Southeast Texas' Woodbine-Kurten Field: a significant pool

Journal Article · Mon Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5944060

The Woodbine-Kurten field is a stratigraphic sand lens surrounded by shale that lies in the Brazos, Grimes, and Madison counties of southeastern Texas. Regionally, the Woodbine facies in the vicinity of the Kurten field is primarily shale, with the Navasota River marking the approximate western limit of blanket Woodbine sand; however, a local depression in the Kurten area during the Woodbine deposition period allowed the sands to be deposited locally, later to become the Kurten field reservoir. According to some geologists, the most useful tool in searching for stratigraphic traps is the isopachous map; this criterion indicates a highly favorable hydrocarbon-accumulating situation for the Kurten field, whose reserves could amount to 100 billion CF of gas and 100 million bbl of light-gravity oil.

• OSTI ID: 5944060
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 78; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020100 -- Petroleum-- Reserves-- (-1989)
03 NATURAL GAS
030100* -- Natural Gas-- Reserves-- (-1989)
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VI
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL FIELDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
TEXAS
USA