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3-D reservoir characterization of the House Creek oil field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming

October 1, 1997

This CD-ROM is intended to serve a broad audience. An important purpose is to explain geologic and geochemical factors that control petroleum production from the House Creek Field. This information may serve as an analog for other marine-ridge sandstone reservoirs. The 3-D slide and movie images are tied to explanations and 2-D geologic and geochemical images to visualize geologic structures in three dimensions, explain the geologic significance of porosity/permeability distribution across the sandstone bodies, and tie this to petroleum production characteristics in the oil field. Movies, text, images including scanning electron photomicrographs (SEM), thin-section photomicrographs, and data files can be copied from the CD-ROM for use in external mapping, statistical, and other applications.

Publication Year 1997
Title 3-D reservoir characterization of the House Creek oil field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
DOI 10.3133/ds33
Authors Debra K. Higley, Michael P. Pantea, Roger M. Slatt
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Data Series
Series Number 33
Index ID ds33
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse