USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team
RANKING OF THE WORLD'S OIL AND GAS PROVINCES BY KNOWN PETROLEUM VOLUMES
OPEN FILE REPORT 97-463

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Appendix B. Graphs showing numbers of fields by size class for each priority province of the world, exclusive of the United States. Data are from Petroconsultants 1996 and NRG Associates, Inc. (1995b). The following list, arranged in order of province code, ia an index to the 76 graphs that follow. The first digit of the code is the region number. The province rank by known petroleum volume is also included.


Rank Prov. Province excl. of Code Name Rank U.S.
Region 1, Former Soviet Union (13 Priority Provinces) 1008 Timan-Pechora Basin 27 22 1009 Dnieper-Donets Basin 45 36 1015 Volga-Ural Region 7 7 1016 North Caspian Basin 14 12 1050 South Barents Basin 44 35 1108 Azov-Kuban Basin 81 65 1109 Middle Caspian Basin 35 27 1112 South Caspian Basin 23 20 1150 North Ustyurt Basin 95 74 1154 Amu-Darya Basin 17 15 1174 West Siberian Basin 1 1 1210 Nepa-Botuoba Arch 63 51 1322 North Sakhalin Basin 62 50 Region 2, Middle East and North Africa (16 Priority Provinces) 2004 Ma 'Rib-Al Jawf Basin 74 61 2014 Ghaba Salt Basin 69 57 2016 Fahud Salt Basin 59 47 2019 Rub Al Khali Basin 5 5 2020 Interior Homocline-Central 57 45 2021 Greater Ghawar Uplift 3 3 2022 Qatar Arch 6 6 2023 Widyan Basin-Interior Platform 28 23 2024 Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin 2 2 2030 Zagros Fold Belt 4 4 2043 Sirte Basin 15 13 2048 Pelagian Basin 67 55 2054 Trias/Ghadames Basin 26 21 2056 Illizi Basin 40 32
Rank Prov. Province excl. of Code Name Rank U.S.
2058 Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin 22 19 2071 Red Sea Basin 48 39 Region 3, Asia Pacific (15 Priority Provinces) 3115 Jungger Basin 55 43 3127 Bohaiwan Basin 20 17 3144 Songliao Basin 32 25 3701 Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin 37 29 3702 Greater Sarawak Basin 34 26 3703 Malay Basin 41 33 3808 Central Sumatra Basin 36 28 3817 Kutet Basin 43 34 3822 North Sumatra Basin 65 53 3824 Northwest Java Basin 70 58 3828 South Sumatra Basin 73 60 3910 Bonaparte Gulf Basin 91 72 3913 Browse Basin 90 71 3930 Gippsland Basin 60 48 3948 Northwest Shelf 46 37 Region 4, Europe (9 Priority Provinces) 4017 Vestford-Helgeland 64 52 4025 North Sea Graben 8 8 4035 Northwest German Basin 21 18 4036 Anglo-Dutch Basin 39 31 4047 North Carpathian Basin 82 66 4048 Pannonian Basin 71 59 4057 Transylvania 68 56 4060 Po Basin 84 68 4061 Carpathian-Balkanian Provine 54 42 Region 5, North America (7 Priority Provinces) 5215 Labrador-Newfoundland Shelf 97 76
Rank Prov. Province excl. of Code Name Rank U.S.
5243 Alberta Basin 19 16 5244 Williston Basin, Canada 58 46 5245 Rocky Mountain Deformed Bel 94 73 5301 Tampico-Misantla Basin 51 40 5304 Saline-Comalcalco Basin 96 75 5305 Villahermosa Uplift 16 14 Region 6, Central and South America (11 Priority Provinces) 6035 Campos Basin 47 38 6041 Putamayo-Orient-Maranon Bas 56 44 6045 Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin 75 62 6055 Neuquen Basin 61 49 6058 San Jorge Basin 76 63 6059 Magallenes Basin 66 54 6090 Middle Magdelena 89 70 6096 Llanos Basin 53 41 6098 East Venezuela Basin 13 11 6099 Maracaibo Basin 11 9 6103 Tobago Trough 79 64 Region 7, Sub-Saharan Africa and Antarctica (2 Prioity Provinces) 7192 Niger Delta 12 10 7203 West-Central Coastal 29 24 Region 8, South Asia (3 Priority Provinces) 8034 Assam 83 67 8042 Indus 87 69 8043 Bombay 38 30

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