Estimated oil and gas reserves, Gulf of Mexico, December 31, 1989. Final report, January-December 1989

Technical Report · Thu Jan 11 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6369123

Melancon, J M; Brooke, J P; Kinler, C J; Knipmeyer, J H

Remaining recoverable reserves of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) have been estimated to be 3.03 billion barrels of oil and 40.2 trillion cubic feet of gas, as of December 31, 1989. These reserves are recoverable from 682 proved 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. Original recoverable reserves are estimated to have been 10.87 billion barrels of oil and 129.1 trillion cubic feet of gas from 739 proved fields in the same geographic area. Included in this number are 57 fields that are depleted and abandoned; not included are the 114 insufficiently developed fields. Estimates were made for individual reservoirs based on geologic mapping and reserve evaluation of 522 fields. Preliminary geologic studies were conducted for the remaining 217 fields.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA (USA). Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office
• OSTI ID: 6369123
• Report Number(s): PB-91-119453/XAB; MMS--90/0082
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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