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Circular 1288
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Attanasi, E.D.
Statistics of petroleum exploration in the world outside the United States and Canada through 2001 / by Emil D.
Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman, and Jennifer A. Glovier.
p. cm. (U.S. Geological Survey Circular ; 1288)
Includes bibliographic references.
1. PetroleumProspectingStatistics. 2. Oil fieldsStatistics. I. Freeman, Philip A. II. Glovier, Jennifer A. III. Title. IV.
U.S. Geological Survey circular ; 1288.
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Contents
Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................................1
introduction ....................................................................................................................................................1
Exploration Process.......................................................................................................................................5
Exploration Effort.................................................................................................................................16
mexico .........................................................................................................................................18
Europe ..........................................................................................................................................19
Africa............................................................................................................................................36
Asia ..............................................................................................................................................36
russia ..........................................................................................................................................37
Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................................................39
references Cited..........................................................................................................................................39
Figures
[Figures 1457 follow table 7]
1. Diagram of types of wells leading to additions to reserves in
discovered through 1996 in the Permian Basin, West Texas and eastern
iv
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
913.
1457.
Graph showing that the average price of imported crude oil to U.S. refineries
led the annual wildcat drilling rate in the study area from 1968 through 2001 .................18
Graphs for seven regions and the whole study area showing
9. Average annual volume of oil discovered offshore and onshore for
10. oil discovery rate per wildcat well for 5-year intervals from 1951
11. Average annual volume of gas discovered offshore and onshore for
13. Cumulative recoverable oil and gas discoveries through 2001 plotted
maps, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in
14. Caribbean............................................................................................................................64
23. Bolivia...................................................................................................................................82
30. Syria, israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank ...............................104
33. Cote divoire, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Senegal, The Gambia,
35. Angola.................................................................................................................................114
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37.
38.
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nigeria. ...............................................................................................................................116
Egypt ...................................................................................................................................122
indonesia............................................................................................................................152
russia .................................................................................................................................164
Tables
[Tables 57 follow references Cited]
1.
2. number of fields and percentage of fields and discovered oil and gas in
each field-size class for the U.S. Permian Basin through 1996 .............................................9
3. Forty most prolific provinces in the study area and their year of first
4. regional distribution in the study area of total and offshore wildcat wells
vi
5. Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for mexico, the Caribbean, Central and
South America, Europe, the middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern
Pacific, and russia......................................................................................................................44
6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered
through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum provinces in the study area. .....................56
7. regional distribution in the study area of land area, delineated prospective
area, and explored area through 2001, rate of addition to prospective area,
19922001, and percentages of total prospective area and oil discoveries
delineated by 1982.......................................................................................................................61
By
To obtain
Length
foot (ft)
mile (mi)
0.3048
1.609
meter
kilometer
Area
square mile (mi )
2
2.590
square kilometer
Volume
cubic foot (ft3)
barrel (bbl)
0.02832
0.1590
cubic meter
cubic meter
Temperature in degrees Celsius (C) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (F) as follows:
F = (1.8 C) + 32
barrel
barrels per square mile
billions of barrels of oil (bbl 109)
billions of barrels of oil equivalent
billions of cubic feet (ft3 109)
barrel of oil equivalent
square mile
millions of barrels of oil (bbl 106)
trillions of cubic feet (ft3 1012)
Definitions
Thousands
Millions
Billions
Trillions
= 103
= 106
= 109
= 1012
1 BOE
Abstract
Future oil and gas supplies depend, in part, on the
reserves that are expected to be added through exploration
and new discoveries. This Circular presents a summary of the
statistics and an analysis of petroleum exploration in the world
outside the United States and Canada (the study area) through
2001. It updates U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1096 (by
E.D. Attanasi and D.H. Root, 1993) and expands coverage of
the statistics to areas where drilling and discovery data have
recently become available. These new areas include China,
the formerly Communist countries of Eastern Europe, and the
countries that once were part of the former Soviet Union in
Europe and Asia. Data are presented by country but are orga
nized by petroleum provinces delineated by the U.S. Geologi
cal Survey World Energy Assessment Team (USGS Digital
Data Series DDS60, published in 2000).
The data and analysis are presented in maps and graphs,
providing a visual summary of the exploration maturity of
an area. The maps show the delineated prospective areas and
explored areas through 2001; explored areas have a drilling
density that would rule out the occurrence of undetected large
petroleum accumulations. Graphs summarize the exploration
yields in terms of cumulative recoverable discovered oil and
gas by delineated prospective area.
From 1992 through 2001 in areas outside the United
States and Canada, the delineated prospective area expanded at
a rate of about 50,000 square miles per year while the explored
area grew at the rate of about 11,000 square miles per year.
The delineated prospective area established by 1970 contains
about 75 percent of the oil discovered to date in the study area.
This area is slightly less than 40 percent of the delineated
prospective area established through 2001.
Maps and graphs show the extension of the delineated
prospective area to deepwater areas offshore of Brazil and
West Africa. From 1991 through 2000, offshore discover
ies accounted for 59 percent of the oil and 77 percent of the
Introduction
Objectives and Methods
Controversy and concern persist about the future supply
of world oil (Campbell and Laherrre, 1998; Williams, 2003).
Analysts have come to radically different conclusions based
on different interpretations of the same data, depending on the
variables analyzed. One objective of this Circular is to con
tribute to the analysis of the world oil supply by expanding the
availability of statistics on oil and gas exploration for all areas
outside the United States and Canada. The compilation of data
in this Circular will eliminate the need for costly and timeconsuming replication of effort and will allow researchers and
decisionmakers access to exploration statistics for planning
purposes.
A second objective is to present a visual summary at a
broad scale of world oil and gas exploration. In particular,
maps for countries outside the United States and Canada are
presented to show the historical exploration areas and the
parts of the exploration areas having a high drilling density.
Companion graphs summarize the historical exploration yields
by area searched. Maps and graphs are used to convey visu
ally the exploration maturity of an area. Making the maps and
graphs required development of a method to characterize a
common level of exploration maturity across various areas that
have significantly different drilling densities.
The statistics of exploration represent one set of indica
tors that can foreshadow the long-term future of oil-supply
problems. During the last three decades, the international oil
market has been influenced by efforts of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to control oil prices
by restricting production. The oil price variations during that
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Introduction
Table 1.
Estimated world liquid hydrocarbon and natural gas consumption, production, and reserves for 2002.
[For these estimates, liquid hydrocarbon includes crude oil, condensate, and natural-gas-plant liquids. Data are from BP (2003). Region definitions in this
table differ from those in the rest of this Circular and follow BP (2003). Because of rounding, some regional totals may differ slightly from the sum of the
component estimates shown. Countries are listed alphabetically within each region]
Country
Annual
consumption, 2002
Liquid
Gas
(106 bbl/yr)
(109 ft/yr)
North America
Canada.........................................................
Mexico ........................................................
U.S.A. (excludes Puerto Rico) ....................
North America subtotal...........................
726
654
7,193
8,573
Argentina.....................................................
Bolivia.........................................................
Brazil...........................................................
Chile............................................................
Colombia.....................................................
Ecuador .......................................................
Peru .............................................................
Trinidad and Tobago ...................................
Venezuela ....................................................
Other countries............................................
South and Central America subtotal .......
129
*
675
86
81
48
54
*
183
419
1,675
Austria.........................................................
Azerbaijan ...................................................
Belarus ........................................................
Belgium and Luxembourg ..........................
Bulgaria.......................................................
Czech Republic ...........................................
Denmark......................................................
Finland ........................................................
France..........................................................
Germany......................................................
Greece .........................................................
Hungary.......................................................
Iceland.........................................................
Ireland .........................................................
Italy .............................................................
Kazakhstan..................................................
Lithuania .....................................................
Netherlands .................................................
Norway........................................................
Poland .........................................................
Portugal .......................................................
Romania ......................................................
Russia..........................................................
Slovakia.......................................................
Spain ...........................................................
Sweden........................................................
Switzerland .................................................
Turkey .........................................................
Turkmenistan...............................................
Ukraine........................................................
United Kingdom..........................................
Uzbekistan...................................................
Other countries............................................
Europe and Eurasia subtotal....................
98
27
43
248
33
64
75
83
718
989
169
50
7
66
709
47
20
347
76
154
113
82
901
26
555
115
97
236
19
95
611
48
164
7,083
2,849
1,486
23,563
27,898
Annual
production, 2002
Liquid
Gas
(106 bbl/yr)
(109 ft/yr)
1,051
1,309
2,810
5,169
Reserves
at end of 2002
Liquid
Gas
(109 bbl)
(1012 ft)
6,478
1,228
19,334
27,040
6.9
12.6
30.4
49.9
60.1
8.8
183.5
252.4
292
*
548
*
219
150
36
57
1,074
54
2,429
1,274
191
321
*
219
*
*
593
964
74
3,636
2.9
*
8.3
*
1.8
4.6
.3
.7
77.8
2.0
98.6
27.0
24.0
8.1
*
4.5
*
8.7
23.5
148.0
6.4
250.2
*
113
*
*
*
*
135
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
38
361
*
*
1,215
*
*
47
2,810
*
*
*
*
*
66
*
899
62
175
5,921
*
169
*
*
*
*
297
*
*
614
*
*
*
*
533
434
*
2,114
2,309
141
*
381
19,588
*
*
*
*
*
1,761
607
3,639
1,899
392
34,880
*
7.0
*
*
*
*
1.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
.6
9.0
*
*
10.3
*
*
1.0
60.0
*
*
*
*
*
.5
*
4.7
.6
2.4
97.5
*
30.0
*
*
*
*
3.0
*
*
11.3
*
*
*
*
8.0
65.0
*
62.0
77.3
5.8
*
3.6
1,680.0
*
*
*
*
*
71.0
39.6
24.6
66.2
8.4
2,155.8
1,070
*
484
229
215
7
14
*
964
477
3,459
Europe and Eurasia
286
279
586
522
102
314
180
145
1,511
2,916
71
420
0
145
2,245
342
102
1,387
138
395
106
614
13,711
268
734
28
99
614
466
2,464
3,336
1,850
469
36,846
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Table 1. Estimated world liquid hydrocarbon and natural gas consumption, production, and reserves for 2002.Continued
Country
Annual
consumption, 2002
Liquid
Gas
(106 bbl/yr)
(109 ft/yr)
Bahrain........................................................
Iran ..............................................................
Iraq ..............................................................
Kuwait.........................................................
Oman...........................................................
Qatar............................................................
Saudi Arabia................................................
Syria ............................................................
United Arab Emirates .................................
Yemen .........................................................
Other countries............................................
Middle East subtotal ...............................
*
407
*
77
*
16
498
*
90
*
496
1,583
Algeria.........................................................
Angola.........................................................
Cameroon....................................................
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) ................
Egypt ...........................................................
Equatorial Guinea ......................................
Gabon..........................................................
Libya ...........................................................
Nigeria.........................................................
South Africa ................................................
Sudan...........................................................
Tunisia.........................................................
Other countries............................................
Africa subtotal.........................................
82
*
*
*
201
*
*
*
*
183
*
*
457
922
Australia......................................................
Bangladesh..................................................
Brunei..........................................................
China ...........................................................
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
India ............................................................
Indonesia .....................................................
Japan ...........................................................
Malaysia......................................................
New Zealand ...............................................
Pakistan .......................................................
Papua New Guinea......................................
Philippines...................................................
Singapore ....................................................
South Korea.................................................
Taiwan.........................................................
Thailand ......................................................
Vietnam .......................................................
Other countries............................................
Asia Pacific subtotal................................
309
26
*
1,957
99
763
391
1,948
179
53
131
*
121
255
835
298
272
*
173
7,810
World total...................................................
27,648
Middle East
*
2,397
*
307
*
378
1,991
*
1,387
*
801
7,261
Africa
928
*
*
*
801
*
*
*
*
0
*
*
650
2,379
Asia Pacific
847
395
*
1,063
85
995
1,225
2,732
953
194
738
*
64
64
925
300
914
*
166
11,660
World total
89,503
Annual
production, 2002
Liquid
Gas
(106 bbl/yr)
(109 ft/yr)
Reserves
at end of 2002
Liquid
Gas
(109 bbl)
(1012 ft)
*
1,229
741
683
329
276
3,168
210
828
173
18
7,655
325
2,277
*
307
522
1,034
1,991
145
1,624
*
92
8,317
*
89.7
112.5
96.5
5.5
15.2
261.8
2.5
97.8
4.0
.1
685.6
3.3
812.3
109.8
52.7
29.3
508.5
224.7
8.5
212.1
16.9
1.6
1,979.7
605
330
26
94
274
87
108
502
735
*
85
28
22
2,897
2,838
*
*
*
801
*
*
201
625
*
*
*
237
4,702
9.2
5.4
.4
1.5
3.7
*
2.5
29.5
24.0
*
.6
.3
.3
77.4
159.7
*
*
*
58.5
*
*
46.4
124.0
*
*
*
29.5
418.1
266
*
77
1,236
*
289
466
*
304
*
*
17
*
*
*
*
72
129
58
2,915
1,218
395
406
1,151
*
1,003
2,492
*
1,776
222
738
*
*
*
*
*
667
*
582
10,650
3.5
*
1.4
18.3
*
5.4
5.0
*
3.0
*
*
.2
*
*
*
*
.6
.6
.8
38.7
90.0
10.6
13.8
53.3
*
26.9
92.5
*
75.0
*
26.4
12.2
*
*
*
*
13.3
6.8
24.5
445.3
26,986
89,224
1,047.7
*The quantity is not listed separately for an individual country but may be included in the Other countries category for the region.
5,501.5
Exploration Process
considered this drilling information to be important to national
security and thus restricted the publication of information
about wells.
Data describing historical oil discoveries have improved
since the 1980s, but there is still no standard method used
internationally to estimate reserves and, therefore, cumula
tive recoverable oil (reserves plus past production). Field-size
estimates are not strictly comparable across countries, as each
country may have a different definition of reserves. There is
also no evidence that historical estimates of the same field
are consistent with recent estimates, and so no attempt was
made to calibrate growth functions or to estimate the potential
reserve growth in the study area.
This Circular not only summarizes the basic statistics
of petroleum exploration and discovery in the world outside
the United States and Canada, but also presents a unique set
of analytical techniques to interpret these data. Initially the
Circular describes background information on the institutional
context, the practices of modern petroleum exploration, and
the petroleum discovery process (figs. 14, tables 15). Fol
lowing this discussion is an explanation of the unique analyti
cal techniques applied in this study to display and analyze the
exploration and discovery data at the country and regional
levels (figs. 5 and 6). The summary results of the analysis of
exploration and discovery data at the regional level and for
the entire study area are described (figs. 713, tables 6 and 7).
These results are aggregates of data for individual countries or
small groups of countries, which are shown as maps, graphs,
and tables in figures 14 through 57. The concluding section
of the text discusses the implications of the analysis for future
discovery and production trends.
Exploration Process
The four parts of this section present basic information
about the petroleum exploration process so that the reader can
understand and interpret the exploration statistics presented in
this Circular. In the first part, concepts and nomenclature of
exploration statistics are discussed. Exploration statistics are
generated by the firms (economic agents) that are exploring
for oil and gas, and the data represent their decisions and the
outcomes of those decisions. When interpreting exploration
statistics, knowledge of the institutional setting in which the
firms make decisions is important. Such settings inside and
outside the United States are briefly described in the second
part.
In the third part, characteristics of oil and gas deposits
are identified that result in the predictability of the petro
leum discovery process for petroleum plays. The intensity of
petroleum exploration in the United States is greater than that
in any other country in the world. Although U.S. historical
drilling and discovery data are not complete, they represent the
most extensive data available in terms of historical, geographi
cal, and geologic breadth for any major producing area in the
world. In the fourth part, U.S. data are used to illustrate how
the size distributions of oil and gas accumulations determine
the regularity and predictability of the discovery process in
plays, basins, and provinces and across petroleum provinces.
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Figure 1. Diagram of types of wells leading to additions to reserves in discovered fields. The wells (represented by derricks) are as
follows: (1) shallow pool test well, (2) deep pool test well, (3) infill development well, (4) new pool test well, and (5) extension or outpost
well. Diagram modified from Drew (1997). In practice, the operator or regulatory body may classify the pools penetrated by well types
15 as a single field or as more than one field. Recognition of the relations among the accumulations can be complicated by the order in
which the wells are drilled.
Exploration Process
able value of the in-place volume of oil or gas thought to be
contained in the geologic structure or stratigraphic trap, it is
not likely to grow as much as the narrowly defined estimates
that are tied to production facilities.
There can be some ambiguity as to whether new reserves
should be classified as new fields or field growth (see fig. 1).
As mentioned above, the Energy Information Administra
tion (2000) defined a field as an area consisting of a single
reservoir or multiple reservoirs related to the same individual
geologic structural feature and (or) stratigraphic condition.
In a single field, two or more reservoirs may be separated
vertically or laterally by impermeable strata. From a practical
standpoint, the definition of an oil or gas field is not exact. The
assignment of pools to fields may be for geologic reasons or
for convenience in regulation, or it may be an artifact of the
discovery sequence of the pools. Depending on the discov
ery sequence, the accumulations shown in figure 1 may be
assigned to a single field or to more than one field.
Figure 1 shows discrete oil or gas accumulations that are
considered to be conventional and producible with conven
tional methods. In contrast, continuous-type oil or gas deposits
are identified regional accumulations that ordinarily require
implementation of unconventional production methods and
theoretically have no hydrocarbon-water contact that provides
a clear-cut accumulation or pool boundary. Outside the United
States and Canada, most exploration is focused on discrete oil
and gas accumulations that can be produced with conventional
methods. Nonetheless, the in-place hydrocarbon resources
assessed in continuous accumulations are substantial.
Exploration expenditures are direct investments made
by individual firms for the purpose of locating unidentified
but potentially commercial quantities of oil and gas. From the
perspective of the firm, exploration begins with a hypothesis
about the formation of accumulations of hydrocarbons in
a specific geologic setting. A literature search may then be
conducted to identify potential geographic locations where
the hypothesis might be tested. The selection of a target area
includes a review of available geologic maps, geochemical
data, and geophysical data. Fieldwork or seismic profiling
reconnaissance may be required to verify interpretations and to
collect additional data to identify specific drilling targets. Dur
ing drilling, data are continuously collected and interpreted
to maximize the probability of locating significant accumula
tions. After hydrocarbons are encountered by the drill, further
geologic, engineering, and economic analyses will determine
the potential for a commercial discovery.
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
<1
1<2
2<4
4<8
8<16
16<32
512
<1024
1024
<2048
2048
<4096
Figure 2. Histogramshowingthesize-frequencydistributionofoilandgasfieldsdiscoveredthrough1996inthe
PermianBasin,WestTexasandeasternNewMexico,U.S.A.DataarefromtheOilandGasIntegratedFieldFilemade
availablebyWilliamMonroe,EnergyInformationAdministration,1998.MMBOE,millionsofbarrelsofoilequivalent
(106BOE),where1BOE=1barrelofcrudeoilor6,000cubicfeetofnaturalgasor1.5barrelsofnaturalgasliquids.The
scaleforthefieldsizesusesunequalintervalsdefinedinpowersof2toallowallfieldsizestofitonthegraph.
company, and foreign companies (if allowed at all) are used on
a contract basis.
For countries that permit foreign participation, exploration concession agreements generally require a commitment to collect data and to drill a specified number of wells
in exchange for the right to explore. The concession areas
are sufficiently large so that if a field is found, then the field
will likely be contained in a single concession. The concession contract typically specifies that all data collected by the
foreign exploration firm should revert to the government.
The agreement also specifies what rights, if any, the foreign
exploration firm might have in the event of a discovery. If a
discovery is made, then a production concession is negotiated,
often requiring the foreign exploration firm to share production with the national oil company or to assume the role of
contract producer with payments taken in kind as a percentage
of production.
Each government has a different set of contract provisions and production taxes designed to attain a specific set
of policy goals. These goals may include the training and
employment of local workers, the construction of infrastructure, and the provision of social services to the local communities. Moreover, each government typically reserves the right to
tailor provisions on an individual basis.
use the past discovery history to predict the nature and distribution of future discoveries in the basin. The petroleum industry uses the concept of the petroleum play, commonly identified in terms of a geologic formation, as a basis for classifying
exploration targets (White, 1980; Baker and others, 1984).
Although in recent years the concept of a petroleum system
has been used to provide a conceptual framework for tracing
oil and gas migration from its origin to its place of final accumulation (Magoon and Dow, 1994), most exploration geologists still focus on petroleum plays. A play is defined as a set
of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations sharing
similar geologic, geographic, and temporal properties, such as
source rock, migration patterns, timing, trapping mechanism,
and hydrocarbon type. Typically, a play may contain pools
related to a specific rock unit that might represent single fields
or represent parts of fields (Gautier and others, 1996).
In this Circular, field size is measured in terms of fluid
volumes expressed in barrels of oil or natural gas liquids and
in cubic feet of gas. On the basis of calorific heating values,
it is assumed that 1 barrel of oil is equivalent (BOE) to 6,000
cubic feet of natural gas; that is, 1 BOE = 1 barrel (bbl) of
crude oil or 6,000 cubic feet (ft3) of natural gas or 1.5 barrels of natural gas liquids. In addition, a field having at least
20,000 cubic feet of gas per barrel of crude oil is classified as
a gas field; otherwise, the field is classified as an oil field.
Most of the conventional hydrocarbon resource discovered in a basin is contained in a small proportion of the
accumulations, and therefore the observed size-frequency
distributions of discoveries in most petroleum plays (and
Exploration Process
Table 2. Number of fields and percentage of fields and discovered oil and gas in each field-size class for the U.S. Permian Basin
through 1996.
[MMBOE, millions of barrels of oil equivalent. On the basis of calorific heating values, it is assumed that 1 barrel of oil is equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of
natural gas; that is, 1 BOE = 1 barrel of crude oil or 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas or 1.5 barrels of natural gas liquids. Volumes of discovered oil and gas
used to figure the percentage of hydrocarbons in each field-size class are reserves plus past production. Data are from the Oil and Gas Integrated Field File
made available by William Monroe, Energy Information Administration, 1998. Rounding affects some cumulative percentages]
Field-size class
(MMBOE)
2,0484,096
1,0242,048
5121,024
256512
128256
64128
3264
1632
816
48
24
12
0.51
0.250.5
0.1250.25
0.06250.125
<0.0625
Total ......................................
Fields
Number
of fields
Percentage
Cumulative
percentage
Percent in size
class
1
4
14
27
35
61
91
133
216
267
344
432
481
495
483
451
1,444
4,979
0.02
.08
.28
.54
.70
1.23
1.83
2.67
4.34
5.36
6.91
8.68
9.66
9.94
9.70
9.06
29.00
100.00
0.02
.10
.38
.92
1.63
2.85
4.68
7.35
11.69
17.05
23.96
32.64
42.30
52.24
61.94
71.00
100.00
--
4.86
12.14
19.05
17.43
11.23
9.92
8.01
5.61
4.66
2.85
1.85
1.15
.64
.33
.16
.08
.03
100.00
Cumulative
percentage
4.86
17.01
36.05
53.48
64.71
74.63
82.64
88.25
92.91
95.76
97.61
98.75
99.40
99.73
99.89
99.97
100.00
--
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250
200
150
100
50
0
1920
1925
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
1996
YEAR
Figure 3. Graphshowingaveragesizesoffieldsdiscoveredin5-yearintervalsinthePermianBasinbetween1920and1996.Dataare
fromtheOilandGasIntegratedFieldFilemadeavailablebyWilliamMonroe,EnergyInformationAdministration,1998.MMBOE,millionsofbarrelsofoilequivalent(106BOE),where1BOE=1barrelofcrudeoilor6,000cubicfeetofnaturalgasor1.5barrelsofnatural
gasliquids.
Exploration Process 11
A, Conterminous United States, 1998
NUMBER OF PROVINCES
30
20
10
<.5
.5<1
1<2
2<4
4<8
8<16
16<32
32<64
64<128
60
NUMBER OF PROVINCES
50
40
30
20
10
<.5
.5<1
1<2
2<4
4<8
8<16
16<32
32<64
64<128
128<256
256<512
Figure 4. Histogramsshowingthefrequencydistributionof
cumulativerecoverablehydrocarbonvolumes(oil,gas,and
naturalgasliquidsinbillionsofbarrelsofoilequivalent,BBOE)
for57onshoreprovincesoftheconterminousUnitedStatesand
cumulativerecoverableoilvolumesfor173provincesofthestudy
area,whichistheworldoutsidetheUnitedStatesandCanada.In
bothhistograms,theunequalintervalsforsizeclassesaredefined
inpowersof2toallowallprovincesizestofitonthegraph.A,
Histogramshowingthefrequencydistributionofcumulative
recoverablehydrocarbonvolumesthrough1998forthe57onshore
provincesoftheconterminousUnitedStateshavingthelargest
discoveries.DatafromNRGAssociates(2001).B,Histogram
showingthefrequencydistributionofcumulativerecoverable
oilvolumes(inbillionsofbarrelsofoil,BBO)through2001for
the173provincesinthestudyareathathavehadatleastone
discoveryofatleast100millionbarrelsofoilor600billion
cubicfeetofgas.FielddatafromIHSEnergyGroup(2002);
provinceboundariesfromU.S.GeologicalSurveyWorldEnergy
AssessmentTeam(2000).Inthestudyarea,sevenprovinceshave
noreportedoildiscoveriesbuthavegasdiscoveriesofatleast
600billioncubicfeetofgas(whichhaveminorvolumesofoil
associatedwiththegas).
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Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Year of
first discovery
1938
1932
1953
1905
1954
1932
1867
1914
1954
1966
Oil
(BBO)
326
147
139
137
101
68
63
55
51
49
Gas
(TCF)
295
260
1,531
486
212
100
173
53
194
167
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1958
1954
1951
1898
1869
1956
1961
1938
1959
1974
45
42
26
22
21
21
19
18
16
14
48
51
22
187
71
41
18
15
5
10
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1930
1939
1893
1901
1907
1963
1897
1958
1910
1835
14
13
12
12
10
9
8
7
7
6
42
2
32
22
9
2
5
28
40
8
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
1989
1948
1962
1956
1924
1907
1969
1981
1897
1904
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
17
8
11
41
11
5
62
37
59
4
1
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Table 4. Regionaldistributioninthestudyareaoftotalandoffshorewildcatwellsdrilledthrough2001andtotalandoffshoreestimatedcumulativerecoverableoilandgasdiscoveredthrough2001.
[Data are from IHS Energy Group (2002). BBO, billions of barrels (bbl 109) of oil; TCF, trillions of cubic feet (ft3 1012)]
Region
Mexico ...................................
Caribbean ...............................
Central America .....................
South America .......................
Europe* ..................................
Middle East ............................
Africa .....................................
Asia ........................................
Southwestern Pacific.. ............
Russia .....................................
Total study area ...................
Wildcat
wells
1,083
515
234
16,203
19,069
3,819
9,794
13,036
4,740
11,354
79,847
Total
Oil
(BBO)
57.5
.4
.1
169
75.6
755
169
160
7.93
235
1,630
Gas
(TCF)
98.3
<.1
<.1
423
690
2,196
607
1,043
209
2,009
7,275
Wildcat
wells
120
27
64
2,017
4,727
413
2,735
3,979
1,099
57
15,238
Offshore
Oil
(BBO)
32.6
<.1
0
18.8
56.3
103
59
47.6
6.34
2.51
326
Gas
(TCF)
21
<.1
0
86.2
338
689
208
406
181
139
2,068
*Data for Europe excluding Greenland and Iceland, which have 7 and 0 wildcat wells, respectively.
981 and 1096 (Root, Attanasi, and Turner, 1987; Attanasi and
Root, 1993), the grid-point spacing used herein has been kept
the same. The grid points are 2.83 miles apart, and the area
of each cell having the grid points as corners is 8 square miles.
Each grid point is identified by a longitude and a latitude
location.
The delineated prospective area is described as the set of
all (grid) points that are reasonably close to wells (producing
or dry) and that are also inside the area drilled. The scheme for
choosing the grid points that constitute the delineated prospective area (and for computing the magnitude of the delineated
prospective area) is based on examination of all non-overlapping triangles (see fig. 5) formed by wells at their vertices. A
grid point is said to be in the delineated prospective area if it
is located within a triangle that is small enough to fit inside a
circle that has a radius of 20 miles. The delineated prospective
area, in square miles, is computed as the combined (non-overlapping) area of those triangles having a well at each vertex
and fitting inside a circle with a radius of 20 miles (see fig. 5).
The delineated prospective areas are then displayed on maps
as closed polygons.
The 20-mile radius was chosen in USGS Circulars
981 and 1096 (Root, Attanasi, and Turner, 1987; Attanasi
and Root, 1993) because it corresponded to a scale that was
convenient for visual presentation of the area of interest for
petroleum exploration. The 20-mile radius was also consistent with the precision of the data on the locations of the
wells and discoveries. When a radius smaller than 20 miles is
used, numerous gaps (data-poor areas) in the prospective area
appear, whereas when a larger radius is used, there is a loss of
resolution in defining the prospective area.
The computation of the delineated prospective area
mapped in figures 1457 used locations of all wildcat, exploration, and development wells, both successful and dry, along
with the locations of fields. All data except data for wells with
1
Wells at vertices
of triangles
Figure . Diagram for identifying and computing delineated prospective area. To facilitate comparisons
with Circular 1096 (Attanasi and Root, 1993), the delineated prospective area was calculated the same
way for this Circular from grid points that were evenly spaced 2.83 miles apart. If three non-colinear wells
define a circle having a radius less than 20 miles, then the triangle connecting the wells defines the delin
eated prospective area. Grid points that lie within such triangles appear as the delineated prospective area
on the maps in figures 1457. Because the grid point symbols in figures 1457 are too large to be distin
guished separately, the area covered by the grid points appears as a continuous area.
a missing or obviously incorrect location were used because,
for some areas, most of the wildcat well history, particularly
prior to 1950, is missing. The dry and producing well locations
and field locations may represent the only evidence of prior
exploration. Use of all the data added some redundancy to the
computations but assured that no area that had been searched
was excluded because of missing wildcat or exploration wells.
When exploration begins in a country, the prospective
area delineated by drilling expands rapidly and then stabilizes
later as technological barriers stop further drilling or if yields
to drilling in the new area decline. After the stabilization of
the delineated prospective area, one might characterize most
exploratory drilling as followup drilling, which is more intense
drilling in an already delineated prospective area. The explored
area is defined as the area consisting of the points in the delin
eated prospective area that are within 2 miles of a well.
Suppose that a well is a distance of exactly 2 miles from
another well and that the area covered by a circle between the
wells is classified as explored. In this situation, the largest
field that could occur between the wells and in the explored
area would have a surface area of 3.14 square miles. (The
circle would have a diameter of 2 miles, and so the radius
would be 1 mile. The area would then be 3.14 square miles.)
Expected recovery from pools having that surface area would
vary with pay thickness and with reservoir properties. For the
Permian Basin, for example, fields with surface areas of 3.14
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YEAR
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
8
7
Delineated prospective area
6
5
4
3
2
Explored area
1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
YEAR
1960
1980
1970
2000
1990
B
3
A
2
C
1
1
1
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2,500
40
30
Wildcat
1,500
20
Price
1,000
2,000
10
500
0
1968 1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984 1986
YEAR
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
0
2002
Figure . Graph showing that the average price of imported crude oil to U.S. refineries led the
annual wildcat drilling rate in the study area from 1968 through 2001. Price data are from American
Petroleum Institute (2003); wildcat well data are from IHS Energy Group (2002).
Mexico
According to available data, Mexico has five significant
provinces (table 6). The Villahermosa Uplift accounts for 73
percent of the oil and 52 percent of the discovered gas in Mex
ico through 2001. The Tampico-Misantla Basin has discovered
oil of 11.5 BBO and discovered gas of 21.553 TCF. The two
provinces together account for 93 percent of the oil and 74
South America
South America accounts for about 10 percent of the oil
and 6 percent of the gas discovered in the study area (table 4).
South America has a long history of petroleum exploration
and discovery. The East Venezuela Basin (fig. 22) and the
Maracaibo Basin (figs. 20 and 22) each have cumulative
recoverable oil discoveries in excess of 20 BBO (table 6).
Along with the Campos Basin (fig. 24), these provinces
account for 78 percent of the oil discovered through 2001 in
South America (table 4). Discoveries in the East Venezuela
and Maracaibo Basins occurred early in the exploration history
of South America (fig. 8A). For gas, the three most prolific
provincesthe East Venezuela Basin (fig. 22), Maracaibo
Basin (figs. 20 and 22), and Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin (figs. 18
and 23)accounted for 65 percent of the discovered gas. With
the exception of gas in the Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, most of
this gas was associated with oil discoveries.
Oil and gas discoveries prior to 1951 account for 50
percent of the oil and 32 percent of the gas discovered through
2001. Since 1950, the period from 1956 through 1960 repre
sents the peak 5-year period of annual oil discoveries and oil
discovered per wildcat well (figs. 9A and 10A). By the last
period, 19962000, more than half of the oil discovered was
offshore (fig. 9A). For gas, the peak period of annual discover
ies was from 1996 through 2000 (fig. 11A), and about onethird of the gas discovered during that period was in offshore
fields.
The delineated prospective area for South America dou
bled between 1974 and the end of 2001, but the oil discovered
in the prospective area added between 1974 and the end of
2001 (the late half of the area) amounts to only 16 percent of
the oil discovered in the area that became prospective before
1974 (the early half of the prospective area) (figs. 12A and
13A). Similarly, the gas discovered in the late prospective area
amounts to only 27 percent of the gas discovered in the early
prospective area (fig. 13A). By the end of 2001, the explored
area represented 25 percent of the prospective area (table 7).
Wildcat drilling declined in the 1990s (table 5), and there was
a parallel slowdown in the expansion of prospective area.
Figure 13A shows a slight increase in productivity for
both oil and gas for the areas added since the mid-1980s. The
large discoveries in the newly added areas are in the deepwater
Campos Basin (fig. 24) offshore of Brazil. Commercial explo
ration and development of these deepwater areas required
innovations in exploration and production technologies.
Petrobras, the national oil company of Brazil, led development
of deeper offshore waters as part of the governments overall
energy policy. The maps in figures 1425 show the 200- and
1,000-meter (656- and 3,280-foot) bathymetry contours. In
water deeper than 200 meters, exploration and development
are substantially more costly than in the adjacent shallow
areas.
19
Europe
In this Circular, Europe is considered to be continental
Europe (figs. 2527), excluding Russia, Greenland, and Ice
land. Russia is discussed as a separate region. Greenland has
seven wildcat wells, and Iceland has none, but their data were
excluded from the European totals, and maps of these areas
are not included.
Some significant provinces have resources in two regions,
which are apportioned to the appropriate region in figures
and tables of this Circular (table 6). For example, discoveries
shown in figure 27 for the European parts of the DnieperDonets Basin and the Azov-Kuban Basin do not include dis
coveries in the Russian parts of the basins (fig. 57). Similarly,
discoveries shown in figure 27 for the European part of the
Aegean do not include discoveries in the Middle East part of
the Aegean (fig. 28).
Europe accounts for just less than 5 percent of the oil and
for 9 percent of the gas discovered in the study area (table 4).
Oil discoveries date from the mid-1800s (fig. 8B). The North
Sea Graben (fig. 25) accounts for 65 percent of the cumulative
recoverable oil and 24 percent of the cumulative recoverable
gas discovered in Europe through 2001. The four most prolific
oil provincesNorth Sea Graben (fig. 25), CarpathianBalkanian Basin (fig. 27), Vestford-Helgeland (fig. 25), and
Northwest German Basin (fig. 25)account for 81 percent of
the oil. The four most prolific gas provincesNorth Sea Gra
ben (fig. 25), Northwest German Basin (fig. 25), Anglo-Dutch
Basin (fig. 25), and Dnieper-Donets Basin (fig. 27)account
for 69 percent of the natural gas.
Oil and gas discoveries prior to 1951 account for only 8
percent of the oil and 10 percent of the gas discovered through
2001. The 5-year period from 1971 through 1975 had the
highest annual rate of oil discovered and oil per wildcat well
discovered (figs. 9B and 10B). The 5-year period from 1956
through 1960 had the highest annual gas discovery rate (fig.
11B). During that period, Gronnigen, the largest gas field in
the region, was discovered in the Northwest German Basin.
Advances in offshore technology and the high oil prices dur
ing the 1970s ensured that the North Sea discoveries could be
commercially developed.
The delineated prospective area of Europe doubled
between 1968 and the end of 2001 (fig. 12B). The shapes of
the oil and gas yield curves shown in figure 13B reflect the
expansion of the prospective area into the North Sea and the
offshore areas richer oil endowment compared to the endow
ment of onshore areas. The late half of the prospective area,
principally the North Sea Graben, has more than 3.5 times the
oil found in the early half of the prospective area. Although
gas discoveries in the delineated prospective area added
between 1968 and the end of 2001 amounted to two-thirds
of the gas discovered in the early half of the prospective
area, government regulation and market conditions may have
delayed gas-field development in the late half of the area.
Text continues on p 36.
20
55
1870
1880
1890
1900
1920
1930
1940
1950
1970
1980
Tobago Trough
Potigar Basin
Campos Basin
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin
1960
Guyana-Suriname Basin
Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
Cuyo Basin
Neuquen Basin
Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin
Middle Magdelena
1910
Oran-Olmedo Basin
0
1860
Talara Basin
10
Magallanes Basin
Barinas-Apure Basin and Llanos Basin
Upper Magdelena
15
Maracaibo Basin
54.9 BBO
Progreso Basin
60
63.4 BBO
1990
2000
Figure . Graphs showing historical sequence by year of first discovery in each significant petroleum province and magnitude of cumulative recoverable oil discoveries
through 2001 in each province for six regions: A, South America; B, Europe; C, Middle
East; D, Africa; E, Asia; and F, Russia. Large discoveries require breaks in the vertical
axis in parts A, B, C, and F. Some of the significant provinces have oil in two regions,
which is apportioned to the appropriate region in this figure. Significant provinces
plotted have had at least one discovery of at least 100 million barrels of oil; significant
provinces defined solely on the basis of at least one gas discovery containing at least
600 billion cubic feet of gas are not plotted in this figure but are listed in table 6. BBO,
billions of barrels (bbl 109) of oil. Years of first discovery and estimated volumes of
cumulative recoverable oil are from IHS Energy Group (2002).
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
65
Figure .
1
1840
1860
1870
1880
Azov-Kuban Basin
Transylvanian Basin
1890
1900
1910
1920
Pelagian Basin
Faeroes-Shetland-Orkney Basin
Hammerfest-Varanger Basin
Vestford-Helgeland
Iberic Cordillera
Aegean
Pripyat Basin
Aquitaine Basin
Dnieper-Donets Basin
Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin and Irish Sea
Sicily
Alps
German-Polish Basin
Bohemia
Tuscany-Latium-Paola
Adriatic Basin
Anglo-Dutch Basin
Anglo-Paris Basin
49
1990
2000
Continued.
1850
Ireland-Scotland Platform
0
1830
Pannonian Basin
Northwest German Basin
Carpathian-Balkanian Basin
Po Basin
49.1 BBO
21
50
Continued.
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
Anah Graben
Ma'Rib-Al Jawf/Masila Basin
Khleisha Uplift
Interior Homocline-Central Arch
Masila-Jeza Basin
100
Euphrates/Mardin
326 BBO
1980
1990
2000
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Figure .
1870
0
1860
22
10
1860
Figure .
1870
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
20
1960
1970
Murzuk Basin
Hamra Basin
Senegal
30
West-Central Coastal
40
1980
1990
2000
Continued.
1880
Pelagian Basin
Sirte Basin
50
Benue
0
Red Sea Basin
2
1870
Continued.
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
tral
Cen
1980
Volga-Ural Region
Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift
Songliao Basin
in
Bas
Bohaiwan Basin
atra
Sum
Thai Basin
Saigon Basin
Yinggehai Basin and Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin
Palawan Shelf
Krishna-Godavari and Pearl River Mouth Basin
Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt
Nanyang Basin
Penyu/West Natuna Basin
Malay Basin
Afghan-Tajik Basin
Bintuni/Sulawati Province
Barito Basin
Sic
Nor
Mid
h
thw
dle
Jiu uan B
e
Cas
qua
st J
a
pia
n M sin a
a
v
nB
aB
inle nd
asin
asin
Wu
we
i Ba
sin
Amu-Darya Basin
Qaidam Basin
Indus
Bombay
Tarim Basin
Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
Ordos Basin
Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin
10
1990
2000
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Figure .
Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane
0
1860
15
Irrawaddy
2
20
Figure .
1870
1890
1900
1910
1920
Timan-Pechora Basin
40
1930
1940
Baykit Arch
120
Volga-Ural Region
140
1970
1980
1990
2000
Continued.
1880
60
Angara-Lena Terrace
North Caspian Basin
Dnieper-Donets Basin
0
1860
Azov-Kuban Basin
2
26
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
A, South America
C, Middle East
30
3
2
1
19
96
20
01
19
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
56
19
51
0
25
B, Europe
5
4
20
3
2
1
01
20
96
19
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
56
19
19
51
0
15
D, Africa
9
8
7
10
6
5
4
3
2
01
20
96
19
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
01
20
96
91
19
86
19
81
19
19
76
71
19
66
19
61
19
YEAR
4
3
EXPLANATION
Offshore
Onshore
19
96
20
01
19
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
56
0
19
51
19
51
19
56
E, Asia
19
56
19
19
51
YEAR
Figure 9. Graphsshowingaverageannualvolumeofoil
discoveredoffshoreandonshorefor5-yearintervalsfrom1951
though2000forsevenregionsandthewholestudyarea:A,
SouthAmerica;B,Europe;C,MiddleEast;D,Africa;E,Asia;F,
SouthwesternPacific;G,Russia;andH,Studyarea.Thestudy
areagraph(fig.9H)includesdataforMexico,CentralAmerica,
andtheCaribbean,aswellasforthesevenregionsforwhichdata
aregraphedinfigures9AG.BBO,billionsofbarrelsofoil(bbl
109).DiscoverysizeestimatesarefromIHSEnergyGroup(2002).
20
01
19
76
19
81
19
86
19
91
19
96
19
51
19
56
19
61
19
66
19
71
G, Russia
10
9
8
7
6
5
3
2
1
01
96
20
19
91
86
19
81
19
19
76
19
71
66
19
61
19
56
19
19
51
0
19
50
40
30
20
10
YEAR
Figure 9.
Continued.
01
20
96
19
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
56
19
19
51
28
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
A, South America
20
1400
10
20
01
19
76
19
81
19
86
19
91
19
96
19
51
19
56
19
61
19
66
19
71
1200
B, Europe
20
10
20
01
19
76
19
81
19
86
19
91
19
96
19
51
19
56
19
61
19
66
19
71
D, Africa
50
40
30
600
20
10
01
96
20
91
19
86
19
81
19
19
76
19
71
66
19
61
19
56
19
19
51
0
19
800
400
E, Asia
60
50
200
40
30
20
10
YEAR
01
20
96
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
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51
19
19
01
96
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91
19
86
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76
19
71
66
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19
19
56
0
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51
YEAR
sevenregionsforwhichdataaregraphedinfigures10AG.
MMBO,millionsofbarrelsofoil(bbl106). Wildcatwelldata
anddiscoverysizeestimatesarefromIHSEnergyGroup(2002).
Discoveryratesreflectdataforallwildcatwellsanddiscoveries
bothonshoreandoffshore.
Figure 10.
Continued.
YEAR
20
01
96
19
91
86
19
19
81
19
76
71
19
19
66
19
61
56
51
19
19
19
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40
30
20
10
0
19
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19
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19
61
19
66
19
71
86
20
01
01
20
96
19
91
19
96
19
91
19
19
19
19
81
19
86
50
81
60
19
76
G, Russia
76
19
19
66
19
61
56
19
19
51
19
F, Southwestern Pacific
10
40
30
20
10
30
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C, Middle East
A, South America
20
01
19
96
19
86
19
91
19
81
90
19
76
0
19
71
100
19
66
10
19
61
110
19
51
19
56
20
80
70
B, Europe
60
30
50
20
40
10
30
01
20
96
91
19
19
86
19
19
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76
19
71
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61
56
19
19
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20
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91
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86
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81
19
76
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71
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51
61
19
19
19
19
40
56
D, Africa
30
20
10
F, Southwestern Pacific
0
01
20
96
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91
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19
81
19
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66
19
61
19
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20
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20
96
91
19
19
86
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81
76
19
19
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19
66
61
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19
19
19
51
E, Asia
YEAR
60
50
40
30
20
EXPLANATION
10
Offshore
Onshore
01
20
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91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
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19
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19
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YEAR
areagraph(fig.11H)includesdataforMexico,CentralAmerica,
andtheCaribbean,aswellasforthesevenregionsforwhichdata
aregraphedinfigures11AG.TCF,trillionsofcubicfeet(ft31012).
DiscoverysizeestimatesarefromIHSEnergyGroup(2002).
50
40
30
20
10
01
96
20
91
19
86
19
81
19
76
19
71
19
66
19
61
19
56
19
19
19
51
250
200
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100
50
YEAR
01
20
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86
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19
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19
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60
2
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A, South America
1960
500
1970
B, Europe
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
1960
900
1970
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
800
400
700
600
300
500
400
200
300
Explored area
AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Explored area
200
100
100
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
C, Middle East
300
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
12,000
16,000
1970
1980
1990
20,000
600
400
150
300
100
200
Explored area
1,000
2,000
2000
200
50
1960
500
8,000
D, Africa
250
4,000
3,000
Explored area
100
4,000
for seven regions and the whole study area: A, South America; B,
G, Russia; and H, Study area. The study area graph (fig. 12H)
as well as for the seven regions for which data are graphed in
are derived from graphs in figures 1657. The areas are arranged
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
E, Asia
1960
1,000
F, Southwestern Pacific
YEAR
1970
2000
1990
1980
1960
400
800
1970
2000
1990
300
YEAR
1980
600
200
400
100
Explored area
200
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
Explored area
10,000
12,000
14,000
G, Russia
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
H, Study area
1960
700
1970
1990 2000
1980
1960
4,500
1970
1980
1990
2000
4,000
600
3,500
500
3,000
400
2,500
300
2,000
1,500
200
Explored area
1,000
100
Explored area
500
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
Figure 12.
Continued.
10,000
12,000
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
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A, South America
1960
180
B, Europe
YEAR
1970
160
1990
1980
2000
80
500
YEAR
1970
1960
400
600
60
80
200
60
40
OIL (BBO)
300
Gas
GAS (TCF)
120
OIL (BBO)
800
Oil
Oil
140
100
1990 2000
1980
100
Gas
40
400
20
200
GAS (TCF)
20
100
200
300
0
500
400
1960
1970
2000
1990
1980
400
500
600
700
0
900
800
1970
1980
1990
200
2000
800
180
Oil
2,000
160
600
Gas
400
1,200
300
800
200
400
100
OIL (BBO)
500
Oil
140
1,600
GAS (TCF)
OIL (BBO)
300
1960
2,400
800
200
100
D, Africa
C, Middle East
700
600
120
Gas
100
400
80
60
GAS (TCF)
200
40
20
50
100
150
200
250
0
300
100
200
300
400
500
0
600
The oil and gas discoveries are graphed by the year that the field
location was classified as part of the delineated prospective area,
and the increments of prospective area are ordered by time. At
the top axis of the graphs, the closer the 10-year markers are to
each other, the lower the rate at which prospective area was
added in that decade. Calculation of delineated prospective area
is explained in the text. Discovery size estimates are from IHS
Energy Group (2002). BBO, billions of barrels of oil (bbl 109); TCF,
trillions of cubic feet (ft3 1012).
1960
F, Southwestern Pacific
YEAR
1980
1970
2000
1990
1,200
180
160
800
Oil
80
60
OIL (BBO)
600
400
40
150
Gas
100
200
20
200
GAS (TCF)
100
2000
250
7
Gas
1990
Oil
120
50
200
400
0
1,000
800
600
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
0
400
H, Study area
G, Russia
1960
1970
1990 2000
1980
250
1960
2,500
2,000
1,000
100
OIL (BBO)
1,500
Gas
2000
Oil
8,000
1,400
GAS (TCF)
150
1990
1980
10,000
1,600
Oil
200
1970
1,800
1,200
6,000
1,000
Gas
800
4,000
600
50
500
400
2,000
200
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
700
500
1,000
1,500
Figure 1.
Continued.
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
0
4,500
GAS (TCF)
OIL (BBO)
YEAR
1980
1970
1,000
140
OIL (BBO)
1960
GAS (TCF)
E, Asia
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Middle East
In this Circular, the Middle East is considered to be
the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Jordan, Syria, Israel, Gaza Strip, and West Bank (figs. 2832).
Although some significant provinces (Red Sea Basin, Aegean,
Levantine Basin, South Caspian Basin, Kura Basin, and AmuDarya Basin) have resources both in the Middle East and in
other regions (table 6), the tables and figures for the Middle
East include only data for the part of each province in the
Middle East.
The Middle East accounts for 46 percent of the oil and
30 percent of the gas discovered in the study area (table 4).
