Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado

Fact Sheet 2010-3010
Oil Shale Assessment Project
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a total of 1.32 trillion barrels of oil in place in 18 oil shale zones in the Eocene Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2010-3010
DOI 10.3133/fs20103010
Edition -
Year Published 2010
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 4 p.
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Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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