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Science 3 August 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4405, pp. 489 - 491
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4405.489
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Oil and Gas in Offshore Tracts: Estimates Before and After Drilling

MYRON F. UMAN 1, WILLIAM R. JAMES 2, and HOLLY R. TOMLINSON 2

1 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 20418
2 U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092

Estimates of volumes of recoverable hydrocarbons underlying offshore tracts are made by the U.S. Geological Survey prior to the sale of leases and after drilling on those leases. Comparisons of these estimates show a moderate positive correlation and no evidence for relative bias, although the precision of the predictions is quite limnited.

Submitted on March 22, 1979


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Oil and Gas in Offshore Tracts: Inexactness of Resource Estimates Prior to Drilling.
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