The earliest discoveries in the most prolific oil provinces in
the Middle East were made in the early 1900s (table 6 and fig.
8C). About 94 percent of the oil discovered in this region is
contained in four provincesMesopotamian Foredeep Basin
(figs. 29, 31, and 32), Greater Ghawar Uplift (fig. 29), Zagros
Fold Belt (figs. 28, 30, 31, and 32), and Rub Al Khali Basin
(figs. 29 and 32). Each of these provinces contains more than
20 BBO. Similarly, 85 percent of the gas discovered is con
tained in four provincesQatar Arch (figs. 29 and 32), Zagros
Fold Belt (figs. 28, 30, 31, and 32), Mesopotamian Foredeep
Basin (figs. 29, 31, and 32), and Greater Ghawar Uplift (fig.
29). Each of these provinces contains more than 120 trillion
cubic feet (TCF) of gas.
Pre-1951 discoveries accounted for 37 percent of the
oil and 20 percent of the gas discovered through 2001. After
1950, the peak 5-year period for annual oil discoveries was
from 1961 through 1965 (fig. 9C). In terms of oil discovered
per wildcat well, the peak 5-year period after 1950 was from
1951 through 1955 (fig. 10C). The peak period for annual gas
discoveries was from 1991 through 1996 (fig. 11C). Nearly all
the gas reported discovered during that period was offshore.
The gas discovered in offshore areas was primarily nonassoci
ated gas.
Figure 12C shows the delineated prospective area of the
Middle East expanding steadily over time. Half of the delin
eated prospective area was added between 1976 and the end of
2001. Through 2001, the late half of the delineated prospective
area contained only 8 percent of the oil and 22 percent of the
gas discovered in the early half of the delineated prospective
area (fig. 13C). The large change in gas is attributable to the
addition of a giant offshore discovery in Iranian waters. The
Iranian offshore gas field South Pars appears to be geologi
cally associated with Qatars North Field. South Pars became
prospective in 1991, the year it was reported discovered.
By the end of 2001, the explored area was only 16 per
cent of the delineated prospective area (table 7). It has been the
policy of the largest producers in this region, as members of
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
to drill and develop resources in a controlled manner. The
yields shown in figure 13C for the late delineated prospective
area likely understate resources actually found.
Africa
Although some significant provinces (Red Sea Basin,
Levantine Basin, and Pelagian Basin) have resources both in
Africa and in other regions (table 6), the tables and figures
for Africa include only data for the part of each province in
Africa. The continent of Africa accounts for about 10 percent
of the discovered oil and 8 percent of the discovered gas in the
study area (table 4). Most of the large commercial discoveries
in Africa occurred after World War II (table 6 and fig. 8D).
Four provincesNiger Delta (figs. 36 and 42), Sirte Basin
(fig. 37), West-Central Coastal (figs. 35 and 42), and Trias/
Ghadames Basin (figs. 37 and 38)account for 85 percent
of the oil discovered in this region. The Niger Delta (figs. 36
and 42) contains about 194 TCF of gas and is the only African
province having cumulative gas discoveries larger than 120
TCF. The Niger Delta accounts for 32 percent of the gas dis
covered in Africa. Four provincesNiger Delta (figs. 36 and
42), Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin (fig. 38), Sirte Basin (fig. 37), and
Nile Delta Basin (fig. 39)account for 66 percent of the gas
discovered through 2001.
The volumes assigned to pre-1951 discoveries of oil and
gas are insignificant when compared with total oil and gas
discovered. The peak 5-year period for annual oil discovered
was from 1961 through 1965 (fig. 9D), whereas the peak
5-year period for oil discovered per wildcat well was from
1956 through 1960 (fig. 10D). The peak 5-year period for
annual gas discovered was from 1956 through 1960 (fig. 11D).
According to data used for figure 9D, more than three-fourths
of the oil discovered during the period from 1996 through
2000 is offshore. The discoveries are primarily in the deep
water offshore areas of West Africa (figs. 35, 36, and 42).
Both the annual oil discovery rate and per well discovery rate
increased dramatically in that period.
The delineated prospective area doubled in size between
1971 and the end of 2001 (fig. 12D). The late delineated
prospective area contains about 30 percent of the oil and 39
percent of the gas that was in the early area. Figure 12D shows
the slope of the cumulative growth in delineated prospective
area slightly increasing during the 1990s. Figure 13D shows
that the delineated prospective area added during the 1990s
had a higher petroleum endowment than the areas added dur
ing the previous two decades. During the 1990s, the newly
delineated prospective area consisted primarily of the deep
water areas (deeper than 200 meters) off of West Africa (figs.
35, 36, and 42). Innovations in exploration and production
technology allowed the commercial development of those
resources. By the end of 2001, the explored area was 17 per
cent of the delineated prospective area (table 7).
Asia
In this Circular, Asia is considered to include countries
of central Asia, China, Mongolia, Southeast Asia, the Indian
Subcontinent, and the Far East (figs. 4553) but to exclude
Russia, which is discussed as a separate region (fig. 57).
Although some significant provinces (Volga-Ural Region,
Southwestern Pacific
In this Circular, the southwestern Pacific region is con
sidered to include Australia, New Zealand, East Timor, and
Papua New Guinea, along with several South Pacific island
nations (figs. 5456). Although the Bonaparte Gulf Basin has
resources both in the southwestern Pacific region and Asia
(table 6), the tables and figures for the southwestern Pacific
include only data for the part of the province in the south
western Pacific. The southwestern Pacific region accounts for
less than half of 1 percent of the oil and about 3 percent of the
gas discovered in the study area (table 4). The total amount
of discovered oil is a modest 7.93 BBO. The total discovered
natural gas is about 209 TCF, and almost half of the gas is in
one province, the Northwest Shelf (table 6, fig. 55).
Russia
Russia accounts for 14 percent of the oil and 28 percent
of the gas discovered in the study area (table 4). Discovered
Russian petroleum resources extend into both Europe and
Asia (fig. 57). Russia shares the Dnieper-Donets Basin and
the Azov-Kuban Basin (figs. 27 and 57) with Europe and the
Volga-Ural Region, the North Caspian Basin, and the Middle
Caspian Basin with Asia (figs. 46 and 57). The tables and fig
ures for Russia include only data for the part of each province
in Russia.
The resources in the West Siberian Basin (fig. 57)
account for 59 percent of the discovered oil in Russia and 76
percent of the discovered gas (table 4). Moreover, available
data indicate that the earliest discovery in the West Siberian
Basin occurred in 1953 (table 6 and fig. 8F). The remote
ness and hostile environment that characterize West Siberia
undoubtedly delayed development of the oil and gas resources.
Only the West Siberian Basin and the Volga-Ural Region have
cumulative discoveries greater than 20 BBO, and together they
account for 88 percent of the oil discovered in Russia. The
four most prolific gas provincesWest Siberian Basin, South
Barents Basin, Volga-Ural Region, and North Caspian Basin
(all shown in fig. 57)account for 91 percent of Russias
discovered gas.
Oil and gas in fields discovered prior to 1951 account for
14 percent of the oil and only 1 percent of the gas discovered.
Since 1950, the 5-year period with the peak annual oil discov
ery rate was from 1961 through 1965 (fig. 9G), and the 5-year
period with the peak discovery rate of oil per wildcat well was
1956 through 1960 (fig. 10G). The 5-year period from 1966
through 1970 was the period when the annual gas discovery
rate peaked (fig. 11G). Although the reported volumes of total
oil and gas in offshore discoveries are only a small fraction of
Russias total discoveries, the amount of offshore exploration
effort expended has also been small.
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very large accumulations that will likely be found early in the
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ties and Exchange Commission (Attanasi and Root, 1994),
then the changes could be modeled and the estimates could be
adjusted on the basis of age or development of the discovery.
9
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions
made by the geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
World Energy Program under the direction of Thomas S.
Ahlbrandt. The World Energy Program geologists established
and published the boundaries of the petroleum provinces
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technical reviewers, Robert C. Milici, Christopher S. Swezey,
Ione L. Taylor, and James L. Coleman (all of the USGS),
are also very much appreciated. The authors are especially
grateful for editorial assistance from Elizabeth Good (USGS)
and for graphic design support from Lendell Keaton, Patricia
Packard, and Anna Glover (all of the USGS).
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Tables
[Figures 1457 follow table 7]
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.
Area
Pre1961
1961
62
6
6
6
66
6
6
Mexico ...........................
355
32
33
19
13
22
32
20
27
69
Mexico1
28
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
18
20
16
10
24
29
24
18
22
16
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
8
0
0
3
0
0
1
12
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
3
1
6
1
5
0
3
0
0
9
0
2
0
3
0
0
5
1
1
0
0
3
2
7
2
4
1
1
2
0
10
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
0
0
2
0
8
0
0
0
2
3
1
6
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
2
0
0
6
4
3
0
0
0
1
8
1
1
0
18
127
11
0
0
12
18
5
49
15
3
58
318
0
0
0
33
97
5
0
0
18
18
12
75
15
7
57
337
0
0
0
21
124
0
0
0
8
18
14
66
9
4
59
323
2
0
0
29
93
0
0
0
5
19
14
90
8
4
60
324
3
1
1
21
62
1
0
0
1
10
37
57
6
6
73
279
1
0
0
19
67
1
2
0
1
15
11
54
12
13
86
282
0
0
0
6
90
3
0
0
3
17
8
48
4
9
73
261
0
1
1
13
55
3
1
0
3
21
8
50
5
9
97
267
0
0
0
7
51
1
1
0
8
21
1
67
3
8
113
281
0
0
0
13
66
0
0
0
5
27
4
176
2
4
134
431
0
1
0
25
75
1
0
0
1
55
7
161
6
14
177
523
Caribbean2
Cuba ...............................
Barbados ........................
Dominican Republic ......
Haiti................................
Jamaica...........................
Puerto Rico.....................
Lesser Antilles3 ..............
Total ...........................
216
8
22
8
4
4
0
262
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
6
Central America4
Guatemala ......................
Belize .............................
Costa Rica ......................
Honduras ........................
Nicaragua .......................
Panama...........................
Total ...........................
9
11
19
6
7
18
70
2
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
1
1
0
0
4
7
0
1
2
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
0
2
0
1
1
0
4
1
Guyana ...........................
2
Suriname ........................
0
French Guiana5 ...............
Chile............................... 146
Argentina........................ 763
9
Paraguay.........................
Uruguay.......................... 26
0
Falkland Islands .............
Ecuador .......................... 77
Colombia........................ 394
Peru ................................ 114
Venezuela ....................... 2,438
Trinidad and Tobago ...... 105
Bolivia............................ 61
Brazil.............................. 240
Total ........................... 4,376
0
0
0
11
82
0
0
0
2
33
15
102
7
11
48
311
0
0
0
18
101
0
0
0
0
19
3
88
5
17
53
304
0
0
0
15
54
0
0
0
1
24
5
57
14
10
60
240
0
1
0
16
50
0
0
0
1
23
0
48
11
11
47
208
0
1
0
14
82
0
0
0
1
19
7
52
13
9
53
251
0
6
0
15
76
0
1
0
0
20
3
38
3
13
53
228
2
1
0
14
78
3
0
0
3
18
7
25
3
14
69
237
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
5
0
6
4
0
0
0
8
0
12
South America
0
5
0
17
68
0
0
0
6
21
6
27
8
13
62
233
0
3
0
20
59
0
0
0
6
21
4
41
6
2
54
216
0
4
0
19
104
0
0
0
12
19
12
39
8
4
50
271
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
[Data are from IHS Energy Group (2002). Some entries in this table differ from similar entries in table 2 of Circular 1096 (Attanasi and Root, 1993) because the well classification system changed in 1996 and
because selected data have been re-evaluated. Column denoted Unkn means year unknown; these wells are not plotted on graphs in figures 957. The computation of the delineated prospective area mapped
in figures 1457 used locations of all wildcat, exploration, and development wells, both successful and dry, except for wells with a missing or obviously incorrect location]
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
9
9
9
96
9
9
1999
2000
13
16
14
59
34
23
1,083
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
6
71
31
2
0
0
0
0
104
361
73
49
11
11
515
Mexico Continued
1
Mexico ...........................
13
10
12
11
23
19
Caribbean2Continued
Cuba ...............................
Barbados ........................
Dominican Republic ......
Haiti................................
Jamaica...........................
Puerto Rico.....................
Lesser Antilles3 ..............
Total ...........................
0
0
1
0
4
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
7
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Central America4Continued
Guatemala ......................
Belize .............................
Costa Rica ......................
Honduras ........................
Nicaragua .......................
Panama...........................
Total ...........................
7
2
3
2
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
63
47
0
0
0
0
9
0
2
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
24
31
37
32
234
South AmericaContinued
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
16
6
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
52
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
8
7
1
11
12
7
14
9
5
8
3
2
9
6
1
3
0
2
0
10
643
113
115
137
67
72
74
70
67
73
45
51
83
110
89
79
53
43
40
33
50
3,954
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
6
9
2
1
4
7
13
7
3
20
5
4
3
5
5
5
5
2
13
2
3
296
24
38
48
45
55
80
52
42
34
26
33
23
12
13
15
14
15
17
15
35
1,548
15
18
3
2
7
2
3
0
0
3
2
2
4
4
9
10
5
3
1
9
405
82
132
149
95
14
38
17
6
7
15
18
21
18
39
30
21
18
16
8
8
4,755
2
1
2
0
2
3
5
3
5
2
0
7
9
6
3
7
2
3
3
12
354
4
3
7
1
2
3
7
5
11
12
6
8
7
8
4
7
9
13
6
2
380
206
193
132
113
109
102
77
70
72
69
74
52
46
62
49
53
54
48
105
1
3,696
469
509
484
343
283
323
253
205
228
185
193
203
222
232
195
179
148
156
173
154 16,203
1
Well data for Mexico are known to be incomplete.
2
No wildcat wells were reported for The Bahamas and Cayman Islands.
3
For this Circular, the Lesser Antilles are Netherlands Antilles, British Virgin Islands, Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat,
Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Aruba.
4
No wildcat wells were reported for El Salvador.
5
French Guiana is listed separately although it is an overseas department of France.
Tables
2
Guyana ...........................
3
Suriname ........................
0
French Guiana5 ...............
Chile............................... 15
Argentina........................ 66
1
Paraguay.........................
0
Uruguay..........................
0
Falkland Islands .............
4
Ecuador ..........................
Colombia........................ 62
6
Peru ................................
Venezuela ....................... 155
9
Trinidad and Tobago ......
9
Bolivia............................
Brazil.............................. 233
Total ........................... 565
Area
Pre1961
1961
6
6
6
66
6
6
69
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
30
7
37
3
27
0
0
0
0
0
33
17
13
8
0
0
0
0
9
5
0
14
2
9
47
3
2
13
6
3
0
2
0
0
4
0
294
31
10
33
2
30
3
4
0
0
1
40
26
8
12
0
0
0
0
8
2
0
18
1
15
46
3
1
17
5
2
0
2
0
0
3
0
323
34
15
29
0
24
2
10
0
0
2
45
16
10
6
0
0
3
0
4
2
2
19
1
17
67
3
1
17
5
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
340
56
13
29
4
19
3
13
0
0
2
28
14
11
18
0
1
1
0
9
1
1
15
0
13
55
7
3
12
4
1
0
0
0
0
12
0
345
74
13
28
2
18
4
14
0
0
2
22
15
9
8
3
0
0
0
10
3
0
17
0
11
23
3
3
22
4
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
314
86
15
26
3
21
7
27
0
0
1
26
37
10
17
7
0
0
0
8
5
1
8
0
22
34
6
0
18
7
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
398
67
19
31
7
18
5
6
0
0
0
30
20
13
19
9
0
0
0
6
14
4
36
0
11
27
6
2
14
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
370
78
7
33
5
28
6
6
0
0
1
25
39
13
16
1
1
0
0
8
11
3
17
1
28
14
5
5
14
3
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
373
37
14
35
3
22
16
32
0
0
0
64
20
16
18
0
1
0
0
2
6
2
12
1
27
8
5
3
20
3
2
5
0
0
0
8
0
382
39
15
34
1
22
8
11
0
0
0
42
22
22
15
2
0
0
0
4
6
3
2
1
12
3
2
5
11
4
0
2
0
0
0
9
0
297
38
20
31
5
32
2
12
0
0
0
55
18
22
22
0
1
1
0
7
4
2
9
2
15
13
4
5
10
4
1
2
0
0
0
7
0
344
55
20
49
2
27
10
14
0
0
0
75
20
38
22
1
1
0
0
1
7
1
18
0
11
4
3
8
6
5
0
1
0
0
0
10
0
409
Europe6
3
0
56
0
5
2
0
2
0
0
100
9
97
17
1
1
0
0
6
3
0
41
0
10
13
3
7
54
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
437
7
0
25
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
90
12
101
22
4
2
0
0
8
6
0
47
3
17
20
2
5
54
1
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
437
7
0
64
0
25
0
0
1
0
0
75
11
75
11
0
2
0
0
8
6
0
50
1
8
25
2
3
13
1
3
0
1
1
0
3
0
396
28
0
38
0
34
0
0
0
0
0
48
13
58
15
0
3
0
0
10
4
1
29
1
8
21
2
2
21
1
8
0
1
0
0
2
0
348
31
1
61
3
9
0
0
0
0
1
57
14
30
18
0
0
0
0
13
4
0
29
1
9
31
5
0
15
2
4
0
3
0
0
4
0
345
41
5
35
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
28
8
26
13
0
0
0
0
11
8
2
13
0
3
35
2
8
21
3
5
0
6
0
0
5
0
284
36
10
50
7
13
0
2
0
0
0
30
16
13
16
0
0
0
0
9
3
0
10
0
7
33
4
0
14
5
2
0
5
0
0
3
0
288
55
13
46
2
32
0
0
0
0
0
48
20
25
10
0
0
0
0
13
5
0
19
0
5
34
2
0
19
4
4
0
4
0
0
4
1
365
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
8
United Kingdom............. 201
0
0
Norway...........................
Germany......................... 1,207 56
29
0
Denmark.........................
3
Netherlands .................... 128
0
0
Ireland ............................
1
0
Sweden...........................
1
0
Belgium..........................
0
0
Faroe Islands7 .................
0
0
Svalbard8 ........................
Italy ................................ 713 82
76 13
Austria............................
France............................. 807 103
Spain .............................. 128 14
39
1
Portugal ..........................
10
2
Switzerland ....................
1
0
Malta ..............................
1
0
San Marino.....................
62
4
Romania .........................
38
2
Ukraine...........................
0
0
Belarus ...........................
Hungary.......................... 311 31
4
0
Albania...........................
91 17
Serbia and Montenegro9 .
27
5
Poland ............................
9
2
Czech Republic ..............
11
6
Greece ............................
Bulgaria.......................... 348 58
1
0
Lithuania ........................
22
1
Slovakia..........................
9
1
Slovenia..........................
0
0
Latvia .............................
2
0
Moldova .........................
1
0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
28
1
Croatia............................
0
0
Macedonia......................
Total ........................... 4,306 410
62
6
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
9
9
9
96
9
9
1999
2000
2001 Unkn
Total
55
19
11
1
20
3
1
0
0
0
25
5
4
3
1
0
1
0
7
5
2
15
2
6
10
2
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
207
71
19
7
0
10
2
0
0
0
0
21
6
8
1
0
0
0
0
8
3
3
5
1
7
15
2
0
10
2
2
0
1
0
0
8
0
212
64
19
9
1
22
4
0
0
0
0
28
9
7
3
1
0
0
0
14
4
9
13
3
7
55
2
1
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
7
0
288
78
22
13
1
24
2
0
0
0
0
28
9
6
1
0
0
0
0
10
1
0
16
1
7
40
3
0
5
0
4
0
0
0
0
3
0
274
72
35
10
6
28
3
0
0
0
0
23
14
0
5
0
0
0
0
18
4
1
13
2
7
37
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
286
53
20
11
3
26
0
0
0
0
0
27
5
5
3
1
0
0
0
16
3
0
12
0
10
23
5
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
233
36
14
6
2
13
1
0
0
0
0
16
5
0
4
1
0
1
0
11
4
10
11
0
2
37
3
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
181
31
15
3
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
17
9
2
4
0
0
0
0
3
2
5
6
1
4
33
4
4
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
4
0
169
40
20
4
6
17
3
0
0
4
0
8
4
0
3
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
7
0
5
36
6
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
181
2,814
653
2,519
165
1,070
137
282
7
4
13
2,635
725
1,955
591
83
29
12
1
382
248
73
997
106
530
1,161
156
132
979
120
94
79
33
4
9
267
Europe Continued
6
96
26
46
10
40
6
12
0
0
0
54
16
24
19
3
0
0
0
6
8
4
18
1
12
15
6
7
19
4
1
0
0
0
0
9
0
462
128
28
44
5
33
7
11
0
0
0
63
23
36
10
0
0
0
0
8
7
3
5
1
8
20
5
7
14
6
2
0
1
0
2
9
0
486
124
23
32
13
40
6
15
0
0
0
55
12
51
20
1
0
1
0
2
7
1
17
3
11
20
5
4
16
3
0
1
0
0
3
16
0
502
139
27
39
3
29
7
0
0
0
0
94
9
72
17
0
0
0
0
6
3
1
20
0
12
18
4
2
23
4
0
1
0
0
2
11
0
543
86
20
26
4
26
4
4
0
0
1
76
12
27
12
0
0
0
0
2
8
4
7
3
10
26
0
3
19
5
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
389
101
20
20
3
24
4
11
0
0
0
72
18
32
8
3
0
0
0
2
7
0
3
0
11
30
1
4
18
6
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
403
110
14
12
4
28
3
12
0
0
0
33
5
35
8
0
1
0
0
7
4
2
4
1
13
37
1
3
10
2
0
0
2
0
0
18
0
369
161
24
21
1
35
4
26
0
0
0
33
12
25
4
2
0
0
0
4
7
1
5
0
3
35
0
1
8
4
0
1
0
0
0
9
0
426
132
30
16
3
40
1
12
0
0
1
45
5
31
6
0
0
0
0
4
9
2
4
0
7
15
2
0
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
375
102
30
16
6
26
2
0
0
0
0
33
7
9
0
0
0
1
0
9
9
2
18
0
5
17
3
1
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
303
10
0
86
0
0
0
11
3
0
0
48
63
19
5
0
0
0
0
12
1
0
10
66
7
26
12
0
14
0
0
50
1
0
0
17
3
464
4
19,069
No wildcat wells were reported for Andorra, Estonia, Finland, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, or Montenegro. Greenland (which is part of Denmark) has seven wildcat wells, and Iceland
has 22 stratigraphic test wells.
7
Faroe Islands are part of Denmark.
8
Svalbard is a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean north of and belonging to Norway.
9
Data for Serbia and Montenegro are combined in the IHS Energy Group (2002) data.
6
Tables
United Kingdom............. 83
Norway........................... 31
Germany......................... 54
Denmark......................... 4
Netherlands .................... 41
Ireland ............................ 4
Sweden........................... 14
Belgium.......................... 0
Faroe Islands7 ................. 0
Svalbard8 ........................ 0
Italy ................................ 80
Austria............................ 21
France............................. 42
Spain .............................. 10
Portugal .......................... 2
Switzerland .................... 3
Malta .............................. 2
San Marino..................... 0
Romania ......................... 4
Ukraine........................... 7
Belarus ........................... 1
Hungary.......................... 23
Albania........................... 2
Serbia and Montenegro9 . 10
Poland ............................ 31
Czech Republic .............. 5
Greece ............................ 11
Bulgaria.......................... 10
Lithuania ........................ 4
Slovakia.......................... 0
Slovenia.......................... 1
Latvia ............................. 0
Moldova ......................... 0
0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia............................ 11
Macedonia...................... 0
Total ........................... 511
Area
Pre1961
62
6
6
6
66
6
6
69
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
35
1
4
2
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
9
2
0
1
13
84
20
0
7
1
9
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
11
2
0
0
0
7
5
0
2
10
78
24
0
5
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
12
3
0
1
0
4
1
0
0
11
66
30
0
5
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
11
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
21
84
33
0
6
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
3
20
81
42
0
5
0
5
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
9
0
0
1
3
7
0
0
2
22
100
43
0
4
1
6
0
5
0
2
1
0
0
10
2
4
0
13
8
0
0
8
22
129
22
0
3
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
8
1
2
0
6
17
0
0
3
12
81
21
0
5
0
5
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
9
0
1
1
9
4
1
0
12
15
85
9
0
5
0
7
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
14
5
2
0
6
5
0
0
7
1
63
23
0
6
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
14
1
3
1
3
8
0
0
6
3
75
22
0
2
0
5
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
15
0
4
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
61
Middle East
34
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
1
5
0
1
5
12
65
18
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
2
5
3
1
4
4
0
0
0
8
59
11
0
3
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
0
0
3
4
1
2
0
5
51
13
0
1
1
4
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
4
3
1
0
0
12
0
0
0
7
50
30
0
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
10
0
0
0
11
65
31
0
4
5
4
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
8
1
0
1
1
12
0
1
0
23
96
21
0
8
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
21
71
29
0
7
0
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
2
9
0
0
0
21
83
12
1
4
0
8
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
1
15
56
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Turkey ............................ 93
0
Cyprus ............................
Saudi Arabia................... 15
Kuwait............................ 11
4
Abu Dhabi10....................
0
'Ajman10 ..........................
1
Dubai10 ...........................
0
Al Fujayrah10 ..................
0
Umm al Qaywayn10 ........
0
Ra's al Khaymah10 ..........
1
Sharjah10 .........................
Former Neutral Zone11 ... 12
Oman.............................. 26
9
Qatar...............................
0
Yemen ............................
2
Bahrain...........................
Syria ............................... 19
Israel12 ............................ 61
4
Jordan.............................
3
Lebanon..........................
Iraq ................................. 76
Iran ................................. 78
Total ........................... 415
1961
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
9
9
9
96
9
9
1999
2000
24
0
3
0
4
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
16
0
28
1
20
5
3
0
1
1
109
21
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
15
2
21
0
12
5
6
0
1
0
90
13
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
20
0
11
6
0
0
0
2
70
12
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
20
3
13
0
11
4
0
0
0
1
68
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
3
11
0
11
4
0
0
0
1
68
10
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
15
3
9
0
3
3
2
0
0
2
54
16
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
4
0
7
4
0
0
1
5
59
15
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
1
12
0
6
6
0
0
0
5
60
2001 Unkn
Total
Middle EastContinued
Turkey ............................
Cyprus ............................
Saudi Arabia...................
Kuwait............................
Abu Dhabi10....................
'Ajman10 ..........................
Dubai10 ...........................
Al Fujayrah10 ..................
Umm al Qaywayn10 ........
Ra's al Khaymah10 ..........
Sharjah10 .........................
Former Neutral Zone11 ...
Oman..............................
Qatar...............................
Yemen ............................
Bahrain...........................
Syria ...............................
Israel12 ............................
Jordan.............................
Lebanon..........................
Iraq .................................
Iran .................................
Total ...........................
32
0
2
0
8
0
2
0
1
2
1
1
20
2
3
0
3
15
1
0
2
1
96
26
0
3
0
10
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
18
1
1
0
1
10
2
0
7
0
84
18
0
2
2
12
0
6
0
0
2
2
0
37
0
3
0
5
6
5
0
1
1
102
24
0
0
1
9
0
5
0
0
2
4
0
23
0
12
0
12
2
1
0
1
0
96
25
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
32
0
16
2
19
3
1
0
1
0
105
27
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
22
1
21
0
8
1
4
0
2
0
89
34
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
23
6
15
0
21
2
5
0
2
3
116
36
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
2
16
0
15
2
5
0
0
1
100
31
0
4
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
29
5
15
0
16
3
4
0
0
1
113
27
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
39
3
21
0
23
1
3
0
0
1
123
21
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
18
2
38
1
30
2
2
0
0
3
125
13
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
2
13
0
7
3
1
0
0
5
57
3
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
20
6
0
0
2
0
37
1,055
2
137
55
170
1
48
3
10
19
30
35
600
85
315
16
338
300
60
7
149
384
3,819
The former Neutral Zone was located between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
12
Israel includes data for Gaza Strip and West Bank.
10
11
Tables
9
Area
Pre1961
62
6
6
6
66
6
6
69
Africa13
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
10
16
94
1
61
17
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
247
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
4
9
111
7
57
10
7
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
6
0
0
15
0
0
0
256
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
9
21
148
4
55
2
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
7
1
0
0
274
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
32
134
5
45
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
4
1
0
0
248
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
16
61
118
6
18
7
8
5
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
7
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
266
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
9
65
63
6
12
12
15
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
207
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
15
83
42
10
15
11
10
15
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
10
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
234
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
46
35
79
5
14
5
24
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
235
0
0
1
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
25
21
76
3
30
13
27
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
21
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
243
0
9
4
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
13
24
48
4
36
1
37
10
0
0
13
4
0
0
1
12
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
235
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
30
54
44
11
27
6
23
6
0
0
18
1
0
0
0
11
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
256
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
13
55
31
13
12
5
22
2
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
17
6
4
0
0
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
206
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
3
0
6
42
23
8
10
3
16
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
13
6
2
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
166
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
28
49
27
16
17
3
14
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
15
6
3
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
200
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
10
37
47
7
22
5
18
0
0
0
15
0
1
0
0
17
4
7
0
0
4
1
2
0
7
0
0
0
1
2
0
214
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
18
29
8
25
5
37
0
2
0
15
0
0
0
0
14
0
4
0
0
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
170
5
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
6
29
32
8
24
3
44
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
16
0
24
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
212
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
29
35
7
20
4
27
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
12
5
13
0
0
2
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
184
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
32
21
13
16
7
29
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
19
6
14
0
0
1
5
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
182
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
32
21
15
23
10
35
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
16
7
18
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
194
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
11
26
33
31
16
11
50
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
21
11
18
0
0
3
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
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Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
7
Cote dIvoire ..................
4
Ghana .............................
0
Benin ..............................
1
Guinea-Bissau ................
0
Togo ...............................
Senegal ........................... 20
1
The Gambia....................
0
Guinea ............................
0
Sierra Leone ...................
0
Liberia ............................
Ethiopia .......................... 17
Somalia .......................... 21
Eritrea............................. 11
2
Kenya .............................
Angola............................ 53
Nigeria............................ 95
Libya14 ............................ 143
Tunisia14 ......................... 64
Algeria............................ 345
Morocco ......................... 245
Egypt .............................. 156
5
Mozambique ..................
3
Tanzania .........................
0
Burundi ..........................
1
South Africa ...................
1
Namibia..........................
0
Lesotho...........................
0
Zambia ...........................
0
Zimbabwe ......................
Gabon............................. 108
Congo (Brazzaville) ....... 11
Cameroon....................... 15
0
Equatorial Guinea ..........
0
Central African Republic
2
Congo (Kinshasa)...........
0
Sudan..............................
0
Chad ...............................
0
Mauritania ......................
0
Niger ..............................
0
Mali ................................
Uganda ........................... 27
1
Western Sahara...............
Madagascar .................... 54
0
Mauritius ........................
0
Seychelles ......................
Total ........................... 1,413
1961
0
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
Africa13Continued
9
9
9
96
9
9
2000
2001 Unkn
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
8
8
5
14
0
24
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
2
1
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
95
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
10
12
7
15
4
44
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
6
5
1
3
0
0
13
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
151
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
9
17
4
26
1
28
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
5
0
10
0
1
12
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
137
0
1
2
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
25
6
102
15
34
60
9
0
5
0
12
0
0
0
0
14
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
305
Total
66
46
11
14
3
81
3
1
2
7
35
58
25
30
626
1,285
1,893
458
1,300
505
1,405
58
31
2
338
15
1
2
1
624
185
177
56
1
53
134
30
18
35
3
27
54
89
2
4
9,794
1
1
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
5
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
3
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
22
9
16
15
16
17
12
17
20
11
10
9
8
13
11
21
26
16
15
18
16
26
26
37
25
26
26
13
17
32
22
17
37
40
32
16
17
13
15
11
9
21
27
24
15
10
17
15
10
12
12
5
12
7
7
6
10
13
10
6
14
10
10
11
19
9
25
19
25
10
14
11
19
16
17
21
16
18
23
31
4
4
7
4
8
2
0
1
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
2
41
32
56
56
41
41
33
32
35
34
20
18
23
43
56
56
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
13
13
21
15
17
16
21
8
5
3
5
3
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
14
12
7
5
16
24
24
32
13
3
4
7
9
14
8
4
2
8
4
8
5
3
9
10
19
2
1
2
1
3
6
3
6
4
3
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
1
2
3
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
6
9
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
1
1
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
10
3
7
2
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
11
10
0
0
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
205
180
233
183
175
168
166
185
175
168
129
111
115
152
188
204
13
No wildcat wells were reported for Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Malawi, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, or Swaziland.
14
Wildcat wells from jointly claimed area between Libya and Tunisia are listed under Libya.
1999
Tables
8
Cote dIvoire ..................
1
Ghana .............................
0
Benin ..............................
0
Guinea-Bissau ................
0
Togo ...............................
1
Senegal ...........................
0
The Gambia....................
0
Guinea ............................
1
Sierra Leone ...................
0
Liberia ............................
0
Ethiopia ..........................
3
Somalia ..........................
0
Eritrea.............................
1
Kenya .............................
Angola............................ 21
Nigeria............................ 29
Libya14 ............................ 36
Tunisia14 ......................... 20
Algeria............................ 18
8
Morocco .........................
Egypt .............................. 53
0
Mozambique ..................
2
Tanzania .........................
0
Burundi ..........................
8
South Africa ...................
0
Namibia..........................
0
Lesotho...........................
0
Zambia ...........................
0
Zimbabwe ......................
Gabon............................. 16
9
Congo (Brazzaville) .......
8
Cameroon.......................
4
Equatorial Guinea ..........
Central African Republic . 0
4
Congo (Kinshasa)...........
Sudan.............................. 11
0
Chad ...............................
0
Mauritania ......................
2
Niger ..............................
1
Mali ................................
0
Uganda ...........................
0
Western Sahara...............
0
Madagascar ....................
0
Mauritius ........................
0
Seychelles ......................
Total ........................... 265
Area
Pre1961
62
6
6
6
66
6
6
69
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
13
0
15
11
32
11
7
1
2
0
1
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
84
45
2
242
29
0
15
11
21
8
5
1
0
0
4
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
5
0
0
13
7
129
21
1
282
20
0
14
11
15
3
5
1
0
0
2
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
8
1
0
7
3
112
24
6
249
21
0
21
9
21
11
4
3
1
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
13
4
0
10
14
145
23
5
318
21
0
25
7
18
21
16
2
1
0
5
1
6
0
0
0
0
2
9
12
2
0
19
0
0
8
14
142
8
1
340
31
0
44
7
16
11
10
0
0
0
4
1
9
0
0
0
0
3
11
6
0
0
24
2
1
12
15
128
20
9
364
25
0
25
7
23
5
3
2
1
0
2
1
16
6
1
0
2
0
12
15
0
0
17
0
0
8
8
109
3
4
295
36
0
29
9
31
9
9
0
1
0
3
3
14
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
18
0
0
12
8
79
10
3
279
32
0
23
6
28
13
6
3
0
0
2
2
22
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
22
0
0
12
8
96
17
5
302
48
0
29
9
37
12
13
0
0
0
3
2
14
0
0
0
0
8
3
1
0
0
14
0
1
18
10
114
36
3
375
29
0
30
9
33
19
13
0
1
0
2
0
23
0
0
0
0
5
1
3
0
0
9
0
1
21
14
113
21
1
348
31
0
36
7
28
17
8
0
1
0
7
0
19
4
0
0
2
0
8
12
0
0
9
0
1
11
6
132
27
5
371
Asia15
9
0
6
5
19
11
0
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
5
0
0
9
1
5
7
1
89
6
0
11
8
16
10
4
2
1
0
2
3
11
2
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
3
0
0
8
3
1
5
1
102
5
0
8
7
17
9
5
1
0
0
1
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
3
2
8
3
1
83
8
0
7
10
16
9
1
4
1
0
3
4
8
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
0
12
4
16
1
0
109
15
0
14
14
40
9
4
6
0
0
2
0
12
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
3
10
0
0
136
27
0
20
17
26
5
4
4
0
0
2
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
8
7
2
0
134
17
0
18
14
18
16
2
2
1
0
2
1
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
0
0
7
10
10
0
137
15
0
36
11
40
13
5
4
1
0
2
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
5
22
13
2
188
8
0
28
11
35
9
10
6
0
0
3
0
6
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
6
0
0
0
10
29
23
5
195
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
China .............................. 69
1
Mongolia ........................
Kazakhstan..................... 42
Azerbaijan ...................... 210
Turkmenistan.................. 94
Uzbekistan...................... 72
Georgia........................... 65
Kyrgyzstan ..................... 26
4
Tajikistan........................
0
Armenia..........................
Pakistan .......................... 86
3
Afghanistan ....................
India ............................... 23
Bangladesh..................... 15
0
Maldives.........................
0
Nepal ..............................
0
Sri Lanka........................
0
Vietnam ..........................
Burma............................. 98
1
Thailand16 .......................
0
Cambodia .......................
0
Laos................................
Japan17 ............................ 32
0
South Korea17 .................
0
North Korea....................
Philippines...................... 65
Taiwan............................ 18
Indonesia ........................ 435
Malaysia16....................... 70
Brunei............................. 11
Total ........................... 1,440
1961
2
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
9
9
9
96
9
9
1999
2000
2001 Unkn
Total
Asia Continued
15
China .............................. 25
0
Mongolia ........................
Kazakhstan..................... 29
Azerbaijan ...................... 10
Turkmenistan.................. 31
Uzbekistan...................... 15
Georgia........................... 14
0
Kyrgyzstan .....................
1
Tajikistan........................
0
Armenia..........................
3
Pakistan ..........................
0
Afghanistan ....................
India ............................... 10
2
Bangladesh.....................
0
Maldives.........................
0
Nepal ..............................
0
Sri Lanka........................
0
Vietnam ..........................
5
Burma.............................
Thailand16 ....................... 15
0
Cambodia .......................
0
Laos................................
9
Japan17 ............................
0
South Korea17 .................
4
North Korea....................
Philippines...................... 15
6
Taiwan............................
Indonesia ........................ 136
8
Malaysia16.......................
5
Brunei.............................
Total ........................... 343
37
0
18
6
24
17
10
4
0
0
10
2
23
51
0
16
4
29
14
11
0
1
0
15
1
33
52
0
29
5
30
18
9
0
1
0
15
0
34
45
0
37
9
39
8
8
0
2
0
12
0
42
38
0
22
6
39
14
4
2
0
0
6
0
46
53
0
29
8
21
18
8
2
0
0
19
0
43
31
0
23
7
33
11
10
0
0
0
18
0
61
35
0
17
3
34
16
5
1
0
0
13
0
86
43
0
17
1
18
28
7
0
0
0
9
0
90
46
0
12
2
26
14
3
0
0
0
16
3
77
51
0
11
4
11
12
2
0
0
0
23
0
53
29
0
10
0
9
12
0
0
0
0
14
0
43
37
1
15
0
3
11
2
0
0
0
22
0
40
44
3
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
22
0
54
33
1
0
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
20
0
28
87
1
8
4
5
13
0
0
0
2
23
0
40
38
0
8
4
6
14
0
0
0
0
1
0
13
59
0
5
2
4
9
1
2
0
0
9
0
21
45
2
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
8
0
24
77
49
127
3
94
3
2
0
0
0
0
6
35
1,471
58
933
495
1,087
557
295
79
24
3
422
38
1,137
0
0
0
0
0
6
25
0
0
7
1
0
3
7
155
4
2
361
0
0
0
0
0
11
16
0
0
9
0
3
1
4
120
5
10
354
0
0
0
0
1
9
12
0
0
11
0
1
0
5
134
11
3
380
1
0
0
0
0
8
2
0
0
12
0
0
0
3
74
5
2
309
0
0
0
0
0
3
15
0
0
7
1
1
3
1
54
6
2
270
4
0
0
0
2
3
12
0
0
8
0
1
6
1
92
7
6
343
1
0
1
0
4
4
2
0
0
8
3
2
6
1
73
18
12
329
2
0
0
0
5
4
10
0
0
6
2
1
3
0
80
31
4
358
0
1
0
0
11
9
6
0
0
7
4
1
7
3
100
42
2
406
0
0
0
0
2
9
9
0
0
7
0
0
4
2
89
29
1
351
0
0
0
0
13
5
11
0
0
7
2
0
3
6
80
21
2
317
0
0
0
0
20
4
11
4
0
4
0
0
5
1
57
24
2
249
1
0
0
0
15
7
4
0
0
3
0
0
2
1
59
17
1
241
2
0
0
0
16
5
6
4
0
6
0
0
4
6
71
5
1
261
1
0
0
0
10
4
14
0
1
2
0
0
2
2
86
13
5
230
3
0
0
0
3
4
7
1
1
3
1
0
4
4
63
7
3
287
1
0
0
0
1
1
7
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
53
3
0
155
1
0
0
0
0
1
8
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
75
10
2
213
0
0
0
0
4
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
56
18
6
176
0
0
0
0
50
40
0
0
0
23
0
0
4
49
161
1
1
725
56
2
1
4
175
314
258
12
2
379
28
18
305
277
3,794
674
138
13,036
Wildcat wells from Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area are listed under Malaysia.
17
Wildcat wells from jointly claimed area between Japan and South Korea are listed under Japan.
15
16
Tables
Area
Pre1961
1961
62
6
6
6
66
6
6
69
0
1
2
6
9
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
16
2
3
21
65
0
3
69
103
0
4
108
133
0
10
144
142
0
5
148
93
0
3
96
78
0
4
86
70
0
3
81
90
2
9
104
93
4
10
109
58
3
10
73
73
3
9
86
49
0
2
56
42
0
1
45
21
1
4
29
14
0
6
22
15
0
2
18
49
0
8
61
44
0
1
45
70
0
4
77
106
0
5
112
Russia............................. 1,392
198
222
254
256
272
240
214
222
233
259
208
191
205
245
209
240
228
196
247
247
1,619
1,519
1,500
1,526
1,647
1,509
1,513
1,540
1,463
1,752
2,011
Russia
Grand total for study area
Grand total .................... 14,621 1,386
1,490 1,470
1,428
1,511
1,390
1,291
1,360
1,482
1,501
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Southwestern Pacific
18
263
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Table . Wildcat wells by year, 19612001, for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the southwestern Pacific, and Russia.Continued
Area
192
6
9
90
91
92
9
9
9
96
9
9
1999
2000
2001 Unkn
Total
2
0
0
0
83
0
7
92
5
0
0
0
92
0
2
99
4
0
0
0
108
0
3
115
5
0
0
0
108
0
6
119
2
0
0
0
121
0
4
127
1
0
0
0
123
0
9
133
4
0
0
0
76
0
4
84
2
0
1
0
84
0
10
97
0
0
0
0
82
0
6
88
4
0
0
0
23
0
0
27
175
4,210
17
327
4,740
90
90
42
60
57
34
55
50
615
11,354
Grand total ..................... 2,270 2,065 2,117 2,272 2,047 1,881 2,024 1,767 1,855 1,750 1,406 1,151 1,067 1,102 1,173 1,157 1,147
796
958
857
2,456
79,847
Southwestern Pacific18Continued
1
Papua New Guinea.........
4
Fiji ..................................
0
New Caledonia19.............
0
Tonga..............................
Australia20....................... 152
0
East Timor20 ...................
2
New Zealand ..................
Total ........................... 159
1
0
0
0
140
0
7
148
5
0
0
0
148
0
16
169
3
0
0
0
189
0
15
207
2
0
0
0
103
0
16
121
2
0
0
0
163
0
9
174
3
0
0
0
135
0
10
148
10
0
0
0
92
0
5
107
Russia............................. 303
320
306
353
428
495
514
420
16
0
0
0
118
0
6
140
7
0
0
0
101
0
3
111
4
0
0
0
85
0
4
93
RussiaContinued
410
307
159
No wildcat wells were reported for French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, or Vanuatu.
20
Wildcat wells from the Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation are listed under Australia.
18
19
Tables
6
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Table 6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum
provinces in the study area.
[Each significant province has at least one field containing 100 million barrels of recoverable oil or 600 billion cubic feet of recoverable gas. Some
provinces (marked by two asterisks) have resources in more than one region, and the petroleum in each part of the province is apportioned to the correct
region. Data are from IHS Energy Group (2002). Province names and code numbers are from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) World Energy Assess
ment Team (2000). The provinces in this table are listed within each region by year of first discovery. The historical sequence by year of first discovery
in each significant petroleum province is graphed for six regions in figure 8AF. Province boundaries are mapped and data on oil and gas discoveries in
significant provinces are given in figures 1457 for all regions except Mexico. MMBO, millions of barrels (bbl 106) of oil; BCF, billions of cubic feet
(ft3 109 )]
Year of
first
discovery
Mexico
Tampico-Misantla Basin, 5301 ..............................................................................................
1901
Saline-Comalcalco Basin, 5304 .............................................................................................
1904
Macuspana Basin, 5306 .........................................................................................................
1905
Burgos Basin, 5300 ................................................................................................................
1931
Villahermosa Uplift, 5305......................................................................................................
1954
Total .......................................................................................................................................................................
Caribbean (fig. 14)
Greater Antilles Deformed Belt, 6117 (Cuba).......................................................................
1881
South America (figs. 8A and 1624)
Progreso Basin, 6083 (Ecuador and Peru) .............................................................................
1863
East Venezuela Basin, 6098 (Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago)......................................
1867
Talara Basin, 6081 (Peru).......................................................................................................
1869
San Jorge Basin, 6058 (Argentina) ........................................................................................
1907
Maracaibo Basin, 6099 (Colombia and Venezuela)...............................................................
1914
Middle Magdelena, 6090 (Colombia)....................................................................................
1918
Neuquen Basin, 6055 (Argentina) .........................................................................................
1922
Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, 6045 (Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay) ......................................
1924
Cuyo Basin, 6051 (Argentina) ...............................................................................................
1932
Oran-Olmedo Basin, 6046 (Argentina)..................................................................................
1936
1939
Reconcavo Basin, 6032 (Brazil) ............................................................................................
Ucayali Basin, 6040 (Peru) ....................................................................................................
1939
Magallanes Basin, 6059 (Argentina and Chile) .....................................................................
1945
Llanos Basin, 6096 (Colombia and Venezuela).....................................................................
1948
Barinas-Apure Basin, 6097 (Venezuela)................................................................................
1948
Upper Magdelena, 6089 (Colombia) .....................................................................................
1949
Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, 6029 (Brazil) ...................................................................................
1957
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin, 6041 (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) ...........................
1963
Guyana-Suriname Basin, 6021 (Suriname) ...........................................................................
1965
Tobago Trough, 6103 (Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago)................................................
1971
Potigar Basin, 6027 (Brazil) ..................................................................................................
1973
Guajira Basin, 6095 (Colombia) ............................................................................................
1973
Campos Basin, 6035 (Brazil).................................................................................................
1974
Foz do Amazonas Basin, 6022 (Brazil) .................................................................................
1976
Santos Basin, 6036 (Brazil) ...................................................................................................
1979
Cariaco Basin, 6102 (Venezuela)...........................................................................................
1979
Madre dos Dios Basin, 6043 (Bolivia and Peru) ...................................................................
1984
Eastern Cordillera Basin, 6092 (Colombia)...........................................................................
1994
Total .......................................................................................................................................................................
