The Berea Sandstone -- a shallow, low permeable gas reservoir in Dickenson County, Virginia
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· Virginia Journal of Science; (United States)
OSTI ID:5574175
- Virginia Dept. of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
The Berea Sandstone is a major resource of natural gas in a low permeability, low pressure reservoir at depths of less than 5,000 feet in Dickenson County. The sandstone lies between the underlying Devonian shale sequence and the overlying Sunbury Shale. Thickness of the Berea ranges from 20 to 150 feet. Gas associated with the Berea is the product of the immature stage of hydrocarbon generation (biogenic gas). Trend surface analysis of thickness data delineates a prominent nearshore bar complex and associated facies extending northerly across the central-portion of the county. These nearshore marine bar sediments are cut locally by shallow marine channel deposits of the Virginia-Carolina delta. The marine bar facies is a coarsening-upward sequence consisting of very-fine-grained sandstone. The channel facies grades upward from medium-to percent, with permeabilities of 0.003-0.008 millidarcies.
- OSTI ID:
- 5574175
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9205376--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Virginia Journal of Science; (United States) Journal Volume: 43:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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