Historically, Utica Shale/Point Pleasant intervals have been considered likely source units for hydrocarbons produced from Trenton and Black River reservoirs. The Utica Shale/Point Pleasant units are now receiving attention as potential hydrocarbon producing intervals themselves and may become the next important unconventional play in North America.
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The Niobrara shale formation is situated in northeastern Colorado and parts of adjacent Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas. Primarily an oil play, it is in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which has long been a major oil and gas province. An emerging play, the Niobrara is in its early stages and companies have been busy leasing land for future drilling. It has been compared by some to the Bakken shale formation farther to the north.
Niobrara shales are prevalent throughout the Rocky Mountain region. A thick and continuous Cretaceous source rock, the Niobrara is rich in organics and thermally mature. It can range from 150 to 1,500 feet thick, with porosities from 4% to 14%. Total organic content ranges from 1% to 5%, and vitrinite reflectance is typically 0.6 to 0.9.
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The Marcellus Formation was deposited during the Middle Devonian Period about 390 million years ago in the Appalachian Basin of Eastern North America. The Appalachian Basin was formed as the result of the collision of Avalonia with Laurentia (pre-historic North America). This collision marked the onset of the Acadian orogeny and the formation of the northern Appalachians.
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The Regional Eagle Ford Project was divided into three separate Projects (A, B and C) in order to allow for better efficiency and resolution. A total of 230 wells were included in the study. Area A which includes Maverick, Webb, Dimmit, Zavalla, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, and parts of Atascosa counties incorporates 129 NuLook™ processed wells. Area B which includes Wilson, Karnes, DeWitt, and Gonzales counties, incorporates 74 NuLook™ wells. Area C includes Fayette, Bastrop, Lee, Burleson, Brazos and Grimes counties and incorporates 27 NuLook™ wells.
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The Haynesville is a complex stratigraphic sequence that was deposited during the Upper Jurassic within a limited and stratigraphically variable area in the Northeast Texas / North Louisiana section of the Gulf Coast Mesozoic Basin. The thickness and quality of this highly prospective interval is directly related to its depositional position with respect to basement rifting and salt thickness as well as its presence within restricted euxinic areas.
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