Cumulative
recoverable
oil
discovered
through 2001
(MMBO)
Cumulative
recoverable
gas
discovered
through 2001
(BCF)
11,525
3,452
36
32
42,085
57,130
21,553
3,820
6,245
12,434
51,318
95,370
422
66
137
63,375
1,772
4,015
54,878
2,479
3,431
384
1,396
139
1,667
34
1,356
4,911
1,540
1,057
810
9,131
154
20
822
0
14,059
0
343
35
1
60
168,006
562
172,767
2,909
4,491
52,930
3,110
24,868
49,576
275
2,740
3,704
3,457
27,963
7,941
192
830
1,973
2,146
20,614
1,763
4,695
9,546
885
755
1,150
12,810
685
415,337
Tables
Table 6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum
provinces in the study area.Continued
Year of
first
discovery
Cumulative
recoverable
oil
discovered
through 2001
(MMBO)
Cumulative
recoverable
gas
discovered
through 2001
(BCF)
5,981
7,560
1,411
2,283
22,385
157,398
1,523
18
1
22
320
841
1,037
1
542
726
144
1,078
1,538
219
118
504
0
375
910
14,692
3,591
30,889
670
21,974
522
5,048
1,497
1,385
84,541
15,969
6,883
68,251
8,479
12,758
876
920
27
255
49,129
299
139
1,460
292
3,717
15
74,643
167,015
178
142
2,279
11,755
36,729
0
684,668
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Table 6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum
provinces in the study area.Continued
Year of
first
discovery
Cumulative
recoverable
oil
discovered
through 2001
(MMBO)
Cumulative
recoverable
gas
discovered
through 2001
(BCF)
137,168
147,200
17,795
485,666
259,700
14,700
326,458
1,086
295,452
2,778
101,284
23
2,805
0
4,661
1,323
1
2,235
0
60
125
2,334
456
1,315
1,680
0
5,525
1,233
754,767
212,000
3,510
888
700
10,558
19,286
826,000
13,990
1,550
7,747
46
148
17,887
1,364
90
17,200
71
2,191,331
10,014
2,710
7,230
38,144
26,039
5
0
608
51,130
20,711
4,596
809
44,927
340
0
2
727
540
651
119
0
0
20
2,564
2,174
168,686
21,715
1,265
3,712
116,741
193,561
41,404
41,212
1,635
47,777
108
4,401
42,775
6,396
4,540
3,641
3,770
1,765
20,815
2,736
247
433
606,023
Tables
Table 6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum
provinces in the study area.Continued
Year of
first
discovery
Cumulative
recoverable
oil
discovered
through 2001
(MMBO)
798
86
2,157
21,028
524
120
8
0
736
976
2,869
8,430
3,487
21,615
522
781
986
7,142
3
1,523
155
0
504
173
5,354
209
246
13,074
3,434
983
541
339
7,325
15,637
19,326
900
2,589
3,907
711
747
211
251
19
2,064
182
1,361
331
256
1,038
121
15
67
774
0
156,635
Cumulative
recoverable
gas
discovered
through 2001
(BCF)
12,778
2,670
5,837
70,645
278
1,751
1,941
16,399
30,668
6,503
17,986
4,840
58,666
93,628
4,243
1,631
14,747
39,666
18,548
16,458
5,630
1,359
19,510
215
9,426
1
31,915
2,109
11,460
229,851
2,385
24,067
27,979
4,722
17,527
89,219
4,122
62,462
0
5,081
15,228
6,982
11,909
3,375
4,575
1,584
3,518
832
743
1,705
3,791
837
154
1,800
1,025,956
9
60
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Table 6. Year of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001 in the 173 significant petroleum
provinces in the study area.Continued
Year of
first
discovery
Cumulative
recoverable
oil
discovered
through 2001
(MMBO)
Cumulative
recoverable
gas
discovered
through 2001
(BCF)
419
4,089
1,806
518
0
556
301
121
7,810
7,096
11,097
96,607
11,310
2,740
25,492
9,923
38,751
203,016
1,929
6,727
2,128
13,738
67,465
138,789
4
0
47
21
4
3,372
442
0
0
234,666
21,087
22,290
25,647
41,474
98,681
1,530,681
9,965
13,763
93,196
825
9,386
27,354
8,424
101,208
2,740
2,006,721
1,622,765
7,228,488
Tables
61
Table . Regional distribution in the study area of land area, delineated prospective area, and explored area through 2001, rate of
addition to prospective area, 19922001, and percentages of total prospective area and oil discoveries delineated by 1982.
[Drilling data are from IHS Energy Group (2002). Land areas in square miles (mi2) are converted from areas in square kilometers in The World Factbook
2001 (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 2001)]
Region
Mexico .............................
Caribbean .........................
Central America ...............
South America .................
Europe* ............................
Middle East ......................
Africa ...............................
Asia ..................................
Southwestern Pacific........
Russia...............................
Whole study area..........
Land area
(mi2)
761,602
88,640
202,232
6,881,714
2,260,379
2,317,969
11,720,036
9,887,100
3,288,873
6,592,741
44,001,286
Prospective
area through
2001
(mi2)
45,970
19,358
15,022
485,091
791,839
286,061
578,957
921,065
357,636
627,065
4,128,064
Explored
area through
2001
(mi2)
Rate of addition to
prospective area,
19922001
(mi2/wildcat well)
Percentage of
total prospective
area delineated
by 192
Percentage of
oil discoveries in
area delineated
by 192
9,820
3,464
1,830
123,523
184,400
45,595
100,749
179,863
54,534
142,661
846,439
23.2
66.5
151.6
29.7
18.8
62.1
60.3
76.8
47.7
39.3
46.7
81.7
84.9
75.4
73.8
83.4
63.4
72.3
55.7
60.0
65.6
68.4
95.8
100.0
100.0
90.2
91.5
97.1
83.1
81.8
75.8
92.4
92.3
Figures 1
Figures 1
listed alphabetically. The tables show year of
first discovery, oil in large oil fields (containing
at least 100 million barrels), oil in all oil fields,
gas in oil fields, gas in gas fields, and gas in all
fields. A field is classified as either oil or gas
on the basis of its gas:oil ratio. A field having
at least 20,000 cubic feet of gas per barrel of
crude oil is classified as a gas field; otherwise,
the field is classified as an oil field.
Graphs.Two graphs are shown with
each map in figures 1457; the two types
of graphs are described in the text section,
Tools for Analysis: Graphs, and generalized
graphs are shown in figure 6. The first graph
shows the growth of cumulative delineated
prospective area and explored area, arranged
by the year when the areas became prospec
tive or explored, plotted against the cumula
tive number of wildcat wells drilled in the
country or country group through 2001, where
the wells are also ordered by time. The sec
ond graph shows cumulative recoverable oil
and gas discoveries as functions of cumula
tive delineated prospective area, where the
increments of prospective area are ordered
by time. Dates are shown at the top of each
graph. Data plotted are from IHS Energy Group
(2002).
Only wildcat wells that have spud or
completion dates and complete data indicat
ing a location within the country or country
group were used to construct graphs. Thus,
cumulative wildcat well counts in the graphs
are typically less than those in table 5, which
includes wells without dates or coordinates.
For many wildcat wells drilled before
1950, data were not available, and, therefore,
square miles
6
75W
65W
70W
60W
Bahama
Platform 6119
Greater Antilles
Deformed Belt
6117
THE BAHAMAS
20N
Yucatan Basin
6123
CUBA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
HAITI
JAMAICA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
PUERTO RICO
North Caribbean
Deformed Belt
6116
15N
Venezuelan Basin
6110
South Caribbean Deformed
Belt
6104
Neogene
Volcanic Belt
6108
LESSER
ANTILLES
Lesser Antilles
Deformed Belt
6107
BARBADOS
Figure 1. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in the Caribbean. Parts of the Caribbean are Cuba, Barbados, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Cay
man Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles. Bermuda is not shown on the map; it lacks delineated prospective area. For this study, the
Lesser Antilles are considered to include Netherlands Antilles, British Virgin Islands, Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda,
Anguilla, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Aruba.
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
25N
80W
6
85W
20
18
16
Cuba:
Greater Antilles Deformed
Belt, 6117.............................................. 1881
14
12
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
143
422
66
66
10
8
6
Explored area
Exploration data
2
0
100
300
200
400
500
Country
Cuba ................................
Barbados .........................
Bahamas..........................
Bermuda (not shown
on map) .......................
Cayman Islands...............
Dominican Republic .......
Haiti.................................
Jamaica............................
Puerto Rico......................
Lesser Antilles ................
Total.........................
500
100
400
80
60
300
Gas
Oil
40
100
20
10
15
Figure 1.
20
42,803
166
5,382
23
100
18,815
10,714
4,243
3,515
2,909
88,670
Oil..................................................................
Gas.................................................................
87 BCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.022 MMBO/mi2
200
Land area
(mi2)
GAS (BCF)
YEAR
OIL (MMBO)
Year of
first
discovery
Continued.
6
66
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90W
90W
85W
85W
80W
80W
Yucatan Platform
5308
Yucatan Basin
6123
Maya Mountains
6125
Cayman Ridge
6121
BELIZE
Sierra Madre
de Chiapas-Peten
Foldbelt 5310
15N
15N
Cayman Trough
6120
GUATEMALA
Chiapas Massif-Nuclear
Central America
6122
HONDURAS
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
Middle America
Province
6113
Columbian Basin
6112
COSTA RICA
10N
10N
PANAMA
5N
5N
Figure 15. Map, graphs, and table of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Central America. Countries of Central America
are Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador.
YEAR
YEAR
16
140
14
120
12
8
6
1990
1980
1970
2000
20
18
16
Gas
100
10
14
80
12
Oil
10
60
8
6
40
50
100
150
20
Explored area
2
0
1960
200
250
2
0
10
12
14
16
Exploration data
Country
Guatemala ..............................
Belize .....................................
Costa Rica ..............................
Honduras ................................
Nicaragua ...............................
Panama...................................
El Salvador.............................
Total ...................................
Figure 1.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
42,042
8,867
19,730
43,278
49,998
30,193
8,124
202,232
GAS (BCF)
1990 2000
1980
1970
OIL (MMBO)
1960
6
68
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
60W
55W
10N
Guyana-Suriname Basin
6021
GUYANA
Foz do Amazonas
Basin
6022
5N
SURINAME
Tacutu Basin
6010
FRENCH GUIANA
Guyana Shield
6002
1960
1970
YEAR
69
1980
1960
200
1990 2000
1970
1980
YEAR
1990
2000
Oil
160
140
Delineated prospective area
OIL (MMBO)
180
120
100
80
60
40
Explored area
20
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1
2
3
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Significant petroleum provinceYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
1965
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
153
154
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
Exploration data
Country
Guyana ...................................
Suriname ................................
French Guiana........................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
83,000
63,039
35,135
181,174
3,259 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
613 mi2
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
58 wells
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
140 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
154 MMBO
Gas.........................................................................
0
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.047 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 16.
Continued.
70
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
80W
70W
60W
Altiplano Basin
6065
20S
Andean
Province
6006
MoqueguaTamaruga Basin
6066
Salar de Atacama
Basin
6067
CHILE
30S
Central Chile
Forearc Basin
6074
Curico Basin
6068
Temuco Basin
6069
40S
Osorno-Llanquihue
Basin
6070
Penas Basin
6073
50S
Madre de
Dios Basin
6072
San Jorge
Basin
6058
Deseado-Falklands
Province
6009
Magallanes
Basin
6059
Diego Ramirez
Basin
6071
50W
YEAR
YEAR
1980
1990 2000
1970
1960
400
1990
1980
2000
12
Oil
10
12
300
10
8
6
Gas
8
6
200
Explored area
100
2
2
0
GAS (TCF)
14
OIL (MMBO)
16
1970
1
100
200
300
400
500
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
600
700
10
15
Significant petroleum provinceYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1,429
8,366
9,795
Chile:
Magallanes Basin, 6059 ..............................
1945
373
Exploration data
Country
Chile.......................................
Land area
(mi2)
292,259
Figure 1.
Continued.
2
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
80W
70W
60W
50W
20S
Santa Cruz-Tarija
Basin
6045
Andean Province
6006
PARAGUAY
Bolsones Basin
6048
Mascasin Basin
6050
30S
Brazilian
Shield
6004
Oran-Olmedo
Basin
6046
Familina
Province
6007
Chaco Basin
6047
Parana Basin
6020
Bermejo Basin
6049
Cuyo Basin
6051
URUGUAY
ARGENTINA
Neuquen Basin
6055
Salado Basin
6054
Mercedes Basin
6052
Pelotas Basin
6037
Laboulaye-Macachin Basin
6053
40S
Nirihuau Basin
6056
Magallanes Basin
6059
Canadon Asfalto
6008
Colorado Basin
6057
San Jorge Basin
6058
East Patagonia
Basin
6061
50S
DeseadoFalklands
Province
6009
Falklands Plateau
6060
FALKLAND ISLANDS
Malvinas Basin
6063
Figure 1.
Islands.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Falkland
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
120
1970
10
100
1980
60
100
80
Gas
60
6
40
4
Explored area
40
1990 2000
Oil
80
20
20
0
1960
12
OIL (BBO)
140
1970
1,000
2,000
3,000
GAS (TCF)
YEAR
1960
4,000
5,000
20
40
60
80
100
0
140
120
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Argentina:
Cuyo Basin, 6051........................................
1932
Magallanes Basin, 6059 ..............................
1949
Neuquen Basin, 6055 ..................................
1922
Oran-Olmedo Basin, 6046 ..........................
1936
San Jorge Basin, 6058.................................
1907
Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, 6045 ....................
1926
Total .............................................................................
Paraguay:
Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, 6045 ....................
1959
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
987
192
1,858
0
2,422
0
5,459
1,396
983
3,431
139
4,015
50
10,014
246
7,585
5,813
212
4,393
17
18,266
29
10,583
19,055
2,528
98
12,727
45,020
275
18,168
24,868
2,740
4,491
12,744
63,286
15
15
Exploration data
Country
Argentina................................
Paraguay.................................
Uruguay..................................
Falkland Islands .....................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
1,068,297
157,046
68,039
4,700
1,298,082
Figure 1.
Continued.
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
80W
75W
Borbon Basin
6085
Cauca Basin
6086
Manabi Basin
6084
ECUADOR
Progreso Basin
6083
Talara Basin
6081
West-Central
Cordillera
6106
Lancones Basin
6082
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon
Basin
6041
Santiago Basin
6038
5S
Andean Province
6006
Figure 19.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Ecuador.
YEAR
YEAR
1960
1970
1980
1990
1960
2000
25
1970
1990
1980
2000
5
8
Oil
15
10
3
4
Gas
2
Explored area
100
200
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
300
GAS (TCF)
20
OIL (BBO)
10
15
20
25
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Ecuador:
Progreso Basin, 6083 ..................................
1918
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon
1967
Basin, 6041 .............................................
Total..........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
120
133
189
320
509
5,715
5,835
7,551
7,684
1,637
1,826
0
320
1,637
2,146
Exploration data
Country
Ecuador ..................................
Land area
(mi2)
109,483
Figure 19.
Continued.
20,835 mi2
3,709 mi2
293 wells
67 mi2/well
7.684 BBO
2.146 TCF
0.369 MMBO/mi2
6
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
80W
75W
70W
Guajira Basin
6095
Cesar Basin
6094
Choco Pacific Basin
6087
10N
Perija-Venezuela-Coastal Ranges
6093
Maracaibo Basin
6099
5N
Barinas-Apure Basin
6097
Middle Magdelena
6090
West-Central
Cordillera
6106
Guyana Shield
6002
Llanos Basin
6096
COLOMBIA
Upper Magdelena
6089
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin
6041
Cauca Basin
6086
Solimoes Basin
6011
Figure 20.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Colombia.
1970
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
80
60
40
20
200
400
600
800
1,000
Oil
1,200
30
Gas
20
4
10
Explored area
40
1990 2000
10
100
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
1,400
1,600
GAS (TCF)
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Colombia:
Eastern Cordillera Basin, 6092 ...................
1994
Guajira Basin, 6095 ....................................
1973
Llanos Basin, 6096......................................
1948
Maracaibo Basin, 6099 ...............................
1920
Middle Magdelena, 6090 ............................
1918
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin, 6041 ...
1963
Upper Magdelena, 6089..............................
1949
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
0
0
3,057
410
1,983
292
292
6,034
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
60
0
3,678
472
2,479
445
1,057
8,191
685
0
4,149
559
2,908
387
499
9,187
0
4,695
3,755
355
202
0
331
9,338
685
4,695
7,904
914
3,110
387
830
18,525
Exploration data
Country
Colombia................................
Land area
(mi2)
439,734
Figure 20.
Continued.
82,941 mi2
14,398 mi2
1,513 wells
15 mi2/well
8.27 BBO
20.408 TCF
0.100 MMBO/mi2
78
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
80W
75W
70W
Progreso
Basin
6083
WestCentral
Cordillera
6106
Santiago Basin
6038
Putumayo-OrienteMaranon Basin
6041
5S
Lancones
Basin
6082
Talara
Basin
6081
Solimoes Basin
6011
Huallaga Basin
6039
Acre Basin
6042
Sechura
Basin
6080
10S
Trujillo Basin
6079
Ucayali
Basin
6040
Salaverry Basin
6078
PERU
Madre dos
Dios Basin
6043
Lima Basin
6077
15S
Pisco Basin
6076
Andean Province
6006
Altiplano
Basin
6065
Moquegua-Tamaruga Basin
6066
1960
1980
1990
2000
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
20
1990
2000
20
Oil
15
15
Delineated prospective area
10
10
Gas
GAS (TCF)
2
OIL (BBO)
9
1
5
Explored area
100
200
300
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
400
10
20
15
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Peru:
Madre dos Dios Basin, 6043.......................
1984
Progreso Basin, 6083 ..................................
1863
Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin, 6041 ...
1971
Talara Basin, 6081.......................................
1869
Ucayali Basin, 6040 ....................................
1939
Total..........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
535
1,505
0
2,040
0
4
1,135
1,772
34
2,945
0
0
122
2,833
0
2,955
12,800
53
0
76
3,457
16,386
12,800
53
122
2,909
3,457
19,341
Exploration data
Country
Peru ........................................
Land area
(mi2)
496,224
Figure 21.
Continued.
0
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
70W
65W
60W
Neogene Volcanic
Belt
6108
15N
Cariaco Basin
6102
Lesser Antilles
Deformed Belt
6107
Tobago Trough
6103
Falcon Basin
6100
TOBAGO
Bonaire Basin
6101
Perija-Venezuela-Coastal Ranges
6093
10N
East Venezuela
Basin
6098
TRINIDAD
Barinas-Apure Basin
6097
Maracaibo Basin
6099
VENEZUELA
5N
Llanos Basin
6096
Guyana Shield
6002
Figure 22.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
1990 2000
1980
1990 2000
300
140
120
80
Oil
250
100
Delineated prospective area
60
OIL (BBO)
100
YEAR
1970
40
Explored area
80
150
60
100
40
20
200
Gas
50
20
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
GAS (TCF)
1960
1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Venezuela:
Barinas-Apure Basin, 6097.........................
1948
Cariaco Basin, 6102 ....................................
1979
East Venezuela Basin, 6098 ........................
1913
Llanos Basin, 6096......................................
1983
Maracaibo Basin, 6099 ...............................
1914
Tobago Trough, 6103 ..................................
1979
Total .............................................................................
Trinidad and Tobago:
East Venezuela Basin, 6098 ........................
1867
Tobago Trough, 6103 ..................................
1971
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
953
0
55,525
1,233
53,306
0
111,017
1,540
35
59,686
1,233
54,406
20
116,920
71
150
122,833
37
51,180
0
174,271
121
1,000
16,236
0
836
16,209
34,402
192
1,150
139,069
37
52,016
16,209
208,673
2,800
0
2,800
3,689
0
3,689
5,906
0
5,906
27,792
4,405
32,197
33,698
4,405
38,103
Exploration data
Country
Venezuela ...............................
Trinidad and Tobago ..............
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
352,143
1,980
354,123
Figure 22.
Continued.
2
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
70W
65W
60W
10S
Madre dos
Dios Basin
6043
BOLIVIA
15S
Beni Basin
6044
Brazilian
Shield
6003
Parecis
Province
6014
Altiplano
Basin
6065
Andean
Province
6006
20S
Figure 2.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Bolivia.
YEAR
1960
1970
1980
1990
30
2000
400
20
50
40
300
OIL (MMBO)
YEAR
1980 1990
1970
1960
2000
Oil
30
200
Gas
20
10
100
10
Explored area
0
100
200
300
0
0
400
10
20
30
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Bolivia:
Madre dos Dios Basin, 6043.......................
1991
Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, 6045 ....................
1924
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
0
0
0
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1
334
335
10
1,868
1,878
0
34,949
34,949
10
36,817
36,827
Exploration data
Country
Bolivia....................................
Land area
(mi2)
424,162
Figure 2.
Continued.
GAS (TCF)
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
70W
60W
50W
40W
PutumayoOriente0
Maranon
Basin
6041
Santana
Platform
6023
Guyana Shield
6002
Amazonas Basin
6012
Potigar
Basin
6027
Sucunduri
Province
6013
Parnaiba
Basin
6016
Xingu
Province
6015
Brazilian
Shield
6003
Parecis Province
6014
Araripe
Province
6019
BRAZIL
10S
20S
Caera
Basin
6026
Solimoes
Basin
6011
Acre
Basin
6042
Ucayali
Basin
6040
San Luis
Basin
6024
Barreieinas
Basin
6025
Brazilian
Shield
6005
Diamantina
Province
6018
Brazilian
Shield
6004
Sao
Francisco
Basin
6017
Jatoba
Basin
6030
Tucano
Basin
6031
Reconcavo
Basin
6032
Pernambuco
Basin
6028
SergipeAlagoas
Basin
6029
Bahia
Sul
Basin
6033
Parana Basin
6020
Espirito
Santo Basin
6034
Santos Basin
6036
30S
Pelotas Basin
6037
Figure 2.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Brazil.
Campos
Basin
6035
YEAR
1990
2000
1960
20
YEAR
1980
1970
1990
2000
25
100
20
15
Gas
OIL (BBO)
120
1980
1970
1960
60
15
10
10
Oil
40
5
Explored area
20
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
4,000
GAS (TCF)
80
60
70
90 100 110
10
30
40
50
20
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
120
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Brazil:
Campos Basin, 6035 ...................................
1974
Foz do Amazonas Basin, 6022....................
1976
Potigar Basin, 6027.....................................
1973
Reconcavo Basin, 6032...............................
1939
Santos Basin, 6036......................................
1979
Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, 6029......................
1957
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
12,897
0
320
1,100
150
330
14,797
14,059
0
822
1,667
343
810
17,701
9,339
0
806
2,557
232
1,506
14,440
207
885
957
1,147
523
467
4,186
9,546
885
1,763
3,704
755
1,973
18,626
Exploration data
Country
Brazil......................................
Land area
(mi2)
3,286,473
112,136 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
24,972 mi2
3,695 wells
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
54 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
18.192 BBO
Gas.........................................................................
22.422 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.162 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 2.
Continued.
6
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
30W
20W
10W
10E
20E
30E
40E
Troms-Bjornoya Basin
4014
Hammerfest-Varanger Basin
4015
70N
Central Barents
Platform
4012
4
Vestford-Helgeland
4017
North Sea Graben
4025
Faeroes-ShetlandOrkney Basin
4019
10
60N
9
Northwest
German Basin
4035
Midland Valley-Forth
Approaches Basin
4027
HordaNorwegianDanish Basin
4023
11
Mid-North
Sea High
4028
2
Irish Sea
4030
50N
IrelandScotland
Platform
4026
LondonBrabant
Platform
4037
Armoricia
4041
Southwest
German Basin
4039
1
Rhine Graben
4055
Anglo-Dutch
Basin
4036
Baltic
Depression
4021
Munsterland
Basin
4038
Anglo-Paris Basin
4040
Trans-graben
4053
Fennoscandian
Border-Danish-Polish
Margin
4022
German-Polish
Basin
4033
Bohemia
4046
Molasse Basin
4049
Alps 4051
EXPLANATION
1 Belgium
2 Denmark
3 Faroe Islands
4 Finland
5 Germany
6 Ireland
7 Luxembourg
8 Netherlands
9 Norway
10 Sweden
11 United Kingdom
Figure 2. Maps, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in the northern part of Western Europe. For this
figure, the parts mapped are the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Faroe Islands,
Finland, Luxembourg, and Svalbard. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark. Svalbard
(a territory of Norway) is a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean; see the separate small map. Data for Greenland and Iceland are not
mapped and are not included in the exploration data; they had no discoveries through 2001.
20E
30E
Svalbard
80N
Mapofoilandgasexplorationthrough
2001inSvalbard.
300
YEAR
1980
YEAR
1990
2000
1970
1980
1990 2000
Oil
50
Delineatedprospectivearea
250
150
100
600
500
40
200
400
Gas
30
300
20
200
10
100
Exploredarea
50
0
1960
60
OIL(BBO)
AREA(THOUSANDSOFSQUAREMILES)
350
1970
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
CUMULATIVENUMBEROFWILDCATWELLS
7,000
8,000
50
100
150
200
250
300
DELINEATEDPROSPECTIVEAREA(THOUSANDSOFSQUAREMILES)
0
350
GAS(TCF)
1960
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
United Kingdom:
Anglo-Dutch Basin, 4036 ..........................
1919
Anglo-Paris Basin, 4040 ............................
1896
Faeroes-Shetland-Orkney Basin, 4019.......
1977
Ireland-Scotland Platform, 4026 ................
1876
Irish Sea, 4030............................................
1939
North Sea Graben, 4025.............................
1969
Total .............................................................................
Norway:
Hammerfest-Varanger Basin, 4015 .............
1981
North Sea Graben, 4025..............................
1968
Vestford-Helgeland, 4017 ...........................
1981
Total .............................................................................
Germany:
Bohemia, 4046 ............................................
1930
German-Polish Basin, 4033 ........................
1925
North Sea Graben, 4025..............................
1974
Northwest German Basin, 4035 ..................
1856
Total .............................................................................
Denmark:
North Sea Graben, 4025..............................
1966
Netherlands:
Anglo-Dutch Basin, 4036 ...........................
1952
North Sea Graben, 4025..............................
1968
Northwest German Basin, 4035 ..................
1943
Total .............................................................................
Ireland:
Ireland-Scotland Platform, 4026 .................
