Conasauga Shale Research Consortium (CSRC) (Final Report)

Technical Report · Tue Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1836840· OSTI ID:1836840

Hickman, John B. ^[1]; Harris, David ^[2]; Bowersox, J. Richard ^[2]; Carpenter, Seth ^[2]; Eble, Cortland ^[2]; Weislogel, Amy ^[3]; Mohaghegh, Shahab ^[3]; Dinterman, Philip ^[3]; Royce, Bethany ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); University of Kentucky - Kentucky Geological Survey
2. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
3. West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

The objective of the Conasauga Shale Research Consortium (CSRC) project was to establish a field laboratory and utilize a horizontal well of opportunity to conduct a scientific study designed to advance the understanding of the petrophysical and geomechanical properties of the emerging Rogersville Shale unconventional oil and gas play. Unfortunately, just as the research program was beginning, our industry partner lost a primary investor in the horizontal well which was intended to be the ‘well of opportunity’ for the project. In a negotiated restructuring of the project by DOE-NETL and the Awardee consortium, additional time for Budget Period 1 was granted in the hopes that the industry partner could acquire additional investments to allow for the drilling of the horizontal well. This search was ultimately unsuccessful, and the consortium was unable to pass the negotiated Go/No-go Decision Point #1, which resulted in the termination of the project on July 31, 2021.

• Research Organization: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0031783
• OSTI ID: 1836840
• Report Number(s): DOE-UK-0031783
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
58 GEOSCIENCES
Conasauga Shale
Emerging resource
Rogersville
Unconventional oil and gas