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Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Red Sea Basin Province

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean volumes of 5 billion barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and 112 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas in the Red Sea Basin Province using a geology-based assessment methodology.

First posted December 13, 2010 Fact Sheet PDF (4.5 MB) For additional information contact: USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center Box 25046, MS-939 Denver, CO 80225 http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/ This report is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF); the latest version of Adobe Reader or similar software is required to view it. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader, free of charge.

Suggested citation:

Schenk, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Klett, T.R., Brownfield, M.E., Kirschbaum, M.A., Pitman, J.K., Cook, T.A., and Tennyson, M.E., 2010, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Red Sea Basin Province: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010–3119, 2 p.