Hydrocarbon reservoirs of Gulf of Mexico

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5992440

Ray, P K

The statistical distribution of over 12,000 producible hydrocarbon reservoirs from various biostratigraphic intervals of the Gulf of Mexico is presented. The average number, thickness, volume, subsurface depth, and ecozone of depositional environments of the reservoirs are grouped according to biostratigraphic intervals, trends, and geographic areas. The upper Pliocene and Pleistocene reservoirs account for more than 77% of the total number. Within the Miocene trend, Bigenerina H in the western Gulf of Bigenerina A and Bigenerina 2 in the central Gulf show significant concentration of reservoirs. The average depth of production for all trends gets deeper, both from west and east, toward Ship Shoal-South Timbalier areas. The average thickness varies slightly between trends; however, variation between areas is more significant. A significant majority of the reservoirs of all trends in the entire Gulf is reported from the outer shelf-upper slope ecozones (E3 and E4). According to volume, the E3-E5 reservoirs can be classified into three groups; larger than 10,000 acre-ft/reservoir, 5,000 to 10,000 acre-ft/reservoir, and smaller than 5,000 acre-ft/reservoir.

• OSTI ID: 5992440
• Report Number(s): CONF-880301-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston, TX, USA, 20-23 Mar 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
GULF OF MEXICO
RESERVOIR ROCK
HYDROCARBONS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
CONTINENTAL SHELF
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
MICROORGANISMS
PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
PLIOCENE EPOCH
STRATIGRAPHY
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARIBBEAN SEA
CENOZOIC ERA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
DISTRIBUTION
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
QUATERNARY PERIOD
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TERTIARY PERIOD
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