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USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project - Appalachian Basin Province, Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale Assessment Units and Input Data Forms USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project - Appalachian Basin Province, Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale Assessment Units and Input Data Forms
This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units and input data for the assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019. The Assessment Unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The Assessment Unit is defined within the...
Median-porosity contour maps of the J Sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming Median-porosity contour maps of the J Sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
The Lower Cretaceous J sandstone of the Dakota Group is present in the Denver basin in eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and southwestern Nebraska. Deposited during a regression of the Cretaceous epicontinental sea, this informally named unit is composed primarily of sandstone and shale of deltaic and near shore-marine origin. The J sandstone can be divided into an upper...
Median-permeability contour maps of the J sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming Median-permeability contour maps of the J sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
The Lower Cretaceous J sandstone of the Dakota Group (MacKenzie, 1965) is present in the Denver basin in eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and southwestern Nebraska. This informally named unit deposited during a regression of the Cretaceous epi continental sea and is composed primarily of sandstone and shale of deItaic and near-shore marine origin. The J sandstone can be divided...
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Status of three-dimensional geological mapping and modeling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey Status of three-dimensional geological mapping and modeling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), created in 1879, is the national geological survey for the United States and the sole science agency within its cabinet-level bureau, the Department of the Interior. The USGS has a broad mission, including: serving the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from...
Authors
Donald S. Sweetkind, Russell Graymer, D.K. Higley, Oliver Boyd
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous mean resources of 96.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Debra Higley, Catherine Enomoto, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Geoffrey Ellis, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Michael Trippi, Phuong Le, Michael Brownfield, Cheryl Woodall, Kristen Marra, Marilyn Tennyson
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019 Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous mean resources of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 117.2 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley, Ronald Drake, Stephanie Gaswirth, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Phuong Le, Kristen Marra, Marilyn Tennyson, Cheryl Woodall, Christopher Schenk
Controls on petroleum resources for the Devonian Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin Province, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Controls on petroleum resources for the Devonian Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin Province, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York
Greater than 33 trillion cubic feet of gas, 68 million barrels of natural gas liquids (NGL), and 192 million barrels of water have been produced from the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Hamilton Group in the Appalachian Basin. These volumes are from more than 11,700 non-commingled wells. Areas of greatest production and future potential for gas and NGL from the Marcellus Shale are...
Authors
D.K. Higley, Catherine B. Enomoto, Heidi Leathers-Miller
Burial history reconstruction of the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, using 1D petroleum system models Burial history reconstruction of the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, using 1D petroleum system models
Nine 1D burial history models were built across the Appalachian Basin to reconstruct the burial, erosional, and thermal maturation histories of contained petroleum source rocks. Models were calibrated to measured downhole temperature and to vitrinite reflectance (% Ro) data from Devonian through Pennsylvanian petroleum source rocks. The highest levels of thermal maturity in Devonian and...
Authors
Debra Higley, Catherine Enomoto
Ordovician Point Pleasant/Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System—Revisions to the Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System in the Appalachian Basin Province Ordovician Point Pleasant/Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System—Revisions to the Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System in the Appalachian Basin Province
Hydrocarbon reserves and technically recoverable undiscovered resources in continuous accumulations are present in Upper Ordovician strata in the Appalachian Basin Province. The province includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The Upper Ordovician strata are part of the previously defined Utica-Lower...
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Susitna Basin, southern Alaska, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Susitna Basin, southern Alaska, 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in the Susitna Basin of southern Alaska. Using a geology-based methodology, the USGS estimates that mean undiscovered volumes of about 2 million barrels of oil and nearly 1.7 trillion cubic feet of gas may be found in this area.
Authors
Richard Stanley, Christopher Potter, Kristen Lewis, Paul Lillis, Anjana Shah, Peter Haeussler, Jeffrey Phillips, Zenon Valin, Christopher Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Michael Brownfield, Ronald Drake, Thomas Finn, Seth Haines, Debra Higley, David Houseknecht, Phuong A. Le, Kristen Marra, Tracey Mercier, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Stanley Paxton, Ofori Pearson, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Cheryl Woodall, Margarita Zyrianova
Assessment of undiscovered continuous gas resources in Upper Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered continuous gas resources in Upper Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2017
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous resources of 10.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Upper Devonian shales of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley, William Rouse, Frank Dulong, Timothy R. Klett, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Thomas Finn, Kristen Marra, Phuong A. Le, Cheryl A. Woodall, Christopher Schenk
Evolution of the Lower Tertiary Elko Lake Basin, a potential hydrocarbon source rock in Northeast Nevada Evolution of the Lower Tertiary Elko Lake Basin, a potential hydrocarbon source rock in Northeast Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald Johnson, Justin Birdwell
Petroleum system model of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in the northern Williston Basin, Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Alberta, Canada Petroleum system model of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in the northern Williston Basin, Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Alberta, Canada
No abstract available.
Authors
Debra Higley, Nicholas Gianoutsos
Overpressure development through time using 4D pressure-volume-temperature modeling in the deep Anadarko Basin, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Overpressure development through time using 4D pressure-volume-temperature modeling in the deep Anadarko Basin, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Debra Higley
Geological, geochemical, and reservoir characterization of the Uteland Butte member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah Geological, geochemical, and reservoir characterization of the Uteland Butte member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
Justin Birdwell, Michael Vanden Berg, Ronald Johnson, Tracey Mercier, Adam Boehlke, Michael Brownfield
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USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project - Appalachian Basin Province, Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale Assessment Units and Input Data Forms USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project - Appalachian Basin Province, Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale Assessment Units and Input Data Forms
This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units and input data for the assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019. The Assessment Unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The Assessment Unit is defined within the...
