David W. Houseknecht
David Houseknecht is a Senior Research Geologist (Scientist Emeritus) for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
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Potential tight gas resources in a frontier province - Jurassic through Tertiary strata beneath the Brooks Range foothills, Arctic Alaska Potential tight gas resources in a frontier province - Jurassic through Tertiary strata beneath the Brooks Range foothills, Arctic Alaska
Beneath the foothills of the Brooks Range, rocks of the Lower Cretaceous-Tertiary Brookian and Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Beaufortian megasequences have been deeply buried and exhumed, and now exhibit characteristics of 'tight gas sandstones'. The data recovered from drilling, well tests, and cores exhibit the potential for substantial gas reserves over a large area. These data include...
Authors
Philip H. Nelson, Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore
Sizing up oil on Alaska's North Slope Sizing up oil on Alaska's North Slope
[No abstract available]
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K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
Digital-elevation and surface-classification maps of the Fish Creek area, Harrison Bay quadrangle, northern Alaska Digital-elevation and surface-classification maps of the Fish Creek area, Harrison Bay quadrangle, northern Alaska
No abstract available.
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John L. Mars, Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Lee Amoroso, Donald C. Meares
Oil and gas assessment of central North Slope, Alaska, 2005 Oil and gas assessment of central North Slope, Alaska, 2005
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Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Emil Attanasi, Thomas E. Moore, Phillip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Potter, Christopher J. Schenk, John H. Schuenemeyer, Mahendra K. Verma, Richard W. Saltus, Jeffery D. Phillips, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley
U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results
No abstract available.
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Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Philip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Schenk
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Nanushuk, Seabee, and Tuluvak formations exposed on Umiat Mountain, north-central Alaska Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Nanushuk, Seabee, and Tuluvak formations exposed on Umiat Mountain, north-central Alaska
Upper Cretaceous strata of the upper part of the Nanushuk Formation, the Seabee Formation, and the lower part of the Tuluvak Formation are exposed along the Colville River on the east flank of Umiat Mountain in north-central Alaska. The Ninuluk sandstone, which is the uppermost unit of the Nanushuk Formation, displays a vertical succession of facies indicative of deposition in an upward...
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David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk
Conventional natural gas resource potential, Alaska North Slope Conventional natural gas resource potential, Alaska North Slope
An estimate of total natural gas resource potential of northern Alaska can be obtained by summing known gas reserves in oil and gas fields (35 TCF), mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (61 TCF) and associated (12 TCF) gas resources in NPRA, and mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (4 TCF) and associated (5 TCF) gas resources in the 1002 area of ANWR; this yields a total...
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David W. Houseknecht
Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Beaufortian strata (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) are a focus of exploration since the 1994 discovery of the nearby Alpine oil field (>400 MMBO). These strata include the Kingak Shale, a succession of depositional sequences influenced by rift opening of the Arctic Ocean Basin. Interpretation of sequence stratigraphy and depositional facies...
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D.W. Houseknecht, K. J. Bird
Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling
Representative compaction curves for the principle lithologies are essential input for reliable models of basin history. Compaction curves influence estimates of maximum burial and erosion. Different compaction curves may produce significantly different thermal histories. Default compaction curves provided by basin modeling packages may or may not be a good proxy for the compaction...
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Elisabeth L. Rowan, Daniel O. Hayba, Philip H. Nelson, W. Matthew Burns, David W. Houseknecht
Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska
A revised stratigraphic nomenclature is proposed for Cretaceous and Tertiary geologic units of the central and western North Slope of Alaska. This revised nomenclature is a simplified and broadly applicable scheme suitable for a suite of digital geologic quadrangle maps being prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of...
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Charles G. Mull, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
Brookian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) Brookian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA)
The Brookian megasequence in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) includes bottomset and clinoform seismic facies of the Torok Formation (mostly Albian age) and generally coeval, topset seismic facies of the uppermost Torok Formation and the Nanushuk Group. These strata are part of a composite total petroleum system involving hydrocarbons expelled from three stratigraphic...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht
Beaufortian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) Beaufortian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA)
The Beaufortian megasequence in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) includes Jurassic through lower Cretaceous (Neocomian) strata of the Kingak Shale and the overlying pebble shale unit. These strata are part of a composite total petroleum system involving hydrocarbons expelled from source rocks in three stratigraphic intervals, the Lower Jurassic part of the Kingak Shale...
