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Title: Intergrated study of the Devonian-age black shales in eastern Ohio. Final report

Abstract

This integrated study of the Devonian-age shales in eastern Ohio by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey is part of the Eastern Gas Shales Project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The six areas of research included in the study are: (1) detailed stratigraphic mapping, (2) detailed structure mapping, (3) mineralogic and petrographic characterization, (4) geochemical characterization, (5) fracture trace and lineament analysis, and (6) a gas-show monitoring program. The data generated by the study provide a basis for assessing the most promising stratigraphic horizons for occurrences of natural gas within the Devonian shale sequence and the most favorable geographic areas of the state for natural gas exploration and should be useful in the planning and design of production-stimulation techniques. Four major radioactive units in the Devonian shale sequence are believed to be important source rocks and reservoir beds for natural gas. In order of potential for development as an unconventional gas resource, they are (1) lower and upper radioactive facies of the Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, (2) upper Olentangy Shale (Rhinestreet facies equivalent), (3) Cleveland Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, and (4) lower Olentangy Shale (Marcellus facies equivalent). These primarymore » exploration targets are recommended on the basis of areal distribution, net thickness of radioactive shale, shows of natural gas, and drilling depth to the radioactive unit. Fracture trends indicate prospective areas for Devonian shale reservoirs. Good geological prospects in the Devonian shales should be located where the fracture trends coincide with thick sequences of organic-rich highly radioactive shale.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Columbus (USA). Div. of Geological Survey
OSTI Identifier:
5841004
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/12131-1399
ON: DE83011204
DOE Contract Number:  
AS21-76ET12131
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; 03 NATURAL GAS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; BLACK SHALES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; EXPLORATION; OHIO; DATA COMPILATION; DEVONIAN PERIOD; FRACTURES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHATTANOOGA FORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DATA; ENERGY SOURCES; FAILURES; FEDERAL REGION V; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; OIL SHALES; PALEOZOIC ERA; RESOURCES; USA; 040201* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Site Geology- (-1989); 030200 - Natural Gas- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 580300 - Mineralogy, Petrology, & Rock Mechanics- (-1989); 580400 - Geochemistry- (-1989); 580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Gray, J D, Struble, R A, Carlton, R W, Hodges, D A, Honeycutt, F M, Kingsbury, R H, Knapp, N F, Majchszak, F L, and Stith, D A. Intergrated study of the Devonian-age black shales in eastern Ohio. Final report. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/5841004.
Gray, J D, Struble, R A, Carlton, R W, Hodges, D A, Honeycutt, F M, Kingsbury, R H, Knapp, N F, Majchszak, F L, & Stith, D A. Intergrated study of the Devonian-age black shales in eastern Ohio. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5841004
Gray, J D, Struble, R A, Carlton, R W, Hodges, D A, Honeycutt, F M, Kingsbury, R H, Knapp, N F, Majchszak, F L, and Stith, D A. 1982. "Intergrated study of the Devonian-age black shales in eastern Ohio. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5841004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5841004.
@article{osti_5841004,
title = {Intergrated study of the Devonian-age black shales in eastern Ohio. Final report},
author = {Gray, J D and Struble, R A and Carlton, R W and Hodges, D A and Honeycutt, F M and Kingsbury, R H and Knapp, N F and Majchszak, F L and Stith, D A},
abstractNote = {This integrated study of the Devonian-age shales in eastern Ohio by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey is part of the Eastern Gas Shales Project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The six areas of research included in the study are: (1) detailed stratigraphic mapping, (2) detailed structure mapping, (3) mineralogic and petrographic characterization, (4) geochemical characterization, (5) fracture trace and lineament analysis, and (6) a gas-show monitoring program. The data generated by the study provide a basis for assessing the most promising stratigraphic horizons for occurrences of natural gas within the Devonian shale sequence and the most favorable geographic areas of the state for natural gas exploration and should be useful in the planning and design of production-stimulation techniques. Four major radioactive units in the Devonian shale sequence are believed to be important source rocks and reservoir beds for natural gas. In order of potential for development as an unconventional gas resource, they are (1) lower and upper radioactive facies of the Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, (2) upper Olentangy Shale (Rhinestreet facies equivalent), (3) Cleveland Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, and (4) lower Olentangy Shale (Marcellus facies equivalent). These primary exploration targets are recommended on the basis of areal distribution, net thickness of radioactive shale, shows of natural gas, and drilling depth to the radioactive unit. Fracture trends indicate prospective areas for Devonian shale reservoirs. Good geological prospects in the Devonian shales should be located where the fracture trends coincide with thick sequences of organic-rich highly radioactive shale.},
doi = {10.2172/5841004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5841004}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}