ABSTRACT

Will additional significant crude oil reserves be added in the Western Gulf Basin? A task force of industry geologists working in Region 6--Western Gulf Basin, for the National Petroleum Council study, "Possible Future Petroleum Provinces of the United States," attempts to answer this question. The potential of currently nonproducing areas is stressed; however, possible extensions to producing trends are also analyzed from a geologic and production controls standpoint. This paper summarizes the thoughts and ideas from eight industry papers covering the Western Gulf Basin.

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