Landsat interpretation useful in Hugoton gas field

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · World Oil; (USA)

OSTI ID:7053909

Swanson, D C; Shannon, P J ^[1]

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1. Swanson Geological Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)

Structural interpretation made from Landsat images can be a valuable, inexpensive supplement to the usual geological and geophysical studies carried out for petroleum exploration in the High Plains of the U.S. Midcontinent. Fracture trends interpreted from Landsat lineaments and drainage anomalies can be used as a guide to structural contouring, facies isoliths, and areas of fracture-enhanced permeability. They can be used to direct seismic programs and to select deeper exploration candidates below shallow infill drilling programs. This paper reports on such a program conducted over the Hugoton gas field, whose production has continued since its discovery in the 1920s. It is one of the world's largest gas fields. Production is from multiple Permian carbonate deposits, less than 3,400 ft. deep. The trap essentially is stratigraphic, with a westward facies change from carbonates to fine-grained clastic deposits. Reservoir pressure is maintained by a natural water drive from an eastward, downdip source.

• OSTI ID: 7053909
• Journal Information: World Oil; (USA), Vol. 210:1; ISSN 0043-8790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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