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General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

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Geologic formations in North America favorable to the location of petroleum

General 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.

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Display by:	General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (2 m)	Major Territorial Acquisitions (U.S.)
	General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (2 m)	Extent of U.S., 1803	Louisiana Purchase, 1803	West Florida, 1810–1813	British Cession, 1818	East Florida, 1819	Northern Maine, 1842	Texas Annexation, 1845	Oregon Country, 1846	Mexican Cession, 1848	Gadsden Purchase, 1853	Alaska, 1867	Hawaii, 1898
Yukon	6.60%
Prince Edward Island	100%
Saskatchewan	26.5%
New Brunswick	26.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador	25.6%
Alberta	61.3%
Manitoba	2.80%
Northwest Territories	70.2%	0.135%
Nunavut	41.1%	0.130%
Nova Scotia	99.8%	0.109%
Alaska	10.9%	0.253%											94.5%
Arizona	1.24%										76.2%	23.8%
Utah	1.31%										100%
District of Columbia		7.08%	97.6%
Florida		1.05%					98.3%
Idaho										99.8%
New Hampshire			99.9%
Rhode Island		2.37%	97.7%
Vermont			99.9%
Washington										99.4%
Wyoming	5.90%			70.3%					4.53%	12.4%	12.7%
Montana	40.7%			82.4%						17.6%
Maine		0.141%	82.4%					16.6%
North Dakota	26.1%			57.6%		42.4%
Kentucky	69.8%		99.9%
Virginia		0.110%	99.5%
Delaware		4.34%	98.0%
Mississippi	54.2%		92.2%		7.44%
West Virginia	32.9%		100%
Nebraska	4.37%			100%
Texas	40.9%	0.135%							99.5%
Missouri	4.62%			99.7%
Louisiana	99.9%	12.6%		86.4%	12.4%
Hawaii		1.13%												91.5%
North Carolina		0.192%	99.2%
Oregon		0.125%								99.8%
Alabama	20.4%	0.218%	95.7%		4.16%
New Mexico	14.0%								57.5%		40.3%	2.23%
Kansas	49.5%			91.7%					8.26%
Wisconsin			99.8%
British Columbia	4.41%												1.43%
New Jersey		0.136%	99.0%
South Carolina		3.75%	99.6%
Michigan	31.7%		99.9%
Connecticut			99.6%
Pennsylvania	33.4%		100%
Colorado	15.2%			41.3%					32.3%		26.4%
Nevada											99.9%
Massachusetts		0.226%	98.1%
Georgia		0.512%	99.8%
New York	4.89%	0.143%	99.4%
Maryland		0.387%	96.9%
Oklahoma	67.6%			91.6%					8.45%
Tennessee			99.9%
California	5.00%	0.575%									99.7%
Arkansas	14.5%			99.8%
South Dakota				99.1%
Ohio	13.5%		100%
Indiana	32.9%		100%
Minnesota			33.8%	45.1%		20.9%
Iowa				99.8%
Illinois	23.0%		99.7%

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