Petroleum migrated into the region during the mesozoic, before the late cretaceousearly tertiary laramide orogeny campbell, 1955. Geology of the piceance basin mesaverde gas accumulation. Geology colorado water knowledge colorado state university. Piceance creek basin, colorado, and eastern uinta basin, utah. Rangely field is by far the largest of a trend of weber sandstone fields found along the northern piceance basin. Clark millison, consultant, denver, colorado mostly gas is produced in the piceance basin of west ern colorado.
Most of the people who grew up in that area pronounce it peeants. Testing the basincentered authors gas accumulation model. Contributions to economic geology tertiary geology and oilshale resources of the piceance creek basin between the colo rado and white rivers, northwestern colorado by john r. Structural geology an overview sciencedirect topics. Piceance basin, colorado, usa abstract laubach, 2011, structural diagenesis, resource plays, the highlands of scotland, and curriculum development abstract. Gas, natural geology colorado piceance creek watershed. The piceance basin crosses the colorado river and interstate 70 and encompasses the following counties. Figure 2 diagrammatic eastwest cross section of san juan basin, from craigg, 2001 p. Hydraulic fracturing to determine the regional in situ stress. Stratigraphy, seismic characteristics, and reservoir. Methane in groundwater from a leaking gas well, piceance.
The piceance basin is located in northwestern colorado. Primarily natural gas, the piceance basin is in the green river formation area. Usgs investigations reported vitrinite reflectance values, suggesting that the eastern half of the basin may be prospective as a shale resource play finn and johnson, 2005. Wathiq abdulnaby, in developments in structural geology and tectonics, 2019. Geology, school of geolgoy, energy and the environment faculty advisors. Mesaverde oil and gas production through 1985 e24 2. Facies modeling and reservoir potential estimation of the williams fork formation, piceance basin, co alec burns b. Geological survey denver, colorado 80225 introduction the stratigraphic nomenclature applied in various parts of western colorado, northwestern new mexico, and a small part of east central utah is summarized in the accompanying chart fig. The piceance basin is located in northwest colorado and stretches across 6,000 square miles. Pennsylvanian and early permian paleogeography of the. Information on the piceance basin natural gas intel. Piceance basin immediately prior to deposition of lower eocene long point bed e41 20. Konopka3 abstract the uinta piceance basin region of northwestern colo rado and northeastern utah includes parts of four major sedi.
A description of the piceance basin, its geography maps, history, which energy companies are currently involved in drilling in the basin, a list of counties covered by the basin and local major. Southern piceance basin, colorado andras fall, peter eichhubl, stephen p. The purpose of this study was to reconstruct the structural and thermal history of the piceance creek basin to try to predict the occurrences of hydrocarbons in the upper cretaceous mesaverde group. The vertical thickness of sedimentary rocks in the basin is about 8550 m johnson and rice, 1990. Simplified stratigraphic cross sections of the eocene green. Includes outline of resources in seven regions, stratigraphic chart showing waterbearing formations, and extensive bibliography.
The niobrara formation exists throughout the sand wash basin to depths of 20,000 feet, occupying two depocenters east and west. The uinta and piceance basins were formed mainly in tertiary time. Facies modeling and reservoir potential estimation of the. Originally published in a much larger and more detailed form by self and others 2010, they are shown here in simplified, pagesize versions that are easily accessed and used for presentation purposes. Petroleum systems and assessment of oil and gas resources in. The basin, containing about 4,000 square miles, is well defined by the tertiarcretaceous out. This part of the book cliffs is located on the southwestern flank of the piceance basin, one of the major gasproducing basins in the us. Sequencestratigraphic analysis of the rollins and the. Its purpose is to give a nontechnical presentation of factual information. Jun 08, 2016 a map showing the mancos shale and the usgs assessment units within the formation. Geology of the molina member of the wasatch formation. The same units exposed in outcrop along hunter canyon are productive in wells less than two miles to the north in hunter canyon field. Mesaverde group outcrops at the edges of the piceance basin, and is buried beneath younger sediments at the center of the.
However, the most popular section of the piceance uinta is its thick, oilprone shale deposit. Pdf structural and thermal history of piceance creek basin. Oil and gas exploration, resources, and production. The eagle basin is a structural feature east of the piceance basin and coincides in part with the pennsylvanianage eagle evaporite basin, although the presentday eagle basin is much smaller than the paleodepositional basin. Piceance basin maps, companies geology research news. Becker abstract the upper cretaceous mesaverde group in the piceance basin, colorado, is considered a continuous basin. The area of the piceance creek basin between the colorado and white rivers includes approximately 1,600 square miles and is characterized by an extensive plateau that rises 1,000 to more than 4,000 feet above the surrounding lowlands.
