Eastern Kentucky gas field
The largest gas field in the Appalachian Basin is examined in terms of (1) structural elements described in existing literature, (2) stratigraphic relationships derived from gamma-ray logs, (3) lithologic sequences from well cutting studies, and (4) inorganic geochemistry of elements and minerals from well cuttings. Final open-flow data from approximately 4750 wells producing from the Upper Devonian black shale are compared with the geologic parameters. The Eastern Kentucky gas field, a coalescence of many fields, is concluded to represent a highly complex structural-stratigraphic gas trap. Stratigraphic relationships dominate the origin and occurrence of the gas in the black shale facies, but structural constraints on basinal configuration and subsequent doming and uplift in the southeast probably resulted in gravity tectonics, decollement features, and compressional stresses, contributing to a widespread fracture facies concentrated in the Huron member of the Ohio shale.
- OSTI ID:
- 5809382
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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