USGS Oil and Gas Resource Estimates Updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates 896 million barrels of conventional, undiscovered oil and 53 trillion cubic feet of conventional, undiscovered non-associated gas within NPRA and adjacent state waters.? The estimated volume of undiscovered oil is significantly lower than in 2002, when the USGS estimated there was 10.6 billion barrels of oil.? The new estimate, roughly 10% of the 2002 estimate, is due primarily to the incorporation of new data from recent exploration drilling revealing gas occurrence rather than oil in much of NPRA.
Via USGS Oil and Gas Resource Estimates Updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
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