"USGS provides impartial scientific information and comprehensive analyses of energy resources of the Nation and the world for use by land and resources managers."

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The USGS Energy Resources Program addresses the challenge of increasing demand for affordable energy from environmentally acceptable energy sources by conducting basic and applied research on geologic energy resources and on the environmental, economic, and human health impacts of their production and use. The Program provides reliable and impartial scientific information and comprehensive analyses of oil, natural gas, and coal resources of the Nation and the World. The results of USGS research and USGS data are used to shape policies regarding domestic and foreign energy resources and to manage energy resources on Federal lands. Major consumers of our products are the land and resource management bureaus of the Department of the Interior, federal environmental and national security agencies, State geological surveys, the energy industry, and the environmental community.

A Science Strategy for the Geologic Disipline
of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2010
This report presents a science strategy for the Geologic Disipline of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the years 2000-2010. The report describes seven science goals conceived to address pressing issues facing the Nation in the next decade.

For the science strategy on energy read,
"Goal 3 - Advance the understanding of the Nation's energy and mineral resources in a global geologic, economic, and environmental context."

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Roles of Principal Federal “Energy” Agencies

Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The USGS focus is on onshore (and state offshore) U.S. energy resources (pre-development) and the geologic controls of resource abundance, quality, and location. It produces objective scientific information for informed decisionmaking.

Minerals Management Service (MMS)
The MMS is responsible for managing energy and mineral resources of federal offshore areas. Its role Includes assessing undiscovered oil and gas resources, evaluating oil and gas potential of lease tracts, and conducting lease sales in the federal offshore.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service These agencies are responsible for managing energy and mineral resources I federal onshore areas. Their roles include evaluating oil and gas potential of lease tracts. BLM conducts lease sales on federal lands.

Department of Energy (DOE)
The focus of the largest and most comprehensive of the federal agencies that address energy issues is on energy reserves (post-development) and technologies for enhanced recovery and efficient use. DOE advocates energy policy to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to disruptions of energy supply.

Energy Information Administration (EIA)
EIA’s focus is on data and statistics regarding energy reserves, production, and consumption. It collects, analyzes, and distributes data provided by energy producers, and predicts trends in energy production and use.