Bayou Middle Fork field-(Smackover) Claiborne Parish

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Trans., Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5469843

Ferns, C K; York, M E

Bayou Middle Fork field, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, is located in N.-Central Louisiana near the Arkansas-Louisiana border in an area known as the State Line trend of the Upper Jurassic Smackover formation. Smackover production in the area is associated with a complex fault system masked by approximately 10,000 ft of younger sediments. A geophysical program combined with geologic studies indicated a faulted deep seated east-west trending anticline. Based on this evidence, Cities Service Co. drilled a test well on the structure resulting in the discovery of the Smackover reservoirs at Bayou Middle Fork field in March 1975. Core and sample studies made as the field developed showed that the general environmental setting that produced these sediments varied from low to high energy conditions over a broad, shallow, gradually south-sloping marine shelf. Smackover production at Bayou Middle Fork field is from 3 separate reservoirs. It was determined that a water-drive pressure-maintenance system would be necessary to recovery the maximum amount of hydrocarbons. It is estimated that an additional 20% of the oil in place will be produced by this waterflood program.

• OSTI ID: 5469843
• Journal Information: Trans., Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Trans., Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 29; ISSN TGCGA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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