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An assessment was made of the undiscovered recoverable oil and gas resources of the Békés basin. The resulting mean estimates were 5.22 million metric tons* of undiscovered oil and 18.05×109 m3 of undiscovered natural gas (recoverable). This compares with discovered amounts (through 1985) of 3.81 million metric tons of oil and 25.40×109 m of natural gas. Among the twelve plays assessed, the delta front play has the highest mean potential for oil, 1.90 million metric tons, and the basal turbidite drape structure play has the highest mean potential for undiscovered gas, 5.22×109 m3.
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Charpentier, R., Völgyi, L., Dolton, G., Mast, R., Pályi, A. (1994). Undiscovered Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources. In: Teleki, P.G., Mattick, R.E., Kókai, J. (eds) Basin Analysis in Petroleum Exploration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0954-3_16
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