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The Department of the Interior has announced petroleum assessments from the 

Less than 80 miles from Prudhoe Bay, home to the giant oil fields that feed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, lies the site of USGS’ latest oil and gas...

Estimates of Potential Uranium in the Southern High Plains Could Equal Just Under One Year of U.S. Needs.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of energy to the American economy.  Managing this vital sector depends on knowing how many energy...

Although often associated with helping fuel the Nation’s growth during the Industrial Revolution, coal is very much part of our space-age present. In...

In the past decade, the development of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and other shales has dominated the national consciousness regarding natural...

No, this EarthWord isn’t how natural gas quenches its thirst-it just sounds like it...

When can ice yield fire? That’s the burning question at the heart of one of USGS’s longest-running research programs to date: the exploration of gas...

Eureka often accompanies this EarthWord.

No, this EarthWord isn’t a trait of adult petroleum basins, but it is related to how old they are...