Tight-Gas Reservoirs: Fracture Networks
Gas Production Forecasting From Tight-Gas Reservoirs: Integrating Natural Fracture Networks and Hydraulic Fractures
University of Utah
Funded by Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America
Gas Production Forecasting From Tight-Gas Reservoirs: Integrating Natural Fracture Networks and Hydraulic Fractures
University of Utah
Funded by Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America
Utah State University Field Work
Utah State University (USU) is characterizing fractures in exposures of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group in Utah and Colorado. The following presentation contains work maps of three of the sites, Asphalt Ridge and Jensen, Utah, and Rangely, Colorado.
*This USU presentation has not been edited by the Utah Geological Survey. This Web page is provided by the Utah Geological Survey as part of its technology transfer duties under contract to the University of Utah and RPSEA.
Presentations
Tight Gas Sands and Natural Fractures in the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group, Greater Natural Buttes Field, Uinta Basin, Utah
Stephanie M. Carney, Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Craig D. Morgan, and Michael D. Laine, Utah Geological Survey
Presented at AAPG Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2011
Poster (7MB) |
Well Core Description and Natural Fractures of the Sego and Castlegate Sandstones of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group, Greater Natural Buttes Field, Uinta Basin, Utah
Stephanie M. Carney, Craig D. Morgan, Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., and Michael D. Laine, Utah Geological Survey
Presented at AAPG-RMS Annual Conference, Durango, CO, June 2010
Poster (3.5MB) |
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Energy News: Natural Buttes Field – Utah’s “Tight” Sandstone Gas Warehouse, Survey Notes, v. 43 no. 2, May 2011
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For more information on this project, contact Craig Morgan, 801.537.3370, email: craigmorgan@utah.gov.
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