Oil Shale or Tar Sands
North AmericaEconomicPhysical EnvironmentLocations of major sedimentary rock formations and loose sands containing petroleum in North America
natureA 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.
Oil Shale or Tar Sands | Areas of serious concern | Areas of some concern | Stable terrain | Nonvegetated land | Amerindian and Indo-European | Eskimo-Aleut | Indo-European | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.154% | 27.6% | 0.108% | 0.153% | ||||
Arizona | 30.7% | 40.9% | 28.4% | 19.5% | 80.5% | |||
Utah | 17.2% | 13.6% | 86.4% | 0.663% | 99.3% | |||
Yukon | 100% | 88.3% | 11.6% | 0.107% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 3.06% | 52.2% | 7.85% | 4.66% | ||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 99.0% | 98.8% | ||||||
Idaho | 12.7% | 87.3% | 100% | |||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 100% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 95.0% | 94.9% | ||||||
Vermont | 2.39% | 97.6% | 100% | |||||
Washington | 12.5% | 11.9% | 5.51% | 0.121% | ||||
Wyoming | 9.99% | 3.04% | 97.0% | 100% | ||||
Nunavut | 0.587% | 8.72% | 0.383% | 0.977% | ||||
Montana | 5.14% | 83.8% | 100% | |||||
Maine | 0.171% | 80.4% | 0.167% | |||||
North Dakota | 92.0% | 8.03% | 100% | |||||
Kentucky | 1.37% | 98.6% | 100% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 18.4% | 18.3% | ||||||
Virginia | 25.7% | 74.1% | 99.7% | |||||
Delaware | 99.3% | 99.2% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 96.6% | 94.3% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 11.6% | 38.7% | 49.7% | 12.5% | 87.5% | |||
Mississippi | 18.4% | 64.8% | 16.8% | 100% | ||||
West Virginia | 26.7% | 73.3% | 100% | |||||
Nebraska | 94.5% | 5.51% | 100% | |||||
Texas | 13.8% | 77.2% | 8.74% | 99.8% | ||||
Missouri | 53.7% | 46.3% | 100% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.161% | 18.9% | 29.5% | 0.147% | ||||
Hawaii | 1.16% | 1.39% | ||||||
North Carolina | 99.4% | 99.4% | ||||||
Oregon | 0.146% | 13.9% | 59.9% | 99.9% | ||||
New Brunswick | 35.3% | 63.9% | 99.2% | |||||
Alabama | 73.2% | 26.7% | 99.9% | |||||
New Mexico | 5.86% | 92.2% | 1.91% | 100% | ||||
Kansas | 64.1% | 35.9% | 100% | |||||
Wisconsin | 41.4% | 38.2% | 20.4% | 100% | ||||
British Columbia | 3.99% | 0.242% | 63.0% | 0.157% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.7% | 34.1% | 14.7% | 24.7% | ||||
New Jersey | 99.1% | 99.1% | ||||||
South Carolina | 90.8% | 9.02% | 99.8% | |||||
Michigan | 70.3% | 29.6% | 100% | |||||
Alberta | 10.6% | 3.89% | 14.0% | 65.8% | 55.4% | 0.298% | ||
Connecticut | 1.86% | 98.1% | 99.9% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 12.1% | 87.9% | 100% | |||||
Colorado | 35.4% | 64.6% | 100% | |||||
Nevada | 54.5% | 39.8% | 0.655% | 100% | ||||
Massachusetts | 0.575% | 0.557% | ||||||
Georgia | 64.0% | 35.9% | 99.9% | |||||
New York | 2.49% | 25.0% | 2.63% | |||||
Maryland | 23.5% | 74.6% | 98.1% | |||||
Québec | 0.218% | 94.2% | 24.9% | 34.9% | 0.469% | |||
Manitoba | 5.67% | 12.3% | 81.9% | 4.25% | 66.4% | |||
Oklahoma | 31.0% | 69.0% | 100% | |||||
Tennessee | 4.84% | 95.2% | 100% | |||||
Ontario | 8.22% | 91.7% | 49.9% | 50.0% | ||||
California | 10.6% | 60.7% | 22.9% | 5.57% | 99.7% | |||
Arkansas | 31.1% | 68.9% | 100% | |||||
South Dakota | 56.9% | 43.1% | 100% | |||||
Ohio | 100% | 100% | ||||||
Indiana | 2.05% | 97.9% | 100% | |||||
Minnesota | 26.5% | 61.6% | 11.9% | 100% | ||||
Iowa | 99.1% | 0.440% | 100% | |||||
Illinois | 96.6% | 3.35% | 100% | |||||
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