| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Bighorn Basin Province, which encompasses about 6.7 million acres in north-central Wyoming and southern Montana. The assessment is based on the geologic elements of each total petroleum system defined in the province, including petroleum source rocks (source-rock maturation, petroleum generation, and migration), reservoir rocks (sequence stratigraphy and petrophysical properties), and traps (trap formation and timing). Using this geologic framework, the USGS defined two total petroleum systems: (1) Phosphoria, and (2) Cretaceous-Tertiary Composite. Within these two systems, eight assessment units (AU) were defined, and undiscovered oil and gas resources were quantitatively estimated within each AU. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98444 |
| Citation Author: | U.S. Geological Survey Bighorn Basin Assessment Team |
| Citation Contributing Office: | National Oil and Gas Assessment |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0455000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0430000 |
| Citation LonE: | -1061000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1102000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 8 chps.; CD-ROM |
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| Citation Public Comments: | National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Data Series |
| Citation Series Code: | DS |
| Citation Series Number: | 069-V |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the Bighorn Basin Province, Wyoming and Montana; 2010; DS; 069-V; U.S. Geological Survey Bighorn Basin Assessment Team |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the Bighorn Basin Province, Wyoming and Montana; 2010; DS; 069-V; U.S. Geological Survey Bighorn Basin Assessment Team |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/dds_069_V.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-v/ |
| Date Other: | Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
