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EXPLANATIONHeavy Oil Basins:Total Original Heavy Oil in Place (TOHOIP)

Other Basins

(BBO - 109 barrels) Name and TOHOIP shown

Basin outlines from St. John map of Sedimentary Provinces of the World, 1996

Known accumulations,volumes not reported

VAN DER GRINTEN PROJECTIONMapscale 1: 30 000 000 at the equator

300 - 850

100 - 300

30 - 100

10 - 30

1 - 10

< 1

10°S

10°N

WEST SIBERIA88.4

ARABIAN842

NORTH SLOPE37.0

TARIM1.88

BALTIC0.00660

WILLISTON0.0600

VOLGA-URAL26.1

MACKENZIE0.724

TIMAN-PECHORA54.9

SIRTE0.170

ZAGROS115

SENEGAL0.100

INDUS0.887

ATLAS0.450

NORTH CASPIAN31.9

ORDOS0.00240

BENGAL2.00

SUDAN0.710

SANTOS3.36

GUYANA1.54

POLISH0.0660

GULF COAST19.7

FLORIDA-BAHAMA4.75

ILLINOIS2.53

MICHIGAN0.00829 NORTH USTYURT

15.0

ANADARKO3.67

SONGLIAO0.700

DENVER0.0755

CUYO0.749

SOUTHERN NORTH SEA7.59

PERMIAN3.12

JUNGGAR1.44

KUTEI3.93

FOREST CITY0.00724

NIGER DELTA36.1

MOESIAN7.37

BROWSE0.00180

PARIS0.000730

SAN JORGE4.32

UINTA1.30

PRIPYAT0.0120

WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY54.9

NORTH SAKHALIN4.46

CUANZA1.78

WESTERN OVERTHRUST0.146

EAST CHINA0.0600

NORTHERN NORTH SEA22.8

KURA0.368

BONAPARTE GULF0.227

GABON0.575

PELAGIAN0.226

TIMIMOUN0.550

CARNARVON2.93

BARINAS-APURE9.19

MORONDAVA6.96

BALUCHISTAN0.000200

NORTHWEST GERMAN9.48

AMU DARYA0.842

SOUTH YELLOW SEA1.39

TAMPICO65.3

BOMBAY0.00420

SOUTH AFRICAN0.101

NEUQUEN4.56

COOK INLET0.0524

BARBADOS0.000200

NORTH CAUCASUS-MANGYSHLAK8.60

CARPATHIAN0.138

NORTH EGYPT0.667

CELTIC0.000500

SOUTH CASPIAN4.41

BALEARIC0.909

ARKLA7.67

MOLASSE5.79

CABINDA4.43

BEIBU GULF0.0800

JIANGHAN4.14

POTIGUAR2.95

TARFAYA0.0500

ARKOMA0.000220

PANNONIAN3.81

EAST TEXAS1.34

CAMPOS105

TURPAN1.09

MEKONG0.250

POTWAR0.200

AQUITAINE0.588

AKITA0.237

PO0.0101

BRUNEI-SABAH14.7

BLACK WARRIOR0.000359

SOUTH ADRIATIC6.57

PEARL RIVER15.7

TARANTO0.116

POWDER RIVER2.53

SOUTH SUMATRA0.165

NILE DELTA0.0200

BAHIA SUL0.112

KRISHNA0.100

MARACAIBO322

TAIWAN0.000100

RHINE0.222

GIPPSLAND0.000200

TARAKAN2.40

PETEN-CHIAPAS1.61

NORTH SUMATRA0.0416

SOUTH BURMA0.0480

BARITO0.0308

PARADOX0.0270

SERGIPE-ALAGOAS3.31

NIIGATA0.302

GREEN RIVER0.0331

CAMBAY8.28

CENTRAL SUMATRA40.6

PALO DURO0.350

WEST OF SHETLANDS2.74

MUKALLA0.380

ASSAM6.16

VIENNA1.99

THRACE0.00706

SALAWATI1.15

SAN JOAQUIN53.9

SOUTH PALAWAN0.0100

DIYARBAKIR13.5

YARI0.00100

VERACRUZ0.490

GULF OF SUEZ24.7

CERAM0.401

BIG HORN7.78

PROGRESO0.0825

CHAO PHRAYA0.00380

MAE FANG0.0344

MIDDLE MAGDALENA16.4

CENTRAL MONTANA UPLIFT0.132

CANTABRIAN0.00500

VENTURA25.2

WIND RIVER0.297

TALARA0.240

DEAD SEA0.000200

LOS ANGELES33.4

UPPER MAGDALENA2.21

CHANNEL ISLANDS0.282

CENTRAL COASTAL8.01

ANA MARIA0.0500

YENISEY-KHATANGA

BENI

IONIAN

OTWAY

GHANA

SURAT

SARAWAK

BRESSE

SACRAMENTO

NATUNA

SANTA MARIA8.06

VILYUY

ANABAR-LENA

BAIKAL

JEANNE D'ARC0.470

MISSISSIPPISALT DOME

1.71SOUTH TEXAS

SALT DOME1.51

FT. WORTH0.00635

SAN JUAN

PICEANCE

CAMPECHE293

SALINAS16.6

ORIENTE5.92

PUTUMAYO42.4

EASTERN VENEZUELA593

NORTHWEST ARGENTINA0.0400

ESPIRITO-SANTO2.52

DOBA5.35

GAZIANTEP0.221

DNIEPER-DONETS0.400

CALTANISSETTA4.65

TYRRHENIAN

BOHAI GULF141

GUANGXI-GUIZHOU0.0700

EAST JAVA0.125

WEST JAVA0.700

SUNDA0.285 BAWEAN

0.000320

North AmericaSouth America

EuropeAfrica

TranscaucasiaMiddle East

RussiaSouth Asia

East AsiaSoutheast Asiaand Oceania

TOHOIP

OHOIP Discovered

units: BBO (109)

