MAP OF ASSESSED TIGHT-GAS RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014

By U.S. Geological Survey National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources Team,
and Laura R.H. Biewick, compiler

2014

U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 69-HH

ABSTRACT

This report presents a digital map of tight-gas resource assessments
in the United States as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National
Assessment of Oil and Gas Project. Using a geology-based assessment
methodology, the USGS quantitatively estimated potential volumes of
undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas resources within tight-gas
assessment units (AUs). This is the second digital map product in a series of
USGS unconventional oil and gas resource maps. The map plate included in this
report can be printed in hardcopy form or downloaded in a Geographic
Information System (GIS) data package, including an ArcGIS ArcMap document
(.mxd), geodatabase (.gdb), and published map file (.pmf). In addition, the
publication access table contains hyperlinks to current USGS tight-gas
assessment publications and web pages.

Comprehensive geologic studies, supporting data, and reports on the
methodology used in assessing undiscovered oil and gas resources in the United
States are available at the USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center
website: http://energy.usgs.gov/OilGas/AssessmentsData/NationalOil
GasAssessment.aspx.

Project Chief: Christopher J. Schenk

CONTACT INFORMATION
Laura R.H. Biewick
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, Mail Stop 939
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Telephone: (303) 236-7773
E-mail: lbiewick@usgs.gov

DISCLAIMERS
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and
does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain,
it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to
reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner.

This database, identified as DDS-69-HH, has been approved for release and
publication by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although this database has
been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS
reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review.
Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S.
Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized
or unauthorized use.

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made
regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for
general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute
any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect
use of the data described and/or contained herein.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Supported Browsers: Any browser with the Flash 9 or 10 Player Plug-in

CONTENTS

00Readme.txt
dds69hh.pdf
table_1.pdf
DDS69-HH_plate1.pdf

Datafiles
	TightGas2014.zip
		BaseLayers.gdb
		TightGas2014.gdb
		TightGasMap2014.mxd
		TightGasMap2014.pmf
 		TightGasMap2014simplified.mxd
        	TightGasMap2014simplified.pmf
	Shapefiles.zip
				
Metadata
	TightGasAUs2014.htm
	TightGasAUs2014.txt
	TightGasAUs2014.xml
	TightGasMap2014.htm
	TightGasMap2014.txt
	TightGasMap2014.xml


HOW TO OBTAIN THE DIGITAL FILES

The digital files constituting this report can be obtained via the Internet
from the U.S. Geological Survey publications website. Go to the web page at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-hh/ or http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/dds69hh
and follow the directions to download the files.

The product is a Portable Document Format (.pdf) map, which requires Adobe
Acrobat for viewing, and from which paper copies may be printed.  Acrobat
software runs on a variety of systems, and is available for download free of
charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html.

A pmf file is available and ArcReader may be downloaded free of charge from
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader for viewing the high-quality
interactive map authored using ArcGIS for Desktop and published with the
ArcGIS Publisher extension.