Recent oil and gas activities in Tennessee

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1975 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6546872

Statler, A T

The 1969 discovery of Tennessee's first million-barrel field, Oneida West in Scott County, has resulted in a significant increase in the state's drilling activity and production in the last 5 yr. This Mississippian carbonate play, centered in the N. Cumberland Plateau region, has resulted in several good Ft. Payne limestone discoveries trending northeast through Scott and Morgan counties. Several lesser finds have been made in the younger Monteagle and Bangor limestones. A number of scattered potential shallow gas wells have been drilled and shut-in, but little data are available on reserves. Marketed gas remains insignificant largely because of lack of pipeline facilities. Mississippian pays are found at depths of less than 2,000 ft, and most fields appear to be stratigraphic traps with little or no relationship to structure. The better Ft. Payne fields are gas cap and gas-solution drive reservoirs with no producible water.

• OSTI ID: 6546872
• Report Number(s): CONF-7511154-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE-5449; Conference: SPE of AIME eastern regional meeting, Charleston, WV, USA, 6 Nov 1975
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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