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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: December 5, 2012  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Issues in focus

Table 16. Attributes of unproved technically recoverable tight oil resources as of January 1, 2010
Basin/Play Area (square miles) Average well spacing (wells per square mile) Percent of area untested Percent of area with potential Average EUR (million barrels per well) Number of potential wells TRR (million barrels)
Western Gulf
Austin Chalk 16,078 3 72 61 0.13 21,165 2,688
Eagle Ford 3,200 5 100 54 0.28 8,665 2,461
Anadarko              
Woodford 3,120 6 100 88 0.02 16,375 393
Permian              
Avalon/Bone Springs 1,313 4 100 78 0.39 4,085 1,593
Spraberry 1,085 6 99 72 0.11 4,636 510
Rocky Mountain basins              
Niobrara 20,385 8 97 80 0.05 127,451 6,500
Williston Bakkena 6,522 2 77 97 0.55 9,767 5,372
San Joaquin/Los Angeles              
Monterey/Santos 2,520 12 98 93 0.50 7,242 8,817
Total tight oil 219,729 33,226
aIncludes Sanish-Three Forks formation.