TY  - BOOK
AU  - Telles,Quintin R.
TI  - Federal Land Resources INCLUDE COLOR CD
T2  - None
SN  - 9781612092539
AV  - TN872.A5 -- F43 2010eb 
U1  - 333.8/2320973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Petroleum reserves -- United States
KW  - Oil fields -- United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- FEDERAL LAND RESOURCES -- FEDERAL LAND RESOURCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1  SCIENTIFIC INVENTORY OF ONSHORE FEDERAL LANDS' OIL AND GAS RESOURCES AND THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF RESTRICTIONS OR IMPEDIMENTS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT* -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- The Mandate from Congress -- The President's National Energy Policy Directives -- Methodology -- Results -- Compliance with the Law -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 The EPCA as Amended by the EPAct 2005 -- Sec. 604. Scientific Inventory of Oil and Gas Resources11 -- (a) In General -- (b) Regular Update -- (c) Inventory -- (d) Assessments -- 1.3 The National Energy Policy, May 2001 -- 1.4 The EPCA Phase I Inventory, 2003 -- 1.5 The National Petroleum Council Report, 2003 -- 1.6 Approach -- 1.7 Roles of the Agencies -- 1.8 Intended Use -- 1.9 Products/Future Direction -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 2.1 Procedures for Collecting and Preparing Land Status and Oil and Gas Access Constraints -- 2.1.1 Federal Land Status -- 2.1.1.1 Sources of Land Status Data -- 2.1.1.2 Land Status Data Preparation -- 2.1.1.3 Land Status Data-Related Caveats -- 2.1.2 Federal Oil and Gas Availability for Leasing and Lease Stipulations -- 2.1.2.1 Sources of Lease Stipulation Data -- 2.1.2.2 Lease Stipulation Data Preparation -- 2.1.2.3 Lease Stipulation Data-Related Caveats -- 2.1.3 Federal Drilling Permit Conditions of Approval -- 2.1.3.1 Sources of Conditions of Approval Data -- 2.1.3.2 Conditions of Approval Data Preparation -- 2.1.3.3 Conditions of Approval Data-Related Caveats -- 2.2 Procedures for Collecting and Preparing Oil and Gas Resource, Reserves Growth and Reserves Data -- 2.2.1 Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources -- 2.2.1.1 Sources of Oil and Gas Resources Data -- 2.2.1.2 Oil and Gas Resource Data Preparation -- 2.2.1.3 Oil and Gas Resource Data-Related Caveats; 2.2.2 Proved Ultimate Recovery Growth (Reserves Growth) -- 2.2.2.1 Sources of Remaining Proved Ultimate Recovery Data -- 2.2.2.2 Remaining Proved Ultimate Recovery Data Preparation -- 2.2.2.3 Remaining Proved Ultimate Recovery Estimate Data-Related Caveats -- 2.2.3 Oil and Natural Gas Resource Maps -- 2.2.4 Proved Reserves -- 2.2.4.1 Sources of Proved Oil and Gas Reserves Data -- 2.2.4.2 Proved Oil and Gas Reserves Data Preparation -- 2.2.4.3 Proved Reserves Data-Related Caveats -- 2.3 Data Integration and Spatial Analysis -- 2.3.1 Categorization of Oil and Gas Access Constraints -- 2.3.1.1 Data Integration And Spatial Analysis-Related Caveats -- 2.3.2 Analytical Modeling of Federal Lands and Resources -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1 Study Area Features -- 3.1.1 Northern Alaska (NPR-A and ANWR 1002 only) -- 3.1.2 Uinta-Piceance Basin -- 3.1.3 Paradox/San Juan Basins -- 3.1.4 Montana Thrust Belt -- 3.1.5 Powder River Basin -- 3.1.6 Wyoming Thrust Belt -- 3.1.7 Greater Green River Basin (Southwestern Wyoming) -- 3.1.8 Denver Basin -- 3.1.9 Florida Peninsula -- 3.1.10 Black Warrior Basin -- 3.1.11 Appalachian Basin -- 3.2 Regional Features -- 4. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL LAND ACCESS ISSUES -- 4.1 Issues Directly Impacting Access -- 4.1 Issues Directly Impacting Access -- 4.2 Issues Indirectly Impacting Access -- APPENDIX 1: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- APPENDIX 3: FEDERAL LAND STATUS PREPARATION -- A3.1 Sources of Data -- A3.2 Data Preparation -- Eastern Study Areas Data Collection Summary -- A3.3 Data Limitations -- Other limitations: -- A3.4 Data Source by Agency -- APPENDIX 4: FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASE STIPULATION DATA PREPARATION -- A4.1 Differences between the Phase II and Phase I Inventories -- A4.1 .1 Methodological Changes; A4.1.2 Omissions in Phase I -- A4.1.3 Errors in Phase I -- APPENDIX 5: APD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL  DATA PREPARATION -- APPENDIX 6: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY METHODOLOGY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF UNDISCOVERED OIL AND GAS RESOURCES   By U.S. Geological Survey National Assessment Review Team46 -- A6.1 Introduction -- A6.2 Terminology -- A6.3 Overview of the Oil and Gas Assessment Procedure -- A6.4 Role of Geologic Information in the Assessment -- A6.5 Sources of Oil and Gas Data -- A6.6 Assigning Accumulations and Wells to Plays -- A6.7 Oil and Gas Production Data -- A6.8 Graphs and Statistics for Conventional Plays -- A6.9 Assessment Input for Conventional Plays -- A6.10 Graphs and Statistics for Continuous-Type Plays -- A6.11 Assessment Input for Continuous Plays -- A6.12 USGS Assessment Review -- A6.13 Calculation of Undiscovered Conventional and Continuous Resources -- A6.14 Assessment Results -- A6.15 References Cited -- A6.16 General References -- APPENDIX 7: INITIAL ESTIMATES OF REMAINING PROVED ULTIMATE RECOVERY GROWTH -- A7.1 Database Preparation -- A7.2 Estimation of Remaining Proved Ultimate Recovery Growth -- A7.3 Exponential Cumulative Growth Factor Model -- A7.4 Hyperbolic Incremental Growth Factor Model -- A7.5 Results -- A7.6 Detailed Results by Model Type -- A7.6.1 Exponential Cumulative Growth Factor Model Runs -- A7.6.2 Hyperbolic Incremental Growth Factor Model Runs -- APPENDIX 8: PROVED RESERVES ESTIMATION AND FIELD BOUNDARY CONSTRUCTION -- A8.1 Summary -- A8.2 Study Areas -- A8.3 Data Sources -- A8.4 Limitations Imposed by the Available Data Sources -- A8.5 Process Overview -- A8.6 Quality Checking and Combination of Data Sources for Each State -- A8.7 Merging of Well Data Files -- A8.7.1 Preparation of Spud Point Location Information (Well Latitude and Longitude at the Surface) -- A8.7.2 Field and Reservoir Name Respelling and Renaming; A8.7.3 Missing Field Names -- A8.7.4 Identification of Well Types for Later Buffering -- A8.7.5 Merging of Non-IHS Production Data -- A8.8 Construction of Well Buffers -- A8.8.1 Determination of Nominal Well Spacing and the Assignment of Buffer Radii -- A8.8.2 Well Buffer Construction Rules -- A8.9 Construction of Field Boundaries -- A8.10 Smoothing of the Field Boundaries -- A8.11 Calculation of the Federal Lands Fraction within a Field's Boundary -- A8.12 Review and Quality Control of the Resulting Maps -- A8.13 Field-Level Proved Reserves Estimation -- A8.14 Calculation of Federal Reserves -- A8.15 Reserves Classification -- A8.16 Merging of Proved Reserves Classes with Field Boundaries and Fraction of Federal Land -- A8.17 Summary of Results -- A8.18 Summary of Updated Phase 1 Results -- APPENDIX 9: GIS METHODOLOGY -- A9.1 Stipulation Exceptions -- A9.2 Treatment of NSO Areas -- A9.3 Analytical Modeling of Federal Lands and Resources -- A9.4 Quality Control of Modeling Results -- APPENDIX 10 : FEDERAL LAND USE PLANNING DOCUMENTS USED FOR THE PHASE II INVENTORY -- APPENDIX 11: FEDERAL OIL AND GAS SURFACE MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2  OIL SHALE: HISTORY, INCENTIVES AND POLICY* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY  OF OIL SHALE -- Kerogen -- Conventional Refining -- Synthetic Fuel Production -- Oil Shale Retorting -- Shell in situ Conversion Process -- Oil Tech above-Ground Retorting -- HISTORY OF OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT -- Early Synthetic Liquid Fuels Efforts -- Defense Department Programs -- Department of Energy Synthetic Fuels Program -- U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation -- Renewed Interest in Oil Shale -- INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES TO DEVELOPMENT -- The Cost of Constructing an Oil Shale Facility -- The Ideal Size for an Oil Shale Facility -- Competing with Imported Distillates; Regulatory Disincentives -- Diesel Vehicle Demand -- CO, NOx, and PM Emissions -- Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel -- Fuel Tax -- POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND CONSIDERATION -- APPENDIX: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- End Notes -- Chapter 3  OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT:  LEGAL FRAMEWORK* -- SUMMARY -- OCEAN RESOURCE JURISDICTION -- Federal Jurisdiction -- State Jurisdiction -- Coastal State Regulation -- FEDERAL RESOURCES -- Moratoria -- Leasing and Development -- The Five-Year Plan -- Leasing -- Exploration -- Development and Production -- Lease Suspension and Cancellation -- LEGAL CHALLENGES TO OFFSHORE LEASING -- Suits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act -- Suits under the National Environmental Policy Act -- APPENDIX -- End Notes -- Chapter 4  BLM-ALASKA RELEASES SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL PLAN FOR NORTHEAST NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA* -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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