Claim: Social media posts claim untapped oil reserves in an area of the US and Canada exceed those in Saudi Arabia and other major oil-producing nations. This is false; official US government estimates for the Williston Basin region -- where drilling has occurred for years -- are 5.8 billion barrels, compared with an estimated 267 billion for Saudi Arabia alone.
Fact-check: Posts falsely claim US has massive untapped oil field
Verdict: posts falsely claim us has massive untapped oil field
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Rob Lever
Date published: 2021-10-29T17:45:00