In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that there were 150 million barrels of oil "technically recoverable" from the Bakken shale.
The federal government's estimate about how much technically recoverable oil is in the coastal plain has changed over the years.
This estimate is a best case scenario of technically recoverable oil during the area's primary production years if legislation were passed in 2008 to allow drilling.
Is "eighteen billion barrels of technically recoverable oil in offshore areas of the continental United States" correct?
We estimate that there are about 85 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of undiscovered, technically recoverable gas resources within gas hydrates in northern Alaska.
According to the IEA, shale gas could increase technically recoverable natural gas resources by almost 50%.
In a 2011 report, the US Energy Information Administration estimated the quantity of technically recoverable shale gas for 32 countries.
As of 2009, Pakistan stands 17th in the world in terms of total technically recoverable shale gas reserves.
An updated assessment of UK technically recoverable reserves is expected to be published by the British Geological Survey in late 2012.
Economically recoverable resources are technically recoverable petroleum for which the costs of discovery, development, production, and transport, including a return to capital, can be recovered at a given market price.