--> Abstract: Top 100 Oil and Gas Fields in the United States, 2005, by Samuel Limerick, Gary Long, Jack Perrin, David Morehouse, Steven Grape, Paul Chapman, Lucy Luo, and Robert King; #90078 (2008)

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Top 100 Oil and Gas Fields in the United States, 2005

Samuel Limerick1, Gary Long2, Jack Perrin3, David Morehouse4, Steven Grape2, Paul Chapman3, Lucy Luo3, and Robert King4
1Z, Inc., Reno, NV
2Energy Information Administration, Dallas, TX
3Z, Inc., Dallas, TX
4Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC

A map showing the location of the 100 volumetrically largest oil & gas fields by proved reserves in the United States as of December 31, 2005 was made using ESRI ArcGIS software. Source for the fields list is the "US Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids Reserves, 2005 Annual Report" by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Some of the field centerpoints came from "The Significant Oil & Gas Fields of the US", NRG Associates, 2003. The onshore map background is elevation & hillshade (1 km cells) from ESRI, Inc. Ocean bathymetry background is 2-minute gridded Global Relief data (ECTOPO2) from NGDC. Great Lakes bathymetry image from W.T. Virden, NOAA.

 

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90078©2008 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas