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Title: Geologic and Engineering Characterization of East Ford Field, Reeves County, Texas

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/9727· OSTI ID:9727

The objective of this Class III project is to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of slope and basin clastic reservoirs in sandstones of the Delaware Mountain Group in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and New Mexico is a cost-effective way to recover a higher percentage of the original oil in place through geologically based field development. The project focused on reservoir characterization of the East Ford unit, a representative Delaware Mountain Group field that produces from the upper Bell Canyon Formation (Ramsey Sandstone). The field, discovered in 1960, is operated by Oral Petco, Inc., as the East Ford unit: it contained an estimated 18.4 million barrels (MMbbl) of original oil in place.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-95BC14936
OSTI ID:
9727
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/14936-12; TRN: AH200125%%151
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 16 Aug 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English