651

650

1,130

1,100

83.183.1

75.375.3

52.452.4

182182

168168

17.617.6

68.068.0

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248248aCIInaibarA12 Eastern Venezuela IICa 593 566 27.7 2,090 1,900 190

961961223223cBIIIobiacaraM3060.0060.0392392cCIIehcepmaC436.736.7141141AIIIfluG iahoB5

511511aCIIsorgaZ6501501CIIIsopmaC7

8 West Siberia IIB 88.4 88.43.563.56cCIIocipmaT9

10 Western Canada Sedimentary IIA 54.9 54.9 2,330 1,630 70311 Timan-Pechora IIB 54.9 54.9 22.0 22.012 San Joaquin IIIBb 53.9 53.9 < 0.01 < 0.01

919.0919.04.244.24AIIoyamutuP3114 Central Sumatra IIIBa 40.6 40.6

0.910.910.730.73cCIIepolS htroN511.631.63VIatleD regiN61

17 Los Angeles IIIBb 33.4 33.4 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.0118 North Caspian IICa 31.9 31.9 421 421

3623621.621.62AIIlarU-agloV91505.0505.02.522.52bBIIIarutneV02

21 Gulf of Suez IIIA 24.7 24.7 0.500 0.50022 Northern North Sea IIIA 22.8 22.8 10.9 10.9

7.917.91cCIItsaoC fluG326.616.61cCIIsanilaS42

25 Middle Magdalena IIIBc 16.4 16.47.517.51CIIIreviR lraeP62

27 North Ustyurt IIB 15.0 15.028 Brunei-Sabah IICc 14.7 14.7

5.315.31aCIIrikabrayiD9230 Northwest German IIB 9.48 9.4831 Barinas-Apure IIA 9.19 9.19 0.38 0.3832 North Caucasus-Mangyshlak IICa 8.60 8.60 0.060 0.060

82.882.8AIIIyabmaC3334 Santa Maria IIIBb 8.06 8.06 2.03 2.02 < 0.0135 Central Coastal IIIBb 8.01 8.01 0.095 0.025 0.070

87.787.7AIInroH giB6376.776.7cCIIalkrA7393.793.7bCIInaiseoM8361.661.6bCIImassA93

052.0052.029.529.5AIIetneirO04010.0010.097.597.5bCIIessaloM14

53.553.5AIIIaboD2412.212.257.457.4CIIIavadnoroM34

44 Florida-Bahama IIIC 4.75 4.75 0.48 0.4845 Southern North Sea IIB 4.71 4.71

73.073.007.407.4bCIIserruD6430.430.456.456.4bCIIattesinatlaC74

65.465.4BIIneuqueN8449 North Sakhalin IIIBb 4.46 4.46 < 0.01 < 0.01

363.0363.034.434.4CIIIadnibaC05

TOHOIP - total original heavy oil in placeOHOIP - orignial heavy oil in placeTONBIP - total original natural bitumen in placeONBIP - original natural bitumen in place

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORU.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

OPEN FILE-REPORT 2007-1084PLATE 2 OF 3

Distribution of original heavy oil by regions

50 heavy oil basins ranked by volumes of total orginal heavy oil in place (TOHOIP)showing natural bitumen volumes where reported. (billions of barrels of oil, BBO, 109 barrels)

HEAVY OIL AND NATURAL BITUMEN RESOURCES IN GEOLOGICAL BASINS OF THE WORLD: MAP OF SEDIMENTARY PROVINCES REPORTING HEAVY OILBy Richard F. Meyer, Emil D. Attanasi, and Philip A. Freeman

2007

Plates supplement text in full reportUSGS citation for open-file report:

Meyer, R.F., Attanasi, E.D., and Freeman P.A., 2007,Heavy oil and natural bitumen resources

in geological basins of the world:U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1084,

available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1084/.

Basin outlines from Sedimentary Provinces of the World – HydroCarbon Productive and Nonproductive,compiled by Bill St. John, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, CD-ROM datapage GIS mapping file.

AAPG©1996, Basin outlines reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.Basins are presented without alteration to illustrate basin architecture and general position of basins.

Basemap Credit:ESRI, 2005, World Countries 2005: Redlands, Caifornia

ESRI, 2005, World Lakes: Redlands, CaliforniaESRI, 2005, World Rivers: Redlands, California

See table 6 in report text for listing of countries reporting deposits of heavy oil and/or natural bitumen, grouped by regions shown

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*Trinidad resources tabulated withEastern Venezuela basin