Energy Research and News
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NEW Significant Gas Resource Discovered in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Press Release (5/29/09) | Gas Hydrates Website
NEW Oil Shale Assessment in the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado
Technical Announcement (4/2/09)
Fact Sheet 2009-3012 | Fact Sheet 2009-3011
 Slide Presentation (Flash document 5.8 MB)
NEW Geologic Carbon Sequestration Assessment Methodology
Open-File 2009–1035 | Press Release (3/16/09) | Podcast (Episode 89)
Geologic Carbon Sequestration Website
Geochemical Data Quality Control Issue:
Quality control issue identified with some geochemical data produced by the Denver Energy Geochemical Laboratory from 1996-2008.
Learn More. . .
Energy Geochemical Laboratory Website
(provides a list of analyses that have been scheduled for review)
Assessment of Gas Hydrate Resources on the North Slope, Alaska, 2008
Fact Sheet 2008-3073| Press Release (11/12/08) | Podcast (Episode 74)
Slide Presentation (Flash document 10.6 MB)
Gas Hydrates Website
Assessment of Moderate- and High-Temperature Geothermal Resources of the United States
Fact Sheet 2008-3082| Press Release (9/29/08)
Slide Presentation (Flash document 1.44 MB)
Methodology Summary: Open-File Report 2008-1296
KQED QUEST TV story, "Geothermal Heats Up" featuring USGS Scientist, Colin Williams
Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimates of
Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle
Fact Sheet 2008-3049| Press Release (7/23/08)
Podcast (Episode 55) |  Slide Presentation (Flash document 4.39 MB)
Circum-Arctic Assessment Website
The U.S. Domestic Energy Resource Base – An Overview
A presentation given at the July 16, 2008, USEA Energy Supply Forum.
Slide Presentation (Flash document 13.5 MB)
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil Resources in the Devonian-Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota, 2008:
NEW Read FAQs about the Bakken Formation.
Fact Sheet 2008-3021 | Press Release (4/10/08) | Podcast (Episode 38)
Assessment GIS Data | Slide Presentation (Flash document 1.39 MB)
Open-File Report 2008–1353 (Posters)
STUDY AREAS:
National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources (NOGA)
World Petroleum Assessment
National Coal Assessment
Alaska Studies
Gas Hydrates
Gulf Coast
CURRENT PROJECTS & NEW PUBLICATIONS:
NEW A new map of the Arctic sedimentary successions was assembled (A. Grantz, R.A. Scott, S.S. Drachev, and T.E. Moore, Maps showing the sedimentary successions of the Arctic Region (58°-64° to 90° N) that may be prospective for hydrocarbons (American Association of Petroleum Geologists GIS-UDRIL Open-File Spatial Library, 2009) as the basis for defining CARA assessment units (U.S. Geological Survey, Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (north of the Arctic Circle) Assessment Units GIS Data (2009).
GIS-UDRIL Open-File Spatial Library MAP (Note: Map links to a zip folder containing mutiple files, the following readme file explains the Map and its contents: grantzmap_readme.doc)
Circum-Arctic Assessment Website
NEW Carbon Sequestration to Mitigate Climate Change, 2008
Fact Sheet 2008–3097 |Geologic Carbon Sequestration Website
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the West Siberian Basin Province, Russia, 2008
Fact Sheet 2008–3064 |Arctic Assessment Website
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Permian Basin Province of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, 2007
Fact Sheet 2007-3115 | National Oil and Gas Assessment
Areas of Historical Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the United States
Digital Data Series 069-Q | National Oil and Gas Assessment
Uranium in Surface Waters and Sediments Affected by Historical Mining in the Denver West 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Colorado
Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5246
| Learn More . . .
Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of the Laptev Sea Shelf Province, Russian Federation
Fact Sheet 2007-3096 | Arctic Assessment
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
