il and Gas Resources in the
Pacific Outer Continental Shelf as of January 1, 1999
An Expanded Update to the 1995 National Assessment
of United States Oil and Gas Resources
OCS Report MMS 2001-014
Overview
OCS Report MMS 2001-014 provides
a summary of oil and gas resources in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region of
the United States as of January 1, 1999. It presents estimates of discovered resources,
undiscovered resources, and total resource endowment (the aggregate volume of discovered
and undiscovered resources) and discusses the geographic distribution of oil and gas in
the Region.
This report expands on and updates some information presented in the
Summary and Discussion of Resource Estimates section of OCS
Report MMS 97-0019, which documents the assessment of the Pacific OCS Region for the
1995 National Assessment of United States Oil and Gas Resources. Since the previous report
was released in 1997, estimates of discovered resources (cumulative production and
remaining reserves) and total resource endowment have changed; although estimates of
undiscovered resources have not changed, the revised estimates warrant an update to the
previous report.
Although the release of this report coincides with the completion of
the Minerals Management Services most recent reassessment of undiscovered OCS
resources, it is not intended to be portrayed as a regional product of that project
because undiscovered resources in the Pacific OCS Region have not been reassessed.
However, the time frame for the estimates in this report is identical to the time frame
for the recent OCS reassessment (as of January 1, 1999); therefore, there is a common
temporal framework for consideration of OCS resource estimates on a regional and national
level.
Availability
This report is only available in electronic format as a Portable
Document Format (PDF) file. Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later is required to view,
navigate, and print the PDF file.
Feedback
MMS welcomes feedback regarding this report. Comments and questions
can be directed to Drew Mayerson
by e-mail or telephone (805) 389-7707.
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