Hydrocarbon Value for the 1002 Area
Report	Summary	Probabilistic Hydrocarbon Potential Estimates
		Billion barrels of Oil			Trillion ft^3 of Gas
		5%	50%	95%	5%	50%	95%
USGS Open File Report 98-34, 1998 Economically Recoverable	Billions of barrels of oil	11.799	7.668	4.254	10.85	2.94	0
	Higher end	Value, in billions of dollars
		412.97	268.38	148.89	61.17	16.57	0
	Current Value	366.83	238.40	132.27	54.61	14.80	0
	Lower End	294.98	191.7	106.35	44.45	12.05	0
Average:		358.26	232.83	129.17	53.41	14.47	0
USGS Open File Report 98-34, 1998 Technically Recoverable		16	10.3	5.7
	Higher End	Value, in billions of $
		560	360.5	199.5
	Current Value	497.44	320.23	177.21
	Lower End	400	257.5	142.5
Average:		485.81	312.74	173.07

Values used for the above price estimates
Oil   ($/barrel)                      Natural Gas  ($/MMbtu)
Higher End    $35                Higher End    $5.5
Current Value    $31.09      Current Value    $4.91
Lower End    $25                Lower End    $4

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