Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of North Africa, 2012

Christopher J. Schenk; Timothy R. Klett; Katherine J. Whidden; Mark A. Kirschbaum; Ronald R. Charpentier; Troy A. Cook; Michael E. Brownfield; Janet K. Pitman

doi:10.3133/fs20123147

Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of North Africa, 2012

Fact Sheet 2012-3147

World Petroleum Resources Project

By: Christopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Katherine J. Whidden, Mark A. Kirschbaum, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Michael E. Brownfield, and Janet K. Pitman

https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20123147

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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 19 billion barrels of technically recoverable undiscovered conventional oil and 370 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered conventional natural gas resources in 8 geologic provinces of North Africa.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of North Africa, 2012
Series title	Fact Sheet
Series number	2012-3147
DOI	10.3133/fs20123147
Year Published	2013
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description	4 p.
First page	1
Last page	4
Other Geospatial	North Africa
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	N
Google Analytic Metrics	Metrics page