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USGS Maps the Norphlet Formation as a Major Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Reservoir
July 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued 'Background and Geologic Model for the 2024 U.S. Geological Survey Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Petroleum Resources in the Norphlet Formation, U.S. Gulf Coast' in 2026 as Scientific Investigations Report 2026-5032, authored by John W. Counts.

The report explains that the Norphlet Formation is an Upper Jurassic rock unit buried beneath the U.S. Gulf coastal p . . .

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