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Chapter Two ALLOCATION AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES A primary component of our approach is the spatial distribution of resources throughout the study area. To map the spatial distribution of gas and oil resources, the quantities of resources from different estimates must be allocated to spatially de- fined units. The units used in this study are derived from the “plays” defined by the U.S. Geological Survey. Plays are sets of known or postulated oil or gas accumula- tions sharing similar geologic, geographic, and temporal properties.1 To improve upon the spatial resolution provided by published assessments of technically recov- erable resources, we divided the published plays into subplays, then further divided each subplay into three areas corresponding to the locations of different resource categories (proved reserves, reserve appreciation, and undiscovered resources). A key step in our methodology is defining these subplays and resource areas and allo- cating resources from published assessments to them.2 This chapter discusses this process. We begin by describing the subplays defined for this work. Because the allocation procedure differs for the different published as- sessments, we then present the technically recoverable resource assessments used in this study. The assessments differ in the level of spatial resolution (regional, basin, or play level) at which different resources are defined. The allocation step entails distributing the total quantities of resource from each assessment to the subplays. Finally, we describe the three resource areas within each subplay and how they were defined. SUBPLAY DEFINITION The U.S. Geological Survey play definitions have come into common usage in dis- cussing gas and oil resources and therefore form the basis for the resource units in this report. The U.S. Geological