Proven oil reserves in the United States were 23 billion barrels (3.7×109 m3) as of 2010, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Excluding unconventional reserves (ie shale, tar sands, etc), the Energy Information Administration estimates United States technically recoverable oil reserves to be 218.9 billion barrels.
The Institute for Energy Research estimates the total volume of technically recoverable oil reserves in all areas of the United States (including technically recoverable oil from shale) to be 1.442 trillion barrels of oil.
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