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# Energy Resources Program

The Energy Resources Program conducts research and assessments to advance the understanding of the Nation’s energy resources. We study processes critical to the formation, accumulation, occurrence and alteration of geologically based energy resources; prepare resource assessments; and evaluate the environmental and socioeconomic effects of energy resource occurrence, production and use.

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Understanding the national and global availability of resources as well as the environmental impacts of their development is essential for strategic decision making related to the nation’s energy mix.

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### Energy Quarterly

This quarterly newsletter highlights the latest Energy Resources Program research, activities, publications, and information resources available from our website and other sources. 

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## News

Traversing the Sea for Science: How USGS Uses the Federal Fleet to Study Natural Hazards, Resources, and More

June 9, 2024

####   Traversing the Sea for Science: How USGS Uses the Federal Fleet to Study Natural Hazards, Resources, and More

USGS makes $10 million available for state geologic, geochemical mapping projects through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-Funded Earth Mapping Resources Initiative

May 30, 2024

####   USGS makes $10 million available for state geologic, geochemical mapping projects through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-Funded Earth Mapping Resources Initiative

USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

May 29, 2024

####   USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

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## Publications

September 19, 2024

####                 Facies variation within outcrops of the Triassic Shublik Formation, northeastern Alaska              

Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Alaska Science Center

September 10, 2024

####                 The petrology of dispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks: Review and update              

Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

September 6, 2024

####                 U.S. Geological Survey climate science plan—Future research directions              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Volcano Hazards Program, Alaska Science Center, California Water Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Volcano Science Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

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August 28, 2024

####                 Evolving Utilization of Solid Energy Fuels (EUSEF)              

Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

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August 28, 2024

####   Evolving Utilization of Solid Energy Fuels (EUSEF)

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August 6, 2024

####                 United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources              

Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center

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August 6, 2024

####   United States Assessments of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources

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August 1, 2024

####                 Carbon Mineralization              

Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

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August 1, 2024

####   Carbon Mineralization

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