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TABLE IV. 4. 8 

 U. S. Areas With Significant Crude Oil Deposits 



Region 



Atlantic Seaboard 

 (excluding Florida) 



Florida, Northern Gulf Coast 



Mississippi and Alabama 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Southern California 



Alaska, Pacific Coast, and 

 Gulf of Alaska 



TOTAL 



Estimated Ultimate Reserves of 

 Offshore Crude Oil (billion barrels) 



1.0 



3.2 

 2.9 

 17.9 

 7.0 

 1.3 



24.0 



57.0 



Source: The Economic Potential of the Mineral and Botanical 

 Resources of the U.S. Continental Shelf and Slope, 

 op. cit. p. 22lT~ 



These figures reinforce those already cited and identify the Gulf 

 of Mexico biophysical region as the probable future focus of 

 continental United States petroleum recovery and secondary processing 

 growth. Alaska, perhaps including the Bering Sea and Arctic margins, 

 is also certain to be an area of increasing exploration, recovery, and 

 refining. 



