INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE     NAME(S): ______________________
2.2 USA Oil Production/Consumption                 Period: ______ Date: __________

Interpretation Questions:

 

1.  Which region of the country produces most of the oil?__________________(reserves)___________

2. Name the three states which produced the most oil in 2005.
 1)__________________  2) ___________________ 3) _________________________

3. Name several regions of the country which do not have any production or oil reserves.
1)__________________  2) ___________________ 3) _________________________

4. How much oil was produced in your state during 2005?  __000 bls * 365 days= ___________bls/yr..

5. How does your state compare to the highest state with production?_________________________

  1. Explain why the Hawaiian Islands do not have any oil production (reserves). ________________________________________________________________________________
    Where might they get their oil supply?________________________________________________
  2. The average American currently consumes 25 barrels of oil per year, with a population of
    300 million people (2006), what was the total U.S. oil consumption?

                                                                                         300,000,000 * 25 bls = _________________bls.

8.      The total U.S. production of oil for that year was                                            -      3, 500, 000, 000 bls. 
       How many barrels of oil did the U. S. import to meet that demand?_______________________bls.
9. At today’s price per barrel $__________what did it cost the U.S.? $__________________________

10. Based on the average per capita consumption of 25 barrels of oil, and the 2005 population census data, figure out whether the following states are self-sufficient in the use of oil production.

 

State               Population                                      vs ________________    _Self-sufficient-  yes        no

California        29,800,000 * 25=__________________  vs ___________________           yes         no

New York       18,000,000 * 25=___________________vs ___________________           yes         no

Texas              17,100,000 * 25=___________________vs ___________________           yes         no

 

Pennsylvania  12,000,000 * 25=___________________vs  ___________________          yes         no

 

Illinois             11,500,000 * 25=___________________vs ___________________           yes         no

Colorado          3,300,000 * 25=___________________vs ___________________           yes         no

Alaska                            550,000 *  25=___________________ vs ___________________          yes         no

 

  1. Name the major oil sediment basin east of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado? ______________

      12. Which Alaska basin produces the most oil and gas? ______________________________

13. Most of the oil production in Texas occurs offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Name the basin that provides this oil._______________________________________

  1. There is no oil or gas production in the Atlantic Coast Basin.  Should this basin have potentially produce oil and gas? ___________________________________