| Abstract: | Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey - Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry Joint Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Team estimated mean volumes of undiscovered petroleum in northern Afghanistan; the resulting estimates are 1.6 billion barrels (0.2 billion metric tons) of crude oil, 16 trillion cubic feet (0.4 trillion cubic meters) of natural gas, and 0.5 billion barrels (0.8 billion metric tons) of natural gas liquids. Most of the undiscovered crude oil is in the Afghan-Tajik Basin and most of the undiscovered natural gas is in the Amu Darya Basin.
Four total petroleum systems were identified, and these were subdivided into eight assessment units for the purpose of this resource assessment. The area with the greatest potential for undiscovered natural gas accumulations is in Upper Jurassic carbonate and reef reservoirs beneath an impermeable salt layer in relatively unexplored parts of northern Afghanistan. The Afghan-Tajik Basin has the greatest potential for undiscovered crude oil accumulations, and these are potentially in Cretaceous to Paleogene carbonate reservoir rocks associated with thrust faulting and folding. |
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| Citation Author: | Klett, T. R.; Ulmishek, G. F.; Wandrey, C. J.; Agena, Warren F.; Steinshouer, Douglas |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS-Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry Joint Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Team |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 237 p.; CD-ROM |
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| Citation Public Comments: | see also FS 2006-3031 |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-1253 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Assessment of undiscovered technically recoverable conventional petroleum resources of northern Afghanistan; 2006; OFR; 2006-1253; Klett, T. R.; Ulmishek, G. F.; Wandrey, C. J.; Agena, Warren F.; Steinshouer, Douglas |
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| Text: | Assessment of undiscovered technically recoverable conventional petroleum resources of northern Afghanistan; 2006; OFR; 2006-1253; Klett, T. R.; Ulmishek, G. F.; Wandrey, C. J.; Agena, Warren F.; Steinshouer, Douglas |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1253/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00 -0500 |
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