MAP OF ASSESSED CONTINUOUS (UNCONVENTIONAL) OIL 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 2015 U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 69-JJ ABSTRACT The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts quantitative assessments of potential oil and gas resources of the onshore United States and associated coastal State waters. Since 2000, the USGS has completed assessments of continuous (unconventional) resources in the United States based on geologic studies and analysis of well-production data and has compiled digital maps of the assessment units classified into four categories: shale gas, tight gas, coalbed gas, and shale oil or tight oil (continuous oil). This is the fourth digital map product in a series of USGS unconventional oil and gas resource maps; its focus being shale-oil or tight-oil (continuous-oil) assessments. The map plate included in this report can be printed in hardcopy form or downloaded in a Geographic Information System (GIS) data package, which includes an ArcGIS ArcMap document (.mxd), geodatabase (.gdb), and a published map file (.pmf). Supporting geologic studies of total petroleum systems and assessment units, as well as studies of the methodology used in the assessment of continuous-oil resources in the United States, are listed with hyperlinks in table 1. Assessment results and geologic reports are available at the USGS website http://energy.usgs.gov/OilGas/AssessmentsData/NationalOilGasAssessment.aspx. 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-JJ, 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 dds_69_jj.pdf table_1.pdf dds69-jj_plate1.pdf Datafiles ContinuousOil2014.zip BaseLayers.gdb ContinuousOil2014.gdb ContinuousOilMap2014.mxd ContinuousOilMap2014.pmf ContinuousOilMap2014simplified.mxd ContinuousOilMap2014simplified.pmf ContinuousOil2014shp.zip Metadata ContinuousOil2014.html ContinuousOil2014.txt ContinuousOil2014.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-jj/ or http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds69jj 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.