USGS ScienceSearch

Geology topics

Research about Burgos Basin, Sabinas Basin, Tampico-Misantla Basin

Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Burgos Basin, Sabinas Basin, Tampico-Misantla Basin.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

Geology and assessment of unconventional oil and gas resources of northeastern Mexico

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, quantitatively assessed the potential for unconventional oil and gas resources within the onshore portions of the Tampico-Misantla Basin, Burgos Basin, and Sabinas Basin provinces of northeastern Mexico. Unconventional resources of the Veracruz Basin were not quantitatively assessed because of a current lack of required geological information. Unconventional resources include shale gas, shale oil, tight gas, tight oil, and coalbed gas. Undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources were assessed in Mexico in 2012.

Burgos Basin, Sabinas Basin, Tampico-Misantla Basi

Assessment of unconventional oil and gas resources in Northeast Mexico, 2014

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 0.78 billion barrels of unconventional oil, 23.5 trillion cubic feet of unconventional gas, and 0.88 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the Sabinas Basin, Burgos Basin, and Tampico-Misantla Basin provinces of northeast Mexico.

Burgos Basin, Sabinas Basin, Tampico-Misantla Basi