Petroleum geology of Ouachita uplift region of Oklahoma

Conference · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)

OSTI ID:5661268

Campbell, J A; Suneson, N H ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman (USA)

Two major petroleum plays are found in the Ouachita uplift region. Folded and thrusted strata constitute the shallower, and possibly the more extensive, of the two. Developed reservoirs include Bigfork Chert (Ordovician), Arkansas Novaculite (Devonian-Mississippian), sandstones within Stanley (Mississippian) and Jackfork (Morrowan) Groups, and Wapanucka Limestone-Spiro Sandstone (Morrowan-Atokan). The deeper play is characterized by underlying basement fault blocks. Development in the Arkoma basin indicates that major reservoirs will include Arbuckle group carbonates. This play is limited to the south by increasing depth and by seismic resolution of the fault blocks. Other potential reservoirs in both plays include Crystal Mountain and Blakely Sandstones (Ordovician), and Blaylock Sandstone (Silurian), with progressively older strata involved in thrusting southward across the uplift. The eastward extent of the Arbuckle facies of lower Paleozoic strata remains a major question.

• OSTI ID: 5661268
• Report Number(s): CONF-8909245--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA) Journal Volume: 73:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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