| Comparison of Estimated Undiscovered Oil | |||||||||
| USGS – 2000 | CJC | ||||||||
| Difference | Probable CJC equivalence |
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| Oil Gb | P95 | P50 | P5 | Mean | P95-CJC | ||||
| 1-FSU | 36 | 107 | 226 | 116 | -24% | 44 | FSU +Casp | ||
| 2-ME/N.Africa | 73 | 216 | 432 | 230 | 23% | 56 | ME +MEO+Egypt+Lib+Alg+Tun |
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| 3-Asia/Pacific | 9 | 27 | 59 | 30 | 24% | 7 | East +China | ||
| 4-Europe | 6 | 20 | 45 | 22 | 40% | 4 | NW Eur + Alb. Hung. Rom |
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| 5-N.Am (ex US) | 7 | 71 | 157 | 70 | -1% | 7 | Can + Mex | ||
| 6-C&S.Am | 20 | 93 | 231 | 105 | -49% | 30 | L-am +DW Bras | ||
| 7-SubAfric/Antarc | 27 | 69 | 124 | 72 | -4% | 28 | Africa less N Africa + DW | ||
| 8-S.Asia | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9% | 1 | India & Thailand | ||
| 9. USA | 61 | 95 | 76 | 62% | 23 | US-48+Alaska +DW | |||
| Unforeseen | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Sum | 239 | 606 | 1376 | 724 | 13% | 209 | |||
| Non-US | 179 | 606 | 1282 | 649 | -4% | 186 | |||
| Note: It is not an exact comparison because the |
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| USGS -1993 | definitions of what is being measured may not be |
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| 1 FSU | 59 | 242 | 131 | the same. | |||||
| 2 USA | 29 | 62 | 44 | ||||||
| 3 WORLD | 292 | 1005 | 470 | ||||||
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