Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources

An Evaluation of the Department of the Interior's 1989 Assessment Procedures

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309045339
eISBN Pdf: 9780309595162
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1991
Month: January
Pages: 193
Language: English

Caption

When the U.S. Department of the Interior released its 1989 estimates of how much undiscovered oil and gas remain in the United States, a controversy ensued. Some members of the petroleum industry charged that the estimates were too low. This book evaluates the scientific credibility of the statistical and geological methods underlying the estimates.

Cover
Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction: Questions about the Department of the Interior
2 Limitations of Resource Assessments
3 An Evaluation of the Department of the Interior
4 Recommendations
Appendixes
A Evaluation of the Hydrocarbon Resource Estimates for the Offshore Areas of Northern and Southern California and Florida South of 26° Latitude
B Adequacy of the Data Base for Hydrocarbon Estimates of the Georges Bank Area of the North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
C The Effects of Play Mixing in the Permian Basin
D Background: Components of the Petroleum Resource Base