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Fact Sheet 2014–3047

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National and Global Petroleum Assessment

Assessment of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources in Northeast Mexico, 2014

By Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Timothy R. Klett, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Stephanie Gaswirth, Michael E. Brownfield, Mark J. Pawlewicz, and Jean N. Weaver

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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 0.78 billion barrels of unconventional oil, 23.5 trillion cubic feet of unconventional gas, and 0.88 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the Sabinas Basin, Burgos Basin, and Tampico-Misantla Basin provinces of northeast Mexico.

First posted August 15, 2014

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U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, MS-939
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
http://energy.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Schenk, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Klett, T.R., Tennyson, M.E., Gaswirth, Stephanie, Brownfield, M.E., Pawlewicz, M.J., and Weaver, J.N., 2014, Assessment of unconventional oil and gas resources in Northeast Mexico, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3047, 4 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143047.

ISSN 2327-6916 (print)

ISSN 2327-6932 (online)


Contents

Introduction

Resource Summary

For Further Information

References Cited

Northeast Mexico Assessment Team


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