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for North American Oil Shale,
Oil Sands (Tar Sands), and Heavy Oil Resources

Oil shale, oil sands (tar sands), and heavy oil resource maps for Utah and North America are available through our interactive map for North America. To go directly to the map, click here. The map has a special emphasis on Utah regional resources.

The interactive map serves as both an interface to the ICSE data repository as well as a source of information about unconventional fuel resources in North America, with a special focus on Utah oil sands (tar sands) and Green River Formation oil shale. The map includes a Uinta Basin oil shale well layer that is rich with data specific to each well. In addition to Utah heavy oil fields, the heavy oil layer includes information about fields throughout North America such as on the Alaskan North Slope specifically West Sak, Milne Schrader and other locations.

Green River Formation Oil Shale Resources

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Green River oil shale map example

Oil Shale Well Information

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 oil shale well map example

North American Heavy Oil Resources

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heavy oil map example

Utah Tar Sands Resources

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tar sands map example