The Discovery of Significant Oil and Gas Fields in the United States

Appendixes

Richard Nehring, E. Reginald Van Driest

ResearchPublished 1981

A supplementary volume to R-2654/1 presenting statistical details behind the descriptions and analyses of that report. The six appendixes include (1) the significant oil and gas fields database; (2) cumulative and current (1975) production data for crude oil and natural gas by field size class for each state or statistical area and region; (3) the number of significant oil and gas field discoveries in the United States by field size class over five-year periods by region and type of field; (4) data on the amounts of crude oil and natural gas discovered in the United States by five-year periods up to and including 1975; (5) data on exploratory drilling by region in the United States from 1936 to 1975; and (6) the authors' estimates of future significant discoveries in the lower 48 states by field size and region.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1981
  • Pages: 488
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: R-2654/2-USGS/DOE

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Nehring, Richard and E. Reginald Van Driest, The Discovery of Significant Oil and Gas Fields in the United States: Appendixes. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1981. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2654z2.html.
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