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NEW REGIONAL RESERVOIR PLAY CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS & NEW MEXICO

GEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE PALEOZOIC OF THE PERMIAN BASIN (PBGSP) CARBONIFEROUS GAS SHALE RESOURCES IN TEXAS (CGSR). NEW REGIONAL RESERVOIR PLAY CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS & NEW MEXICO at the Bureau of Economic Geology. Principal Investigators: Stephen C. Ruppel & Robert G. Loucks.

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NEW REGIONAL RESERVOIR PLAY CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS & NEW MEXICO

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  1. GEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE PALEOZOIC OF THE PERMIAN BASIN (PBGSP) • CARBONIFEROUS GAS SHALE RESOURCES IN TEXAS (CGSR) NEW REGIONAL RESERVOIR PLAY CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS & NEW MEXICO at the Bureau of Economic Geology Principal Investigators: Stephen C. Ruppel & Robert G. Loucks

  2. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE Permian Basin study area Barnett shale study area

  3. PROGRAM GOALS • Produce a detailed, comprehensive history of Paleozoic depositional and reservoir systems in the Permian Basin • Create spatially integrated data bases of depositional, stratigraphic, lithologic, and petrophysical properties

  4. TARGET RESOURCES • Development Target: : 23 billion barrels of mobile oil remaining in existing reservoirs • Exploration Target: 3.5 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and NGL resources

  5. VALUE • Provide fundamental stratigraphic and reservoir-specific data in a readilyaccessible and useable format. • Integrated data will decrease the risk and increase the efficiency of exploitation • Integrated data will define newopportunities for drilling. • Integrated data will form the basis for newengineering approaches and completion practices

  6. SOURCE DATA • Reservoir studies • Cores • Wireline logs • 3D & 2D seismic • Outcrop studies • Published reports • Company data • NEW STUDIES

  7. DELIVERABLES • Text: Written synthesis of history, stratigraphy, facies, structural history, and reservoir development in Permian Basin. • Data: ARC/INFO GIS-based regional structure maps, facies maps, cross sections, core descriptions and data, outcrop descriptions and sections, core data, reservoir data, production data, publications, etc for each play.

  8. TEXT • First-year report on depositional history and stratigraphy of the Cambrian-Permian • Incremental play reports as completed.

  9. DELIVERABLE DATA PBGSP Barnett/Woodford • Geothermal gradient maps • Organic geochemistry data • Fracture data • Biostratigraphic data • Production data • Rock mechanics data • Regional structure and facies maps • Regional cross sections • Core descriptions and data • Core photographs • Reservoir cross sections • Reservoir models • Outcrop models • Depositional facies models • Seismic models • Production data • Publications

  10. REGIONAL STRUCTURE MAPS Woodford Structure

  11. FACIES MAPS

  12. REGIONAL CROSS-SECTIONS • Sequence stratigraphic framework • systems tracts • bounding surfaces/unconformities • Unit correlations • Facies correlations • Unit correlations • Facies correlations • Payzone continuity • Wireline attributes

  13. OUTCROP MODELS

  14. DEPOSITIONAL MODELS

  15. RESERVOIR MODELS

  16. CORE DESCRIPTIONS

  17. CORE PHOTOGRAPHS Ooid/skeletal Lime Grainstone Separate Vug Porosity Porosity: 23.1 %; Permeability: 17 md

  18. CORE ANALYSIS DATA

  19. RESERVOIR CROSS-SECTIONS • Cycle stratigraphic framework • Facies stacking patterns • Reservoir architecture • Payzone continuity • Wireline attributes

  20. 500 ms 1000 ms 1 mile SEISMIC SECTIONS NW SE Yates Grayburgreservoir Queen Grayburg Lowstandwedge Glorieta platform margin U San Andres M L Clear Fork

  21. PRODUCTION DATA

  22. PUBLICATIONS

  23. DATA DELIVERY FORMATS • Written summary reports on each play • Digital & paper delivery • Digital data (GIS ARC-View) • CD format • Online web-based (ARC-IMS)

  24. FUNDING • DOE: $800k • Industry Sponsors • Bureau of Economic Geology Leveraging • RCRL • STARR • Current Funding Level: ~ $400k /year

  25. BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP • Exclusive priority access to data products and deliverables for minimum of 1 year. • Access to data digitally as it becomes available. • Input as to focus and deliverables of project. • Direct access to project staff. • Attendance at annual project meetings.

  26. PROJECT START DATE AND TERM • Start: January 1, 2005 • Initial term: 3 years • Continuation based on funding availability.

  27. COST OF SPONSORSHIP • Basic Sponsorship: $19,000 (annual) • Two-year Sponsorship: $37,000 • Three-year Sponsorship: $54,000

  28. PROJECT STAFF • BEG Full-time Staff: Steve Ruppel (PI) Bob Loucks (PI, STARR) Sedimentologists - Stratigraphers - 8 Petrophysicist Structural Geologist Reservoir engineers - 2 • UT Students • Collaborating Staff (non-BEG) Biostratigrapher Organic Geochemist

  29. PROJECT CONTACTS • Steve Ruppel • 512-471-2965 • Stephen.ruppel@beg.utexas.edu • Bob Loucks • 512-471-0366 • Bob.loucks@beg.utexas.edu

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