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        <origin>Schenk, Christopher J. (0000-0002-0248-7305)</origin>
        <pubdate>20250709</pubdate>
        <title>USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project—West Greenland-East Canada Province: Assessment Unit Boundaries, Assessment Input Data, and Fact Sheet Data Tables</title>
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          <pubplace>Denver, Colorado</pubplace>
          <publish>U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center</publish>
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            <origin>Schenk, Christopher J. (0000-0002-0248-7305)</origin>
            <origin>Mercier, Tracey J. (0000-0002-8232-525X)</origin>
            <origin>Woodall, Cheryl Ann (0000-0002-4844-5768)</origin>
            <origin>Le, Phuong A. (0000-0003-2477-509X)</origin>
            <origin>Cicero, Andrea Danielle (0000-0003-3632-304X)</origin>
            <origin>Drake, Ronald M. (0000-0002-1770-4667)</origin>
            <origin>Ellis, Geoffrey S. (0000-0003-4519-3320)</origin>
            <origin>Gardner, Michael Howard (0000-0003-1095-7247)</origin>
            <origin>Gelman, Sarah Eva (0000-0003-2549-9509)</origin>
            <origin>Hearon, Jane Stammer (0000-0002-1370-8169)</origin>
            <origin>Johnson, Benjamin Garrick (0000-0002-9462-9322)</origin>
            <origin>Lagesse, Jenny Heather (0000-0002-3541-4751)</origin>
            <origin>Leathers-Miller, Heidi M. (0000-0001-5208-9906)</origin>
            <origin>Marra, Kristen R. (0000-0001-8027-5255)</origin>
            <origin>Timm, Kira Kristine (0000-0002-7439-4626)</origin>
            <origin>Young, Scott Sandrus (0000-0002-8518-4018)</origin>
            <pubdate>2025</pubdate>
            <title>Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the West Greenland-East Canada Province, 2023</title>
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              <sername>U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet</sername>
              <issue>10.3133/fs20253016</issue>
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              <pubplace>Denver, Colorado</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
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      <abstract>This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units, assessment input data, and resulting fact sheet data tables for the assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in the West Greenland-East Canada Province. The assessment unit is the fundamental unit used in the National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The assessment unit is defined within the context of the higher-level total petroleum system. The assessment unit is shown herein as a geographic boundary interpreted, defined, and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province and incorporates a set of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations sharing similar geologic, geographic, and temporal properties within the total petroleum system, such as source rock, timing, migration pathways, trapping mechanism, and hydrocarbon type. The assessment unit boundary is defined geologically as the limits of the geologic elements that define the assessment unit, such as limits of reservoir rock, geologic structures, source rock, and seal lithologies. Machine-readable tables are provided that contain the input and results for each assessment unit summarized in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fact Sheet. Methodology of assessments are documented in USGS Data Series 547 for continuous assessments (https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/547) and USGS DDS69-D, Chapter 21 for conventional assessments (https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-d/REPORTS/69_D_CH_21.pdf). See supplemental information for a detailed list of files included this data release.</abstract>
      <purpose>The purpose of these files is to define and illustrate the geographic limit and geologic boundaries of the assessment units within the defined total petroleum systems, as required for the USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project.  This release also contains assessment input data and fact sheet data tables.</purpose>
      <supplinf>Assessment Units in geospatial data:
WestGreenland_AUs.shp - Shapefile including associated files

Assessment Input and Fact Sheet Data Tables:

Tbl_ConvContInput.csv - Assessment input form data
Tbl_FS_Conventional_Input.csv - Input data from Fact Sheet input (table 1)
Tbl_FS_Results.csv - Assessment results from Fact Sheet (table 2)

