Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

North Dakota

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

New York

Manitoba

Oklahoma

California

Arkansas

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

None

<p>General areas of sedimentary formations favorable to oil, shaded in blue: The northern region of Yukon, Northwest territories, and Nunavut. Northeastern (Halifax) and central states of America like New York, Oklahoma, Calgary, and Georgia.</p>

<p>Geologic formations in North America favorable to the location of petroleum</p>

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

North America

nature

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

Canada

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Southeast Asia

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Physiological Density			Internally Displaced Persons
General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Class	Rank	People per square kilometer	Class	Rank	People







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