Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in conventional and continuous petroleum systems in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group, U.S. Gulf Coast region, 2011

Fact Sheet 2012-3003
Prepared in cooperation with the National Assessment of Oil and Gas
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed means of (1) 141 million barrels of oil (MMBO), 502 billion cubic feet of natural gas (BCFG), and 16 million barrels of natural gas liquids (MMBNGL) in the conventional Eagle Ford Updip Sandstone Oil and Gas Assessment Unit (AU); (2) 853 MMBO, 1,707 BCFG, and 34 MMBNGL in the continuous Eagle Ford Shale Oil AU; and (3) 50,219 BCFG and 2,009 MMBNGL in the continuous Eagle Ford Shale Gas AU in onshore lands and State waters of the Gulf Coast.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in conventional and continuous petroleum systems in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group, U.S. Gulf Coast region, 2011
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2012-3003
DOI 10.3133/fs20123003
Year Published 2012
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reson, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country United States
Other Geospatial Gulf Coast Region
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