TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic
AU - Gautier, Donald L.
AU - Bird, Kenneth J.
AU - Charpentier, Ronald R.
AU - Grantz, Arthur
AU - Houseknecht, David W.
AU - Klett, Timothy R.
AU - Moore, Thomas E.
AU - Pitman, Janet K.
AU - Schenk, Christopher J.
AU - Schuenemeyer, John H.
AU - Sørensen, Kai
AU - Tennyson, Marilyn E.
AU - Valin, Zenon C.
AU - Wandrey, Craig J.
PY - 2009/5/29
Y1 - 2009/5/29
N2 - Among the greatest uncertainties in future energy supply and a subject of considerable environmental concern is the amount of oil and gas yet to be found in the Arctic. By using a probabilistic geologybased methodology, the United States Geological Survey has assessed the area north of the Arctic Circle and concluded that about 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 13% of the world's undiscovered oil may be found there, mostly offshore under less than 500 meters of water. Undiscovered natural gas is three times more abundant than oil in the Arctic and is largely concentrated in Russia. Oil resources, although important to the interests of Arctic countries, are probably not sufficient to substantially shift the current geographic pattern of world oil production.
AB - Among the greatest uncertainties in future energy supply and a subject of considerable environmental concern is the amount of oil and gas yet to be found in the Arctic. By using a probabilistic geologybased methodology, the United States Geological Survey has assessed the area north of the Arctic Circle and concluded that about 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 13% of the world's undiscovered oil may be found there, mostly offshore under less than 500 meters of water. Undiscovered natural gas is three times more abundant than oil in the Arctic and is largely concentrated in Russia. Oil resources, although important to the interests of Arctic countries, are probably not sufficient to substantially shift the current geographic pattern of world oil production.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66349088247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1169467
DO - 10.1126/science.1169467
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 324
SP - 1175
EP - 1179
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5931
ER -