USGS: Assessment of Potential Oil and Gas Resources in Source Rocks of the Alaska North Slope, 2012

USGS: Assessment of Potential Oil and Gas Resources in Source Rocks of the Alaska North Slope, 2012

By David W. Houseknecht, William A. Rouse, Christopher P. Garrity, Katherine J. Whidden, Julie A. Dumoulin, Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Mark A. Kirschbaum, and Richard M. Pollastro

he U.S. Geological Survey estimated potential, technically recoverable oil and gas resources for source rocks of the Alaska North Slope. Estimates (95-percent to 5-percent probability) range from zero to 2 billion barrels of oil and from zero to nearly 80 trillion cubic feet of gas. Read More at: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3013/