Contents
Preface 4
Summary 5
Context and background 9
Regions 9
Classification of crude type 9
Data sources 10
High Oil and Gas Resource case assumptions 11
High Oil Price case assumptions 11
Low Oil Price case assumptions 12
Regional analysis and results 12
Gulf Coast region 12
Southwest region 14
Rocky Mountains region 15
Northern Great Plains region 16
Midcontinent region 17
Alaska, Lower 48 Offshore, East, and West Coast regions 17
Table 1. Crude types considered in this analysis 10
Figure 1. U.S. crude oil production by crude type, Reference case 5
Figure 2. U.S. crude oil production by crude type, in three cases 6
Figure 3. U.S. crude oil imports by crude oil type 7
Figure 4. Gulf Coast crude oil production - by crude type 13
Figure 5. Southwest crude oil production - by crude type 14
Figure 6. Rocky Mountains crude oil production - by crude type 15
Figure 7. Northern Great Plains crude oil production - by crude type 16
Figure 8. Midcontinent crude oil production - by crude type 17
Figure 9. Alaska, Lower 48 Offshore, East, and West Coast crude oil production - by crude type 19
Maps
Map 1. U.S. onshore Lower 48 production regions 9
Map 2. Eagle Ford Shale Play 12