The 1995 National Oil and Gas Assessment defined conventional hydrocarbon plays within the San Joaquin Basin Province. Play boundaries were mapped by geologists based on shared geologic, geographic, and temporal properties. This assessment was conducted by the CEOS_EXTRA organization, with play boundaries defined during 1993-1994.
Use Cases
- Analyze play boundaries defined by limits of reservoir rock, geologic structures, source rock, and seal lithologies.
- Compare play characteristics such as source rock, migration pathways, timing, and trapping mechanism across the province.
- Map the geographic extent of conventional oil and gas plays relative to the Federal-State water boundary.
Strengths
- Assessment conducted at a national scale for the United States.
- Play definitions incorporate multiple geologic elements including source rock and trapping mechanisms.
Limitations
- Dataset is based on a 1995 assessment and may not reflect current geologic understanding or resource estimates.
- Specific data metrics like row count, column names, and sample size are unavailable.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via NASA Earthdata platform.
- Collection Method
- Play boundaries were defined and mapped by geologists responsible for the province.
- Time Range
- Assessment period 1993-1994.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- San Joaquin Basin Province, United States.