Gas sales starting from Indiana`s fractured New Albany shale

Journal Article · Mon Sep 02 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:376102

Minihan, E D; Buzzard, R D ^[1]

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1. Minihan/Buzzard Consulting Geologists, Fort Worth, TX (United States)

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas issued 138 drilling permits from Dec. 1, 1994, through July 31, 1996, in 17 counties in a growing play for gas in Devonian New Albany shale in southern Indiana. The permits are active in the form of locations, drilling wells, wells in the completion process, and wells producing gas in the dewatering stage. Geologically in southwestern Indiana the New Albany shale exploration play is found in three provinces. These are the Wabash platform, the Terre Haute reef bank, and the Vincennes basin. Exploration permits issued on each of these geologic provinces are as follows: Wabash platform 103, Terra Haute reef bank 33, and Vincennes basin two. The authors feel that the quantity and effectiveness of communication of fracturing in the shale will control gas production and water production. A rule of thumb in a desorption reservoir is that the more water a shale well makes in the beginning the more gas it will make when dewatered.

• OSTI ID: 376102
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 36 Vol. 94; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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