Median-porosity contour maps of the J Sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming Median-porosity contour maps of the J Sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
The Lower Cretaceous J sandstone of the Dakota Group is present in the Denver basin in eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and southwestern Nebraska. Deposited during a regression of the Cretaceous epicontinental sea, this informally named unit is composed primarily of sandstone and shale of deltaic and near shore-marine origin. The J sandstone can be divided into an upper...
Median-permeability contour maps of the J sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming Median-permeability contour maps of the J sandstone, Dakota Group, in the Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
The Lower Cretaceous J sandstone of the Dakota Group (MacKenzie, 1965) is present in the Denver basin in eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and southwestern Nebraska. This informally named unit deposited during a regression of the Cretaceous epi continental sea and is composed primarily of sandstone and shale of deItaic and near-shore marine origin. The J sandstone can be divided...
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Status of three-dimensional geological mapping and modeling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey Status of three-dimensional geological mapping and modeling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), created in 1879, is the national geological survey for the United States and the sole science agency within its cabinet-level bureau, the Department of the Interior. The USGS has a broad mission, including: serving the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from...
Authors
Donald S. Sweetkind, Russell Graymer, D.K. Higley, Oliver Boyd
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous mean resources of 96.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Debra Higley, Catherine Enomoto, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Geoffrey Ellis, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Michael Trippi, Phuong Le, Michael Brownfield, Cheryl Woodall, Kristen Marra, Marilyn Tennyson
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019 Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2019
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous mean resources of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 117.2 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Upper Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley, Ronald Drake, Stephanie Gaswirth, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Phuong Le, Kristen Marra, Marilyn Tennyson, Cheryl Woodall, Christopher Schenk
Controls on petroleum resources for the Devonian Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin Province, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Controls on petroleum resources for the Devonian Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin Province, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York
Greater than 33 trillion cubic feet of gas, 68 million barrels of natural gas liquids (NGL), and 192 million barrels of water have been produced from the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Hamilton Group in the Appalachian Basin. These volumes are from more than 11,700 non-commingled wells. Areas of greatest production and future potential for gas and NGL from the Marcellus Shale are...
Authors
D.K. Higley, Catherine B. Enomoto, Heidi Leathers-Miller
Burial history reconstruction of the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, using 1D petroleum system models Burial history reconstruction of the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, using 1D petroleum system models
Nine 1D burial history models were built across the Appalachian Basin to reconstruct the burial, erosional, and thermal maturation histories of contained petroleum source rocks. Models were calibrated to measured downhole temperature and to vitrinite reflectance (% Ro) data from Devonian through Pennsylvanian petroleum source rocks. The highest levels of thermal maturity in Devonian and...
Authors
Debra Higley, Catherine Enomoto
Ordovician Point Pleasant/Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System—Revisions to the Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System in the Appalachian Basin Province Ordovician Point Pleasant/Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System—Revisions to the Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System in the Appalachian Basin Province
Hydrocarbon reserves and technically recoverable undiscovered resources in continuous accumulations are present in Upper Ordovician strata in the Appalachian Basin Province. The province includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The Upper Ordovician strata are part of the previously defined Utica-Lower...
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Susitna Basin, southern Alaska, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Susitna Basin, southern Alaska, 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in the Susitna Basin of southern Alaska. Using a geology-based methodology, the USGS estimates that mean undiscovered volumes of about 2 million barrels of oil and nearly 1.7 trillion cubic feet of gas may be found in this area.
Authors
Richard Stanley, Christopher Potter, Kristen Lewis, Paul Lillis, Anjana Shah, Peter Haeussler, Jeffrey Phillips, Zenon Valin, Christopher Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Michael Brownfield, Ronald Drake, Thomas Finn, Seth Haines, Debra Higley, David Houseknecht, Phuong A. Le, Kristen Marra, Tracey Mercier, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Stanley Paxton, Ofori Pearson, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Cheryl Woodall, Margarita Zyrianova
Assessment of undiscovered continuous gas resources in Upper Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered continuous gas resources in Upper Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2017
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous resources of 10.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Upper Devonian shales of the Appalachian Basin Province.
Authors
Catherine Enomoto, Michael Trippi, Debra Higley, William Rouse, Frank Dulong, Timothy R. Klett, Tracey Mercier, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Thomas Finn, Kristen Marra, Phuong A. Le, Cheryl A. Woodall, Christopher Schenk
Evolution of the Lower Tertiary Elko Lake Basin, a potential hydrocarbon source rock in Northeast Nevada Evolution of the Lower Tertiary Elko Lake Basin, a potential hydrocarbon source rock in Northeast Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald Johnson, Justin Birdwell
Petroleum system model of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in the northern Williston Basin, Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Alberta, Canada Petroleum system model of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in the northern Williston Basin, Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Alberta, Canada
No abstract available.
Authors
Debra Higley, Nicholas Gianoutsos
Overpressure development through time using 4D pressure-volume-temperature modeling in the deep Anadarko Basin, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Overpressure development through time using 4D pressure-volume-temperature modeling in the deep Anadarko Basin, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Debra Higley
Geological, geochemical, and reservoir characterization of the Uteland Butte member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah Geological, geochemical, and reservoir characterization of the Uteland Butte member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
Justin Birdwell, Michael Vanden Berg, Ronald Johnson, Tracey Mercier, Adam Boehlke, Michael Brownfield
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