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Deep Gas Reservoir Play, Central and Eastern Gulf. Summary. Introduction Petroleum System Analysis Resource Assessment Exploration Strategy. Introduction. Gulf Coast Interior Salt Basins. Gulf Coast Interior Salt Basins. Stratigraphy. Petroleum System Analysis. Petroleum Source Rocks.
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Summary • Introduction • Petroleum System Analysis • Resource Assessment • Exploration Strategy
Gulf Coast Interior Salt Basins Gulf Coast Interior Salt Basins
Petroleum Source Rocks • Upper Jurassic Smackover lime mudstone beds served as an effective regional petroleum source rock • Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Marine shale beds served as a local source rock • Upper most Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous beds were possible source rocks
North Louisiana Salt Basin Cross Section N S VE: 32X
Burial History Profile North Louisiana Salt Basin API: 1706920079 - Sediment accumulation rates were greatest in the Jurassic (196-264 ft/my) - 50-60% of the tectonic subsidence occurred in the Late Jurassic (135-157 ft/my)
North Louisiana Salt Basin, Sabine Uplift Cross Section N S VE: 22X
North Louisiana Salt Basin, Monroe Uplift Cross Section N S VE: 30X
North Louisiana Salt Basin Cross Section W E VE: 22X
Mississippi Interior Salt Basin Cross Section N S VE: 16X
North Louisiana Salt Basin Cross Section Location K’
Thermal Maturation History Profile North Louisiana Salt Basin
Thermal Maturation Profile Cross Section North Louisiana Salt Basin Average Maturation Depth 6,500ft 12,000ft
Hydrocarbon Expulsion Profile North Louisiana Salt Basin Peak Oil Peak Gas
Thermal Maturation History Profile Mississippi Interior Salt Basin
Thermal Maturation Profile Cross Section Mississippi Interior Salt Basin Average Maturation Depth 8,000ft 16,000ft
Hydrocarbon Expulsion PlotMississippi Interior Salt Basin Peak Oil Peak Gas
Comparison of NLSB and MISB Modified from Mancini et al. (2006a)
Event Chart for Smackover Petroleum System in the North Louisiana and Mississippi Interior Salt Basins
Gas Migration at 99 Ma SW-NE Section (B-B’)