U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000

Prof. Robert B. Laughlin
Department of Physics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-060
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORLD PETROLEUM ASSESSMENT 2000
- DESCRIPTION AND RESULTS
By USGS World Energy Assessment Team

U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series - DDS-60
Contents

Master Code List
Numeric key to regions, provinces, total petroleum
systems, and assessment units

World Maps

World Assessment Summary (Revised)

Assessment Regions

Title 
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Author
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Chapter ES
Executive Summary		 U.S. Geological Survey World Energy
AssessmentTeam
Chapter CF
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Report
Chapter LS
Members of the U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000 Team
Chapter CD
CD-ROM Design Notes		 Kenneth I. Takahashi
Chapter AK
Acknowledgments		 T. S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter IN
INTRODUCTION		 T. S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter GL
Glossary		 T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, Ronald R. Charpentier, Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, and Gregory F. Ulmishek
Chapter RV
A Review of Previous USGS World Energy Assessments		 J. W. Schmoker and T. S. Dyman
Chapter PS
The Total Petroleum System - The Natural Fluid Network That Constrains the Assessment Unit		 L. B. Magoon and J. W. Schmoker
Chapter RH
Assessment Hierarchy and Initial Province Ranking		 T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, and Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter DS
Data Sources and Compilation		 T. R. Klett and Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Chapter AM
U.S. Geological Survey Assessment Model for Undiscovered Conventional Oil, Gas, and NGL Resources - The Seventh Approximation		 James W. Schmoker and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter OP
Assessment Operational Procedures		 T. R. Klett, Ronald R. Charpentier, and James W. Schmoker
Chapter MC
Monte Carlo Simulation Method		 Ronald R. Charpentier and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter AA
Procedures For Allocation and Aggregation of Resources		 Ronald R. Charpentier, T. R. Klett, and James W. Schmoker
Chapter RG
Estimating Potential Reserve Growth of Known (discovered) Fields: A Component of the USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000		 James W. Schmoker and Timothy R. Klett
Chapter AR
Analysis of Assessment Results		 Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Ronald R. Charpentier, 
T. R. Klett, James W. Schmoker, and Christopher J. Schenk, Map compilation by Feliks M. Persits2, and geologic data compilation by Sandra J. Lindquist2

Region Reports
Region 1
Former Soviet Union		 G. F. Ulmishek1, S. J. Lindquist2, and L. S. Smith-Rouch2
Region 2
Middle East and North Africa		 Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Richard M. Pollastro, Timothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk, Sandra J. Lindquist2, and James E. Fox2
Region 3
Asia Pacific		 Peter J. McCabe, Robert T. Ryder, and Michele G. Bishop2
Region 4
Europe		 D. L. Gautier
Region 5
North America 		 L. B. Magoon and M. E. Henry
Region 6
Central and South America 		 C. J. Schenk, D. K. Higley, and L. B. Magoon
Region 7
Sub-Saharan Africa and Antarctica		 R. R. Charpentier, M. E. Brownfield, and M. L. Tuttle
Region 8
South Asia		 Craig J. Wandrey, Robert Milici, and Ben E. Law

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USGS Information Services
Box 25286, Building 810
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225

Call: (303) 202-4200

 For more information on the World Petroleum Assessment 2000 Project contact:

Thomas S. Ahlbrandt: [email protected]
Box 25046, Denver FederalCenter, MS939
Denver, CO   80225-0046

USGS World Energy Phone: 303-236-1645

1   U.S. Geological Survey
2   Contractor to the U. S. Geological Survey