USGS Oil and Gas Assessment Database
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of the Interior |
| Sub-Agency: | US Geological Survey |
| Category: | Geography and Environment |
| Date Released: | 1/1/1995 |
| Date Updated: | 5/22/2009 |
| Time Period: | 1995-2009 |
| Frequency: | varies |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has assessed undiscovered oil and natural gas potential for 212 geological provinces throughout the world as part of the US Oil and Gas Assessment, Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal and World Energy Assessment |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Raw Data Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Geospatial |
| Keywords | National Assessment of Oil and Gas, USGS, World Energy Assessment, CARA, Circum Arctic Resource Appraisal, Energy Resources, Oil, Natural Gas, Resource Assessment, Earth Science, Natural Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Geology, Assessment Unit, geoscientificInformation, Oil shale resources, Oil sand resources, Coalbed methane resources, Gas hydrate resources, Natural gas resources, Economic geology, conventional, unconventional, undiscovered |
| Unique ID | 94 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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USGS Oil and Gas Assessment Database, http://energy.usgs.gov/oilgas.html
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| Agency Program Page | http://energy.usgs.gov |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://energy.usgs.gov/oilgas.html |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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assessment units, petroleum systems, provinces, geologic basins
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| Granularity | |
| Geographic Coverage | World |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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person/computer/paper
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| Data Collection Instrument | n/a |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | n/a |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only) | |
| Additional Metadata |
OMB Control No. 3090-0284
