Production of gas in northern Cincinnati arch province
The Cincinnati arch is a continual anticlinal trend approx. parallel with the Appalachian Mts. Sedimentary rocks range from Upper Cambrian or possibly older and contain many units productive of gas and oil. In Ohio there have been good shows of oil and gas in crystalline dolomitic zones in Upper Cambrian rocks beneath the Middle Ordovician unconformity. In 1887, near Lancaster, Ohio, gas was discovered at 2,000 ft in a Lower Silurian zone arbitrarily named Clinton. Since that time, one of the most valuable gas fields in the world has been developed in Ohio along the W. extent of this sandstone body, on the E. flank of the Cincinnati arch. On the basis of sandstone thickness and continuity, virgin pressure, and delivery, this large gas field can be divided into 3 productive areas. Increasing demand and depletion of local supplies required importation of gas and ultimately led to underground storage in depleted reservoirs as a reserve to satisfy peak-load requirements. (17 refs.)
- OSTI ID:
- 5628927
- Journal Information:
- Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States), Journal Name: Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States) Vol. 2:9; ISSN MAPGA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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