Devonian shale extraction test wells

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5409754

Weed, T; Henry, P J

This report will document and summarize the results of four types of work performed in four Devonian Shale gas wells in one geologic domain geographically located in central Ohio. The aim in each section will be to comprehensively, but concisely, explain the contribution of that segment of the work to the four-fold Project objective of: (a) demonstrating that Devonian age shales can be made to produce natural gas in the shallower one thousand foot depth range which is encountered over such wide areas of the Appalachian, Illinois and Michigan basins, as well; (b) demonstrating new exploration rationales for locating fractured, or other highly productive reservoirs; (c) demonstrating state-of-the-art and advanced logging and stimulation techniques in relation to the geological, stress and reservoir conditions in the Project area; and (d) evaluating the economics of the various exploration and stimulation techniques tested.

• Research Organization: Weed (Thurlow) and Associates, Inc., Columbus, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-78MC08386
• OSTI ID: 5409754
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/08386-T1; ON: DE82005790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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