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USGS Estimates 8.5 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Eagle Ford Group
USGS also estimates 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.9 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the formation
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National and World Assessments, Unconventional Oil and Gas, Reserve Growth, Economics and Regional studies
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Coal Assessments, Databases, Coal Quality, Coalbed Gas, Organic Petrology, Coal and Human Health and more
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Gas Hydrates, Geothermal, Uranium, Wind Energy, and Oil Shale
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