1995 National Oil and Gas
Assessment and Onshore Federal Lands
Donald L. Gautier, Gordon L. Dolton and Emil D. Attanasi
U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
95-75-N
January 1998
Table A-1. List of petroleum provinces by Region of onshore and State offshore areas in the United States. From Gautier and others, 1996
Region |
Province code |
Province name |
Region 1. Alaska |
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1 |
Northern Alaska |
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2 |
Central Alaska |
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3 |
Southern Alaska |
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Region 2. Pacific Coast |
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4 |
Western Oregon-Washington |
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5 |
Eastern Oregon-Washington |
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6* |
Klamath-Sierra Nevada |
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7 |
Northern Coastal |
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8 |
Sonoma-Livermore Basin |
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9 |
Sacramento Basin |
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10 |
San Joaquin Basin |
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11 |
Central Coast |
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12 |
Santa Maria Basin |
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13 |
Ventura Basin |
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14 |
Los Angeles Basin |
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15* |
San Diego-Oceanside |
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16* |
Salton Trough |
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Region 3. Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range |
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17 |
Idaho-Snake River Downwarp |
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18 |
Western Great Basin |
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19 |
Eastern Great Basin |
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20 |
Uinta-Piceance Basin |
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21 |
Paradox Basin |
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22 |
San Juan Basin |
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23 |
Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift |
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24 |
Northern Arizona |
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25 |
Southern Arizona-Southwestern New Mexico |
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26* |
South-Central New Mexico |
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Region 4. Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains |
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27 |
Montana Thrust Belt |
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28 |
North-Central Montana |
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29 |
Southwest Montana |
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31 |
Williston Basin |
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32* |
Sioux Arch |
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33 |
Powder River Basin |
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34 |
Big Horn Basin |
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35 |
Wind River Basin |
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36 |
Wyoming Thrust Belt |
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37 |
Southwestern Wyoming |
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38 |
Park Basins |
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39 |
Denver Basin |
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40 |
Las Animas Arch |
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41 |
Raton Basin-Sierra Grane Uplift |
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Region 5. West Texas and Eastern New Mexico |
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42* |
Pedernal Uplift |
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43 |
Palo Duro Basin |
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44 |
Permian Basin |
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45 |
Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin |
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46 |
Marathon Thrust Belt |
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Region 6. Gulf Coast |
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47 |
Western Gulf |
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48* |
East Texas Basin |
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49 |
Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basins |
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50 |
Florida Peninsula |
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Region 7. Midcontinent |
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51 |
Superior |
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52* |
Iowa Shelf |
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53 |
Cambridge Arch-Central Kansas Uplift |
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54* |
Salina Basin |
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55 |
Nemaha Uplift |
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56 |
Forest City Basin |
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57* |
Ozark Uplift |
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58 |
Anadarko Basin |
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59 |
Sedgwick Basin |
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60 |
Cherokee Basin |
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61 |
Southern Oklahoma |
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62 |
Arkoma Basin |
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Region 8. Eastern |
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63 |
Michigan Basin |
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64 |
Illinois Basin |
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65 |
Black Warrior Basin |
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66 |
Cincinnati Arch |
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67 |
Appalachian Basin |
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68 |
Blue Ridge Thrust Belt |
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69 |
Piedmont |
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71 |
Adirondack Uplift |
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72 |
New England |
*For the Klamath-Sierra Nevada (006) and Salton Trough (016) no technically recoverable resources were addigned. For South-Central New Mexico (026), Sioux Arch (032), Pedernal Uplift (042), Iowa Shelf (052), Ozark Uplift (057), Adirondack Uplift (071), and New England (072) only negligible resources were assessed. The San Diego-Oceandside (015) was assessed by minerals Management Service. The assessment of the East Texas Basin (048) is included in the values shown for the Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basins (049) and the assessment for the Salina Basin (054) is included in the values shown for the Segwick Basin (059).
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