Assessment Input and Fact Sheet Data Table Column Descriptions:
Tbl_FS_Results_ColumnDescriptions.csv - Column Descriptions for Fact Sheet Tables
Tbl_ConvContInput_ColumnDescriptions.csv - Column Descriptions for Input Data Tables</supplinf>
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        <placekt>National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project (NAGA)</placekt>
        <placekey>Northwest Greenland Rifted Margin</placekey>
        <placekey>West-Central Greenland Rifted Margin</placekey>
        <placekey>Northeast Canada Rifted Margin</placekey>
        <placekey>Baffin Bay Basin</placekey>
        <placekey>Southwest Greenland Rifted Margin</placekey>
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    <useconst>Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.</useconst>
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          <cntper>Christopher J. Schenk</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center</cntorg>
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        <cntpos>Geologist</cntpos>
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          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>Colorado</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
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      <browsed>West Greenland Assessment Units Extent</browsed>
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      <attraccr>One attribute for the assessment unit coverage is the eight-digit number that identifies the USGS-specific assessment unit. The first digit of the code indicates the World region number (5), the following three digits (5208) are the province number, the next two digits (520801) are the total petroleum system number, and the last two digits (52080101) are the assessment unit number. For more detailed assessment results data, refer to the Digital Data Series (DDS) publications for the Provinces that are available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/ or the USGS Fact Sheets that are available for each Province at the World Oil and Gas Resource Assessment website - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/central-energy-resources-science-center/science/world-oil-and-gas-resource-assessments</attraccr>
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    <logic>The assessment unit boundary was based on the surface and subsurface geology of the petroleum system elements, as well as oil and gas production, shows, and seeps related to the assessment unit.  The province geologist was required to defend the geologic boundaries of each assessment unit in a formal geologic and total petroleum system review meeting.</logic>
    <complete>The assessment unit was mapped in part on the data contained in the IHSMarkit data base for wells and fields.</complete>
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        <horizpar>The assessment unit boundary represents the gross boundary of the combined geologic elements that comprise the total petroleum system.  The assessment unit boundary was mapped by the province geologist and the boundary line digitally transferred using ArcGIS.</horizpar>
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        <procdesc>The province geologist mapped the assessment unit boundary on a hard copy or digital base map that contained data from IHSMarkit data base for wells and fields. The province geologist then plotted all other available geologic, geophysical, and geochemical data and information on the base map to assist in mapping the assessment unit boundary.  Following review, the assessment unit boundary was digitally captured from the hard copy or digital base map using ArcGIS.</procdesc>
        <procdate>2023</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The attributes were added from the assessment output data file.  These assessment results attributes are published on the National and Global Petroleum Assessment Project Fact Sheet for each Province.</procdesc>
        <procdate>2023</procdate>
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      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Identification information supplies the data necessary for record keeping and assessment organization. Statistical combination of the input parameters yields probability distributions for quantities of petroleum having the potential to be added to reserves. Selected ancillary data provide a set of information (not used directly in assessment calculations) that may be used for economic and environmental analyses.

A Resource Assessment Meeting is a formal meeting of the entire National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project (NAGA) team to review the resource model inputs. Once the input parameters are finalized, a Monte Carlo simulation is used to produce probability distributions of results.</procdesc>
        <procdate>2023</procdate>
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        <enttypd>Polygon Attribute Table.  For each assessment unit "assessunitnum" is replaced with the assessment unit number and is followed by an abbreviation of the assessment unit name.</enttypd>
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        <attrlabl>REGCODE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Region Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource World Regions</attrdefs>
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            <edomv>5</edomv>
            <edomvd>North America</edomvd>
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        <attrdef>Region Name</attrdef>
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            <edomv>North America</edomv>
            <edomvd>Region 5</edomvd>
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        <attrdef>Province Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Provinces</attrdefs>
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          <udom>1016 provinces numbered 1003 to 8063</udom>
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        <attrdef>Province Name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Provinces</attrdefs>
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        <attrdef>Total Petroleum System Code</attrdef>
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          <udom>see https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cersc/science/united-states-assessments-undiscovered-oil-and-gas-resources</udom>
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        <attrdef>Assessment Unit Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Assessment Units</attrdefs>
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          <udom>see https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cersc/science/united-states-assessments-undiscovered-oil-and-gas-resources</udom>
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        <attrdef>Assessment Unit Name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Assessment Units</attrdefs>
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          <udom>see https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cersc/science/united-states-assessments-undiscovered-oil-and-gas-resources</udom>
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      <eaover>See 'detailed attribute' section for information relating to the assessment unit boundaries.  See attached files, Tbl_FS_Results_ColumnDescriptions.csv and Tbl_InputDataColumnDescriptions.csv for description of input data fields and fact sheet table fields.</eaover>
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