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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-3. Oil, gas*, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in undiscovered conventional oil and gas fields in the United States with incremental costs of $30 per barrel oil and $3.34 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 3332 2777 58 0 0
2 Central Alaska 0 0 0 0 0
3 Southern Alaska 496 496 0 283 0
TOTAL REG. 1-Alaska 3828 3273 58 283 0
             
4 Western Oregon-Wash. 0 1 0 35 0
5 Eastern Oregon-Wash. 0 0 0 0 0
7 Northern Coastal 4 1 0 94 0
8 Sonoma-Livermore Basin 9 9 0 53 0
9 Sacramento Basin 0 0 0 1779 5
10 San Joaquin Basin 884 1450 75 302 0
11 Central Coastal 263 73 3 0 0
12 Santa Maria Basin 39 23 2 0 0
13 Ventura Basin 697 697 22 463 19
14 Los Angeles Basin 695 1159 41 0 0
TOTAL REG. 2-Pacific Coast 2590 3413 143 2726 24
             
17 Idaho-Snake R. Downwarp 0 0 0 0 0
18 W. Great Basin 0 0 0 0 0
19 E. Great Basin 323 49 1 93 2
20 Uinta-Piceance Basin 193 1546 56 1963 9
21 Paradox Basin 188 442 45 492 2
22 San Juan Basin 127 231 4 481 18
23 Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift 2 3 0 20 1
24 N. Arizona 7 4 0 13 1
25 S. Ariz.-S.W. New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 3-Colorado Plateau & Basin & Range 840 2275 106 3062 33
             
27 Montana Thrust Belt 1 1 0 1254 4
28 Central Montana 121 43 1 373 0
29 S.W. Montana 0 0 0 0 0
31 Williston Basin 368 405 30 540 77
33 Powder River Basin 1242 756 47 78 5
34 Big Horn Basin 317 51 1 285 5
35 Wind River Basin 88 201 5 343 2
36 Wyoming Thrust Belt 565 2262 353 7237 697
37 S.W. Wyoming 79 172 149 415 8
38 Park Basins 0 0 0 0 0
39 Denver Basin 77 63 6 124 2
40 Las Animas Arch 116 96 2 346 9
41 Raton B.-Sierra Grande Uplift 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 4-Rocky Mt. & N. Great Plains 2975 4049 596 10996 808
             
43 Palo Duro Basin 0 0 0 0 0
44 Permian Basin 2421 3604 371 8300 156
45 Bend Arch-Ft. Worth Basin 327 403 24 699 51
46 Marathon Thrust Belt 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 5-W.Texas & E.N.Mexico 2748 4007 395 8999 206
             
47 Western Gulf 1581 4197 138 44018 1095
49 Louisiana-Miss. Salt Basins 1302 1949 67 13193 532
50 Florida Peninsula 290 28 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 6-Gulf Coast 3174 6173 205 57211 1627
             
51 Superior 23 14 0 124 0
53 Cambridge Arch-C. Kansas 139 195 11 83 2
55 Nemaha Uplift 62 180 13 53 1
56 Forest City Basin 1 4 0 0 0
58 Anadarko Basin 280 1325 55 7676 98
59 Sedgwick Basin 39 104 9 65 0
60 Cherokee Basin 39 72 5 20 1
61 Southern Oklahoma 140 219 11 187 3
62 Arkoma Basin 4 6 0 1740 65
TOTAL REG. 7-Midcontinent 727 2119 105 9949 170
             
63 Michigan Basin 325 470 35 1120 39
64 Illinois Basin 140 105 0 12 0
65 Black Warrior Basin 16 8 0 832 4
66 Cincinnati Arch 0 0 0 0 0
67 Appalachian Basin 55 29 0 716 1
68 Blue Ridge Thrust Belt 0 0 0 0 0
69 Piedmont 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REG. 8-Eastern 535 612 35 2680 43
TOTAL UNITED STATES 17417 25922 1643 95904 2912

* Gas quantities are dry and do not include NGL.

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