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Gautier DL, Bird KJ, Charpentier RR, et al. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic. Science. 2009;324(5931):1175-9doi: 10.1126/science.1169467.
Gautier, D. L., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Grantz, A., Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Moore, T. E., Pitman, J. K., Schenk, C. J., Schuenemeyer, J. H., Sørensen, K., Tennyson, M. E., Valin, Z. C., & Wandrey, C. J. (2009). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic. Science (New York, N.Y.), 324(5931), 1175-9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1169467
Gautier, Donald L, et al. "Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 324,5931 (2009): 1175-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1169467
Gautier DL, Bird KJ, Charpentier RR, Grantz A, Houseknecht DW, Klett TR, Moore TE, Pitman JK, Schenk CJ, Schuenemeyer JH, Sørensen K, Tennyson ME, Valin ZC, Wandrey CJ. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic. Science. 2009 May 29;324(5931):1175-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1169467. PMID: 19478178.
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Science. 2009 May 29;324(5931):1175-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1169467.

Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Arctic.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Donald L Gautier, Kenneth J Bird, Ronald R Charpentier, Arthur Grantz, David W Houseknecht, Timothy R Klett, Thomas E Moore, Janet K Pitman, Christopher J Schenk, John H Schuenemeyer, Kai Sørensen, Marilyn E Tennyson, Zenon C Valin, Craig J Wandrey

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19478178 DOI: 10.1126/science.1169467

Abstract

Among the greatest uncertainties in future energy supply and a subject of considerable environmental concern is the amount of oil and gas yet to be found in the Arctic. By using a probabilistic geology-based methodology, the United States Geological Survey has assessed the area north of the Arctic Circle and concluded that about 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 13% of the world's undiscovered oil may be found there, mostly offshore under less than 500 meters of water. Undiscovered natural gas is three times more abundant than oil in the Arctic and is largely concentrated in Russia. Oil resources, although important to the interests of Arctic countries, are probably not sufficient to substantially shift the current geographic pattern of world oil production.

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