Natural gas in Kansas. Pt. 2. Greenwood gas field, Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1968 · Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5629772

Wingerter, H R

The Greenwood gas field of Morton County, Kans., Baca County, Colo., and Texas County, Okla., is on the W. flank of the Hugoton embayment of the Anadarko Basin where porous Upper Pennsylvanian limestone beds grade westward to impermeable limestone and clastic rocks, creating a major stratigraphic trap for gas. The Greenwood gas field is on a monoclinal feature north of the Cimarron uplift. The shallow-water environment of deposition resulted in optimum conditions for the development of porosity and permeability in the limestone reservoir beds. The field was discovered in Oct. 1952 after 7 tests through the Virgil gas zones had failed to find this major shallow accumulation. As of the end of 1963, 275 gas wells had been drilled, proving an area of about 214,000 acres and recoverable gas reserves of about one trillion cu ft.

• Research Organization: Colorado Oil and Gas Corp
• OSTI ID: 5629772
• 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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