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| Title | Reservoir distribution and exploration potential of the Spiro Sandstone in the Choctaw trend, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma and Arkansas |
| Creator/Author | Gross, J.S. ; Thompson, S.A. ; Claxton, B.L. [Amoco Production Co., Houston, TX (United States)] ; Carr, M.B. [Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)] |
| Publication Date | 1995 Feb 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 28929 |
| Other Number(s) | Journal ID: AABUD2; ISSN 0149-1423; TRN: TRN: 95:001851-0001 |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin; Journal Volume: 79; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1995 |
| Subject | 02 PETROLEUM ;03 NATURAL GAS; OKLAHOMA; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; ARKANSAS; RESOURCE POTENTIAL; SANDSTONES; PETROGRAPHY; VITRINITE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR ROCK |
| Description/Abstract | A multidisciplinary study of the Spiro Sandstone shows that in Pittsburgh and Latimer counties, Oklahoma, along the Choctaw fault trend, the thrusted Spiro is predominantly a barrier island deposit consisting of reservoir-quality progradational and aggradational sandstones; however, to the east from Le Flore County, Oklahoma, through Yell County, Arkansas, along the structural trend, the Spiro is composed predominantly of tight, nonproductive, retrogradational sandstones. Petrographic observations of the progradational Spiro show that sands in the west are medium to fine grained, and in the east they are very fine grained. Chlorite coatings that inhibit quartz cementation are present only in the west. Vitrinite reflectance data indicate that the Spiro in the west is within the gas window ({approximately}1.5% R{sub o}), but in the east it is overmature (>2.5% R{sub o}). The term {open_quotes}overmature{close_quotes} applies to reservoirs that have insufficient porosity for commercial production due to destructive diagenesis caused by thermal stress. The simultaneous multidisciplinary approach is economically significant because exploration analysis time for this study was decreased, and decisions were made with more reliability. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: pp. 159-185 |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 04 |
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