Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming
Data Series
69-J
By: U.S. Geological Survey Wind River Basin Assessment Team
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Abstract
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Wind River Basin Province which encompasses about 4.7 million acres in central Wyoming.
The assessment is based on the geologic elements of each total petroleum system (TPS) defined in the province, including hydrocarbon source rocks (source-rock maturation, hydrocarbon generation, and migration), reservoir rocks (sequence stratigraphy and petrophysical properties), and hydrocarbon traps (trap formation and timing). Using this geologic framework, the USGS defined three TPSs: (1) Phosphoria TPS, (2) Cretaceous-Tertiary TPS, and (3) Waltman TPS. Within these systems, 12 Assessment Units (AU) were defined and undiscovered oil and gas resources were quantitatively estimated within 10 of the 12 AUs.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming |
| Series title | Data Series |
| Series number | 69 |
| Chapter | J |
| ISBN | 9781411320277 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ds69J |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | HTML Document, CD-ROM |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Other Geospatial | Wind River Basin Province |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |