Site selection for GRI (Gas Research Institute) cooperative tight-gas field research. Volume 1: screening of candidate tight gas formations. Topical report, May-July 1988

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5950877

Haas, M R; McFall, K S

Geologic and engineering data for selected low-permeability gas formations were compiled to provide a basis for selecting potential sites for the Gas Research Institute's (GRI) fourth Staged Field Experiment (SFE) and cooperative wells with industry. Increasingly detailed screening criteria were applied to 189 documented tight-gas settings to designate twelve candidate formations for GRI field research. Technical selection criteria were established to ensure that resulting field research addressed the resource potential of a formation, recognized scientific challenges to be overcome, and maximized opportunities for technology transfer. Four formations are in the Rocky Mountains, two in the Appalachian Basin, two in the Denver Basin, and one each in the San Juan, Permian, Anadarko, and Texas Gulf Coast basins. The formations represent a range of current development and technical challenges. Four of the twelve formations were identified as having highest potential: the Abo, Corcoran-Cozzette/Mesaverde, Frontier, and Cleveland. More detailed characterization of these four priority formations appears in Volume II of the report.

• Research Organization: ICF-Lewin Energy, Fairfax, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5950877
• Report Number(s): PB-89-178743/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--89-146302
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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