Kentucky and Tennessee. Mounds of potential pay in Ft. Payne reef trend

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Northeast Oil Reporter; ()

OSTI ID:6047376

Bigelow, T

It is one of the hottest areas in Tennessee. Largely centered in Fentress, Scott and Morgan counties, the Ft. Payne reefs are a series of subsurface mounds, parallel to one another, that seemingly align in a northeast- southwest direction. The mounds are at depths of 1000 to 2500 ft. To the west near the Cincinnati Arch, the mounds are relatively shallow. Whereas to the southeast the mounds downdip at a rate of ca 50 ft/mile toward the Appalachian fold belt. Most activity to date has been in the shallower Ft. Payne. Production varies greatly, from 5 bopd/well to more than 900 bopd/well. There are 21 producing fields in the Ft. Payne, with total production in excess of 6 million bbl. The mounds are of Lower Mississippian age and are thought to have been deposited along a transgressive/regressive shoreline.

• OSTI ID: 6047376
• Journal Information: Northeast Oil Reporter; (), Vol. 3:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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