Lower Tuscaloosa trend of south-central Louisiana: you ain't seen nothing till you've seen the Tuscaloosa
The Tuscaloosa trend of south-central Louisiana is one of the most active and highly potential deep gas plays in the US today. The trend covers a band 275 miles long and 30 miles wide. It extends from the Louisiana-Mississippi border, northwesterly through Lake Pontchartrain to Baton Rouge, and continues westerly through Vernon and Beauregard Parishes to the Louisiana-Texas border. To date there have been 15 new fields discovered and 2 potential new discoveries in the trend. In the last 4 years a total of 142 wells have been drilled to an average depth of 18,800 ft to test sandstones within the Tuscaloosa formation (Upper Cretaceous). More than 4 million acres are now under lease in the trend. Potential reserves on these features total approximately 17 TCF of gas and one billion barrels of distillate. Drilling activity in the trend has increased considerably in the past few weeks, and it is expected to continue. Within the next 6 months, operations probably will have commenced on at least 45 additional wells across the trend.
- OSTI ID:
- 5397100
- Journal Information:
- Trans., Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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