Preliminary hazard maps showing elevated risk in five parts of Colorado are to be updated annually. Unlike quakes from natural tectonic plate friction, quakes caused by oil and gas activity depend ...

The U.S. Geological Survey raised its estimate this week for how much oil and gas lies underneath public lands if every possible drop were squeezed from the ground.

The USGS began oil and gas assessments 50 years ago following an oil embargo that underscored the importance of understanding undiscovered resources.

Full release: The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered oil and gas in formations under Wyoming and parts of southern Montana as well as parts of western ...

USGS oil and gas assessments began 50 years ago following an oil embargo against the U.S. that signaled a need to understand the occurrence, distribution, and potential volumes of undiscovered ...

The USGS’s latest estimates represent a substantial increase from its 1998 assessment, which identified 7.86 billion barrels of oil and 201.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas on public lands ...

The United States Geological Survey released a report on Wednesday showing vast quantities of undiscovered oil and gas resources beneath public lands. The analysis comes as Republicans in Congress ...

About half of what’s known as “the estimated undiscovered technically recoverable” oil lying below federal lands is in Alaska ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS ... is home to about a billion barrels of oil and 60 trillion feet of gas on these lands. Maps show technically extractable oil and gas on public lands. The survey ...

The USGS recently released a report on undiscovered oil and gas resources in formations under federally managed public lands. It estimated that nationally there are technically recoverable ...

The Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education at Western Michigan University archives analytical, pressure and production data from oil and gas wells.

A report by the U.S. Geological Survey said significant reserves of oil and natural gas could be lying thousands of feet underground along the Gulf Coast.