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Oil Shale or Tar Sands

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Locations of major sedimentary rock formations and loose sands containing petroleum in North America

A map of North America highlighting oil shale or tar sands areas shaded in red. The region along the boundary of Utah in the northeast along with Wyoming is shaded. The northern region of Alberta is also shaded.

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Display by:	Oil Shale or Tar Sands	Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (IPCC)						Corn Production
	Oil Shale or Tar Sands	2.0 to 3.0	3.0 to 4.0	4.0 to 5.0	5.0 to 7.0	7.0 to 9.0	9.0 to 11.0	Class	Rank	Metric tons
District of Columbia				100%
Alabama			0.226%	99.8%					30	8.69e+5
Alaska				6.12%	51.8%	41.5%	0.619%		54	0.00
Alberta	10.6%				100%				46	4.40e+4
Arizona				54.1%	45.9%				37	2.24e+5
Arkansas				100%					17	3.05e+6
British Columbia			1.02%	33.9%	65.1%				48	1.18e+4
California			29.5%	70.5%					43	8.99e+4
Colorado					100%				18	3.01e+6
Connecticut					100%				58	0.00
Delaware				100%					31	7.21e+5
Florida			80.2%	19.8%					36	2.33e+5
Georgia			10.5%	89.5%					25	1.71e+6
Hawaii		4.46%	95.5%						63	0.00
Idaho					100%				33	6.04e+5
Illinois				4.57%	95.4%				2	5.76e+7
Indiana				3.46%	96.5%				5	2.48e+7
Iowa					100%				1	6.30e+7
Kansas					100%				9	1.30e+7
Kentucky				97.3%	2.66%				14	5.35e+6
Louisiana			22.6%	77.4%					24	1.88e+6
Maine				1.11%	98.9%				55	0.00
Manitoba					84.3%	15.7%			28	1.33e+6
Maryland				97.8%	2.21%				26	1.59e+6
Massachusetts			0.220%	9.11%	90.7%				60	0.00
Michigan					100%				13	8.53e+6
Minnesota					100%				3	3.71e+7
Mississippi			1.68%	98.3%					22	2.37e+6
Missouri				13.6%	86.4%				10	1.28e+7
Montana					100%				39	1.96e+5
Nebraska					100%				4	3.70e+7
Nevada				36.6%	63.4%				53	0.00
New Brunswick					100%				47	4.29e+4
New Hampshire					100%				50	0.00
New Jersey				74.2%	25.8%				40	1.96e+5
New Mexico				10.1%	89.9%				42	1.36e+5
New York				2.91%	97.1%				23	2.04e+6
Newfoundland and Labrador				24.5%	75.5%				51	0.00
North Carolina			0.811%	99.2%					21	2.51e+6
North Dakota					100%				12	8.88e+6
Northwest Territories					42.5%	40.6%	16.9%		57	0.00
Nova Scotia				2.28%	97.7%				45	4.77e+4
Nunavut					0.715%	79.8%	19.5%		52	0.00
Ohio				11.8%	88.2%				7	1.51e+7
Oklahoma				62.1%	37.9%				32	6.20e+5
Ontario					88.8%	11.2%			11	9.44e+6
Oregon			12.9%	72.2%	14.9%				35	2.71e+5
Pennsylvania				12.1%	87.9%				19	2.99e+6
Prince Edward Island					100%				62	0.00
Québec					74.3%	25.7%			16	3.56e+6
Rhode Island					100%				56	0.00
Saskatchewan					100%				59	0.00
South Carolina			0.446%	99.6%					29	9.30e+5
South Dakota					100%				6	1.68e+7
Tennessee				100%					20	2.63e+6
Texas			0.717%	88.6%	10.7%				15	3.88e+6
Utah	17.2%				100%				44	6.71e+4
Vermont					100%				49	0.00
Virginia				100%					27	1.44e+6
Washington			0.721%	92.9%	6.36%				34	4.19e+5
West Virginia				92.6%	7.41%				41	1.49e+5
Wisconsin					100%				8	1.39e+7
Wyoming	9.99%				100%				38	2.18e+5
Yukon				0.183%	84.6%	15.2%			61	0.00

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