Source, reservoir promise seen in Marathon-Ouachita overthrust

Journal Article · Mon Sep 26 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7029079

Trabelsi, A S ^[1]

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1. David K. Davies Associates Inc., Houston, TX (United States)

The Permian Basin of West Texas is a prolific oil and gas province that has been extensively explored, but the Marathon-Ouachita overthrust area of Pecos County, Tex., is not fully explored. Rocks of the Ouachita fold belt have been generally regarded by most petroleum geologists as metamorphosed and unsuitable for oil and gas accumulation. Indications of the presence of hydrocarbons in Ouachita rocks have been reported from the earliest days of Permian Basin exploration. Goldstein and Flawn indicated that in the subsurface Ouachita fold belt in Texas asphaltic materials are fairly common in sandstones and cherts. The Ouachita overthrust area in Texas has all the required elements for hydro-carbon accumulation and should be fully explored. This article gives a brief assessment of these elements (traps, source rocks, and reservoirs) in this area.

• OSTI ID: 7029079
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 92:39; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJAV
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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