General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil
North AmericaEconomicPhysical EnvironmentGeologic formations in North America favorable to the location of petroleum
natureGeneral areas of sedimentary formations favorable to oil, shaded in blue: The northern region of Yukon, Northwest territories, and Nunavut. Northeastern (Halifax) and central states of America like New York, Oklahoma, Calgary, and Georgia.
General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil | Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks | Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone | Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone | United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Alaska) | United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Hawaii) | United States Exclusive Economic Zone | French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone | Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (Line Islands) | |
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Arizona | 1.24% | ||||||||
Utah | 1.31% | ||||||||
Yukon | 6.60% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 5.90% | ||||||||
Montana | 40.7% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 26.1% | ||||||||
Saskatchewan | 26.5% | ||||||||
Mississippi | 54.2% | ||||||||
Nebraska | 4.37% | ||||||||
Missouri | 4.62% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 14.0% | ||||||||
Michigan | 31.7% | ||||||||
Alberta | 61.3% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 33.4% | ||||||||
Colorado | 15.2% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 2.80% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 14.5% | ||||||||
Ohio | 13.5% | ||||||||
Indiana | 32.9% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 69.8% | 1.28% | |||||||
West Virginia | 32.9% | 17.2% | |||||||
Kansas | 49.5% | 8.84% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 67.6% | 7.62% | |||||||
Tennessee | 0.744% | ||||||||
Illinois | 23.0% | 4.93% | |||||||
Alaska | 10.9% | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | 70.2% | ||||||||
Florida | 8.54% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | |||||||||
Washington | |||||||||
Nunavut | 41.1% | ||||||||
Maine | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 99.8% | ||||||||
Virginia | 15.1% | ||||||||
Delaware | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | ||||||||
Texas | 40.9% | 2.21% | |||||||
Louisiana | 99.9% | ||||||||
Hawaii | |||||||||
North Carolina | |||||||||
Oregon | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 26.8% | ||||||||
Alabama | 20.4% | ||||||||
British Columbia | 4.41% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 25.6% | ||||||||
New Jersey | |||||||||
South Carolina | |||||||||
Connecticut | |||||||||
Massachusetts | |||||||||
Georgia | 5.65% | ||||||||
New York | 4.89% | ||||||||
Maryland | |||||||||
Québec | |||||||||
Ontario | |||||||||
California | 5.00% | ||||||||
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