Debra K Higley (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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Timing and petroleum sources for the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oil sands of northern Alberta based on 4-D modeling
The Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oil sands of northern Alberta have an estimated 270.3 billion m3 (BCM) (1700 billion bbl) of in-place heavy oil and tar. Our study area includes oil sand accumulations and downdip areas that partially extend into the deformation zone in western Alberta. The oil sands are composed of highly biodegraded oil and tar, collectively referred to as bitumen, whose sour
Authors
D. K. Higley, M. D. Lewan, L. N. R. Roberts, M. Henry
Petroleum systems and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Denver Basin Province, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming — USGS Province 39
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The USGS recently completed an assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Denver Basin Province (USGS Province 39), Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Authors
Debra K. Higley
Petroleum systems and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Raton Basin – Sierra Grande Uplift Province, Colorado and New Mexico — USGS Province 41
Introduction
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The USGS recently completed an assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Raton Basin-Sierra Grande Uplift Province of southeastern Colorado a
Authors
Debra K. Higley
Petroleum system modeling capabilities for use in oil and gas resource assessments
Summary: Petroleum resource assessments are among the most highly visible and frequently cited scientific products of the U.S. Geological Survey. The assessments integrate diverse and extensive information on the geologic, geochemical, and petroleum production histories of provinces and regions of the United States and the World. Petroleum systems modeling incorporates these geoscience data in wa
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Michael Lewan, Laura N.R. Roberts, Mitchell E. Henry
Input data used to generate one-dimensional burial history models, central Alberta, Canada
No abstract available.
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Laura N.R. Roberts, Debra K. Higley, Mitchell E. Henry
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Raton Basin-Sierra Grande uplift province of New Mexico and Colorado, 2004
No abstract available.
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Debra K. Higley, Troy A. Cook, Richard M. Pollastro, Ronald R. Charpentier, Timothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk
1-D/3-D geologic model of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
The 3-D geologic model of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin comprises 18 stacked intervals from the base of the Devonian Woodbend Group and age equivalent formations to ground surface; it includes an estimated thickness of eroded sediments based on 1-D burial history reconstructions for 33 wells across the study area. Each interval for the construction of the 3-D model was chosen on the basis o
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D. K. Higley, M. Henry, L. N. R. Roberts, D.W. Steinshouer
Petroleum system modeling of the western Canada sedimentary basin - isopach grid files
This publication contains zmap-format grid files of isopach intervals that represent strata associated with Devonian to Holocene petroleum systems of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, Canada. Also included is one grid file that represents elevations relative to sea level of the top of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group. Vertical and later
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Debra K. Higley, Mitchell E. Henry, Laura N.R. Roberts
The Talara Basin province of northwestern Peru: cretaceous-tertiary total petroleum system
More than 1.68 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 340 billion cubic feet of gas (BCFG) have been produced from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Total Petroleum System in the Talara Basin province, northwestern Peru. Oil and minor gas fields are concentrated in the onshore northern third of the province. Current production is primarily oil, but there is excellent potential for offshore gas resources, which is
Authors
Debra K. Higley
The Progreso Basin Province of Northwestern Peru and Southwestern Ecuador: Neogene and Cretaceous-Paleogene Total Petroleum Systems
The Progreso Basin province (6083) in northwestern Peru and southwestern Ecuador consists of the Paleogene Santa Elena block and Peru Bank, and the Neogene Tumbes-Progreso subbasin. The Santa Elena block and Peru Bank are part of the Cretaceous-Paleogene Total Petroleum System (TPS)(608302), which contains the Cretaceous-Paleogene Santa Elena Block Assessment Unit (60830201). The Tumbes- Progreso
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Debra K. Higley
The New Albany Shale petroleum system, Illinois basin - Data and map image archive from the material-balance assessment
The data files and explanations presented in this report were used to generate published material-balance approach estimates of amounts of petroleum 1) expelled from a source rock, and the sum of 2) petroleum discovered in-place plus that lost due to 3) secondary migration within, or leakage or erosion from a petroleum system. This study includes assessment of cumulative production, known petroleu
Authors
Debra K. Higley, M. E. Henry, M. D. Lewan, Janet K. Pitman
Petroleum system and production characteristics of the Muddy (J) Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) Wattenberg continuous gas field, Denver basin, Colorado
Wattenberg field is a continuous-type gas accumulation. Estimated ultimate recovery from current wells is 1.27 tcf of gas from the Lower Cretaceous Muddy (J) Sandstone. Mean gas resources that have the potential to be added to these reserves in the next 30 yr are 1.09 tcf; this will be primarily through infill drilling to recover a greater percentage of gas in place and to drain areas that are iso
