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

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.

Geologic formations in North America favorable to the location of petroleum

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

North America

nature

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Maine

Virginia

Delaware

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

Wisconsin

New Jersey

South Carolina

Connecticut

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

Maryland

Québec

Tennessee

Ontario

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

A world map shows the distribution of religious practitioners. Agnostics are highlighted dark green. Buddhists are highlighted red. Chinese folk-religionists are highlighted blue. Christians are highlighted pink. Ethnoreligionists are highlighted medium green. Hindus are highlighted medium orange. Jews are highlighted dark orange. Muslims are highlighted dark gray. Sikhs are highlighted black.

Distribution of world major religions, as well as, folk and tribal religions

Religious Practitioners

In the Americas, Christians are the largest religious group in North America and in almost every country in South America. Hinduism is the major religion in most of Guyana and a few small areas in nearby Suriname. Christians predominate throughout Europe, except for a few small areas on the Balkan peninsula, which are majority Muslim. Africa between the Sahel and the Mediterranean is mostly Muslim, except in parts of several West African countries where ethnoreligionists (tribalists) predominate. Enclaves of Christians are also found in the southern (coastal) parts of some of these countries, including Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. South of the Sahel, most of sub-Saharan Africa is majority Christian, except in East Africa where Muslims predominate in all of Sudan and Somalia and in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. People in southern Tanzania, central Mozambique, and most of Madagascar are mainly ethnoreligionists (tribalists). Mostly Muslims inhabit Southwest and Central Asia, except in Israel, where Jews predominate, and Armenia, which is Christian. In South Asia, Muslims are the majority in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and part of Sri Lanka (which also has Buddhist and Muslim areas). India is mainly Hindu, with an area of Sikhs in the northwest and ethnoreligionists (tribalists) in the northeast. Nepal is mainly Hindu, whereas nearby Bhutan is Buddhist. In Southeast Asia, the mainland countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia are mainly Buddhist, although Laos is divided between Buddhists and ethnoreligionists (tribalists). Thailand and Myanmar both have small areas of Christians, whereas Myanmar also has a Muslim minority. Malaysia and Indonesia are predominantly Muslim, with a few Christian areas in Indonesia. Philippines is majority Christian, with some Muslims in the south. In East Asia, Mongolia is mainly ethnoreligionists (tribalists); North Korea is mainly agnostic; South Korea is mostly Christian; and Japan is mostly Buddhist. China is more complicated: western China is majority Muslim; in eastern, central, and southern China (and in Taiwan), Chinese folk religionists predominate; the rest of the country is officially agnostic. Christianity is the main religion throughout Oceania.

Display by:	General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Religious Practitioners
	General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Christians
Alaska	10.9%	98.6%
Arizona	1.24%	100%
Utah	1.31%	100%
Yukon	6.60%	100%
Northwest Territories	70.2%	99.4%
District of Columbia		100%
Florida		98.8%
Idaho		100%
New Hampshire		100%
Rhode Island		92.1%
Vermont		100%
Washington		99.0%
Wyoming	5.90%	100%
Nunavut	41.1%	98.0%
Montana	40.7%	100%
Maine		99.1%
North Dakota	26.1%	100%
Kentucky	69.8%	100%
Nova Scotia	99.8%	95.8%
Virginia		99.4%
Delaware		98.5%
Prince Edward Island	100%	94.0%
Saskatchewan	26.5%	100%
Mississippi	54.2%	99.9%
West Virginia	32.9%	100%
Nebraska	4.37%	100%
Texas	40.9%	99.8%
Missouri	4.62%	100%
Louisiana	99.9%	98.9%
Hawaii		80.9%
North Carolina		99.2%
Oregon		99.9%
New Brunswick	26.8%	99.1%
Alabama	20.4%	99.9%
New Mexico	14.0%	100%
Kansas	49.5%	100%
Wisconsin		100%
British Columbia	4.41%	99.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador	25.6%	98.7%
New Jersey		97.9%
South Carolina		99.7%
Michigan	31.7%	100%
Alberta	61.3%	100%
Connecticut		100%
Pennsylvania	33.4%	100%
Colorado	15.2%	100%
Nevada		100%
Massachusetts		95.6%
Georgia		99.9%
New York	4.89%	99.3%
Maryland		97.3%
Québec		99.7%
Manitoba	2.80%	99.9%
Oklahoma	67.6%	100%
Tennessee		100%
Ontario		99.9%
California	5.00%	99.7%
Arkansas	14.5%	100%
South Dakota		100%
Ohio	13.5%	100%
Indiana	32.9%	100%
Minnesota		100%
Iowa		100%
Illinois	23.0%	100%