UPDATE ON PROJECT ACTIVITIES
2006 PROGRAM YEAR
PERMIAN BASIN GEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS PROJECT
Stephen C. Ruppel
Bureau of Economic Geology
The Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
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Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
2006 HIGHLIGHTS
•DOE funding cut
•STARR provides leveraging funding
•Significant focus on mudrock systems
•Good progress on original project goals
•New researchers added to team
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
NEW PROJECT RESEARCHERS
•H. Rowe, U. Kentucky: Trace element geochem
•N. Guven, Texas Tech: clay mineralogy
•G. Bayless: GeoChem: organic geochemistry
•K. Schwab: organic geochemistry
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
2006 FOCUS
•Clear Fork regional study
•Ellenburger
•Mudrock systems
•Regional tectonics
•Fractures
•Outcrop-based analog studies
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF PROGRAM
Permian Basin study area
Mud shale study area
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
ORIGINAL PROJECT GOALS
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Detailed, comprehensive history of Paleozoic
depositional and reservoir systems in the
Permian Basin
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Spatially-integrated data bases of depositional,
stratigraphic, lithologic, and petrophysical
properties
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
PRODUCTS
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Text: Written synthesis of history, stratigraphy,
facies, structural history, and reservoir development
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Data: ARC/INFO GIS-based regional structure maps,
facies maps, cross sections, core descriptions and
data, outcrop descriptions and sections, core data,
reservoir data, production data, publications, etc
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
TEXT REPORTS
Regional Syntheses
•14 Reports Posted
•4 Nearing Completion
•1 Recently Started
•4 To be Started Soon
Field Studies
•2 Reports Posted
Powerpoint presentations
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
DATA PRODUCTS
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Regional structure and facies maps
started
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Regional cross sections
5 formations
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Core data
124 posted
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Core photographs
started
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Reservoir cross sections
started
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Reservoir models
started
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Outcrop models
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Depositional facies models
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Seismic models
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Production data
Completed
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Reference lists
11 posted
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Core lists
14 posted
started
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
OTHER DATA TO BE POSTED
•X-ray diffraction data
•Organic geochem data
•Geothermal gradient maps
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX
2007 FOCUS
•Complete all remaining reports
•Increase data collection & uploading
•Select intervals for focused study
•Continue outcrop analog studies
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/26/2007, Austin, TX