Fluvial sandstone reservoirs of Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, east Texas basin
Gas production (7.2 billion ft/sup 3/) from low-permeability sandstones in the Travis Peak Formation, North Appleby field, Nacogdoches County, Texas, is enhanced through massive hydraulic fracturing of stacked sandstones that occur at depths between 8000 and 10,000 ft. stratigraphic reservoirs were formed in multilateral tabular sandstones owing to impermeable mudstone interbeds that encase blocky to upward-fining sandstones. Pervasive quartz cement in the sandstones decreases porosity and permeability and augments the reservoir seal. Subsurface data indicate that much of this 2000-ft thick section represents aggradation of alluvial-valley deposits. Multiple channel belts form a network of overlapping, broad, tabular sandstones having thickness-to-width ratios of 1:850 (8-44 ft thick; widths exceed 4-5 mi). Six to eight channel belts, each containing 80-90% medium to fine-grained sandstone, can occupy a 200-ft thick interval. In a vertical sequence through one channel belt sandstone, basal planar cross-bedding grades upward into thinly interbedded sets of planar cross-beds and ripple cross-lamination. Clay-clast conglomerates line scoured channel bases. Adjacent to the channels, interbedded mudstones accumulated in well-drained swamps and lakes. Poorly sorted sandstones represent overbank deposition (crevasse splays and lacustrine deltas). During Travis Peak deposition, fluvial styles evolved from dominantly braided systems near the base of the formation to more mud-rich, meandering systems at the top.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5875106
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890404-
- Journal Information:
- AAPG Bull.; (United States), Vol. 73:3; Conference: AAPG annual convention with DPA/EMD Divisions and SEPM, San Antonio, TX, USA, 23-26 Apr 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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