Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Bossier Formation Within the Onshore United States and State Waters of the Gulf Coast Region, 2025

Fact Sheet 2026-3004
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 343.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in reservoirs of the Bossier Formation within the onshore United States and State waters of the Gulf Coast region.

Suggested Citation

Gardner, R., Birdwell, J.E., Flaum, J.A., Kinney, S.A., Pitman, J.K., Paxton, S.T., Cicero, A.D., Lagesse, J.H., Pepin, J.D., Counts, J.W., Johnson, B.G., Lohr, C.D., Whidden, K.J., French, K.L., Mercier, T.J., and Leathers-Miller, H.M., 2026, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Bossier Formation within the onshore United States and State waters of the Gulf Coast region, 2025: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2026–3004, 4 p., https://doi.org.10.3133/fs20263004.

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 oil and gas resources in the Bossier Formation within the onshore United States and State waters of the Gulf Coast Region, 2025
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2026-3004
DOI 10.3133/fs20263004
Publication Date May 06, 2026
Year Published 2026
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 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Other Geospatial Bossier Formation, Gulf Coast region
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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