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Assessment of Permian tight oil and gas resources in the Junggar basin of China, 2016

Fact Sheet 2017-3021
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20173021

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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 764 million barrels of oil and 3.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in tight reservoirs in the Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Junggar basin of northwestern China.

Suggested Citation

Potter, C.J., Schenk, C.J., Tennyson, M.E., Klett, T.R., Gaswirth, S.B., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Finn, T.M., Brownfield, M.E., Pitman, J.K., Mercier, T.J., Le, P.A., and Drake, R.M, II, 2017, Assessment of Permian tight oil and gas resources in the Junggar basin of China, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2017–3021, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20173021.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of Permian tight oil and gas resources in the Junggar basin of China, 2016
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2017-3021
DOI 10.3133/fs20173021
Year Published 2017
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country China
Other Geospatial Junngar Basin
Online Only (Y/N) N
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