USGS Estimates 66 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in Colorado’s Mancos...
This is the second-largest assessment of potential shale & tight gas resources that the USGS has ever conducted.
View ArticleLarge Deposits of Potentially Producible Gas Hydrate Found in Indian Ocean
This research is the result of a partnership between the Government of India, the Government of Japan, and U.S. scientists.
View ArticleUSGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale Formation
This is the largest estimate of continuous oil that USGS has ever assessed in the United States.
View ArticleUSGS Releases New Standards for Natural Gas
USGS now has the new standard for natural gas.
View ArticleUSGS Estimates 304 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in the Bossier and...
USGS also estimates 4 billion barrels of oil and 2 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the two formations.
View ArticleNew Uranium Mineral Named for USGS Scientist
Everyone’s seen the news–scientists discover a new species of fly and name it for Beyonce; scientists discover a new species of monkey and auction its name off; etc. Hundreds of new species of animals,...
View ArticleForecasting the World’s Energy Resources
It is difficult to overstate the importance of energy to the American economy. Managing this vital sector depends on knowing how many energy resources we have, how many we use and need, and how these...
View ArticleWhen Ice Yields Fire
When can ice yield fire? That’s the burning question at the heart of one of USGS’s longest-running research programs to date: the exploration of gas hydrates.
View ArticleEarthWord–Gas Hydrate
No, this EarthWord isn’t how natural gas quenches its thirst-it just sounds like it...
View ArticleExploring Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Source
In the past decade, the development of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and other shales has dominated the national consciousness regarding natural gas. But in Alaska, another form of natural gas...
View ArticleAssessments Evolved: USGS Coal Research in the 21st Century
Although often associated with helping fuel the Nation’s growth during the Industrial Revolution, coal is very much part of our space-age present. In 2016, coal-fired power plants provided 30.4 percent...
View ArticleGeologic Groundwork-How USGS Coal Assessments Assist EIA's Coal Forecasts
It is difficult to overstate the importance of energy to the American economy. Managing this vital sector depends on knowing how many energy resources we have, how many we use and need, and how these...
View ArticleUSGS Estimates 40 Million Pounds of Potential Uranium Resources in Parts of...
Estimates of Potential Uranium in the Southern High Plains Could Equal Just Under One Year of U.S. Needs.
View ArticleUSGS in South Korea
For several years, KIGAM, the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, has hosted an international program for geoscience resources (IS-Geo). The IS-Geo program draws together federal...
View ArticleUSGS Estimates Oil and Gas in Texas’ Eagle Ford Group
The Eagle Ford Group of Texas contains estimated means of 8.5 billion barrels of oil, 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 1.9 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, according to a new...
View ArticleUSGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico
Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion Cubic feet of Natural Gas, and 20 Billion Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids in Texas and New Mexico’s Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation.
View ArticleTest Well Confirms Two Gas Hydrate Reservoirs in Alaska North Slope
In the far north of Alaska, near the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field, an international research consortium has been studying the potential of an altogether different energy source. In late December of...
View ArticleUSGS Estimates 53.8 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas Hydrate Resources in...
Access to 3D seismic mapping, along with a greater understanding of gas hydrate reservoir properties, yields estimates that are more precise.
View ArticleUSGS Estimates 214 trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in Appalachian Basin...
The Marcellus Shale and Point Pleasant-Utica Shale formations of the Appalachian Basin contain an estimated mean of 214 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous resources...
View ArticleSpecial Issue Highlights One of the Most Extensive Gas Hydrate Datasets Ever...
The USGS and its research partners in India and Japan have reported on one of the most extensive data sets ever collected on the occurrence of natural gas hydrate.
View ArticleUSGS Estimates Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Austin Chalk...
The Austin Chalk and Tokio and Eutaw Formations of the Gulf Coast Basin contain a mean of 6.9 billion barrels of oil and 41.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas according to a new assessment by the...
View ArticleUSGS Releases Oil and Gas Assessment for the Bakken and Three Forks...
The USGS has completed an oil and gas estimate for the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota.
View ArticleSecretary Haaland, Colorado Leaders Announce Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...
This release was originally shared by the Department of the Interior.
View ArticleNew Energy and Minerals Research Facility Enters Design Phase
The USGS has signed a Memorandum for Cooperative Agreement with the Colorado School of Mines for the design of the upcoming energy and minerals research facility that will be built on the Colorado...
View ArticleUSGS Initiates Environmental Assessment for Energy and Minerals Research...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today the initiation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed research facility on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, CO.
View ArticleEMRF Public Meeting Notice & Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental...
A Notice by the United States Geological Survey on February 8, 2023
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Brain, Director...
RSVP requested to Emilie Rusch, 720-432-5203, erusch@mines.edu ORHeidi Koehler, (720)320-1246, hkoehler@usgs.gov by 10 a.m., Nov. 13, 2023.
View ArticleBipartisan Infrastructure Law helps fund new USGS facility at Colorado School...
Golden, Colo. — Representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines began a new chapter of their partnership today, breaking ground on an innovative USGS Energy and Minerals...
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