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Field Evaluation of the Caney Shale as an Emerging Unconventional Play, Southern Oklahoma

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2477813· OSTI ID:2477813
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  1. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States); Oklahoma State University
  2. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  5. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, OK (United States)
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The Mississippian-age Caney Shale is an emerging unconventional oil and gas (UOG) resource play in the southern Midcontinent and is prospective in the Anadarko, Ardmore, Marietta and western Arkoma basins. This play is enigmatic in that time equivalent Fayetteville Shale in the eastern Arkoma basin and Barnett Shale in the Ft. Worth Basin are major unconventional plays, whereas Caney Shale production is sparse and unpredictable (Cardott, 2017). In the Anadarko, Ardmore and Marietta basins, the Caney Shale is in the oil window, but its resource potential has not been adequately assessed. The Caney reservoir is about 60-300 m thick, is rich in total organic carbon, contains a large oil resource base, and has a strong natural gas drive; however, development has been hampered by high clay content and reactivity of the formation with water. The main objective of this initial four-year research project was to address these issues by establishing a Caney Shale Field Laboratory in the Ardmore Basin of southern Oklahoma to (a) conduct a comprehensive field characterization (b) perform field experiments, and (c) validate cost-effective technologies that will lead to a comprehensive and efficient development strategy plan for Caney Shale.
Research Organization:
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
DOE Contract Number:
FE0031776
OSTI ID:
2477813
Report Number(s):
DOE-OSU--FE0031776
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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