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David W. Houseknecht
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Potential tight gas resources in a frontier province - Jurassic through Tertiary strata beneath the Brooks Range foothills, Arctic Alaska Potential tight gas resources in a frontier province - Jurassic through Tertiary strata beneath the Brooks Range foothills, Arctic Alaska
Beneath the foothills of the Brooks Range, rocks of the Lower Cretaceous-Tertiary Brookian and Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Beaufortian megasequences have been deeply buried and exhumed, and now exhibit characteristics of 'tight gas sandstones'. The data recovered from drilling, well tests, and cores exhibit the potential for substantial gas reserves over a large area. These data include...
Authors
Philip H. Nelson, Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore
Sizing up oil on Alaska's North Slope Sizing up oil on Alaska's North Slope
[No abstract available]
Authors
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
Digital-elevation and surface-classification maps of the Fish Creek area, Harrison Bay quadrangle, northern Alaska Digital-elevation and surface-classification maps of the Fish Creek area, Harrison Bay quadrangle, northern Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
John L. Mars, Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Lee Amoroso, Donald C. Meares
Oil and gas assessment of central North Slope, Alaska, 2005 Oil and gas assessment of central North Slope, Alaska, 2005
No abstract available.
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Emil Attanasi, Thomas E. Moore, Phillip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Potter, Christopher J. Schenk, John H. Schuenemeyer, Mahendra K. Verma, Richard W. Saltus, Jeffery D. Phillips, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley
U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results
No abstract available.
Authors
Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Philip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Schenk
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Nanushuk, Seabee, and Tuluvak formations exposed on Umiat Mountain, north-central Alaska Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Nanushuk, Seabee, and Tuluvak formations exposed on Umiat Mountain, north-central Alaska
Upper Cretaceous strata of the upper part of the Nanushuk Formation, the Seabee Formation, and the lower part of the Tuluvak Formation are exposed along the Colville River on the east flank of Umiat Mountain in north-central Alaska. The Ninuluk sandstone, which is the uppermost unit of the Nanushuk Formation, displays a vertical succession of facies indicative of deposition in an upward...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk
Conventional natural gas resource potential, Alaska North Slope Conventional natural gas resource potential, Alaska North Slope
An estimate of total natural gas resource potential of northern Alaska can be obtained by summing known gas reserves in oil and gas fields (35 TCF), mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (61 TCF) and associated (12 TCF) gas resources in NPRA, and mean estimates of undiscovered nonassociated (4 TCF) and associated (5 TCF) gas resources in the 1002 area of ANWR; this yields a total...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht
Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Beaufortian strata (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) are a focus of exploration since the 1994 discovery of the nearby Alpine oil field (>400 MMBO). These strata include the Kingak Shale, a succession of depositional sequences influenced by rift opening of the Arctic Ocean Basin. Interpretation of sequence stratigraphy and depositional facies...
Authors
D.W. Houseknecht, K. J. Bird
Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling
Representative compaction curves for the principle lithologies are essential input for reliable models of basin history. Compaction curves influence estimates of maximum burial and erosion. Different compaction curves may produce significantly different thermal histories. Default compaction curves provided by basin modeling packages may or may not be a good proxy for the compaction...
Authors
Elisabeth L. Rowan, Daniel O. Hayba, Philip H. Nelson, W. Matthew Burns, David W. Houseknecht
Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska
A revised stratigraphic nomenclature is proposed for Cretaceous and Tertiary geologic units of the central and western North Slope of Alaska. This revised nomenclature is a simplified and broadly applicable scheme suitable for a suite of digital geologic quadrangle maps being prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of...
Authors
Charles G. Mull, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
Brookian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) Brookian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA)
The Brookian megasequence in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) includes bottomset and clinoform seismic facies of the Torok Formation (mostly Albian age) and generally coeval, topset seismic facies of the uppermost Torok Formation and the Nanushuk Group. These strata are part of a composite total petroleum system involving hydrocarbons expelled from three stratigraphic...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht
Beaufortian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) Beaufortian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA)
The Beaufortian megasequence in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) includes Jurassic through lower Cretaceous (Neocomian) strata of the Kingak Shale and the overlying pebble shale unit. These strata are part of a composite total petroleum system involving hydrocarbons expelled from source rocks in three stratigraphic intervals, the Lower Jurassic part of the Kingak Shale...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht