About the Estimated Oil and Gas Reserves Report

The Minerals Management Service conducts studies of oil and gas reserves of fields in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States. Currently, two reports, one for the Pacific OCS and one for the Gulf of Mexico  OCS, are published annually. This report, covering the Pacific OCS, contains estimates of the original and remaining recoverable reserves as well as the annual and cumulative production.

A significant portion of the proved remaining recoverable reserves in the Pacific OCS consists of natural gas. As the environmental consciousness of the Nation rises and traditional supplies of oil either decline or become less reliable, natural gas will become increasingly more important. Currently, the OCS accounts for more than one-quarter of the total domestic U.S. natural gas production and represents slightly less than one-quarter of the remaining recoverable U.S. natural gas reserves.

This report is intended to assist the public, the oil and gas industry, and other government agencies that are either engaged in oil and gas activities on the OCS or involved in analysis and management of domestic energy resources.

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