Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, 2024

Fact Sheet 2025-3031
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 resources of 3 million barrels of oil and 666 billion cubic feet of gas in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of the Southwestern Wyoming Province.

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Drake, R.M., II, Hearon, J.S., Mercier, T.J., Le, P.A., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Gelman, S.E., Johnson, B.G., Lagesse, J.H., Cicero, A.D., Schenk, C.J., and Tennyson, M.E., 2025, Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, 2024: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2025–3031, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20253031.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Total Petroleum System
  • Assessment Unit
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of the Southwestern Wyoming Province, 2024
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2025-3031
DOI 10.3133/fs20253031
Publication Date August 06, 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: 2 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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