1995 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES OIL AND GAS RESOURCES
Overview of the 1995 National Assessment of Potential Additions to Technically Recoverable Resources of Oil and Gas-Onshore and State Waters of the United States |
CONTENTS
Summary of Results
Introduction
Commodities Assessed
Assessment Categories
Undiscovered Conventional Accumulations
Inferred Reserves (Reserve Growth)
Continuous-Type (Unconventional) Accumulations
Terminology
Data Sources
Areas of Study
Methods of Assessment
Undiscovered Conventional Accumulations
Risking Structure
Truncated Shifted Pareto Model
Small Field Assessment
Aggregation and Dependency
Reserve Growth (Inferred Reserves)
Continuous-Type Accumulations
Sandstones, Shales, and Chalks
Coal-Bed Gas
Results of the Assessment
Technically Recoverable Conventional Resources
Oil
Gas
NGL
Inferred Reserves (Growth of Conventional Fields)
Technically Recoverable Resources in Continuous-Type Deposits
Sandstones, Shales, and Chalks
Coal-Bed Gas
Discussion and Comparison of Results with the Previous USGS/MMS Assessment
Oil
Gas
Acknowledgments
References Cited
METRIC CONVERSION FACTORS
UNIT ABBREVIATIONS
ACRONYMS
FIGURES
TABLES
HTML compiled by Ray Obuch, Branch of Petroleum Geology, Denver, CO
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1118
