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The U.S. Geological Survey assessed unconventional oil and gas resources of the Upper Ordovician Utica Shale and adjacent units in the Appalachian Basin Province. The assessment covers parts of Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The geologic concept is that black... |
Thursday, October 04, 2012 Type: Press Release & Publication
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Detailed and reconnaissance field mapping and the results of geochemical and mineralogical analyses of outcrop samples indicate that the Devonian shales of the Broadtop Synclinorium from central Virginia to southern Pennsylvania have an organic content sufficiently high and a thermal maturity... |
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 Type: Publication
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 86 billion barrels of oil and 336 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas resources in the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt. The USGS assessed the potential for undiscovered conventional... |
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 Type: Publication
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Two EXCEL files contain provisional U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data on peat and related plant/sediment/water chemistry. Samples are largely from the U.S., but samples were also collected in other countries. PEATDATA.xlsx covers mostly the United States and a few samples from six other... |
Sunday, September 30, 2012 Type: Site News
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USGS Scientist Susan Hall was elected chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – Nuclear Energy Agency/International Atomic Energy Agency’s Uranium Group during their 48th meeting in Kirovograd, Ukraine, which was held August 21-24, 2012. |
Friday, September 28, 2012 Type: Press Release
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The Organic Petrology Laboratory (OPL) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Eastern Energy Resources Science Center in Reston, Virginia, contains several thousand processed coal sample materials that were loosely organized in laboratory drawers for the past several decades... |
Thursday, September 27, 2012 Type: Publication
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The main objective of the National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project is to assess the potential for undiscovered oil and natural gas resources of the onshore United States. The last comprehensive National Assessment was completed by the USGS in 1995, and since 2000 the USGS has been re-assessing... |
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 Type: Site News
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The Irrawaddy‒Andaman and Indo-Burman Geologic Provinces were recently assessed for undiscovered technically recoverable oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids resources as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) World Oil and Gas Assessment. Using a geology-based assessment methodology... |
Tuesday, September 04, 2012 Type: Publication
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The Energy Resources Program's new Photomicrograph Atlas provides 1) Education – A basic tutorial in the nomenclature of organic materials as they occur in sedimentary rocks such as coal and shale 2) Classification – Information on the taxonomies used by various groups and organizations 3)... |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Type: Site News
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Many oil and gas reservoirs in Tertiary strata of southern Louisiana are located close to the interface between a sand-rich, normally pressured sequence and an underlying sand-poor, overpressured sequence. This association, recognized for many years by Gulf Coast explorationists, is revisited... |
Thursday, August 23, 2012 Type: Outside Publication
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The U.S. Geological Survey assessed unconventional oil and gas resources of the Upper Ordovician Utica Shale and adjacent units in the Appalachian Basin Province. The assessment covers parts of Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The geologic concept is that black... |
Thursday, October 04, 2012 Type: Press Release & Publication
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Detailed and reconnaissance field mapping and the results of geochemical and mineralogical analyses of outcrop samples indicate that the Devonian shales of the Broadtop Synclinorium from central Virginia to southern Pennsylvania have an organic content sufficiently high and a thermal maturity... |
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 Type: Publication
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 86 billion barrels of oil and 336 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas resources in the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt. The USGS assessed the potential for undiscovered conventional... |
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 Type: Publication
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Two EXCEL files contain provisional U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data on peat and related plant/sediment/water chemistry. Samples are largely from the U.S., but samples were also collected in other countries. PEATDATA.xlsx covers mostly the United States and a few samples from six other... |
Sunday, September 30, 2012 Type: Site News
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USGS Scientist Susan Hall was elected chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – Nuclear Energy Agency/International Atomic Energy Agency’s Uranium Group during their 48th meeting in Kirovograd, Ukraine, which was held August 21-24, 2012. |
Friday, September 28, 2012 Type: Press Release
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The Organic Petrology Laboratory (OPL) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Eastern Energy Resources Science Center in Reston, Virginia, contains several thousand processed coal sample materials that were loosely organized in laboratory drawers for the past several decades... |
Thursday, September 27, 2012 Type: Publication
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The main objective of the National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project is to assess the potential for undiscovered oil and natural gas resources of the onshore United States. The last comprehensive National Assessment was completed by the USGS in 1995, and since 2000 the USGS has been re-assessing... |
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 Type: Site News
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The Irrawaddy‒Andaman and Indo-Burman Geologic Provinces were recently assessed for undiscovered technically recoverable oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids resources as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) World Oil and Gas Assessment. Using a geology-based assessment methodology... |
Tuesday, September 04, 2012 Type: Publication
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The Energy Resources Program's new Photomicrograph Atlas provides 1) Education – A basic tutorial in the nomenclature of organic materials as they occur in sedimentary rocks such as coal and shale 2) Classification – Information on the taxonomies used by various groups and organizations 3)... |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Type: Site News
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Many oil and gas reservoirs in Tertiary strata of southern Louisiana are located close to the interface between a sand-rich, normally pressured sequence and an underlying sand-poor, overpressured sequence. This association, recognized for many years by Gulf Coast explorationists, is revisited... |
Thursday, August 23, 2012 Type: Outside Publication
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