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Southern, Assessment Unit 60900102 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 DRILLING-COMPLETION YEAR CUM. NEW-FIELD WILDCAT WELLS (No.)

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Southern, Assessment Unit 60900102Volumes of Discovered Petroleum

[MMBO, million barrels of oil. BCFG, billion cubic feet of gas. MMBNGL, million barrels of natural gas liquids. Fields containing less than 1 MMBO in oilfields or 6 BCFG in gas fields were not considered in the assessment. Fields were classified as oil or gas by the USGS. Fields without reported discoverydates were not included. NA means not applicable and is shown for volumes where only one field is present. Calculated values may not be equal to the

sums of the component values because numbers have been independently rounded.]

Known (Discovered) Volumes Grown (Discovered) VolumesField Type Number Number

of Fields Oil (MMBO) Gas (BCFG) NGL (MMBNGL) of Fields Oil (MMBO) Gas (BCFG) NGL (MMBNGL)

Oil Fields 9 679 206 0 10 904 260 0Gas Fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fields <1 MMBOE 6 3 0 0 5 3 0 0

All Fields 15 681 206 0 15 907 260 0

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Southern, Assessment Unit 60900102Discovery-History Sequence

[MMBO, million barrels of oil. BCFG, billion cubic feet of gas. Fields containing less than 1 MMBO in oil fields or 6 BCFG in gas fields werenot considered in the assessment. Fields were classified as oil or gas by the USGS. The first half or third shows year of first field discovery

as well as end of period. NA means not applicable and is shown where fewer than four fields are present.]

Discovery-History Sequence - Known (Discovered) VolumesFieldType Year Number of Total Mean Median

(End of Period) Fields Volume Size Size

Oil Fields Known Sizes (MMBO)First half 1946-1982 5 607 121 103Second half 1987 4 72 18 13

All Oil Fields 9 679 75 45Gas Fields Known Sizes (BCFG)

First third NA NA NA NA NASecond third NA NA NA NA NAThird third NA NA NA NA NA

All Gas Fields NA NA NA NA

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Southern, Assessment Unit 60900102Discovery-History Sequence

[MMBO, million barrels of oil. BCFG, billion cubic feet of gas. Fields containing less than 1 MMBO in oil fields or 6 BCFG in gas fields werenot considered in the assessment. Fields were classified as oil or gas by the USGS. The first half or third shows year of first field discovery

as well as end of period. NA means not applicable and is shown where fewer than four fields are present.]

Discovery-History Sequence - Grown (Discovered) VolumesFieldType Year Number of Total Mean Median

(End of Period) Fields Volume Size Size

Oil Fields Grown Sizes (MMBO)First half 1946-1981 5 682 136 128Second half 1987 5 223 45 43

All Oil Fields 10 904 90 56Gas Fields Grown Sizes (BCFG)

First third NA NA NA NA NASecond third NA NA NA NA NAThird third NA NA NA NA NA

All Gas Fields NA NA NA NA

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