1971
Figure 2.
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
490
1,241
0
0
20,145
21,876
78
544
1,460
0
219
25,146
27,447
19
217
879
0
390
28,315
29,820
53,776
178
1,400
80
8,089
23,694
87,217
53,795
395
2,279
80
8,479
52,009
117,037
0
18,793
3,325
22,118
292
21,926
3,717
25,935
190
29,143
8,953
38,286
11,565
73,000
27,776
112,341
11,755
102,143
36,729
150,627
0
0
0
911
911
1
24
0
2,029
2,054
0
38
0
1,311
1,349
322
8,732
450
34,525
44,029
322
8,770
450
35,836
45,378
1,672
1,916
2,574
5,185
7,759
120
0
253
373
648
141
254
1,043
613
620
400
1,633
30,133
4,035
121,162
155,330
30,746
4,655
121,562
156,963
18
16
3,495
3,511
9
Exploration data
Country
United Kingdom.....................
Norway...................................
Germany.................................
Denmark.................................
Netherlands ............................
Ireland ....................................
Sweden...................................
Belgium..................................
Finland ...................................
Luxembourg ...........................
Svalbard .................................
Total ...................................
Figure 2.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
94,525
125,181
137,846
16,639
16,033
27,135
173,731
11,780
540
130,127
998
23,957
758,494
310,575 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
79,074 mi2
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
7,551 wells
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
19 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
58.72 BBO
Oil..........................................................................
484.757 TCF
Gas.........................................................................
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.189 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
90
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
10W
5W
5E
Anglo-Paris Basin
4040
50N
London-Brabant
Platform
4037
Armoricia
4041
Tr
Jura
4052
FRANCE
Aquitaine
Basin
4045
Massif Central
4043
Bresse
Depressio
4054
ANDORRA
Galician
Basin
4073
Li
PORTUGAL
Iberian
Massif
4072
40N
Lusitanian
Basin
4074
Tajo-Duero
Basin
4082
SPAIN
Provence Ba
4068
Iberic Cordillera
4083
Corsic
Sardinian
406
Betic Zone
4078
Andalucia
4088
AlentejoGuadalquivir
Basin
4077
Rif Basin
2072
GIBRALTAR
35N
Figure 26. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in the southern part of Western Europe. For this fig
ure, the parts mapped are Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and
Gibraltar (an overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
entral
3
10E
15E
North Carpathian
Basin
4047
50N
Bohemia
4046
Southwest
German Basin
4039
Jura
4052
20E
Rhine Graben
4055
London-Brabant
Platform
4037
91
Transgraben
4053
Molasse Basin
4049
AUSTRIA
Pannonian Basin
4048
SWITZERLAND
ITALY
LIECHTENSTEIN
Po Basin
4060
Alps
4051
Bresse
Depression
4054
45N
RA
MONACO
Lion-Camargue
4056
Provence Basin
4068
SAN MARINO
TuscanyLatiumPaola
4062
Adriatic Basin
4058
40N
CorsicanSardinian Basins
4067
Tyrrhenian Basin
4069
Sicily
4066
Pelagian Basin
2048
Figure 26.
Continued.
Apulia Platform
4059
MALTA
35N
92
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
1990 2000
1980
1960
YEAR
1970
1980
1990 2000
Oil
200
60
50
100
30
20
Explored area
50
Gas
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Figure 26.
Continued.
10
5,000
6,000
50
100
150
200
0
250
GAS (TCF)
40
150
OIL (BBO)
250
YEAR
1970
9
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Italy:
Adriatic Basin, 4058 ...................................
1980
Alps, 4051...................................................
1933
Pelagian Basin, 2048...................................
1988
Po Basin, 4060............................................
1890
Sicily, 4066 .................................................
1940
Tuscany-Latium-Paola, 4062......................
1915
Total..............................................................................
Austria:
Bohemia, 4046............................................
1930
Pannonian Basin, 4048 ...............................
1982
Total .............................................................................
France:
Anglo-Paris Basin, 4040.............................
1954
Aquitaine Basin, 4045 ................................
1954
Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin, 4044.........
1939
Total .............................................................................
Spain:
Iberic Cordillera, 4083 ................................
1967
Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin, 4044 .........
1980
Total .............................................................................
Portugal:
Lusitanian Basin, 4074 ...............................
1953
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
750
0
250
335
0
1,335
39
1,077
15
320
504
1
1,956
0
1,078
0
120
85
0
1,283
225
5,790
0
21,111
791
1,497
29,414
225
6,868
0
21,231
876
1,497
30,697
545
0
545
803
0
803
1,782
0
1,782
1,313
1
1,314
3,095
1
3,096
0
220
0
220
297
375
118
790
7
27
80
114
120
0
12,153
12,273
127
27
12,233
12,387
160
0
160
299
0
299
92
0
92
86
525
611
178
525
703
920
920
Exploration data
Country
Italy ........................................
Austria....................................
France.....................................
Spain ......................................
Portugal ..................................
Switzerland ............................
Andorra ..................................
Liechtenstein ..........................
Malta ......................................
Monaco ..................................
San Marino.............................
Gibraltar .................................
Total ...................................
Figure 26.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
116,305
32,378
211,208
194,897
35,672
15,942
181
62
122
1
24
3
606,793
224,886 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
45,596 mi2
Explored area through 2001.............................................
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
5,892 wells
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
10 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
3.969 BBO
Oil..........................................................................
49.1 TCF
Gas.........................................................................
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.018 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
94
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
30
30E
20E
40E
40
Baltic Shield-Norwegian
Caledonides
4016
60N
60
7
Fennoscandian BorderDanish-Polish Margin
4022
10
Baltic Depression
4021
11
GermanPolish
Basin 4033
50N
50
Belorussian-Voronezh High
1004
2
15
Bohemia
4046
North Carpathian
Basin
4047
20
18
Pannonian Basin
4048
13
16
19
Ukrainian Shield
1013
North Crimea Basin
1105
Transylvania 4057
5
3
Po Basin
4060
17
Adriatic Basin
4058
40
40N
Alps 4051
14
1
12
Apulia Platform
4059
Dinaric
Alps
4071
Aegean
4075
Mediterranean Basin
2070
Carpathian-Balkanian
Basin
4061
Crimea High
1104
Azov-Kuban
Basin
1108
Dobrogea Foreland
1103
Thrace/Samsun
2085
Crete 4076
EXPLANATION
1 Albania
2 Belarus
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Bulgaria
5 Croatia
6 Czech Republic
7 Estonia
8 Greece
9 Hungary
10 Latvia
11 Lithuania
12 Macedonia
13 Moldova
14 Montenegro
15 Poland
16 Romania
17 Serbia
18 Slovakia
19 Slovenia
20 Ukraine
Figure 27. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Eastern Europe. For this figure, the parts mapped
are Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, and Macedonia.
1970
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
1980
1990 2000
14
200
Oil
12
250
Delineated prospective area
150
10
200
OIL (BBO)
300
150
100
Gas
100
Explored area
50
YEAR
1970
1960
50
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Figure 2.
Continued.
5,000
6,000
100
200
0
300
GAS (TCF)
9
96
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Romania:
Carpathian-Balkanian Basin, 4061 .............
1835
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1956
Transylvanian Basin, 4057..........................
1880
Total ...........................................................................
Ukraine:
Azov-Kuban Basin, 1108............................
1886
Dnieper-Donets Basin, 1009 .......................
1936
North Carpathian Basin, 4047.....................
1860
Pannonian Basin, 4048 ...............................
1960
Transylvanian Basin, 4057..........................
1962
Total ...........................................................................
Belarus:
Pripyat Basin, 1010.....................................
1963
Hungary:
North Carpathian Basin, 4047.....................
1937
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1936
Total ...........................................................................
Albania:
Adriatic Basin, 4058 ...................................
1918
Serbia:
Alps, 4051 ...................................................
1977
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1949
Total ...........................................................................
Croatia:
Adriatic Basin, 4058 ...................................
1983
Alps, 4051 ...................................................
1979
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1856
Po Basin, 4060 ............................................
1977
Total ...........................................................................
Poland:
German-Polish Basin, 4033 ........................
1961
North Carpathian Basin, 4047.....................
1853
Total ...........................................................................
Czech Republic:
Bohemia, 4046 ............................................
1920
North Carpathian Basin, 4047 ....................
1908
Total ...........................................................................
Greece:
Aegean, 4075 ..............................................
1971
Bulgaria:
Carpathian-Balkanian Basin, 4061 .............
1949
Slovakia:
Bohemia, 4046 ............................................
1913
North Carpathian Basin, 4047.....................
1850
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1958
Total ...........................................................................
Slovenia:
Pannonian Basin, 4048................................
1942
Moldova:
Carpathian-Balkanian Basin, 4061 .............
1957
Figure 2.
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
2,575
129
0
2,704
5,932
389
1
6,322
4,052
215
0
4,267
3,307
297
30,877
34,481
7,359
512
30,877
38,748
0
885
702
0
0
1,587
22
1,538
1,264
0
0
2,824
8
4,472
3,172
0
0
7,652
662
63,779
11,704
2
12
76,159
670
68,251
14,876
2
12
83,811
248
910
255
255
0
391
391
11
752
763
5
3,874
3,879
1
5,727
5,728
6
9,601
9,607
203
503
860
300
1,160
0
0
0
1
376
377
5
622
627
5
806
811
10
1,428
1,438
0
0
391
0
391
5
0
817
0
822
0
0
948
0
948
0
5
2,092
743
2,840
0
5
3,040
743
3,788
0
0
0
120
136
256
428
96
524
6,771
7,019
13,790
7,199
7,115
14,314
0
0
0
178
0
178
374
0
374
155
77
232
529
77
606
120
139
90
52
142
46
43
158
201
0
0
0
0
55
0
0
55
163
0
0
163
939
311
53
1,303
1,102
311
53
1,466
23
32
55
9
Exploration data
Country
Romania .................................
Ukraine...................................
Belarus ...................................
Hungary..................................
Albania...................................
Serbia and Montenegro* ........
Croatia....................................
Poland ....................................
Czech Republic ......................
Greece ....................................
Bulgaria..................................
Slovakia..................................
Slovenia..................................
Moldova .................................
Lithuania ................................
Latvia .....................................
Bosnia and Herzegovina ........
Estonia....................................
Macedonia..............................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
91,699
233,089
80,154
35,919
11,100
39,517
21,831
120,728
30,450
50,942
42,822
18,859
7,820
13,067
25,174
24,938
19,741
17,462
9,781
895,093
*Montenegro became independent on June 3, 2006, and is shown separately on the map in figure 27. The data for Serbia and Montenegro are com
bined in the tables because they were combined in IHS Energy Group (2002).
Figure 2.
Continued.
45E
40E
35E
Black Sea
Continental
Slope
1107
Thrace/Samsun
2085
Tuz/Corum
2083
40N
Aegean
4075
Kardiff/Menders
Massif
2084
Lesser Caucasus
2081
Zagros
Thrust Zone
2031
TURKEY
Araks
2080
Euphrates/
Mardin
2075
Haleb
2076
Adana/Sivas
2079
35N
CYPRUS
Crete
4076
Figure 2.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Turkey and Cyprus.
Zagros
Fold Belt
2030
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Black Sea
Continental Slope
1107
9
30E
1970
1960
35
30
2000
1990
1980
Year of
first
discovery
Turkey:
Aegean, 4075 ......................................... 1988
Euphrates/Mardin, 2075......................... 1958
Zagros Fold Belt, 2030 .......................... 1945
Total ................................................................
25
20
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
0
0
185
185
0
284
565
849
0
133
9
142
90
12
281
383
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
90
145
290
525
15
10
Explored area
Exploration data
5
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,200
1970
1980
1990
Country
Land area
2
(mi )
Turkey ..............................
Cyprus ..............................
Total .............................
301,382
3,571
304,954
Gas.................................................................
834 BCF
Richness
total delineated prospective area
2000
1,000
Oil
1,000
800
400
400
200
200
0
10
15
20
25
30
Continued.
99
Figure 2.
35
GAS (BCF)
600
Gas
600
OIL (MMBO)
800
100
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
40E
50E
Wadi-Surhan
Basin
2029
North Harrah
Volcanics
2027
Rutbah
Uplift
2028
30N
Mesopotamian
Foredeep Basin
2024
Sinai
Basin
2033
Jafr-Tabuk Basin
2026
South Harrah
Volcanics
2034
KUWAIT
Hail-Ga'Ara
Arch
2025
Qatar Arch
2022
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
20N
Oman
Mountains
2017
YEMEN
Hays
Structural
Belt
2003
Masila-Jeza
Basin
2009
Arabian
Shield
2101
Yemen Volcanic
Basin (South)
2002
Gulf of Oman
Basin 2018
Greater Ghawar
Uplift
2021
Arabian Shield
2101
Red Sea
Basin
2071
UNITED
ARAB
EMIRATES
BAHRAIN
10N
Shabwah Basin
2006
Masirah
Trough
2008
OMAN
Huqf-Haushi
Mirbat
Uplift
Precambrian
2013
Basement
East Flank
2102
Oman
Sub-basin
2012
Sharmah Rift Basin
2007
Somali
Deep Sea
7263
areAbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ra'salKhaymah,UmmalQaywayn,'Ajman,andAlFujayrah.TheformerKuwait-SaudiArabia
NeutralZonecontainsresourcesaccordingtotheIHSEnergy
Group(2002),andsoitislistedinthesignificantprovincestable,
butitisnotmappedbecauseitisnotmentionedinTheWorld
Factbook2001(CIA,2001).
YEAR
1970
1980
1990
2000
1960
140
2000
1,400
120
Oil
500
100
80
60
1,200
1,000
400
OIL (BBO)
1990
600
160
Gas
800
300
600
200
40
Explored area
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
Figure 29.
Continued.
400
100
20
0
YEAR
1980
1970
1,400
1,600
200
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
GAS (TCF)
101
102
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Saudi Arabia:
Greater Ghawar Uplift, 2021 ......................
1938
Interior Homocline-Central Arch, 2020......
1989
Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin, 2024.........
1940
Red Sea Basin, 2071 ...................................
1969
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1967
Widyan Basin-Interior Platform, 2023........
1957
Total ..........................................................................
Kuwait:
Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin, 2024.........
1938
UAE - Abu Dhabi:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1954
UAE - Dubai:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1966
UAE - Sharjah:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1972
UAE - Ra's al Khaymah:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1972
UAE - Umm al Qaywayn:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1976
UAE - 'Ajman:
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1983
Former Kuwait-Saudi Arabia
Neutral Zone:
Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin, 2024.........
1953
Oman:
Central Oman Platform, 2015 .....................
1971
East Flank Oman Sub-basin, 2012..............
1973
Fahud Salt Basin, 2016 ...............................
1962
Ghaba Salt Basin, 2014...............................
1964
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1969
South Oman Salt Basin, 2011 .....................
1956
Total ..........................................................................
Qatar:
Greater Ghawar Uplift, 2021 ......................
1940
Qatar Arch, 2022.........................................
1971
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1960
Total ..........................................................................
Yemen:
Ma'Rib-Al Jawf/Masila Basin, 2004...........
1984
Masila-Jeza Basin, 2009 .............................
1991
Total ...........................................................................
Bahrain:
Greater Ghawar Uplift, 2021 ......................
1932
Figure 29.
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
140,850
5,500
118,800
0
15,950
15,914
297,014
140,850
5,525
118,891
60
15,987
15,980
297,293
233,000
11,150
66,493
0
26,500
8,990
346,133
3,400
6,050
0
1,550
6,000
3,000
20,000
236,400
17,200
66,493
1,550
32,500
11,990
366,133
85,198
85,248
60,135
60,135
70,105
71,728
137,595
5,415
143,010
4,060
4,130
2,460
4,000
6,460
110
110
900
5,900
6,800
56
500
135
635
100
100
12,375
12,560
12,470
12,470
0
1,351
4,460
601
719
1,626
8,757
125
2,334
4,661
1,323
1,063
2,805
12,311
120
46
6,500
2,460
1,060
858
11,044
7,627
0
4,058
16,826
1,714
30
30,255
7,747
46
10,558
19,286
2,774
888
41,299
5,300
815
4,187
10,302
5,300
835
4,327
10,462
10,800
1,000
10,907
22,707
0
350,000
0
350,000
10,800
351,000
10,907
372,707
1,146
854
2,000
1,315
1,233
2,548
6,301
6
6,307
11,586
65
11,651
17,887
71
17,958
1,050
1,050
12,500
12,500
10
Exploration data
Country
Saudi Arabia...........................
Kuwait....................................
United Arab Emirates ............
Oman......................................
Qatar.......................................
Yemen ....................................
Bahrain...................................
Total ...................................
Figure 29.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
756,981
6,880
32,000
82,031
4,416
203,849
239
1,086,397
10
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
35E
40E
Euphrates/Mardin
2075
Haleb
2076
Khleisha
Uplift
2074
Beirut
2078
35N
Levantine
Basin
2032
Palmyra
Zone
2077
LEBANON
SYRIA
Wadi-Surhan Basin
2029
WEST
BANK
Anah Graben
2089
Widyan Basin-Interior
Platform
2023
North Harrah
Volcanics
2027
GAZA
STRIP
JORDAN
ISRAEL
30N
Sinai Basin
2033
Jafr-Tabuk
Basin
2026
Figure 0. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, and
the West Bank.
Figure 0. Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank
Cumulative recoverable oil and gas discoveries in all provinces
through 2001, graphed by the year the field location
became part of the delineated prospective area
1970
1980
YEAR
1990
2000
1960 1970
YEAR
1990
1980
2000
Oil
12
10
30
20
Gas
3
GAS (TCF)
40
10
10
Explored area
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
10
20
0
40
30
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Syria:
Anah Graben, 2089 .....................................
1982
Euphrates/Mardin, 2075..............................
1940
Khleisha Uplift, 2074..................................
1986
Zagros Fold Belt, 2030 ...............................
1956
Total .............................................................................
Israel:
Levantine Basin, 2032.................................
1955
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
351
365
1,022
2,099
3,837
456
802
1,680
2,206
5,144
148
1,421
1,364
912
3,845
0
1,212
0
74
1,286
148
2,633
1,364
986
5,131
23
3,510
3,510
Exploration data
Country
Syria ................................
Israel................................
Jordan..............................
Lebanon...........................
Gaza Strip........................
West Bank .......................
Total ............................
Figure 0.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
71,498
8,019
35,637
4,015
139
2,263
121,571
106
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
40E
45E
Khleisha Uplift
2074
35N
Anah Graben
2089
Rutbah Uplift
2028
Mesopotamian Foredeep
Basin
2024
IRAQ
Widyan Basin-Interior
Platform
2023
Hail-Ga'Ara Arch
2025
30N
Figure 1.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Iraq.
10
Explored area
50
1990 2000
100
150
140
120
100
100
1980
Oil
120
15
YEAR
1960 1970
140
OIL (BBO)
20
Gas
80
80
60
60
40
40
20
20
10
15
20
GAS (TCF)
10
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Iraq:
Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin, 2024.........
1949
Widyan Basin-Interior Platform, 2023........
1938
Zagros Fold Belt, 2030 ...............................
1905
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
87,985
1,695
30,199
119,879
88,875
1,815
31,015
121,705
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
58,645
210
30,697
89,552
3,300
2,500
9,100
14,900
61,945
2,710
39,797
104,452
Exploration data
Country
Iraq .........................................
Land area
(mi2)
168,754
Figure 1.
Continued.
10
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50E
60E
Kura Basin
1113
40N
Araks
2080
Lesser Caucasus
2081
Zagros Fold
Belt
2030
Amu-Darya Basin
1154
Kopet-Dag Foldbelt
1155
IRAN
Mesopotamian
Foredeep Basin
2024
Zagros Thrust
Zone
2031
Central Iranian
Microcontinents
2092
Baluchistan
8022
30N
Qatar
Arch
2022
Makran
8021
Rub Al Khali
Basin
2019
Figure 2.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Iran.
60
1970
YEAR
1,200
Oil
120
50
1,000
100
40
30
20
800
80
600
60
Gas
400
40
10
0
1960
140
OIL (BBO)
YEAR
1970
Explored area
100
200
300
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
200
20
400
GAS (TCF)
109
10
20
30
40
50
60
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Iran:
Amu-Darya Basin, 1154 .............................
1968
Kura Basin, 1113 ........................................
1967
Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin, 2024.........
1960
Qatar Arch, 2022.........................................
1967
Rub Al Khali Basin, 2019...........................
1965
South Caspian Basin, 1112 .........................
1960
Zagros Fold Belt, 2030 ...............................
1908
Total ..........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
20,566
0
3,883
0
100,729
125,178
0
1
20,884
1,400
3,883
0
103,382
129,550
0
0
23,559
0
6,768
0
264,050
294,377
13,990
0
70,850
475,000
2,045
700
180,543
743,128
13,990
0
94,409
475,000
8,813
700
444,593
1,037,505
Exploration data
Country
Iran .........................................
Land area
(mi2)
636,293
52,639 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
6,277 mi2
384 wells
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
253 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
129.561 BBO
Gas.........................................................................
1,038.260 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 2.461 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 2.
Continued.
10W
5W
110
15W
SENEGAL
15N
Taoudeni Basin
7035
Senegal
7013
Baffa
7105
10N
GUINEA
BENIN
GUINEABISSAU
West
African
Coastal
7173
Nigerian
Massive
7121
SIERRA
LEONE
COTE
DIVOIRE
LIBERIA
Volta
7114
TOGO
GHANA
5N
Gulf of Guinea
7183
Figure 33. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Cote dIvoire, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra
Leone, Liberia, and Cape Verde (not mapped).
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
THE
GAMBIA
1970
1980
1990
2000
12
Cote dIvoire:
Gulf of Guinea, 7183 ......................
Ghana:
Gulf of Guinea, 7183 ......................
Benin:
Gulf of Guinea, 7183 ......................
Guinea-Bissau:
Senegal, 7013 ..................................
Togo:
Gulf of Guinea, 7183 ......................
Senegal:
Senegal, 7013 ..................................
10
Delineated prospective area
8
6
4
Explored area
2
0
0
50
100
150
200
250
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1972
350
472
631
1,655
2,286
1970
100
245
12
257
1968
41
88
88
1967
10
1970
1959
108
108
Exploration data
1970
700
YEAR
1990
1980
2000
600
2
GAS (TCF)
OIL (MMBO)
500
400
300
Oil
Gas
200
100
0
10
Figure .
Land area
2
(mi )
Cote dIvoire .................... 124,502
4,363
The Gambia......................
Guinea .............................. 94,925
Country
12
Gas.................................................................
2.739 TCF
Continued.
111
112
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
35E
40E
45E
50E
South Red
Sea Shield
7091
ERITREA
15N
Amhara Plateau
7161
DJIBOUTI
10N
Sud
7146
SOMALIA
ETHIOPIA
Somali
Deep Sea
7263
5N
Somali
7255
KENYA
0
Tanzania Coastal
7273
Figure .
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya, and Djibouti.
YEAR
YEAR
1970
1990 2000
1980
1960
1970
1980
1990 2000
4
Delineated prospective area
Gas
3
3
2
Explored area
20
40
60
80
100
120
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
GAS (TCF)
11
140
160
1
2
3
4
5
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1973
2,401
2,401
1959
2,000
2,000
1970
Exploration data
Country
Ethiopia ..................................
Somalia ..................................
Eritrea.....................................
Kenya .....................................
Djibouti ..................................
Total ...................................
Figure .
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
435,184
246,200
46,842
224,961
8,494
961,681
5,680 mi2
682 mi2
146 wells
17 mi2/well
0
4.406 TCF
11
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
15E
20E
5S
Zaire
7225
West Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7211
East Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7231
10S
West-Central
Coastal
7203
ANGOLA
Luffillian
Arch
7291
Etosha
7285
15S
Damer Belt
7311
Figure .
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Angola.
1970
1980
YEAR
1990
1960
2000
30
1970
1980
1990
2000
20
20
15
15
25
Delineated prospective area
15
10
Gas
10
10
Oil
Explored area
GAS (TCF)
20
OIL (BBO)
11
5
0
100
200
300
400
500
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
600
700
5
10
15
20
25
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
30
Significant petroleum provinceYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1955
14,307
16,977
14,300
1,336
15,636
Exploration data
Country
Angola....................................
Land area
(mi2)
481,351
Figure .
Continued.
) ..........
28,581 mi2
6,144 mi2
601 wells
89 mi2/well
16.977 BBO
15.636 TCF
0.594 MMBO/mi2
116
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
5E
10E
Iullemmeden
7055
Chad
7066
Nigerian Massive
7121
NIGERIA
10N
Benue
7136
Gulf of Guinea
7183
West Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7211
5N
Niger Delta
7192
Figure 6.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Nigeria.
