Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the United States*, Table
- Recoverable Shale Oil Resources of the United States*, Table
-
deposits recoverable resources**
Mahogany Zone 59
Shales above Mahogany Zone 90
Shales below Mahogany Zone 231
Other western basins 131
Total 626
*Recovery factor = 37.5 percent of estimated in-place resource. **In
billion barrels;
figures adapted from Oil & Gas Journal, U.
S.
Geological
Survey, and American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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