Hydrocarbon potential of the Barnett Shale (Mississippian), Delaware Basin, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 967-991

  Kinley, Travis J ^a,b   Cook, Lance W ^b   Breyer, John A ^a   Jarvie, Daniel M ^a,c   Busbey, Arthur B ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XTO Energy Inc   (United States)

^c Worldwide Geochemistry LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; NEUTRON LOGGING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; REFLECTION;

DRILLING AND COMPLETION; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON POROSITY; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION RATIO; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASIN; DRILLING; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAPPING; MISSISSIPPIAN; SHALE; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; WELL COMPLETION; WELL LOGGING;

DELAWARE BASIN; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; REEVES COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249097702     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03240807121     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Adams, J. E., 1965, Stratigraphic-tectonic development of Delaware Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 49, p. 2140-2148.
2. Barker, C. E., and M. J. Pawlewicz, 1987, The effects of igneous intrusions and higher heat flow on the thermal maturity of Leonardian and younger rocks, western Delaware Basin, Texas, in D. M. Cromwell and J. Mazzulo, eds., Glass mountains: SEPM Guidebook, v. 87-27, p. 69-81.
3. Bowker, K. A., 2007, Barnett Shale gas production, Fort Worth Basin: Issues and discussion: AAPG Bulletin, v. 91, p. 523-533.
4. Burst, J. F., 1969, Diagenesis of Gulf Coast clayey sediments and its possible relation to petroleum migration: AAPG Bulletin, v. 53, p. 73-93.
5. Cys, J. M., and W. R. Gibson, 1988, Pennsylvanian and Permian geology of the Permian Basin region, in Frenzel et al., 1988, The Permian Basin region, in L. L. Sloss, ed., Sedimentary cover - North American craton, U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. D-2, p. 277-289.
6. Espitalie, J., M. Madec, B. Tissot, J. J. Mennig, and P. Leplat, 1977, Source rock characterization method for petroleum exploration: Proceedings of the 9th Offshore Technology Conference, v. 3, paper 2935, p. 439-444.
7. Flawn, P. T., 1956, Basement rocks of Texas and southeast New Mexico: Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas Publication 5605, 261 p.
8. Frenzel, H. N., et al., 1988, The Permian Basin region, in L. L. Sloss, ed., Sedimentary cover - North American craton, U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. D-2, p. 261-306.
9. Hills, J. M., 1984, Sedimentation, tectonism, and hydrocarbon generation in Delaware Basin, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 68, p. 250-267.
10. Hills, J. M., 1985, Structural evolution of the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico, in P. W. Dickerson and W. R. Muehlberger, eds., Structure and tectonics of trans-Pecos Texas, West Texas Geological Society Guidebook, Midland, Texas, v. 85-81, p. 89-99.
11. Hills, J. M., and J. E. Galley, 1988, General introduction, the pre-Pennsylvanian Tobosa Basin, in Frenzel et al., 1988, The Permian Basin region, in L. L. Sloss, ed., Sedimentary cover - North American craton, U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. D-2, p. 261-277.
12. Hunt, J. M., 1996, Petroleum geochemistry and geology, 2d ed.: San Francisco, California, Freeman and Co., 615 p.
13. Jarvie, D. M., and B. L. Claxton, 2002, Barnett Shale oil and gas as an analog for other black shales (ext. abs.): AAPG Southwest Section Meeting Transactions, Ruidoso, New Mexico, p. 165-166.
14. Jarvie, D. M., R. J. Hill, R. M. Pollastro, D. A Wavrek, K. A. Bowker, B. L. Claxton, and M. H. Tobey, 2003, Evaluation of unconventional natural gas prospects: The Barnett Shale fractured shale gas model (abs.): 21st International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, September 8-12, 2003, Krakow, Poland.
15. Jarvie, D. M., R. J. Hill, T. E. Ruble, and R. M. Pollastro, 2007, Unconventional shale-gas systems: The Mississippian Barnett Shale of north-central Texas as one model for thermogenic shale-gas assessment: AAPG Bulletin, v. 91, p. 475-499.
16. Kinley, T. J., 2006, Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Barnett Shale (Mississippian) in the northern Delaware Basin, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico: Master's thesis, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 81 p.
17. Kreis, L. K., and A. Costa, 2005, Hydrocarbon potential of the Bakken and Torquay formations, southeastern Saskatchewan, in Summary of investigations 2005, v. 1, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry Resources, Miscellaneous Report, 2005-4.1, 10 p.
18. Mavor, M., 2001, Barnett Shale gas-in-place volume including sorbed and free gas volume (abs.): AAPG Southwest Section, March 1-4, 2003, Fort Worth, Texas, http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/abstracts/ southwest/mavor.htm.
19. Montgomery, S. L., D. M. Jarvie, K. A. Bowker, and R. M. Pollastro, 2005, Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, north-central Texas: Gas-shale play with multi-trillion cubic foot potential: AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, p. 155-175.
20. Passey, Q. R., S. Creaney, J. B. Kulla, and J. D. Stroud, 1990, A practical model for organic richness from porosity and resistivity logs: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, p. 1777-1794.
21. Pawlewicz, M., C. E. Barker, and S. McDonald, 2005, Vitrinite reflectance data for the Permian Basin, west Texas and southeast New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report, 2005-1171, 25 p.
22. Shepard, T. M., and J. L. Walper, 1982, Tectonic evolution of Trans-Pecos: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 32, p. 165-172.
23. Steward, D. B., 2007, The Barnett Shale play: Phoenix of the Fort Worth Basin, a history: Fort Worth Geological Society and North Texas Geological Society, 202 p.
24. Sweeney, J. J., and A. K. Burnham, 1990, Evaluation of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, p. 1559-1570.
25. Vertrees, C., C. H. Atchison, and G. L. Evans, 1959, Paleozoic geology of the Delaware and Val Verde basins, in Geology of the Val Verde Basin and field trip guidebook: Midland, Texas, West Texas Geological Society, p. 64-73.
26. Wright, W. F., 1979, Petroleum geology of the Permian Basin: Midland, Texas, West Texas Geological Society, 98 p.