort       3 5.7 12 7.2 5.7
W. Canada Sedimentary Basin                
1101 Anderson***               10.7
1102 Alberta***   14.9 5.7 3 5 10 6 10.7
1103 Williston Canada***                
Arctic Islands                
1104 Sverdrup***               4.3
1105 Melville***               4.3
1106 Victoria Strait)   0.002 0.006 2.5 4.3 9 5 4.3
1107 Jones Lancaster)               4.3
Mainland Territories                
1108 Foxe***               0.4
1109 Hudson Bay***   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4
1110 Baffin Bay***               0.4
Maritime Provinces                
1111 Labrador         Ng     0.01
1112 New Brunswick         Ng     0.01
1113 Scotian Shelf       0.4 0.7 2.1 1 0.7
1114 Grand Banks   0 0.6 1.8 3.2 8 4 3.8
Other Frontier       3.5 6.6 15 8  
                 
GREENLAND                
1115 E. Greenland       NA       0
1116-20                
                 
MEXICO (Total) 1 19.5 42 14.4 24.1 72.2 35.5  
NW Mexico                
1121 Outer Banks         Ng     0.01
1122 Salton Trough         Ng     0.01
1123 Purisma         Ng     0.01
1124 Guaymas         Ng     0.01
1125 Mazatlan         Ng     0.01
NE Mexico       0.5 1 2.4 1.3  
1126                
1127 Sabinas-Parras   0 0 0.3 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.6
1128 Burgos   Ng 0.03 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.23
1129 Tampico (Chicontepec)   5.6 4.5 0.1 0.15 0.4 0.2 4.65
SE Mexico       13 23 70 34.2  
1130 Veracruz       0.6 1 3 1.7 1
1131 Isthmus Saline***               23.6
1132 Reforma Shelf***   5.1 12.6 6 11 33 15.9 23.6
1133 Macuspana***               23.6
1134 Comalcalco***               23.6
1135 Campeche   3.1 24.9 5.5 10 30 15 34.9
1136 Chiapas Anticline         Ng     0.01
1137-2000                
***  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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