Media Advisory: USGS to Discuss New World Estimate for Conventional Oil and Gas Resources

WASHINGTON – Today at 3:15 p.m., the Department of the Interior will hold a press call regarding a new world estimate for undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources.

The U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released earlier today, estimates that the undiscovered, conventional resources in the world total 565 billion barrels of oil (bbo); 5,606 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas; and 167 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

These numbers represent technically recoverable resources, which are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations.

The press briefing can be accessed by dialing 1-888-989-4719 and entering the code SCIENCE.

Who:	Marcia McNutt, USGS Director Brenda Pierce, USGS Energy Resources Program Coordinator Chris Schenk, USGS Research Geologist
What:	Press call on USGS Estimate of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the World, 2012
When:	Wednesday, April 18, 2012; 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Media:	All credentialed news organizations are invited to participate in the news media teleconference by dialing 1-888-989-4719 and entering the code SCIENCE. News media will have an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place		Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	1970-01-01 00:00:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	1970-01-01 00:00:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status		Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami		This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG		A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network		The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources		A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type		The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type		Type of seismic event.
Event ID		Id of event.
Event Code		An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS		A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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