Assessment of Continuous Oil and Gas Resources in the Niobrara Interval of the Cody Shale, Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming, 2018

Fact Sheet 2018-3076
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 389 million barrels of oil and 1.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Niobrara interval of the Cody Shale in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming.

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Finn, T.M., Schenk, C.J., Mercier, T.J., Tennyson, M.E., Le, P.A., Brownfield, M.E., Marra, K.R., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Drake, R.M., II, Woodall, C.A., and Kinney, S.A., 2018, Assessment of continuous oil and gas resources in the Niobrara interval of the Cody Shale, Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming, 2018 (ver. 1.1, March 2020): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018–3076, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20183076.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of continuous oil and gas resources in the Niobrara interval of the Cody Shale, Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming, 2018
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2018-3076
DOI 10.3133/fs20183076
Edition Version 1.1: March 2020; Version 1.0: December 2018
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country United States
State Wyoming
Other Geospatial Wind River Basin Province
Online Only (Y/N) N
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