Using specially designed equipment, the state of stress was determined on a regional scale in the piceance oil shale basin of northwest colorado. Wolfcamp, bone spring, delaware shale plays of the delaware basin 22020 pdf. Thirteen stratigraphic cross sections of the eocene green river formation in the piceance basin of northwestern colorado are presented in this report. Stratigraphic correlation chart for western colorado and. Geological survey usgs completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and associated gas resources of. Geologic history and hydrocarbon potential of late.
Piceance basin between end of laramide orogeny and about 10 m. Pennsylvanian and early permian paleogeography of the uinta piceance basin region, northwestern colorado and northeastern utah by samuel y. A structural basin is a largescale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flatlying strata. Surface vitrinite reflectance study of the uinta and piceance. Implications for the development of laramide basins and uplifts, report, 1993. Wolfcamp, bone spring, delaware shale plays of the delaware basin 22020 pdf major structural and tectonic features of the permian basin 12212017 pdf jpg map data. Structurally, the area is a simple basin that has been subjected to normal faulting. While in australia, i had been working on technology transfer from north america that might help inform a deep gas exploration program on several plays that were somewhat analogous to tight gas discoveries in the piceance basin, utah. The reconstructed structural and thermal history of the piceance creek basin of western colorado defines the geologic and geochemical conditions for the occurrence of gas in the upper cretaceous mesaverde group. Seismic characteristics, and reservoir properties of the desmoinesian granite wash, buffalo wallow field area, anadarko basin. National assessment of oil and gas fact sheet assessment of undiscovered oil resources in the devonianmississippian bakken formation, williston basin province, montana and north dakota, 2008 printed on recycled paper introduction the u.
Testing the basincentered gas accumulation model using fluid inclusion observations. Structural basins are geological depressions, and are the inverse of domes. Xiangyang xie, sgee and tamie morgan, sgee introduction wireline logs showing examples of the gamma ray data from the marathon wells. The mancos shale in the piceance basin of colorado contains an estimated mean of 66 trillion cubic feet of shale natural gas, 74 million barrels of shale oil and 45 million barrels of natural gas liquids, according to an updated ass.
Located in colorado and utah, the piceance and uinta basins are popular targets due to their hydrocarbon diversity natural gas, oil and coal can all be found within the plays. Marcellus and uticapointpleasant wells through april 2017 4182017 pdf jpg. Sp04d this report describes, in summary form, the groundwater resources of colorado. Donnell abstract the area of the piceance creek basin between the colorado and white rivers. Tertiary geology and oilshale resources of the piceance. Wells in which the mesaverde appears to be overpressured. Geologic history and hydrocarbon potential of late cretaceous. Surface vitrinite reflectance study of the uinta and piceance basins and adjacent areas, eastern utah and western colorado. The structural geology and neotectonics of iraq represent the results of tectonic events during the geological time and mostly the collision between the arabian and eurasian plates.
Faults in the piceance basin were digitized to compliment structural mapping as part of a 2009 national oil shale assessment. This photo is of the grand hogback which forms the east side of the basin. The central basin is defined on the west, north, and east sides by the hogback monocline, whose rocks dip steeply into the basin. Geology of the molina member of the wasatch formation, piceance basin, colorado showing 14 of 37 pages in this report. The arabian plate is divided into the shield, inner platform, and outer platform. Major structural and tectonic features of the permian basin 12212017. Figure 1 structural features of the san juan basin and adjacent areas. Separated from the uinta basin by the douglas creek arch, both basins formed during the laramide orogeny, and are bounded by the charlestonnebo thrust fault, the uinta basin boundary fault, and the grand hogback monocline. Evolution of an organicrich lake basin stratigraphy, climate and tectonics. The piceance basin is a geologic structural basin in northwestern colorado that features liquids rich natural gas. Location of the piceance basin and major gas fields. Rs 100 20 40 60 80 tms stella kraken mariner western isles barnett arkoma woodford granite wash fayetteville uinta basin mississippi lime libra big foot utica 120energy group. Geology of the piceance basin mesaverde gas accumulation steve cumella bill barrett corporation presenters notes. Pdf porosity, permeability, and pore structure of the.
Geology of the molina member of the wasatch formation, piceance basin, colorado. Piceance is fortunate to have, surrounding the basin, mv outcrop that can be correlated to the subsurface. Porosity, permeability, and pore structure of the tight mesaverde sandstone, piceance basin, colorado article pdf available in spe formation evaluation 22. Increasing energy demand, changing economics, new technology, and geopolitical issues have spurred renewed interest in other energy alternatives such as oil shale, heavy oil, and tar sands.
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