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Potential Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of Region 3 Potential Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of Region 3: Asia and Pacific Province Name Number Oil or Gas Vintage Undiscovered Oil Resources Undiscovered Gas Resources Undiscovered Natural Gas Liquids Potential ? (Millions of Barrels) (Billions of Cubic Feet) (Millions of Barrels) F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean Bau Waters Basin 3001 Unknown Bellona Plateau 3002 Unknown Bligh Water Basin 3003 Unknown Shorland Basin 3004 Unknown Solomon Islands 3005 Unknown Fiji Ridge 3006 Unknown Great South Basin 3007 Unknown Hikurani Trough 3008 Unknown Kermadec Ridge 3010 Unknown Lord Howe Rise 3011 Unknown Loyalty Island Ridge 3012 Unknown Melanesia Broder Plateau 3013 Unknown East Ontong Java Rise 3014 Unknown Indispensible Reef 3015 Unknown Russell Basin 3016 Unknown Mellish Reef 3017 Unknown New Caledonia 3018 Unknown New Hebrides Arc 3019 Unknown New Zealand East Coast Basin 3020 Unknown New Zealand Orogenic Belt 3021 Unknown Norfolk Island Ridge 3022 Unknown Northland Basin 3023 Unknown Samoa Basin 3024 Unknown Solander-Waiau Basin 3025 Unknown Three Kings Rise 3026 Unknown Tonga Ridge 3027 Unknown Vanikoro Basin 3028 Unknown Waikato Basin 3029 Unknown Wanganui Basin 3030 Unknown Taranaki Basin 3031 Unknown Alashan Yinshan Fold Belt 3101 Unknown Altunshan Fold Belt 3102 Unknown Beibuwan Basin 3103 Unknown Bogdashan Fold Belt 3105 Unknown Bose Basin 3106 Unknown Chuxiong Basin 3107 Unknown Cuoqing Lupola Basin 3108 Unknown East China Sea Basin 3109 Unknown Erlian Basin 3110 Unknown Jianghan Basin 3112 Unknown Jiangnan South Jiangsu Folt Belt 3113 Unknown Jiaquan Minle Wuwei Basin 3114 Unknown Jungger Basin 3115 Yes 2000 142 1171 563 364 2588 1296 16 135 63 Karamay Thrust Belt 3116 Unknown Hkumukulig Basin 3117 Unknown Kunlunshan Fold Belt 3118 Unknown Lanping Simao Basin 3119 Unknown Leidong Basin 3120 Unknown Lhasa Basin 3121 Unknown Lhasa Terrane 3122 Unknown Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift 3124 Unknown Nanpanjiang Depression 3125 Unknown Nanyang Basin 3126 Unknown Bohaiwan Basin 3127 Yes 2000 1470 8553 4412 2176 18103 8514 101 928 417 Ordos Basin 3128 Yes 2000 42 266 138 5 43 20 0 3 1 Pearl River Mouth Basin 3130 Unknown Qaidam Basin 3131 Unknown Qiangtang Tanggula Basin 3132 Unknown Qiangtang Terrane 3133 Unknown Qilianshan Fold Belt 3134 Unknown Qinling Dabieshan Fold Belt 3135 Unknown Qiongdongnan Basin 3136 Unknown Qabdu Basin 3137 Unknown Ushumun Basin 3138 Unknown Sanshui Basin 3139 Unknown Shanxi Plateau 3140 Unknown Shiwan Dashan Basin 3141 Unknown Sichuan Basin 3142 Yes 2000 8 54 27 2381 21418 10311 98 1002 456 Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt 3143 Unknown Songliao Basin 3144 Yes 2000 524 1560 1026 2505 9915 5706 82 400 212 South China Fold Belt 3146 Unknown Subei Yellow Sea Basin 3147 Unknown Sulongshan Fold Belt 3148 Unknown Taihangshan Yanshan Fold Belt 3149 Unknown Taikang Hefei Basin 3150 Unknown Taiwan Thrust and Fold Belt 3151 Unknown Taiwan Melange Belt 3152 Unknown Taixinan Basin 3153 Unknown Tarim Basin 3154 Yes 2000 1139 12966 5948 13419 129003 59939 668 7574 3312 Turpan Basin 3156 Unknown Xichang Yunnan Fold Belt 3157 Unknown Xisha Trough 3158 Unknown Yingehai Basin 3159 Unknown Yinshan Da and Xiao Hingganling Uplift 3160 Unknown Yunnan Guizhou Hubei Fold Belt 3161 Unknown Zhangguangcailing Uplift 3162 Unknown Mohe Basin 3164 Unknown