Structural cross sections, Plio-Pleistocene Series, southeastern Texas Continental Shelf

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5293419

The Plio-Pleistocene Series in the western Gulf Coast basin comprises a thick wedge of terrigenous clastic sediment that produces modest volumes of hydrocarbons from offshore leases along the outer shelf and upper slope. Sandstone reservoirs within this wedge have yielded more than 40 million bbl of oil and 2.5 Tcf of gas. They initially contained about 1.6 billion bbl of oil equivalent, or nearly two-thirds of the estimated total recoverable reserves beneath the Texas Outer Continental Shelf. To interpret the structural and stratigraphic framework of the area, the authors used publicly available electric logs, paleontological reports, and published information, in addition to proprietary data released by operators and approximately 2,000 miles of multichannel seismic profiles. In this book biostratigraphic zones of the Plio-Pleistocene Series, locations of major oil and gas fields and trends, and areas of tectonic features and salt structures are included.

• OSTI ID: 5293419
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
OIL FIELDS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
STRATIGRAPHY
TEXAS
CONTINENTAL SHELF
WELL DRILLING
PLANNING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
DATA ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC LOGGING
GEOMORPHOLOGY
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
PALEONTOLOGY
PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
TECTONICS
CENOZOIC ERA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRILLING
FEDERAL REGION VI
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NORTH AMERICA
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
QUATERNARY PERIOD
RESOURCES
USA
WELL LOGGING
020200* - Petroleum- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
294002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Petroleum
294003 - Energy Planning & Policy- Natural Gas