Assessment of Conventional and Continuous Oil and Gas Resources in the Lewis Shale in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado, 2023

Fact Sheet 2024-3025
National and Global Petroleum Assessment
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 294 million barrels of oil and 11 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Lewis Shale in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado.

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Hearon, J.S., Schenk, C.J., Finn, T.M., Johnson, B.G., Gelman, S.E., Lagesse, J.H., Woodall, C.A., Mercier, T.J., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Timm, K.K., Drake, R.M., II, Cicero, A.D., Ellis, G.S., Gardner, M.H., Le, P.A., and Young, S.S., 2024, Assessment of conventional and continuous oil and gas resources in the Lewis Shale in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado, 2023: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2024–3025, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20243025.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Geologic Summary
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of conventional and continuous oil and gas resources in the Lewis Shale in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming and Colorado, 2023
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2024-3025
DOI 10.3133/fs20243025
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description Report: 4 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Colorado, Wyoming
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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