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 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 A-2. Oil, gas*, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in undiscovered conventional oil and gas fields in the United States with incremental costs of $18 per barrel oil and $2 per thousand cubic feet gas as of January 1994.

    OIL FIELDS   GAS FIELDS
Province number and name OIL GAS NGL GAS NGL
    (MMBO) (BCF) (MMBL) (BCF) (MMBL)
1 Northern Alaska 592 592 9 0 0
2 Central Alaska 0 0 0 0 0
3 Southern Alaska 321 321 0 120 0
TOTAL REG. 1-Alaska 913 913 9 120 0
             
4 Western Oregon-Wash. 0 0 0 0 0
5 Eastern Oregon-Wash. 0 0 0 0 0
7 Northern Coastal 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sonoma-Livermore Basin 9 9 0 53 0
9 Sacramento Basin 0 0 0 740 2
10 San Joaquin Basin 549 880 45 138 0
11 Central Coastal 149 36 1 0 0
12 Santa Maria Basin 8 5 0 0 0
13 Ventura Basin 482 482 16 269 11
14 Los Angeles Basin 472 793 28 0 0
TOTAL REG. 2-Pacific Coast 1669 2206 91 1201 13
             
17 Idaho-Snake R. Downwarp 0 0 0 0 0
18 W. Great Basin 0 0 0 0 0
19 E. Great Basin 225 33 0 47 1
20 Uinta-Piceance Basin 169 1395 51 1112 5
21 Paradox Basin 100 226 22 214 0
22 San Juan Basin 79 154 3 294 11
23 Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift 0 0 0 0 0
24 N. Arizona 0 0 0 0 0
25 S. Ariz.-S.W. New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 3-Colorado Plateau & Basin & Range 572 1807 77 1667 17
             
27 Montana Thrust Belt 1 0 0 914 3
28 Central Montana 33 12 0 92 0
29 S.W. Montana 0 0 0 0 0
31 Williston Basin 130 146 11 270 38
33 Powder River Basin 666 400 25 0 0
34 Big Horn Basin 229 30 1 106 1
35 Wind River Basin 48 134 4 133 1
36 Wyoming Thrust Belt 506 2055 321 6576 635
37 S.W. Wyoming 22 53 48 104 2
38 Park Basins 0 0 0 0 0
39 Denver Basin 4 3 0 2 0
40 Las Animas Arch 92 77 2 275 7
41 Raton B.-Sierra Grande Uplift 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 4-Rocky Mt. & N. Great Plains 1730 2911 411 8473 688
             
43 Palo Duro Basin 0 0 0 0 0
44 Permian Basin 1950 2914 300 5889 120
45 Bend Arch-Ft. Worth Basin 72 86 5 181 13
46 Marathon Thrust Belt 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 5-W.Texas & E.N.Mexico 2023 3000 305 6070 133
             
47 Western Gulf 1039 2794 93 31939 795
49 Louisiana-Miss. Salt Basins 475 707 24 4960 187
50 Florida Peninsula 253 24 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 6-Gulf Coast 1767 3525 117 36899 982
             
51 Superior 9 5 0 47 0
53 Cambridge Arch-C. Kansas 24 33 2 18 0
55 Nemaha Uplift 18 52 4 13 0
56 Forest City Basin 0 0 0 0 0
58 Anadarko Basin 189 896 37 4824 64
59 Sedgwick Basin 12 31 3 15 0
60 Cherokee Basin 15 28 2 7 0
61 Southern Oklahoma 60 92 5 63 1
62 Arkoma Basin 2 3 0 1360 50
TOTAL REG. 7-Midcontinent 329 1141 52 6347 116
             
63 Michigan Basin 176 252 18 453 16
64 Illinois Basin 35 26 0 3 0
65 Black Warrior Basin 4 2 0 229 1
66 Cincinnati Arch 0 0 0 0 0
67 Appalachian Basin 23 12 0 250 0
68 Blue Ridge Thrust Belt 0 0 0 0 0
69 Piedmont 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 8-Eastern 237 292 19 935 18
TOTAL UNITED STATES 9239 15795 1081 61710 1967

* Gas quantities are dry and do not include NGL.

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