Petroleum source rock richness, type and maturity for four rock units on the Alaskan North Slope: are they sources for the two oil types

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6514311

Magoon, L B; Claypool, G E

A comprehensive petroleum geochemical study assessed the petroleum resources on the Alaskan North Slope. The collection and interpretation of geochemical data not only from exploratory wells drilled in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) but also from wells drilled to the east in the Prudhoe Bay area and from rocks exposed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the Brooks Range from Cape Lisburne to the United States/Canadian border were studied. More than 17 different kinds of rock analyses, eight different oil analyses, and three gas analyses are being used to evaluate rock (outcrop samples, core, drill cuttings), oil (seeps, drill stem test, oil-stained core, producing well), and gas (drill stem test, producing well) samples on the North Slope. To date, the more than 60,000 analyses completed on these samples were placed into a computer-based file for storage and retrieval in tabular, graphical, or map form numerous graphical software programs were written to facilitate interpretation.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6514311
• Report Number(s): N-84-23961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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