Economics and the 1995 National Assessment of U.S. Oil and Gas
Resources
Emil D. Attanasi
U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-75-M
Table 2. Estimates of technically recoverable and economic oil, gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in continuous-type oil and gas accumulations in the conterminous United States as of January 1994.
| Continuous-type Gas Accumulations | |||||||
| Technically Recov. | $2/mcf | $3.34/mcf | |||||
| Province | Nonassoc. | NGL | Nonassoc. | NGL | Nonassoc. | NGL | |
| Number | Name | Gas | Gas | Gas | |||
| (TCF) | (BBL) | (TCF) | (BBL) | (TCF) | (BBL) | ||
| 5 | E. Oregon-Wasington | 12.200 | 0.122 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-2 Pacific Coast | 12.200 | 0.122 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 20 | Uinta-Piceance | 16.713 | 0.096 | 1.845 | 0.014 | 2.146 | 0.016 |
| 22 | San Juan | 21.060 | 0.001 | 8.749 | 0.000 | 11.681 | 0.001 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-3 Colorado Plateau & Basin & Range | 37.773 | 0.096 | 10.594 | 0.014 | 13.827 | 0.017 |
| 28 | Central Montana | 41.27 | 0.000 | 5.012 | 0.000 | 5.241 | 0.000 |
| 31 | Williston | 1.894 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 37 | Southwestern Wyoming | 119.171 | 1.732 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.278 | 0.049 |
| 39 | Denver | 0.831 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.631 | 0.000 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-4 Rocky Mt. & N. Great Plains | 163.165 | 1.732 | 5.012 | 0.000 | 9.150 | 0.049 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Miss. Salt Basins | 6.035 | 0.151 | 5.373 | 0.134 | 5.520 | 0.138 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-6 Gulf Coast | 6.035 | 0.151 | 5.373 | 0.134 | 5.520 | 0.138 |
| Michigan | 18.87 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 13.672 | 0.000 | |
| Illinois | 1.889 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Cincinnati Arch | 1.389 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Appalachian | 61.209 | 0.015 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.061 | 0.000 | |
| TOTAL | Reg.-8 Eastern | 83.357 | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 16.733 | 0.000 |
| CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES | 302.53 | 2.118 | 20.979 | 0.148 | 45.23 | 0.204 | |
| Continuous-type Oil Accumulations | |||||||
| Technically | Recov. | $18/bbl | $30/bbl | ||||
| Province | Oil | Assoc. | Oil | Assoc. | Oil | Assoc. | |
| Number | Name | Gas | Gas | Gas | |||
| (BBO) | (TCF) | (BBO) | (TCF) | (BBO) | (TCF) | ||
| 20 | Uinta-Piceance | 0.094 | 0.028 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 21 | Paradox | 0.242 | 0.194 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.225 | 0.180 |
| 22 | San Juan | 0.189 | 0.094 | 0.145 | 0.072 | 0.149 | 0.074 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-3 Colorado Plateau Basin & Range | 0.525 | 0.316 | 0.145 | 0.072 | 0.374 | 0.254 |
| 28 | Central Montana | 0.016 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 31 | Williston | 0.151 | 0.128 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 39 | Denver | 0.285 | 2.325 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.040 | 0.398 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-4 Rocky Mt. & N. Great Plains | 0.452 | 2.466 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.040 | 0.398 |
| 47 | Western Gulf | 1.089 | 2.633 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.678 | 1.641 |
| TOTAL | Reg.-6 Gulf Coast | 1.089 | 2.633 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.678 | 1.641 |
| CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES | 2.066 | 5.416 | 0.145 | 0.072 | 1.092 | 2.293 | |
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