Geologic estimates of undiscovered recoverable oil and gas resources in the United States were published in U.S. Geological Survey Circular 725 in mid-1975, based on data through 1974. In the 1975 study, 47 onshore provinces, included within 11 regions, were evaluated. Three of these geologic provinces, (1) West Texas-Eastern New Mexico, (2) North Slope, Alaska, and (3) the Overthrust belt of Idaho-Utah-Wyoming, were selected as case studies to show the relation between the 1975 resource assessments and subsequent exploration results.
U.S. Geological Survey resource estimates for the maturely explored West Texas-Eastern New Mexico province range from 4 to 14.4 billion...
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