Reservoir geology of Nicholas and Liverpool cemetery fields (lower Pennsylvanian), Stanton county, Kansas, and their significance to the regional interpretation of the Morrow Formation incised-valley-fill systems in eastern Colorado and western Kansas

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-70

  Bowen, D W ^a   Weimer, P ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

FACIES ANALYSIS; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCISED VALLEY; LITHOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; VALLEY FILL;

COLORADO; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742323350     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09100301132     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Andrews, R. D, 1999, Morrow gas play in western Oklahoma, in J. D. Andrews and W. J. Hendrickson, eds., Morrow gas play in the Anadarko basin and shelf of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 99-4, p. 1-20.
2. Andrews, R. D., R. M. Knapp, and Z. Bhatti, 1995, Fluvial-dominated delataic (FDD) oil reservoirs in Oklahoma: The Morrow play: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 95-1, 67 p.
3. Bowen, D. W., 2000, Depositional systems and stratigraphy of the Morrow Formation, eastern Colorado and western Kansas- Implications for indications of proximity to reservoir sandstone units, in M. G. Cruson, compiler, Exploring channels and valley fill systems: Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists Seminar, Denver, Colorado, July 19, 2000.
4. Bowen, D. W., and P. Weimer, 2003, Regional sequence stratigraphic setting and reservoir geology of Morrow incised-valley sandstones (lower Pennsylvanian), eastern Colorado and western Kansas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, p. 781-815.
5. Bowen, D. W., P. Weimer, and A. J. Scott, 1994, The relative success of siliciclastic sequence stratigraphic concepts in exploration, in P. Weimer and H. Posamentier, eds., Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy: AAPG Memoir 58, p. 15-43.
6. Gallardo, J., and D. D. Blackwell, 1999, Thermal structure of the Anadarko basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, no. 2, p. 333-361.
7. Geomap, 1995, Executive oil and gas fields summary map, eastern Colorado and Kansas: Plano, Texas, Geomap, 1 p., scale 1 in.: 6 mi.
8. Johnson, B. S., 1990, Regional geology of the Pierce Member of the upper Morrow Formation in the Anadarko basin, in S. A. Sonnenberg, L. T. Shannon, K. Rader, W. F. Von Drehle, and G. W. Martin, eds., Morrow sandstones of southeast Colorado and adjacent areas: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 217-227.
9. Kumar, N., and R. M. Slatt, 1984, Submarine-fan and slope facies of Tonkawa (Missourian-Virgilian) sandstone in deep Anadarko basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 68, p. 1839-1856.
10. MacEachern, J. A., I. Raychaudhuri, and S. G. Pemberton, 1992, Stratigraphic applications of the Glossifungites ichnofacies: Delineating discontinuities in the rock record, in S. G. Pemberton, ed., Applications of ichnology to petroleum exploration: SEPM Core Workshop No. 17, p. 169-199.
11. Pemberton, S. G., and D. M. Wightman, 1992, Ichnological signature of a brackish water deposit: An example from the lower Cretaceous Grand Rapids Formation, Cold Lake oil sands area, Alberta, in S. G. Pemberton, ed., Applications of ichnology to petroleum exploration: SEPM Core Workshop No. 17, p. 199-223.
12. Rascoe, B. Jr., and F. J. Adler, 1983, Permo-Carboniferous hydrocarbon accumulations, mid-continent, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 67, p. 979-1001.
13. Shelby, J. M., 1980, Geologic and economic significance of the upper Morrow chert conglomerate reservoir of the Anadarko basin: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 32, p. 489-495.
14. Sloss, L. L., 1963, Sequences in the cratonic interior of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 74, p. 93-113.
15. Swanson, D. C., 1979, Deltaic deposits in the Pennsylvanian upper Morrow Formation of the Anadarko basin, in Pennsylvanian sandstones of the mid-continent: Tulsa Geological Society Publication 1, p. 115-168.
16. Wang, H. D., and R. P. Philp, 1997, Geochemical study of potential source rocks and crude oils in the Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 249-275.
17. Wheeler, D. M., A. J. Scott, V. J. Coringrato, and P. E. Devine, 1990, Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Morrow Formation, southeast Colorado and southwest Kansas, in S. A. Sonnenberg, L. T. Shannon, K. Rader, W. F. Von Drehle, and G. W. Martin, eds., Morrow sandstones of southeast Colorado and adjacent areas: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 9-35.