YEAR
1970
1990
1980
2000
YEAR
1970
1960
50
1980 1990
2000
250
Oil
50
200
40
30
20
150
Gas
20
100
10
50
Explored area
10
0
30
GAS (TCF)
40
OIL (BBO)
60
11
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
10
20
30
40
50
60
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Nigeria:
Benue, 7136 ................................................
1953
Gulf of Guinea, 7183 ..................................
1981
Niger Delta, 7192........................................
1954
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
40,174
40,174
5
35
49,369
49,409
35
10
128,272
128,317
1,230
1,000
56,877
59,107
1,265
1,010
185,149
187,424
Exploration data
Country
Nigeria....................................
Land area
(mi2)
356,667
Figure 6.
Continued.
11
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10E
15E
20E
25E
Tellian Foredeep
2052
Tellian
Uplift
2050
Sicily
4066
Atlas
Uplift
35N 2053
Pelagian
Basin
2048
Nefusn Uplift
2049
TUNISIA
Trias/
Ghadames
Basin
2054
Cyrenacia Uplift
2040
Hamra Basin
2047
Cyrenacia Basin
2041
30N
Fezzan Uplift
2046
Illizi Basin
2056
LIBYA
Sirte Basin
2043
25N
Thiemboka Uplift
2057
Murzuk Basin
2045
Erdis Kufra
7075
Nubian Uplift
2044
20N
Figure .
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Libya and Tunisia.
200
1990
1980
YEAR
1970
1960
2000
1980
1990 2000
60
50
40
100
100
80
Oil
150
OIL (BBO)
YEAR
1970
60
Gas
30
40
GAS (TCF)
119
20
50
Explored area
500
1,000
1,500
20
10
2,000
2,500
50
100
0
200
150
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Libya:
Hamra Basin, 2047 .....................................
1957
Illizi Basin, 2056 ........................................
1964
Murzuk Basin, 2045 ...................................
1978
Pelagian Basin, 2048 ..................................
1959
Sirte Basin, 2043 ........................................
1958
Trias/Ghadames Basin, 2054......................
1961
Total .........................................................................
Tunisia:
Pelagian Basin, 2048...................................
1949
Trias/Ghadames Basin, 2054 ......................
1964
Total .........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
150
213
1,805
1,585
40,919
0
44,672
809
213
2,174
1,840
44,927
254
50,217
121
3,340
433
12,831
31,867
170
48,762
1,514
1,600
0
22,295
15,910
45
41,364
1,635
4,940
433
35,126
47,777
215
90,126
350
750
1,100
870
848
1,718
880
1,354
2,234
2,138
253
2,391
3,018
1,607
4,625
Exploration data
Country
Libya ......................................
Tunisia....................................
Total ...............................
Land area
(mi2)
679,359
63,170
742,529
Figure .
Continued.
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10W
10E
Tellian Foredeep
2052
40N
Guercif Basin
2069
Atlas Basin
2062
Essaouni Basin
2064
Hauts Basin
2051
MOROCCO
Tindouf Basin
2067
Atlas Uplift
2053
Trias/Ghadames
Basin
2054
Ougarta Uplift
2061
30N
Tellian Uplift
2050
Rif Basin
2072
Reggane Basin
2060
Illizi Basin
2056
Reguibate Uplift
2068
ALGERIA
20N
Thiemboka Uplift
2057
Hoggar
7041
Aaiun-Tarfaya
Basin
2066
Taoudeni Basin
7035
Chad
7066
Iullemmeden
7055
Figure .
Murzuk
Basin
2045
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Algeria and Morocco.
1970
1980
1990
2000
YEAR
1970
1960
150
1980
1990
2000
25
250
Oil
20
200
15
150
10
100
50
GAS (TCF)
Gas
100
OIL (BBO)
121
50
Explored area
0
500
1,000
1,500
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
2,000
50
100
150
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Algeria:
Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin, 2058.....................
1954
Illizi Basin, 2056.........................................
1956
Trias/Ghadames Basin, 2054 ......................
1956
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
325
3,270
17,917
21,512
608
4,383
19,609
24,600
566
16,335
23,985
40,886
116,175
19,937
15,597
151,709
116,741
36,272
39,582
192,595
Exploration data
Country
Algeria....................................
Morocco .................................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
919,591
172,413
1,092,004
140,790 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
20,219 mi2
1,711 wells
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
96 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
24.688 BBO
Gas.........................................................................
193.52 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
....... 0.175 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure .
Continued.
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25E
30E
35E
Cyrenacia Uplift
2040
Nile Delta
Basin
2035
Levantine Basin
2032
30N
Sinai Basin
2033
Abu Gharadiq
Basin
2038
Syrian Arch
2036
Arabian
Shield
2101
Arabian
Shield
2101
Cyrenacia
Basin
2041
EGYPT
25N
Erdis Kufra
7075
Red Sea
Basin
2071
North Red
Sea Shield
2073
Figure 9.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Egypt.
1980
YEAR
1960
2000
1990
70
12
60
10
1990
2000
70
60
Oil
50
40
30
40
6
Explored area
200
400
600
800
1,000
20
10
30
Gas
20
YEAR
1980
1970
50
OIL (BBO)
1970
1,200
1,400
GAS (TCF)
12
10
10
20
30
40
50
60
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
70
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Egypt:
Abu Gharadiq Basin, 2038..........................
1968
Levantine Basin, 2032.................................
1975
Nile Delta Basin, 2035................................
1966
North Egypt Basin, 2039.............................
1966
Red Sea Basin, 2071 ...................................
1907
Total .............................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
114
0
0
0
8,502
8,616
540
20
2
727
10,014
11,303
1,632
13
0
912
5,270
7,827
2,908
2,723
42,775
5,484
1,105
54,995
4,540
2,736
42,775
6,396
6,375
62,822
Exploration data
Country
Egypt ......................................
Land area
(mi2)
386,660
61,775 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
11,688 mi2
1,386 wells
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
36 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
11.425 BBO
Gas.........................................................................
62.827 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.......... 0.185 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 9.
Continued.
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25E
30E
35E
40E
45E
RWANDA
BURUNDI
TANZANIA
5S
Tanzania Coastal
7273
10S
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
15S
East Kalahari
Precambrian
Belt
7331
20S
Kalahari
7325
Mozambique
Coastal
7343
25S
1990 2000
1980
YEAR
1970 1980 1990
1960
2000
6
5
5
4
3
2
2
1
0
GAS (TCF)
YEAR
1970
1960
12
Explored area
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1953
3,712
3,712
1974
1,765
1,765
Exploration data
Country
Mozambique ..........................
Tanzania .................................
Burundi ..................................
Malawi ...................................
Rwanda ..................................
Total ...................................
Figure 0.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
309,494
364,898
10,745
45,745
10,169
741,052
5,237 mi2
815 mi2
86 wells
183 mi2/well
0
5.477 TCF
126
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
15E
20E
25E
30E
Luffillian Arch
7291
West Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7211
ZAMBIA
15S
Etosha
7285
East Kalahari
Precambrian
Belt
7331
NAMIBIA
20S
ZIMBABWE
Orange
River
Coastal
7303
Damer Belt
7311
Kalahari
7325
BOTSWANA
Mozambique Coastal
7343
25S
LESOTHO
30S
Karoo
7355
SOUTH
AFRICA
SWAZILAND
1980
YEAR
1990
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
150
2000
1990 2000
25
20
Gas
15
10
15
Oil
10
50
5
Explored area
100
200
GAS (TCF)
100
OIL (MMBO)
1960
20
12
300
400
10
0
20
15
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
South Africa:
Orange River Coastal, 7303 ........................
1987
South African Coastal, 7363 .......................
1969
Total .............................................................................
Namibia:
Orange River Coastal, 7303 ........................
1974
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
0
0
119
119
0
368
368
815
3,402
4,217
815
3,770
4,585
20,000
20,000
Exploration data
Country
South Africa ...........................
Namibia..................................
Botswana................................
Lesotho...................................
Swaziland...............................
Zambia ...................................
Zimbabwe ..............................
Total ...................................
Figure 1.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
471,008
318,694
231,803
11,720
6,704
290,585
150,803
1,481,317
12
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
10E
15E
20E
25E
30E
Chad
7066
10N
Sud
7146
Benue
7136
CAMEROON
West Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7211
5N
East African
Rift
7246
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Niger
Delta
7192
CONGO
(KINSHASA)
GABON
CONGO
(BRAZZAVILLE)
East Zaire
Precambrian Belt
7231
Zaire
7225
5S
West-Central
Coastal
7203
Etosha
7285
Luffillian
Arch
7291
Figure 2. Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Gabon, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Cam
eroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Central African Republic, and Sao Tome and Principe.
Figure 2. Gabon, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), and Neighboring Countries
Growth in delineated prospective area and explored
area through 2001, graphed by the year the areas
became prospective or explored
YEAR
1960
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
1960
12
1980
1970
1990
2000
20
10
Delineated prospective area
15
Oil
30
20
10
Gas
GAS (TCF)
40
OIL (BBO)
50
1970
129
4
10
Explored area
2
200
400
600
800
1,000
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
1,200
10
20
30
40
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
50
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Gabon:
West-Central Coastal, 7203.........................
1951
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville):
West-Central Coastal, 7203.........................
1957
Cameroon:
Niger Delta, 7192........................................
1967
West-Central Coastal, 7203.........................
1954
Total .............................................................................
Equatorial Guinea:
Niger Delta, 7192........................................
1984
West-Central Coastal, 7203.........................
1999
Total .............................................................................
Democratic Republic of the
Congo (Kinshasa):
West-Central Coastal, 7203.........................
1964
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
2,596
4,549
1,500
246
1,746
2,722
3,414
2,362
775
3,137
445
0
445
1,276
19
1,295
1,620
43
1,663
1,674
1,029
2,703
3,294
1,072
4,366
350
650
1,000
485
724
1,209
178
31
209
4,940
0
4,940
5,118
31
5,149
135
356
93
93
Exploration data
Country
Gabon.....................................
Congo (Brazzaville) ...............
Cameroon...............................
Central African Republic .......
Congo (Kinshasa)...................
Equatorial Guinea ..................
Sao Tome and Principe ..........
Total ...................................
Figure 2.
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
103,346
132,046
183,568
240,534
905,564
10,831
386
1,576,275
Hoggar
7041
MALI
MAURITANIA
Taoudeni
Basin
7035
Senegal
7013
Chad
7066
NIGER
Iullemmeden
7055
BURKINA
FASO
Nubian
Uplift
2044
Erdis
Kufra
7075
Basin
2037
SUDAN
Khartoum
7087
CHAD
South Red
Sea Shield
7091
Red Sea
Basin
2071
Western Nubian
Shield
7151
West African
Shield
7021
Sud
7146
Amhara Plateau
7161
UGANDA
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Murzuk
Basin
2045
Reguibate
Uplift
2068
WESTERN
SAHARA
15N
30E
Thiemboka
Uplift
2057
Tindouf Basin
2067
AaiunTarfaya
Basin
2066
15E
130
15W
15
1970
1980
1990
2000
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Sudan:
Red Sea Basin, 2071 .............................. 1963
Sud, 7146 ............................................... 1979
Total..............................................................
Chad:
Sud, 7146 ............................................... 1975
Mauritania:
Senegal, 7013 ......................................... 2001
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
785
785
0
1,511
1,511
0
207
207
850
0
850
850
207
1,057
900
1,053
40
40
330
330
Explored area
100
200
300
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
Exploration data
400
1970
YEAR
1980
1990
Sudan................................ 967,494
Uganda .............................
91,135
2000
2
Gas
1
Oil
5
10
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Continued.
Gas.................................................................
1.211 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.........0.202 MMBO/mi2
11
Figure .
15
GAS (TCF)
Land area
(mi2)
Country
OIL (BBO)
Year of
first
discovery
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Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
45E
50E
55E
60E
5S
SEYCHELLES
10S
COMOROS
Seychelles
7417
15S
Morondava
7373
MADAGASCAR
20S
Madagascar
7381
REUNION
MAURITIUS
25S
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
1990 2000
1990
2000
100
Oil
OIL (MMBO)
1980
10
20
40
60
60
40
Gas
Explored area
80
80
100
20
Exploration data
Country
Madagascar ............................
Comoros.................................
Mauritius ................................
Seychelles ..............................
Reunion ..................................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
226,656
838
718
176
972
229,360
Figure .
Continued.
GAS (BCF)
1960 1970
1
1
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
70E
80E
90E
100E
Zaysan Basin
1170
Altay-Sayan
Folded Region
1219
Alakol Basin
1169
MONGOLIA
Bogdashan Fold Belt
3105
Tarim Basin
3154
Altunshan Fold
Belt
Kumukulig
3102
Basin
3117
20N
Figure .
Himalayan
8002
Turpan Basin
3156
Qaidam Basin
3131
Qiangtang Terrane
3133
Qiangtang Tanggula Basin
3132
30N
Gobi
Basin
3204
Junggar Basin
3115
40N
Kunlunshan
Fold Belt
3118
Ulan Bat
Basin
3210
Mongol-Okhotsk
Folded Region
3202
Baikal-Patom
Folded Region
1230
Qilianshan
Fold Belt
3134
CHINA
Qiangtang
Terrane
3133
Lhasa Basin
3121
Alashan Yinshan
Fold Belt
3101
Jiuquan Minle
Wuwei Basin
3114
Qabdu Basin
3137
Longmenshan
Dabashan Fold Belt
3168
Lhasa
Terrane
3122
Sulongshan
Fold Belt
3148
Lanping Simao
Basin
3119
Thailand
Mesozoic
Basin Belt
3508
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in China and Mongolia.
Ordos B
3128
TenasserimShan
8006
Xichang
Yunnan
Fold Belt
3157
Qinling Dabieshan
Fold Belt
3135
Yunnan
Guizhou Hub
Fold Belt
3161
Chuxiong
Basin
3107
Yinggehai
Basin
3159
Truong
Son Fold
Belt
3510
110E
Baikal-Patom
Folded Region
1230
MONGOLIA
120E
Choybalsan
Basin
3203
Ulan Bator
Basin
3210
130E
Heilongjiang Basin 3165
Mohe Basin
3164
Ushumun
Basin
3138
Temtsag
Hailar Basin
3207
Nyalga Basin
3205
Basin
1227
50N
Gobi
Basin
3204
Zhangguangcailing
Uplift
3162
Alashan Yinshan
Fold Belt
3101
Minle
Basin
4
ngmenshan
shan Fold Belt
3168
Qinling Dabieshan
Fold Belt
3135
Nanyang Basin
3126
Sichuan
Basin
3142
chang
unnan
d Belt
3157
Sikhote-Alin
Folded Region
Middle Amur 1224
Yunnan
Guizhou Hubei
Fold Belt
3161
Chuxiong
Basin
3107
Yinggehai
Basin
3159
Korean
Craton
3405
Bohaiwan
Basin
3127
Taikang Hefei
Basin
3150
Jiangnan South
Jiangsu Fold Belt
3113
Luxi
Jiaoliao
Uplift
3124
Jianghan
Basin
3112
Khanka Basin
1226
Suifun
Basin
1225
40N
Subei Yellow
Sea Basin
3147
East China
Sea Basin
3109
30N
South China
Fold Belt
3146
Sanshui Basin
3139
Nanpanjiang Depression
3125
Leidong
Shiwan Dashan Basin
Basin
3141
3120
Beibuwan Basin
3103
Truong
Son Fold
Belt
3510
Xisha Trough
3158
Qiongdongnan Basin
3136
20N
16
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Cumulative recoverable oil and gas discoveries in all provinces
through 2001, graphed by the year the field location
became part of the delineated prospective area
1980
2000
1960
350
60
300
50
1990
2000
120
100
Oil
150
100
Explored area
50
30
20
40
10
20
0
0
500
1,000
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
1,500
60
Gas
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
China:
Bohaiwan Basin, 3127 ................................
1961
Jiuquan Minle Wuwei Basin, 3114 .............
1939
Junggar Basin, 3115....................................
1897
Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift, 3124 ...........................
1993
Nanyang Basin, 3126 ..................................
1971
Ordos Basin, 3128.......................................
1907
Pearl River Mouth Basin, 3130...................
1979
Qaidam Basin, 3131....................................
1955
Sichuan Basin, 3142....................................
1939
Songliao Basin, 3144 ..................................
1959
South China Continental Shelf
Figure .
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
13,988
160
7,915
650
600
640
635
300
0
14,380
19,326
209
8,430
774
711
986
1,361
541
246
15,637
10,091
1
2,500
154
0
111
524
229
263
2,817
7,436
0
2,340
0
0
14,636
1,060
2,156
31,652
1,905
17,527
4,840
154
14,747
1,584
2,385
31,915
4,722
0
332
0
39,600
121
1,523
0
49,865
205
2,409
0
19,304
0
14,049
10,810
86,044
205
16,458
10,810
105,348
GAS (TCF)
80
40
200
YEAR
1980
1970
250
OIL (BBO)
1960 1970
1
Exploration data
Country
China ...............................
Mongolia .........................
Total ............................
Land area
(mi2)
3,705,390
604,247
4,309,637
307,184 mi2
Figure .
Continued.
70E
60E
Ural-Novaya
Zemlya Foldbelt
1017
North Caspian
Basin
1016
50N
Turgay Depression
1166
Great Caucasus
Foldbelt
1110
GEORGIA
MangyshlakUstyurt Foldbelt
1152
North Ustyurt
Basin
1150
East Aral
Basin
1151
40N
Figure 6.
Armenia.
KAZAKHSTAN
Chu-Sarysu
Basin
1165
Syr-Darya
Basin
1177
Tian Shan
Foldbelt
1158 KYRGYZSTAN
Karabogaz-Karakum High
1153
Araks
2080
Lesser
Caucasus
2081
Central Kazakhstan
Folded Region
1168
UZBEKISTAN
Middle
Caspian Basin
1109
ARMENIA
South Turgay
Basin
1167
TAJIKISTAN
AZERBAIJAN
Kura
Basin
1113
South Caspian
Basin
1112
Kopet-Dag Foldbelt
1155
Fergana
Basin
1159
TURKMENISTAN
Amu-Darya Basin
1154
Afghan-Tajik
Basin
1156
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Volga-Ural Region
1015
Mugodzhary-South
Emba
1018
1
50E
40E
YEAR
1970
1960
1990
1980
2000
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
Explored area
20
0
1,000
500
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
YEAR
1980
1970
1990
2000
60
600
50
500
Oil
400
30
300
Gas
20
200
10
100
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Figure 6.
0
180
GAS (TCF)
OIL (BBO)
40
Continued.
19
Kazakhstan:
Middle Caspian Basin, 1109 ..................
1961
North Caspian Basin, 1016 ....................
1898
North Ustyurt Basin, 1150 .....................
1964
South Turgay Basin, 1167......................
1984
Volga-Ural Region, 1015 .......................
1991
Total ...................................................................
Azerbaijan:
Kura Basin, 1113 ...................................
1873
Middle Caspian Basin, 1109 ..................
1939
South Caspian Basin, 1112 ....................
1869
Total ...................................................................
Turkmenistan:
Amu-Darya Basin, 1154 ........................
1959
Middle Caspian Basin, 1109 ..................
1973
South Caspian Basin, 1112 ....................
1933
Total ...................................................................
Uzbekistan:
Afghan-Tajik Basin, 1156 ......................
1934
Amu-Darya Basin, 1154 ........................
1953
Fergana Basin, 1159...............................
1931
Middle Caspian Basin, 1109 ..................
1964
North Ustyurt Basin, 1150 .....................
1968
Total ...................................................................
Georgia:
Kura Basin, 1113 ...................................
1869
Kyrgyzstan:
Fergana Basin, 1159...............................
1901
Tajikistan:
Afghan-Tajik Basin, 1156 ......................
1949
Fergana Basin, 1159...............................
1908
Total ...................................................................
Figure 6.
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
4,761
18,565
2,408
667
0
26,401
5,211
21,615
2,588
1,038
67
30,519
3,980
39,961
1,864
725
835
47,365
3,546
53,667
1,892
18
2
59,125
7,526
93,628
3,756
743
837
106,490
0
128
16,310
16,438
155
143
17,072
17,370
17
249
14,642
14,908
0
47
35,038
35,085
17
296
49,680
49,993
0
0
3,421
3,421
81
0
3,956
4,037
360
0
11,017
11,377
135,945
4
9,948
145,897
136,305
4
20,965
157,274
0
400
180
0
0
580
97
790
513
0
1
1,401
21
5,938
233
0
0
6,192
4,937
82,609
231
1,600
366
89,743
4,958
88,547
464
1,600
366
95,935
223
369
198
63
261
104
229
866
873
0
0
0
51
39
90
76
49
125
174
245
419
250
294
544
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
10
Exploration data
Country
Land area
(mi2)
Kazakhstan....................... 1,049,151
Azerbaijan........................
33,436
Turkmenistan................... 188,456
Uzbekistan........................ 172,741
Georgia.............................
26,911
Kyrgyzstan.......................
76,641
Tajikistan..........................
55,251
Armenia............................ .. . 11,506
Total............................ 1,614,093
Delineated.prospective.area.through.2001....................
168,262.mi2
Explored.area.through.2001..........................................
32,179.mi2
Wildcat.wells.through.2001..........................................
3,237.wells
Current.growth.in.delineated.prospective.area..
per.wildcat.(for.last.10.percent.of.wells)..................
104.mi2/well
Reported.discoveries.through.2001.of.cumulative..
recoverable.crude.oil.and.gas.in.all.provinces:
. Oil.......................................................................
54.065.BBO
.Gas......................................................................
416.610.TCF
Richness.
total.oil.discoveries .
.......... 0.321.MMBO/mi2
.
.................total.delineated.prospective.area
......
(
12
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
65E
70E
75E
40N
Qiangtang
Terrane
3133
Amu-Darya
Basin
1154
Kopet-Dag
Foldbelt
1155
Afghan-Tajik
Basin
1156
Himalayan
8002
AFGHANISTAN
35N
Central
Iranian
Basins
2091
Central
Afghanistan
8023
Baluchistan
8022
Southeast
Afghanistan
8001
Afghan
8024
Kohat-Potwar
8026
Sulaiman-Kirthar
8025
30N
PAKISTAN
Lut Block and
Depression
2093
Indus
8042
Makran
8021
25N
Bombay
8043
Figure .
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1960 1970
2000
1,000
900
2000
50
Gas
800
40
700
OIL (MMBO)
30
YEAR
1990
1980
20
30
600
Oil
500
20
400
GAS (TCF)
40
AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
YEAR
1990
1
300
10
10
200
Explored area
100
0
100
200
300
400
500
10
20
30
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
40
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Pakistan:
Indus, 8042..................................................
1957
Sulaiman-Kirthar, 8025...............................
1883
Total ..........................................................................
Afghanistan:
Afghan-Tajik Basin, 1156 ...........................
1960
Amu-Darya Basin, 1154 .............................
1959
Total ..........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
0
299
0
299
328
0
328
23,580
16,399
39,979
23,908
16,399
40,307
0
0
0
7
112
119
10
100
110
412
4,899
5,311
422
4,999
5,421
Exploration data
Country
Pakistan ...........................
Afghanistan .....................
Total ............................
Land area
(mi2)
310,402
250,000
560,402
Figure .
Continued.
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70E
80E
90E
Kohat-Potwar
8026
Himalayan
8002
BHUTAN
30N
Indus
8042
NEPAL
INDIA
Bombay
8043
Chindwara
8030
Indian Shield
8003
20N
Himalayan
Foreland
8028
Damodar
8032
Assam
8034
North
Burma
8035
Satpura
Brahmani
8031
GangesBrahmaputra Delta
8047
Pranhita-Godavari
8033
Mahanadi
8046
Krishna-Godavari
8045
IndoBurman
8005
BANGLADESH
Lakshadweep
8062
Cauvery
8044
Irrawaddy
8048
10N
Konkan
8063
Maldives
8061
Sri
Lanka
8004
SRI
LANKA
North Sumatra
Basin
3822
MALDIVES
0
Figure . Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and
Sri Lanka.
Figure . India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Cumulative recoverable oil and gas discoveries in all provinces
through 2001, graphed by the year the field location
became part of the delineated prospective area
1960 1970
11
2000
70
1990
2000
60
50
50
40
30
20
Gas
40
6
5
30
4
20
Explored area
10
10
1
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
70
Oil
60
YEAR
1980
10
OIL (BBO)
80
YEAR
1990
1980
GAS (TCF)
1
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
80
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
India:
Assam, 8034................................................
1867
Bombay, 8043 .............................................
1958
Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, 8047...............
1915
Indus, 8042..................................................
1967
Krishna-Godavari, 8045..............................
1979
Total ..........................................................................
