Estimated oil and gas reserves, Gulf of Mexico, December 31, 1987

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6085121

Melancon, J M; Brooke, J P; Compton, J W; Knipmeyer, J H

The remaining recoverable reserves of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf have been estimated to be 3.50 billion barrels of oil and 42.4 trillion cubic feet of gas, as of December 31, 1987. These reserves are recoverable from 666 studied fields located in Federal waters. For any field contained partly in State waters and partly in Federal waters, reserves are estimated for the Federal portion only. An additional 84 fields, discovered since December 31, 1985, have not been sufficiently developed to permit a reasonably accurate estimate of reserves. Original recoverable reserves are estimated to have been 10.76 billion barrels of oil and 122.1 trillion cubic feet of gas from 704 fields in the same geographic area. Estimates were made for individual reservoirs based on geologic mapping and reserve evaluation of 495 fields. Engineering studies were conducted for another 209 fields.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA (USA). Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office
• OSTI ID: 6085121
• Report Number(s): PB-91-151126/XAB; OCS/MMS--88/0036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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