Major tar sand and heavy oil deposits of the US

Conference · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Proceedings, Eastern Oil Shale Symposium; (United States)

OSTI ID:6235851

Kuuskraa, V A

A current assessment of US tar sand resources is presented, based on an independent appraisal of all tar sand deposits with 100 million or more barrels in-place and a review of published data for minor tar deposits (having between 10 and 100 million barrels in-place). The US tar sand resource is estimated to be 54 billion barrels distributed in 11 states. Of this, 22 billion barrels are classified as a measured resource and the remainder, 32 billion barrels, are classified as speculative. This resource estimate is considerably larger than reported in previous studies which had estimates ranging from 5.5 to 36.4 billion barrels. The distribution of the US tar sand resource by state is given.

• Research Organization: Lewin and Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6235851
• Report Number(s): CONF-8411130-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings, Eastern Oil Shale Symposium; (United States) Journal Volume: IMMR84/124
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020100 -- Petroleum-- Reserves-- (-1989)
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040100* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Reserves & Exploration-- (-1989)
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
RESERVES
RESOURCES
TAR
USA