Heilongjiang Basin 3165 Unknown Potential Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of Region 3: Asia and the Pacific Province Name Number Oil or Gas Vintage Undiscovered Oil Resources Undiscovered Gas Resources Undiscovered Natural Gas Liquids Potential ? (Millions of Barrels) (Billions of Cubic Feet) (Millions of Barrels) Erlian Uplift 3166 Unknown F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean South China Ocean Basin 3167 Unknown Longmenshan Dabashan Fold Belt 3168 Unknown Yitong Graben 3169 Unknown Bijianan Basin 3180 Unknown South China Continental Shelf Slope 3181 Unknown Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region 3202 Unknown Choybalsan Basin 3203 Unknown Gobi Basin 3204 Unknown Nyalga Basin 3205 Unknown Temtsag Hailar Basin 3207 Unknown Great Lake Basin 3208 Unknown Great Lake Uplift 3209 Unknown Ulan Bator Basin 3210 Unknown Akita Basin 3301 Unknown Honshu Ridge 3302 Unknown Ishikari Hidaka Basin 3303 Unknown Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane 3304 Unknown Joban Basin 3305 Unknown Kanto Basin 3306 Unknown Miyazaki Basin 3307 Unknown Niigata Basin 3308 Unknown Okinawa Trough 3309 Unknown Ryukyu Volcanic Arc 3310 Unknown Sagara Basin 3311 Unknown Sea Of Japan Backarc Basin 3312 Unknown Sinzi Uplift 3313 Unknown Tokachi Basin 3314 Unknown Tottori Basin 3315 Unknown Tsushima Basin 3316 Unknown Gensan Basin 3401 Unknown Gyeongsang Basin 3402 Unknown Huskan Platform 3403 Unknown Korba Bay Basin 3404 Unknown Korean Craton 3405 Unknown Korean Continental Shelf 3406 Unknown Central Vietnam Basin 3501 Unknown Khorat Platform 3502 Unknown Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin 3503 Unknown Panjang/Cardomomes Basin 3504 Unknown Saigon Basin 3505 Unknown South China Sea Platform 3506 Unknown Thai Basin 3507 Unknown Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt 3508 Unknown Tonle Sap-Phnom Penh Basin 3509 Unknown Truong Son Fold Belt 3510 Unknown Tagaung Myitkyina Fold Belt 3520 Unknown Bicol Shelf Basin 3601 Unknown Cagayan Basin 3602 Unknown Cotabato Basin 3603 Unknown Palawan Shelf 3605 Unknown Pamusian Tarakan Basin 3606 Unknown Philippine Accretionary Prism 3607 Unknown Philippine Magmatic Arc 3608 Unknown Reed Bank Basin 3609 Unknown Sulu Arch 3610 Unknown Sulu Sea Basin 3611 Unknown Visayan 3612 Unknown Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin 3701 Yes 2000 1062 6373 3390 6503 46934 23226 304 2502 1174 Greater Sarawak Basin 3702 Yes 2000 149 1357 631 6354 36396 19247 133 959 462 Malay Basin 3703 Yes 2000 341 2480 1228 7929 54036 27465 139 1071 514 Malay Peninsula 3704 Unknown Rajang-Crocker Accretionary Prism 3705 Unknown Arafura Basin-Irian Jaya 3801 Unknown Bali Basin 3802 Unknown Banda Arc 3803 Unknown Barito Basin 3804 Unknown Bintuni/Sulawati Province 3805 Unknown Bone Basin 3806 Unknown Celebes Sea 3807 Unknown Central Sumatra Basin 3808 Yes 2000 377 1494 899 1746 7270 4078 32 160 84 East Java Basin 3809 Unknown East Natuna Basin 3810 Unknown Flores Basin 3811 Unknown Gorontalo Basin 3812 Unknown Halmahera Basin 3813 Unknown Halmahera Platform 3814 Unknown Java/Banda Sea 3815 Unknown Ketuneau/Sintang Terrane 3816 Unknown Kutei Basin 3817 Yes 2000 1386 10067 5145 18269 127895 64757 553 4440 2122 Melawi Basin 3818 Unknown Meratus High 3819 Unknown Merauke Platform 3820 Unknown North Banda Basin 3821 Unknown North Sumatra Basin 3822 Yes 2000 54 447 213 4043 28850 15123 40 396 181 Northern Irian Jaya Waropen Basin 3823 Unknown Northwest Java Basin 3824 Yes 2000 251 1193 