(oil resources)

  • 1oil resources — areas where petroleum can be found …

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  • 2Oil shale reserves — refers to oil shale resources that are recoverable under given economic restraints and technological abilities. Oil shale deposits range from small presently non economic occurrences to large presently commercially exploitable reserves. Defining… …

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  • 3Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the United States*, Table — ▪ Table deposits recoverable resources** Piceance Basin (Colorado) Mahogany Zone 59 Shales above Mahogany Zone 90 Shales below Mahogany Zone 231 Uinta Basin (Utah) 51 Other western basins 131 Eastern oil shales (Kentucky, Indiana …

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  • 4Recoverable Heavy Oil Resources of the World*, Table — ▪ Table region cumulative reserves undiscovered total production resources heavy oil United States 10.8 17.4 23.6 51.8 Canada 0.4 0.7 4.9 6.0 Mexico 1.2 4.2 1.6 7.0 Venezuela 13.2 136.7 13.0 162.9 Remaining Latin America 0.2 1.6 3.2 5.0 Western… …

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  • 5Recoverable Oil Resources of the World*, Table — ▪ Table region cumulative reserves undiscovered total oil production resources endowment** North America 202 106 121 429 South America 74 93 44 211 Western Europe 23 19 28 70 Eastern Europe (including Russia) 113 104 64 281 Central Asia and… …

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  • 6Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the World*, Table — ▪ Table region recoverable resources** United States 626 Canada 16 South America (Brazil) 300 Northern and western Europe 2 Italy 13 Estonia 1 Russia 41 Zaire 38 China 10 Australia 17 Other countries 3 Total world 1,067 …

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  • 7Oil reserves — Proven Oil Reserves, as published by the CIA Factbook, 2009 The total estimated amount of oil in an oil reservoir, including both producible and non producible oil, is called oil in place. However, because of reservoir characteristics and… …

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  • 8Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …

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  • 9Oil sands — The Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada, are a very large source of bitumen, which can be upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Bituminous sands, colloquially known as oil sands or tar sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. The… …

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  • 10Oil reserves in the United States — United States oil reserves peaked sharply in 1970 Proven oil reserves in the United States are 21 billion barrels (3.3×10^9 m3), excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The U.S. Department of the Interior …

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