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Permo-carboniferous hydrocarbon accumulations, Mid-continent, USA

Journal Article · · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6988074
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Approximately 19.4 billion bbl of oil and 119 tcf of nonassociated gas have been discovered in the Mid-Continent as of January 1, 1978. Although these volumes of hydrocarbons were trapped in thousands of fields throughout the Mid-Continent, the bulk of these resources were emplaced in a relatively few fields about 14.2 billion bbl of oil have been found in 111 significant and giant oil fields, and 103 tcf of nonassociated gas have been discovered in 57 significant and giant gas fields. PermoCarboniferous reservoirs are important in 101 of the large oil fields and 55 of the large gas fields; these fields contained 9.5 billion bbl of oil and 99 tcf of gas, respectively. Our calculations of the total oil and gas accumulations in Permo-Carboniferous reservoirs extrapolated from these data. About 2.1 billion bbl of oil and 5.1 tcf of nonassociated gas accumulated in Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) reservoirs. Most of this oil and gas was stratigraphically trapped in Upper Mississippian sandstones and carbonates which are truncated at the pre-Pennsylvanian unconformity surface.
Research Organization:
Clyde Petroleum, Inc., Tulsa, OK
OSTI ID:
6988074
Journal Information:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Vol. 67:6; ISSN AAPGB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
020100* -- Petroleum-- Reserves-- (-1989)
03 NATURAL GAS
030100 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves-- (-1989)
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VII
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
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PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESERVES
RESERVOIR ROCK
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
STRATIGRAPHY
USA