Assessment of Conventional and Continuous Oil and Gas Resources in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, 2024

Fact Sheet 2025-3023
National and Global Petroleum Assessment
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 473 million barrels of oil and 27 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.

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Hearon, J.S., Schenk, C.J., Gelman, S.E., Johnson, B.G., Lagesse, J.H., Mercier, T.J., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Timm, K.K., Drake, R.M., II, Cicero, A.D., and Le, P.A., 2025, Assessment of conventional and continuous oil and gas resources in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, 2024: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2025–3023, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20253023.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Geologic Summary
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of conventional and continuous oil and gas resources in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, 2024
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2025-3023
DOI 10.3133/fs20253023
Publication Date May 21, 2025
Year Published 2025
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description Report: 4 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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