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Dave O. Cox, Robert J. Weimer
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 86
Timing and petroleum sources for the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oil sands of northern Alberta based on 4-D modeling
The Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oil sands of northern Alberta have an estimated 270.3 billion m3 (BCM) (1700 billion bbl) of in-place heavy oil and tar. Our study area includes oil sand accumulations and downdip areas that partially extend into the deformation zone in western Alberta. The oil sands are composed of highly biodegraded oil and tar, collectively referred to as bitumen, whose sour
Authors
D. K. Higley, M. D. Lewan, L. N. R. Roberts, M. Henry
Petroleum systems and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Denver Basin Province, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming — USGS Province 39
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The USGS recently completed an assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Denver Basin Province (USGS Province 39), Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Authors
Debra K. Higley
Petroleum systems and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the Raton Basin – Sierra Grande Uplift Province, Colorado and New Mexico — USGS Province 41
Introduction
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The USGS recently completed an assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Raton Basin-Sierra Grande Uplift Province of southeastern Colorado a
Authors
Debra K. Higley
Petroleum system modeling capabilities for use in oil and gas resource assessments
Summary: Petroleum resource assessments are among the most highly visible and frequently cited scientific products of the U.S. Geological Survey. The assessments integrate diverse and extensive information on the geologic, geochemical, and petroleum production histories of provinces and regions of the United States and the World. Petroleum systems modeling incorporates these geoscience data in wa
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Michael Lewan, Laura N.R. Roberts, Mitchell E. Henry
Input data used to generate one-dimensional burial history models, central Alberta, Canada
No abstract available.
Authors
Laura N.R. Roberts, Debra K. Higley, Mitchell E. Henry
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Raton Basin-Sierra Grande uplift province of New Mexico and Colorado, 2004
No abstract available.
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Troy A. Cook, Richard M. Pollastro, Ronald R. Charpentier, Timothy R. Klett, Christopher J. Schenk
1-D/3-D geologic model of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
The 3-D geologic model of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin comprises 18 stacked intervals from the base of the Devonian Woodbend Group and age equivalent formations to ground surface; it includes an estimated thickness of eroded sediments based on 1-D burial history reconstructions for 33 wells across the study area. Each interval for the construction of the 3-D model was chosen on the basis o
Authors
D. K. Higley, M. Henry, L. N. R. Roberts, D.W. Steinshouer
Petroleum system modeling of the western Canada sedimentary basin - isopach grid files
This publication contains zmap-format grid files of isopach intervals that represent strata associated with Devonian to Holocene petroleum systems of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, Canada. Also included is one grid file that represents elevations relative to sea level of the top of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group. Vertical and later
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Mitchell E. Henry, Laura N.R. Roberts
The Talara Basin province of northwestern Peru: cretaceous-tertiary total petroleum system
More than 1.68 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 340 billion cubic feet of gas (BCFG) have been produced from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Total Petroleum System in the Talara Basin province, northwestern Peru. Oil and minor gas fields are concentrated in the onshore northern third of the province. Current production is primarily oil, but there is excellent potential for offshore gas resources, which is
Authors
Debra K. Higley
The Progreso Basin Province of Northwestern Peru and Southwestern Ecuador: Neogene and Cretaceous-Paleogene Total Petroleum Systems
The Progreso Basin province (6083) in northwestern Peru and southwestern Ecuador consists of the Paleogene Santa Elena block and Peru Bank, and the Neogene Tumbes-Progreso subbasin. The Santa Elena block and Peru Bank are part of the Cretaceous-Paleogene Total Petroleum System (TPS)(608302), which contains the Cretaceous-Paleogene Santa Elena Block Assessment Unit (60830201). The Tumbes- Progreso
Authors
Debra K. Higley
The New Albany Shale petroleum system, Illinois basin - Data and map image archive from the material-balance assessment
The data files and explanations presented in this report were used to generate published material-balance approach estimates of amounts of petroleum 1) expelled from a source rock, and the sum of 2) petroleum discovered in-place plus that lost due to 3) secondary migration within, or leakage or erosion from a petroleum system. This study includes assessment of cumulative production, known petroleu
Authors
Debra K. Higley, M. E. Henry, M. D. Lewan, Janet K. Pitman
Petroleum system and production characteristics of the Muddy (J) Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) Wattenberg continuous gas field, Denver basin, Colorado
Wattenberg field is a continuous-type gas accumulation. Estimated ultimate recovery from current wells is 1.27 tcf of gas from the Lower Cretaceous Muddy (J) Sandstone. Mean gas resources that have the potential to be added to these reserves in the next 30 yr are 1.09 tcf; this will be primarily through infill drilling to recover a greater percentage of gas in place and to drain areas that are iso
Authors
Debra K. Higley, Dave O. Cox, Robert J. Weimer
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