Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2023

Fact Sheet 2025-3016
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 resources of 7.8 billion barrels of oil and 91.9 trillion cubic feet of gas in the West Greenland-East Canada Province.

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Schenk, C.J., Mercier, T.J., Woodall, C.A., Le, P.A., Cicero, A.D., Drake, R.M., II, Ellis, G.S., Gardner, M.H., Gelman, S.E., Hearon, J.S., Johnson, B.G., Lagesse, J.H., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Marra, K.R., Timm, K.K., and Young, S.S., 2025, Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2023: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2025–3016, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20253016.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2023
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2025-3016
DOI 10.3133/fs20253016
Publication Date July 09, 2025
Year Published 2025
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 Canada, Greenland
Other Geospatial Baffin Bay
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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