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View Resource Ranking of the World's Oil and Gas Provinces by Known Petroleum Volumes

A recent USGS open file report entitled Ranking of the World's Oil and Gas Provinces by Known Petroleum Volumes groups the worlds 937 geologic provinces into eight regions by known petroleum volumes of field. This site succintly describes the ranking methods used and results of the study. Perhaps not surprisingly, the Middle East and North Africa was found to contain nearly twice as many billions...

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-463/97463.html
View Resource Oil and Dependence: An NPR Special Report

Presented by National Public Radio's All Things Considered, the special report Oil and Dependence examines America's continued reliance on foreign oil. The articles discuss the global oil market, the domestic supply, and whether the US can move towards increasing energy conservation and less foreign oil dependence. Included are audio files of Christopher Joyce's reports, illustrations,...

https://legacy.npr.org/news/specials/oilseries/index.html
View Resource Fossil Fuels

The Department of Energy Web site Fossil Fuels is billed as an energy education site mainly for older kids, but can be enjoyed by adult kids as well. The site gives an introduction to energy, and then a more detailed look at the acquisition and uses of coal, oil, and gas. The good descriptions, illustrations, and animations, along with the frequent questions page and glossary of related terms,...

https://www.energy.gov/fecm/office-fossil-energy-and-carbon-...
View Resource Oil

The first site, offered by the Institute of Petroleum, is called Fossils into Fuel (1). It describes how oil and gas are formed and processed, as well as offering short quizzes on each section. The second site (2) is maintained by the Department of Energy. Visitors can learn about the history of oil use, how it’s found and extracted, and more. The next site, called Picture an Oil Well (3), is a...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/nsdl/ps/2002/0531
View Resource Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries

This recently released 90-page report by the US Geological Survey and the US Fish and Wildlife Service is a summary of previously reported and currently updated research on the potential biological impacts of petroleum exploration and development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). After a 1987 report to Congress recommending opening the refuge to "an orderly oil and gas leasing...

https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/bsr20020001
View Resource Australia Country Energy Brief: Energy Information Administration (EIA)

This updated energy brief from the EIA offers a basic country overview, as well as brief discussions on the country's use of natural gas, oil, coal, and electric power. For nearly fifteen years, Australia has been the number one exporter of coal in the world, exporting over 100 million short tons more coal that the United States.

https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/AUS
View Resource Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

The objective of the journal is to "bridge the gap between petroleum engineering and petroleum geology by publishing explicitly written articles intelligible to scientists and engineers working in any field of petroleum engineering or petroleum geology."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-petroleum-s...
View Resource US Geological Survey World Energy Project

The World Energy Project's Website holds a wide collection of data including province assessment reports and maps showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces (Africa, Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, South America, Former Soviet Union, Asia Pacific Region, and Iran). Finally, a report ranks the world's oil and gas provinces by known petroleum volumes.

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/central-energy-resources-scienc...
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