658 3010 13250 7453 35 221 108 Penyu/West Natuna Basin 3825 Unknown South Banda Basin 3826 Unknown Potential Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of Region 3: Asia and the Pacific Province Name Number Oil or Gas Vintage Undiscovered Oil Resources Undiscovered Gas Resources Undiscovered Natural Gas Liquids Potential ? (Millions of Barrels) (Billions of Cubic Feet) (Millions of Barrels) F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean F95 F05 Mean South Makassar Basin 3827 Unknown South Sumatra Basin 3828 Yes 2000 205 824 469 6951 31999 18250 79 484 239 Sulawesi Accretionary Prism 3829 Unknown Sulawesi Magmatic Arc 3830 Unknown Sumatra/Java Accretionary Prism 3831 Unknown Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc Basins 3832 Unknown Sumatra/Java Magmatic Arc 3833 Unknown Sumba Province 3834 Unknown Sunda Platform 3835 Unknown Weber Basin 3836 Unknown Zambalez/Central Luzon Basin 3837 Unknown Adelaide and Kanmantoo Fold Belts 3901 Unknown Albany-Fraser Province 3902 Unknown Amadeus Basin 3903 Unknown Arunta Block 3904 Unknown Australian Arafura Basin 3905 Unknown Bangemall and Nabberu Basins 3906 Unknown Bass Basin 3907 Unknown Bassian Rise 3908 Unknown Birrindudu Basin and Tanami Block 3909 Unknown Bonaparte Gulf Basin 3910 Yes 2000 383 2605 1286 5708 49493 23492 245 2395 1080 Bowen Basin 3911 Unknown Bremer Basin 3912 Unknown Browse Basin 3913 Yes 2000 229 2606 1055 4846 45661 20093 211 2205 934 Canning Basin 3914 Unknown Capricorn Basin 3915 Unknown Carnarvon Basin 3916 Unknown Carpentaria Basin 3917 Unknown Challenger Plateau 3918 Unknown Clarence-Moreton Basin 3919 Unknown Coen-Yambo Block 3920 Unknown Daly River Basin 3921 Unknown Darling Basin 3922 Unknown Drummond Fold Belt and Anakie High 3923 Unknown Eromanga Basin 3924 Unknown Eucla Basin 3925 Unknown Galilee Basin 3926 Unknown Gascoyne Block 3927 Unknown Gawler Block 3928 Unknown Georgina Basin 3929 Unknown Gippsland Basin 3930 Yes 2000 103 583 310 1243 12120 5658 72 748 339 Great Australian Bight Basin 3931 Unknown Halifax Basin 3932 Unknown Halls Creek Province 3933 Unknown Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt 3934 Unknown Kimberley Basin 3935 Unknown Lacklan Fold Belt 3936 Unknown Laura Basin 3937 Unknown Malakula/Aoba/Banks Basin 3938 Unknown Marion Terrain 3939 Unknown Maryborough Basin 3940 Unknown Money Shoal Basin 3941 Unknown Mt. Isa Block 3942 Unknown Murray Basin 3943 Unknown Musgrave Block 3944 Unknown McArthur Basin 3945 Unknown New England Fold Belt 3946 Unknown Ngalia Basin 3947 Unknown Northwest Shelf 3948 Yes 2000 862 4052 2381 21615 111068 64711 1214 6532 3682 Officer Basin 3949 Unknown Otway Basin 3950 Unknown Paterson Province 3951 Unknown Perth Basin 3952 Unknown Pilbara Block 3953 Unknown Pine Creek Geosyncline 3954 Unknown Queensland Plateau 3955 Unknown Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough 3956 Unknown Stuart Shelf 3957 Unknown Surat Basin 3958 Unknown Sydney Basin 3959 Unknown Tasmania Basin 3960 Unknown Tennant Creek Block 3961 Unknown Victoria River Basin 3962 Unknown Wiso Basin 3963 Unknown Cape Vogel Basin 3964 Unknown New Guinea Foreland Basin-Fold Belt 3966 Unknown New Guinea Mobile Belt 3967 Unknown New Ireland Basin 3968 Unknown Papuan Basin-Shelf Platform 3969 Unknown Sepik-Ramu Basin 3970 Unknown South Bismarck Volcanic Arc 3971 Unknown Chatham Rise 3972 Unknown Fiji Islands 3973 Unknown Yilgarn Block 3974 Unknown MEAN TOTALS 29779 379339 15380.
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