Influence of depositional environment and diagenesis on gas reservoir properties in St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan basin

Harrison, III, W B; Turmelle, T M; Barnes, D A

Title: Influence of depositional environment and diagenesis on gas reservoir properties in St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan basin

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The St. Peter Sandstone in the Michigan basin subsurface is rapidly becoming a major exploration target for natural gas. This reservoir was first proven with the successful completion of the Dart-Edwards 7-36 (Falmouth field, Missaukee County, Michigan) in 1981. Fifteen fields now are known, with a maximum of three producing wells in any one field. The production from these wells ranges from 1 to more than 10 MMCFGD on choke, with light-gravity condensate production of up to 450 b/d. Depth to the producing intervals ranges from about 7000 ft to more than 11,000 ft. The St. Peter Sandstone is an amalgamated stack of shoreface and shelf sequences more than 1100 ft in thickness in the basin center and thinning to zero at the basin margins. Sandstone composition varies from quartzarenite in the coarser sizes to subarkose and arkose in the finer sizes. Thin salty/shaly lithologies and dolomite-cemented sandstone intervals separate the porous sandstone packages. Two major lithofacies are recognized in the basin: a coarse-grained, well-sorted quartzarenite with various current laminations and a fine-grained, more poorly sorted subarkose and arkose with abundant bioturbation and distinct vertical and horizontal burrows. Reservoir quality is influenced by original depositional and diagenetic fabrics, but theremore »« less

Authors:: Harrison, III, W B; Turmelle, T M; Barnes, D A

Publication Date:: Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

Research Org.:: Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo

OSTI Identifier:: 6183321

Report Number(s):: CONF-870606-
Journal ID: CODEN: AABUD

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 71:5; Conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 7 Jun 1987

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 03 NATURAL GAS; MICHIGAN; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; RESERVOIR ROCK; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONES; SHALES; FEDERAL REGION V; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA; 030200* - Natural Gas- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

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                    Harrison, III, W B, Turmelle, T M, and Barnes, D A. Influence of depositional environment and diagenesis on gas reservoir properties in St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan basin.  United States: N. p., 1987. 
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  title        = {Influence of depositional environment and diagenesis on gas reservoir properties in St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan basin},

  author       = {Harrison, III, W B and Turmelle, T M and Barnes, D A},

  abstractNote = {The St. Peter Sandstone in the Michigan basin subsurface is rapidly becoming a major exploration target for natural gas. This reservoir was first proven with the successful completion of the Dart-Edwards 7-36 (Falmouth field, Missaukee County, Michigan) in 1981. Fifteen fields now are known, with a maximum of three producing wells in any one field. The production from these wells ranges from 1 to more than 10 MMCFGD on choke, with light-gravity condensate production of up to 450 b/d. Depth to the producing intervals ranges from about 7000 ft to more than 11,000 ft. The St. Peter Sandstone is an amalgamated stack of shoreface and shelf sequences more than 1100 ft in thickness in the basin center and thinning to zero at the basin margins. Sandstone composition varies from quartzarenite in the coarser sizes to subarkose and arkose in the finer sizes. Thin salty/shaly lithologies and dolomite-cemented sandstone intervals separate the porous sandstone packages. Two major lithofacies are recognized in the basin: a coarse-grained, well-sorted quartzarenite with various current laminations and a fine-grained, more poorly sorted subarkose and arkose with abundant bioturbation and distinct vertical and horizontal burrows. Reservoir quality is influenced by original depositional and diagenetic fabrics, but there is inversion of permeability and porosity with respect to primary textures in the major lithofacies. The initially highly porous and permeable, well-sorted, coarser facies is now tightly cemented with syntaxial quartz cement, resulting in a low-permeability, poor quality reservoir. The more poorly sorted, finer facies with initially lower permeabilities did not receive significant fluid flux until it passed below the zone of quartz cementation. This facies was cemented with carbonate which has subsequently dissolved to form a major secondary porosity reservoir.},

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