Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources 
Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources [PDF ebook] 
An Evaluation of the Department of the Interior’s 1989 Assessment Procedures

When the U.S. Department of the Interior released its 1989 estimates of how much undiscovered oil and gas remain in the United States, a controversy ensued. Some members of the petroleum industry charged that the estimates were too low. This book evaluates the scientific credibility of the statistical and geological methods underlying the estimates.