Oil in the fascinating Ouachitas

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Shale Shaker; (United States)

OSTI ID:5983608

Morrison, L S

The discovery of oil in fractured Arkansas Novaculite at Isom Springs in Marshall County, Oklahoma, and the subsequent discovery of oil at McKay Creek in the Equivalent Caballos Formation in Terrill County, Texas, may have opened a new petroleum province that had been previously overlooked. The area of greatest potential at present extends for approximately 640 miles from the Ouachita Mountains of SE Oklahoma to the Marathon Mountains of S. Texas and averages 30 miles in width along the frontal fault of the Ouachita over thrust belt. The structures along the trend are complex with imbricate thrusting and intense folding and faulting creating the fracturing necessary for accumulation and production of oil. Significant shows and some production has been found in the Stanley Sands and Bigfork and Womble formations. 15 references.

• OSTI ID: 5983608
• Journal Information: Shale Shaker; (United States), Journal Name: Shale Shaker; (United States) Vol. 31:2; ISSN SHSKA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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