Oil fields of the greater Pittsburgh region

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Miner. Resour. Rep. (Pa., Topogr. Geol. Surv.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6351129

Lytle, W S

Westmoreland County is the only county that has not had considerable crude oil production from the 92 oil reservoirs in the 6-county area of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. All 6 counties have produced large volumes of gas. This report deals only with the oil reservoirs. The McDonald field and Washington-Taylorstown field have secondary recovery gas drive projects in operation. Both projects have been very successful. This study shows that there are still too many unknowns with respect to the reservoirs for accurate determination of the secondary reserves of crude oil. Therefore, the proven reserves to the year 2000 were estimated by extrapolating the production decline curve for each county. Additional gas drive projects and successful water flooding would increase the proven reserves in the area dramatically. Preliminary studies indicate that oil saturations in these reservoirs are higher than those in the reservoirs of the Middle District of Pennsylvania consisting of Clarion, Forest, and Venango counties. (38 refs.)

• Research Organization: US Geological Survey
• OSTI ID: 6351129
• Journal Information: Miner. Resour. Rep. (Pa., Topogr. Geol. Surv.); (United States), Journal Name: Miner. Resour. Rep. (Pa., Topogr. Geol. Surv.); (United States) Vol. 70; ISSN PAGMA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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