Bangladesh:
Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, 8047...............
1923
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1,717
6,075
0
0
223
8,015
2,157
7,325
1
40
331
9,854
5,286
15,081
0
0
427
20,794
551
12,898
843
159
3,091
17,542
5,837
27,979
843
159
3,518
38,336
17,705
17,705
Exploration data
Country
India ................................
Bangladesh......................
Bhutan .............................
Maldives..........................
Nepal ...............................
Sri Lanka.........................
Total ............................
Figure .
Continued.
Land area
(mi2)
1,269,340
55,598
18,147
116
54,363
25,332
1,422,896
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100E
95E
105E
110E
Himalayan
8002
Assam
8034
25N
North
Burma
8035
TenasserimShan
8006
Sulongshan
Fold Belt
3148
Lanping
Simao
Basin
3119
Shiwan
Dashan
Basin
3141
South China
Continental
Shelf Slope
3181
VIETNAM
BURMA
South China
Fold Belt
3146
LAOS
20N
Truong Son
Fold Belt
3510
GangesBrahmaputra
Delta
8047
Khorat Platform
3502
15N
IndoBurman
8005
THAILAND
Thailand
Mesozoic
Basin Belt
3508
Tonle
Sap-Phnom
Penh Basin
3509
Yinggehai
Basin
3159
CAMBODIA
Central
Vietnam
Basin
3501
Irrawaddy
8048
10N
Thai
Basin
Malay 3507
Peninsula
3704
North
Sumatra
Basin
3822
Figure 9.
Saigon
Basin
3505
Panjang/
Cardomomes
Basin
3504
Malay
Basin
3703
Mekong Cuulong/
Vung Tau Basin
3503
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
1990
2000
1960 1970
YEAR
1990
1980
50
40
2000
60
50
Oil
40
60
1980
30
Gas
30
GAS (TCF)
1960 1970
1
20
20
1
Explored area
10
0
100
200
300
400
500
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
10
600
700
10
40
30
20
50
60
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Vietnam:
Malay Basin, 3703 ......................................
1994
Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau
Basin, 3503 .............................................
1975
Saigon Basin, 3505 .....................................
1974
South China Continental Shelf
Slope, 3181 .............................................
1991
Yinggehai Basin, 3159 ................................
1975
Total.......................................................................
Burma:
Irrawaddy, 8048 ..........................................
1864
Thailand:
Malay Basin, 3703 ......................................
1973
Thai Basin, 3507 .........................................
1973
Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt, 3508 ..........
1981
Total.......................................................................
Cambodia:
Malay Basin, 3703 ......................................
1994
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
82
395
1,675
2,070
1,710
111
2,064
251
2,255
1,110
1,120
5,872
3,375
6,982
0
0
1,821
0
19
2,416
0
0
3,760
1,500
1,099
11,266
1,500
1,099
15,026
649
798
1,226
11,552
12,778
0
0
240
240
27
211
256
494
117
1,218
812
2,147
10,347
14,010
20
24,377
10,464
15,228
832
26,524
75
75
Exploration data
Country
Vietnam ...........................
Burma..............................
Thailand ..........................
Cambodia ........................
Laos.................................
Total ............................
Land area
(mi2)
127,243
261,969
198,456
69,900
91,429
748,997
Figure 9.
Continued.
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125E
130E
135E
140E
Aniva
Basin
1327
45N
Ishikari
Hidaka Basin
3303
Gensan Basin
3401
Korea Bay
Basin
3404
40N
Korean
Continental
Shelf
3406
NORTH
KOREA
Sea of Japan
Backarc Basin
3312
Korean
Craton
3405
SOUTH
KOREA
Huksan
Platform
3403
35N
Tottori
Basin
3315
Tsushima
Basin
3316
JAPAN
Sinzi Uplift
3313
Miyazaki
Basin
3307
Okinawa
Trough
3309
East China
Sea Basin
3109
Akita
Basin
3301
Niigata Basin
3308
Japan Volcanic
Arc/Accreted Terrane
3304
Gyeongsang Basin
3402
30N
Tokachi Basin
3314
Sagara
Basin
3311
Joban
Basin
3305
Honshu
Ridge
3302
Kanto
Basin
3306
Ryukyu
Volcanic
Arc
3310
25N
2000
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
300
1990
2000
Oil
12
7
6
10
200
OIL (MMBO)
14
YEAR
1980
1970
8
6
4
Gas
4
3
100
Explored area
2
0
GAS (TCF)
1960
19
1
0
100
200
300
400
500
10
12
14
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Japan:
Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted
1870
Terrane, 3304 ..........................................
Kanto Basin, 3306.......................................
1935
Niigata Basin, 3308.....................................
1867
Total.......................................................................
South Korea:
Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted
Terrane, 3304 ..........................................
1987
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
0
0
0
120
0
86
206
87
0
297
384
1,564
1,359
2,373
5,296
1,651
1,359
2,670
5,680
100
100
Exploration data
Country
Japan ......................................
South Korea............................
North Korea............................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
145,882
38,023
46,541
230,446
Figure 0.
Continued.
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115E
120E
125E
130E
Okinawa
Trough
3309
Taiwan Thrust
and Fold Belt
3151
25N
Ryukyu
Volcanic Arc
3310
TAIWAN
Taixinan
Basin
3153
Taiwan
Melange
Belt
3152
20N
Bijianan
Basin
3180
Cagayan
Basin
3602
Philippine
Accretionary
Prism
3607
15N
South China
Continental
Shelf Slope
3181
PHILIPPINES
Zambalez/Central
Luzon Basin
3837
Reed Bank
Basin
3609
Bicol Shelf
Basin
3601
Palawan
Shelf
3605
Philippine
Magmatic Arc
3608
South China
Ocean Basin
3167
Visayan
3612
10N
Baram Delta/
Brunei-Sabah
Basin
3701
5N
Sulu Arch
3610
Cotabato
Basin
3603
1980
1990
2000
1960
200
YEAR
1980
1970
1990 2000
8
7
6
20
5
100
4
Gas
10
100
200
300
400
Oil
Explored area
0
GAS (TCF)
30
OIL (MMBO)
40
YEAR
1970
11
1
500
600
10
20
30
40
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
1976
182
36
4,539
4,575
1876
1,941
1,941
Exploration data
Country
Philippines..............................
Taiwan....................................
Total ...................................
Land area
(mi2)
115,830
13,892
129,722
30,553 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
Explored area through 2001.............................................
5,045 mi2
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
526 wells
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
55 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
193 MMBO
Gas.........................................................................
7.341 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
.............. 0.006 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 1.
Continued.
12
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100E
110E
120E
10N
Saigon
Basin
3505
Malay
Basin
3703
North Sumatra
Basin
3822
Penyu/West
Natuna Basin
3825
Central
Sumatra
Basin
3808
East Natuna
Basin
3810
Sumatra/Java
Magmatic Arc
3833
Sumatra/Java
Accretionary
Prism
3831
South Sumatra
Basin
3828
Pamusian
Tarakan
Basin
3606
Rajang-Crocker
Accretionary
Prism
3705
Sunda Platform
3835
Sumatra/Java
Fore-Arc Basins
3832
Ketuneau/Sintang
Terrane
3816
Greater
Sarawak
Basin
3702
Go
B
INDONESIA
Melawi
Basin
3818
Northwest
Java Basin
3824
Kutei
Basin
3817
Barito
Basin
3804
East
Java
Basin
3809
Meratus
High
3819
South
Makassar
Basin
3827
Flores
Basin
3811
Bali
Basin
3802
10S
Figure 2.
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Indonesia.
S
P
140E
130E
10N
ntang
Pamusian
Tarakan
Basin
3606
Halmahera
Platform
3814
Gorontalo
Basin
3812
Sulawesi
Magmatic Arc
3830
Bali
Basin
3802
New Guinea
Mobile Belt
3967
North
Banda
Basin
3821
South
Makassar
Basin
3827
Flores
Basin
3811
Bintuni/Sulawati
Province
3805
Sulawesi
Accretionary
Prism
3829
Kutei
Basin
3817
Meratus
High
3819
Halmahera
Basin
3813
Java/
Banda Sea
3815
South Banda
Basin
3826
Banda Arc
3803
Bone Basin
3806
Sumba
Province
3834
Weber
Basin
3836
Bonaparte
Gulf Basin
3910
10S
1
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
Cumulative recoverable oil and gas discoveries in all provinces
through 2001, graphed by the year the field location
became part of the delineated prospective area
200
1990
2000
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
30
180
1990
2000
250
Oil
200
140
20
120
Gas
100
150
80
100
10
60
Explored area
40
50
20
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Indonesia:
Barito Basin, 3804 ......................................
1937
Bintuni/Sulawati Province, 3805 ................
1936
Bonaparte Gulf Basin, 3910........................
2000
Central Sumatra Basin, 3808 ......................
1939
East Java Basin, 3809..................................
1888
Greater Sarawak Basin, 3702......................
1970
Kutei Basin, 3817........................................
1897
Malay Basin, 3703 ......................................
1982
North Sumatra Basin, 3822.........................
1885
Northwest Java Basin, 3824........................
1939
Pamusian Tarakan Basin, 3606 ...................
1900
Penyu/West Natuna Basin, 3825.................
1972
South Sumatra Basin, 3828.........................
1896
Sulawesi Accretionary Prism, 3829 ............
1986
Total...........................................................................
Figure 2.
Continued.
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
143
195
0
10,989
380
0
2,417
0
292
1,652
350
320
1,069
0
17,807
173
504
0
13,074
976
20
3,487
45
736
3,434
522
678
2,869
15
26,533
210
248
0
1,416
1,667
25
10,121
0
1,968
5,043
814
1,628
5,113
0
28,253
5
19,262
1,800
693
4,836
46,395
48,545
930
28,695
6,417
3,429
3,420
12,873
3,791
181,091
215
19,510
1,800
2,109
6,503
46,420
58,666
930
30,663
11,460
4,243
5,048
17,986
3,791
209,344
0
200
GAS (TCF)
160
OIL (BBO)
YEAR
1980
1960 1970
1
Exploration data
Country
Indonesia .........................
Land area
(mi2)
741,097
179,462 mi2
Figure 2.
Continued.
156
105E
110E
115E
10N
Malay
Basin
3703
North
Sumatra
Basin
3822
5N
JDA
Greater Sarawak
Basin
3702
Malay Peninsula
3704
MALAYSIA
Penyu/West
Natuna Basin
3825
SINGAPORE
Sulu Sea
Basin
3611
Baram
Delta/BruneiSabah Basin
3701
BRUNEI
East
Natuna
Basin
3810
Rajang-Crocker
Accretionary Prism
3705
Sulu Arch
3610
Pamusian
Tarakan
Basin
3606
Ketuneau/Sintang
Terrane
3816
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
100E
70
YEAR
1980
1970
1990
2000
60
Malaysia:
Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah
Basin, 3701 ........................................ 1910
Greater Sarawak Basin, 3702................. 1962
Malay Basin, 3703 (includes JDA) ........ 1969
North Sumatra Basin, 3822.................... 1989
Penyu/West Natuna Basin, 3825............ 1973
Total.............................................................
Brunei:
Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah
Basin, 3701 ........................................ 1914
50
40
30
20
Explored area
10
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Year of
first
discovery
700
800
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
2,449
342
2,384
0
0
5,175
3,292
880
3,752
0
69
7,993
8,411
1,934
12,648
0
30
23,023
8,245
40,865
36,275
5
3
85,393
16,656
42,799
48,923
33
108,416
3,416
3,850
19,622
3,388
23,010
900
Exploration data
12
YEAR
1980
1970
Oil
10
1990
2000
150
Gas
100
GAS (TCF)
OIL (BBO)
8
6
50
4
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Continued.
Malaysia...........................
Brunei...............................
Singapore .........................
Total..........................
127,317
2,228
250
129,794
1
Figure .
70
Country
Oil..................................................................
11.848 BBO
Gas.................................................................
131.806 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
......... 0.200 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
1960
Land area
2
(mi )
Sepik-Ramu Basin
3970
150E
New Guinea
Foreland BasinFold Belt
3966
160E
Solomon
Islands
3005
South Bismarck
Volcanic Arc
3971
PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
Merauke Platform
3820
East Ontong
Java Rise
3014
Cape Vogel
Basin
3964
TUVALU
Shorland
Basin
3004 Russell Basin
3016
Papuan Basin-Shelf
Platform
3969
New Guinea
Mobile Belt
3967
Indispensable
Reef
3015
Melanesia
Border Plateau
3013
Vanikoro
Basin
3028
Malakula/Aoba/
Banks Basin
3938
VANUATU
20S
KIRIBATI
NAURU
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
10S
Carpentaria
Basin
3917
170E
Bellona Plateau
3002
New Hebrides
Arc
3019
Bligh Water
Basin
3003
Fiji Islands
3973
NEW
CALEDONIA
FIJI
Loyalty Island
Ridge
3012
Bau
Waters
Basin
3001
New Caledonia
3018
Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001
140E
158
130E
15
1970
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
10
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
270
0
270
518
0
518
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
1,990
0
1,990
9,320
2,740
12,060
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
11,310
2,740
14,050
5
Explored area
Exploration data
0
50
100
150
200
Country
YEAR
1970 1980
1990
2000
600
15
500
Gas
10
GAS (TCF)
400
Oil
300
200
100
10
212
Guam*..............................
Marshall Islands* .............
70
Micronesia*......................
271
Northern Mariana
184
Islands* ........................
Tonga*..............................
289
Gas.................................................................
14.125 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
...... 0.035 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
19
15
Land area
(mi2)
OIL (MMBO)
Year of
first
discovery
120E
EAST TIMOR
Browse Basin
3913
TIMOR
Pine Creek
Geosyncline
GAP 3954
20S
Kimberley
Basin
3935
Canning Basin
3914
Paterson Province
3951
Northwest
Shelf
3948
Carnarvon Basin
3916
AUSTRALIA
Albany-Fraser
Province
3902
Carpentaria
Basin
3917
Laura Basin
3937
Coen-Yambo Block
3920
Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt
3934
Georgina
Basin
3929
Tennant Creek
Block
3961
Eucla Basin
3925
40S
Bowen Basin
3911
Maryborough Basin
3940
Stuart Shelf
3957
Darling Basin
3922
Gawler
Block
3928
Surat
Basin
3958
New
England
Fold Belt
3946
ClarenceMoreton Basin
3919
Lacklan
Fold Belt
3936
Murray Basin
3943
Bremer Basin
3912
Great Australian
Bight Basin
3931
Adelaide and
Kanmantoo Fold Belts
3901
Otway Basin
3950
Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough
3956
Tasmania Basin
3960
Figure .
Capricorn Basin
3915
Galilee Basin
3926
Eromanga
Basin
Amadeus Basin
3924
3903
Musgrave Block
3944
Officer Basin
3949
Yilgarn Block
3974
Perth Basin
3952
160E
Arunta Block
3904
Ngalia Basin
3947
Bangemall and
Nabberu Basins
3906
30S
Wiso
Basin
3963
Birrindudu
Basin and
Tanami Block
3909
Gascoyne Block
3927
Australian
Arafura Basin
3905
McArthur Basin
3945
Daly River Basin
3921
150E
Sydney Basin
3959
Gippsland Basin
3930
Bass Basin
3907
Bassian Rise
3908
Map, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Australia and East Timor. The countries shared the Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation.
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Banda Arc
3803
10S
140E
130E
160
110E
1970
1980
1990
2000
350
300
250
200
150
100
Explored area
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF WILDCAT WELLS
YEAR
1980
1990
Country
Australia..........................
East Timor.......................
Total ............................
2000
250
OIL (BBO)
150
4
Gas
100
50
1
0
100
150
200
250
300
50
DELINEATED PROSPECTIVE AREA (THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES)
Continued.
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
230
0
0
3,776
964
4,970
447
121
301
4,089
1,806
6,764
483
173
1,105
2,229
1,365
5,355
20,085
38,578
8,818
8,868
95,242
171,591
20,568
38,751
9,923
11,097
96,607
176,946
109
46
4,878
4,924
Land area
2
(mi )
2,967,896
5,794
2,973,690
161
Figure .
0
350
GAS (TCF)
200
Oil
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
7
6
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Exploration data
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
5,000
1960
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Australia:
Bonaparte Gulf Basin, 3910................ 1964
Browse Basin, 3913 ............................ 1971
Eromanga Basin, 3924 ........................ 1964
Gippsland Basin, 3930 ........................ 1924
Northwest Shelf, 3948 ........................ 1954
Total ................................................................
Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation:
Bonaparte Gulf Basin, 3910................ 1974
50
Year of
first
discovery
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165E
170E
175E
35S
Northland
Basin
3023
Challenger
Plateau
3918
Waikato Basin
3029
Taranaki Basin
3031
Wanganui Basin
3030
40S
NEW
ZEALAND
Chatham Rise
3972
45S
New Zealand
Orogenic Belt
3021
Solander-Waiau Basin
3025
Hikurani Trough
3008
50S
YEAR
1980
1990
2000
1960
500
1970
1980
14
YEAR
1990
2000
8
7
Gas
400
12
10
OIL (MMBO)
16
1970
8
6
4
6
5
300
Oil
200
3
2
100
Explored area
2
0
GAS (TCF)
16
100
200
300
400
10
12
14
16
Significant petroleum provinceYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
1867
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
200
419
552
6,544
7,096
Exploration data
Country
New Zealand ..........................
Land area
(mi2)
103,737
15,313 mi2
Delineated prospective area through 2001.......................
2,286 mi2
Explored area through 2001.............................................
Wildcat wells through 2001 .............................................
323 wells
Current growth in delineated prospective area
per wildcat (for last 10 percent of wells) .....................
48 mi2/well
Reported discoveries through 2001 of cumulative
recoverable crude oil and gas in all provinces:
Oil..........................................................................
419 MMBO
Gas.........................................................................
7.536 TCF
Richness
total oil discoveries
....... 0.027 MMBO/mi2
total delineated prospective area
Figure 6.
Continued.
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70N
10E
20E
40E
30E
50E
60E
70E
South
Barents
Basin
1050
Novaya
Zemlya
Monocline
1062
Timan-Pechora
Basin
1008
Ludlov Saddle
1059
60N
80E
Admiralty Arch
1061
RUSSIA
in Asia
Timan
High
1007
Baltic Shield-Norwegian
Caledonides
4016
Mezen Basin
1006
Kotelnich
Arch
1005
Baltic
Depression
4021
Ural
Novaya
Zemlya
Foldbelt
1017
Volga-Ural
Region
1015
Moscow Basin
1003
BelorussianVoronezh High
1004
RUSSIA
in Europe
50N
DnieperDonets Basin
1009
North Caspian
Basin
1016
Donbass Foldbelt
1014
AzovKuban
Basin
1108
Great Caucasus Foldbelt
1110
Middle Caspian
Basin
1109
Figure . Maps, graphs, and tables of data for oil and gas exploration through 2001 in Russia. Separate maps show exploration in the
part of Russia in Europe and the part of Russia in Asia. The graphs and data tables in this figure show data for all of Russia.
YEAR
1980
1990 2000
1960
250
600
YEAR
1980
1970
1990 2000
Oil
200
2,500
2,000
400
300
200
Explored area
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
1,500
100
1,000
50
100
0
Gas
150
10,000
12,000
500
100
200
300
400
500
0
700
600
Significant petroleum provincesYear of first discovery and cumulative recoverable oil and gas discovered through 2001
Year of
first
discovery
Russia:
Angara-Lena Terrace, 1209.........................
1954
Azov-Kuban Basin, 1108............................
1864
Baykit Arch, 1207.......................................
1974
Dnieper-Donets Basin, 1009 .......................
1959
Lena-Vilyuy Basin, 1214 ............................
1956
Ludlov Saddle, 1059 ...................................
1990
Middle Caspian Basin, 1109 .......................
1893
Nepa-Botuoba Arch, 1210 ..........................
1965
North Caspian Basin, 1016 .........................
1958
North Sakhalin Basin, 1322 ........................
1923
South Barents Basin, 1050..........................
1983
Timan-Pechora Basin, 1008........................
1930
Volga-Ural Region, 1015 ............................
1932
West Siberian Basin, 1174 ..........................
1953
Yenisey-Khatanga Basin, 1175 ...................
1965
Total ..........................................................................
Oil in
large
fields
(MMBO)
Oil in
all
fields
(MMBO)
0
1,068
365
0
0
0
4,933
2,946
0
1,376
0
9,943
52,388
124,984
0
198,003
4
1,929
442
21
0
0
6,727
3,372
47
2,128
0
13,738
67,465
138,789
4
234,666
Gas in
oil
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
gas
fields
(BCF)
Gas in
all
fields
(BCF)
0
4,770
3,211
8
0
0
6,840
15,410
20
8,701
0
6,849
22,919
149,610
0
218,338
9,965
16,317
5,213
817
13,763
2,740
15,450
11,944
93,176
16,946
101,208
34,625
75,762
1,381,071
9,386
1,788,383
9,965
21,087
8,424
825
13,763
2,740
22,290
27,354
93,196
25,647
101,208
41,474
98,681
1,530,681
9,386
2,006,721
Exploration data
Country
Russia.....................................
Land area
(mi2)
6,592,741
Figure .
Continued.
627,065 mi2
142,661 mi2
10,738 wells
42 mi2/well
236.533 BBO
2,015.312 TCF
0.377 MMBO/mi2
GAS (TCF)
500
OIL (BBO)
700
1970
16
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Russia in Asia
60N
50E
70N
60E
70E
80E
90E
100E
110E
120E
130E
RUSSIA
in Europe
Arctic Ocean
Slope
1117
Taimyr-Kara
High
1176
Khatanga
Saddle
YeniseyKhatanga Basin 1201
50E
A
U
1
Laptev Shelf
1218
Anabar Basin
1200
1175
Anabar-Olenek
High
1202
Ural-Novaya
Zemlya Foldbelt
1017
TurukhanNorilsk
Folded Zone
1204
60E
TurukhanIgarka Uplift
1205
Turgay
Depression
1166
West
Siberian
Basin
1174
50N
Baykit
Arch
1207
Kuznetsk
Basin
1171
70E
Central Kazakhstan
Folded Region
1168
Altay-Sayan
Folded Region
1219
Kempendiay
Region
1212
RUSSIA
in Asia
North Minusa
Basin
1172
South Minusa
Basin
1173
NepaBotuoba
Arch
1210
Tunguska
Basin
1203
Aldan Upl
1215
Cis-Sayan
Basin
1208
Cis-Patom
Foredeep
1211
Baikal-Patom
Folded Region
1230
Angara-Lena
Terrace
1209
40N
Mongol-Okhotsk
Folded Region
3202
80E
Figure .
Continued.
LenaVilyuy
Basin
1214
Aldan
1
Ushumun
Basin
3138
Upp
B
1
ZeyaBureya
Basin
1222
Yinshan Da
and Xiao
Hingganling
Uplift
3160
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Russia in AsiaContinued
110E
tic Ocean
Slope
1117
120E
130E
140E
Anzhu
Uplift
1255
Laptev Shelf
1218
150E
160E
170E
Novosibirsk
Basin
1256
180
WrangelHerald
Uplift
1260
South
Chukchi-Hope
Basin
1261
Anabar Basin
1200
lenek
h
2
Kempendiay
Region
1212
pa
uoba
ch
10
LenaVilyuy
Basin
1214
Moma Basin
1252
atom
egion
0
Aldan Shield
1216
Upper Zeya
Basin
1217
Ushumun
Basin
3138
Bureya-Dunbey
Region
1220
Figure .
East Kamchatka
Basin
1315
Tinro
Basin
1310
Middle
Amur
Basin
1227
1313
180
1312
Sikhote-Alin
Folded Region
1224
Tatar
Strait
Basin
1328
170W
Khatyrka Basin
1302
Olyutor Basin
1314
Kuril-Kamchatka
Slope
1316
Central Okhotsk
High
1319
Upper
Bureya
Basin
1223
Continued.
Kinkil Basin
1305
KoniTayganos
Uplift
1308
Deryugin Basin
1321
60N
Gangut
High
1301
Koryak
Kamchatka
Foldbelt
1304
Penzhina Basin
1303
North
Sakhalin
Basin
1322
ZeyaBureya
Basin
1222
Yinshan Da
and Xiao
Hingganling
Uplift
3160
Ayon Basin
1253
North Okhotsk
Group of Basins
1309
Aldan Uplift
1215
Cis-Patom
Foredeep
1211
Gizhigin Basin
1307
Zyryanka Basin
1251
170W
Anadyr Basin
1300
Blagoveshchensk Basin
1254
VerkhoyanChukotka Folded
Region
1250
70N
Aniva Basin
1327
170E
Onekotan Basin
1317
South Okhotsk
Basin
1320
50N
40N
160E
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