West Campbell Northeast Cedardale gas field Major County, Oklahoma

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1972 · Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5987743

Harvey, R L

The West Campbell field is a prime example of the principal type of Hunton stratigraphic trap in the Anadarko Basin. Gas and condensate are produced from a lens of dolomite within the predominantly dense limestone of the Hunton Group of Silurian-Devonian age. The field was discovered by drilling on a seismic anomaly with unproved north closure in an area where subsurface control indicated the presence of porous and permeable Hunton dolomite. Later drilling proved that the trap was stratigraphic. Because the Hunton hydrocarbons are trapped almost entirely within the dolomite facies, it is essential in exploration for further traps of this type to relate the origin of the dolomite members to the history of deposition, diagenesis, and oscillations of sea level in a developed field such as West Campbell. As evidenced by various minor unconformities in localized areas, the sea oscillated frequently during the time of Hunton deposition. It is believed that, at each period of prolonged stability of the sea, dolomite was deposited all along the shoreline in shallow water. As a result, several trends of dolomite parallel the old Hunton shoreline.

• Research Organization: Marlin Oil Co
• OSTI ID: 5987743
• Journal Information: Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States), Journal Name: Mem. - Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.; (United States) Vol. 16; ISSN MAPGA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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