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Contents
President's Comments 5
Conversation Comer 6
Commentary 7
Meetings
HGS Dinner Meeting 9 The Open-Coast Clastic Depositional Model, Theme And Variations
H. Edward Clifton
HGS Luncheon Meeting 11 Apatite Fission Track Analysis Applied To The Margins Of The
Gulf Coast Basin, Raymond A. Donelick and Jeff Curigan
International Explorationists 13 Geologic Setting For Additional Paleozoic Petroleum Potential
In The Middle East, Louis Christian
North American 17 Balanced Cross Sections Of The Arbuckle-Ardmore Region,
Southern Oklahoma: Implications For Interpreting Strike-Slip
Deformation, Stme Naruk
Environmental 19 Environmental Geology And Cyclostratigraphy Of The Pleistocene
In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico Region, Peter K. Trabant
Feature Articles
International Brief 14 Peru Adopts New Hydrocarbons Law
Environmental 20 Update on Railroad Commission Programs, Part V, Lon' Wrotenbery
Government Affairs 22 TNRCC Consolidation Update
Gulf Coast Highlight 25 Low-Resistivity Readings On Logs Point To Over-Looked Pay Zones
Louise Durham
Technical Feature 34 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Log Evaluates Low-Resistivity Pay
John Austin and Tom Faulkner
Related Research 42 Pattern Of Hydrothermal Circulation From Fission-Track Analysis
Within The Newark Basin, Michael S. Steckler,
Gomaa I. Omar, Guny D. Karner, and Barry I? Kohn
Columns
GCAGS Survey 24
Geo-Even ts 30
Calendar 31
Committee News 32
Geological Auxiliary 33 HGA Presents Decisions, Decisions
Off The Shelf 48 In Limestone Country, Reviewed by David M. Orchard
Aquatic Pollution, An Introductory Text, 2nd Edition,
Rmiewed by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Useful Utilities 50 GeoQube 1 1 , 2D To 3D Seismic Data Conversion
Exploration Review 52 Domestic and International Activity, Walter S. Light, Jr.
Quick Look Techniques 54 Additive Property Of Faults, Subsurface Consultants
I Intricate shadows on crossbedding of the Page Sandstone, Peach Canyon, Arizona.
I - Photo taken by Bruce I. May
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The Houston Geological Society

The Executive Board Co~~lfnittees
and their Chairmen
President Academic Liaison B.J. Doyle, Brittany Exploratirm
John M. Biancardi Advertisiig John King, Consultant
Vicksburg Production Arrangements Mark Bloom, Enmn
937-8457 Awards Dan Bonnet, Houston Energy &'DeueL
Ballot Steve Shirley, UNOCAL
President-Elect Computer Applications Craig Moore, Dolomite Resources
Dwight (Clint) Moore Continuing Education Frank Huber, BHP
Anadarko Production Directory Nancy Benthien, Marathon
874-8730 Entertainment Martin Oldani, Apache
Environmental/Eng. Geology Ralph J. Taylor, Phase One Technology
Vice-president Exhibits Gerald Cooley, PetCons &' Assoc.
Ron Nelson Explorer Scouts Dan Helton, Natural Gas Pipe Line
Field Trips Paul Britt, Texplore
Amoco Production
Finance Sandi Barber, Consultant
366-2198
Historical David Shepherd, Amoco
International Explorationists Thom Tucker, Marathon
Secretary
Library Evelyn Wilie Moody, Consultant
Steve Brachman Membenhip Mike Deming, Amoco
Araxas Exploration Nominations Pat Gordon, Consultant
447-0400 North American Explorationists Chuck Buzby, Amoco
Office Management Gerald Cooley, PetCons & Assoc.
Treasurer Personnel Placement Joe Eubanks, Preston Oil
Ann Ayers Martin Poster Sessions John Preston, Tourmaline
Tertiary Trend Exploration Publications-New Harold Darling, Schlumberger
6614294 Publication Sales Tom Mather, Columbia Gas
Public Relations Debra Sacrey, Consultant
Treasurer-Elect Registration Claudia Ludwig, Consultant
Jeannie Fisher Mallick Research Phil Porter, Consultant
Excalibur Consulting Technical Programs Ron Nelson, Amoco
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Editor Special Representatives

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Emerald Tide Interests GCAGS Representative John Biancardi, VicksburgProduction
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Adv, Museum of Natural Science Morgan Davis, Consulting Geologist
Editor-Elect AAPG Delegate Foreman Hany Mueller, Exxon
John Michael Turmelle AAPGDPA Representative Dan Smith, Texas Meridian
Oak Ridge Oil and Gas AAPG Group Insurance Barbara Bremsteller
5832328 Engineering Council of Houston Claudia Ludwig, Consultant
Executive Committeeman '94 Scholarships

Jeffrey W. Lund Memorial Scholarship Board
Ashland Exploration (Graduate) Dan Smith, Texas Meridian Resources 558-8080
531-2900 HGS Foundation
(Undergraduate) Hugh Hardy, Emeritus 729-9208
Executive Committeeman '94
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Consulting Geologist Third Vice-president ( HGS Rep) Mrs. Tina (Paul F.) Hoffman
466-3348 Secretary Mrs. Beverly (Dewitt) van Siclen
Treasurer Mrs. Jeanne (Gerald) Cooley
Executive Committeeman '95 Historian Mrs. Naomi (James) Watson
James R. Lantz Parliamentarian Mrs. Pat (John) Hefner
3664454 Geo Wives President Mrs. Linnie (Charles) Edwards
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Seeking Nominations
Each year the HGS Awards Committee is responsible for nominating qualified individuals for various
AAPG, GCAGS and HGS awards. With a membership of over 5000 individuals, it has become increasingly
difficult for the Awards Committee to have knowledge of all qualified candidates. Many individuals with
excellent credentials are undoubtedly passed by every year because we are not aware of their activities. If
you know of someone who you think is deserving of an award or honor, please contact Dan Bonnet at 650-
8008 no later than February 1, 1994.
Specific awards for which we are seeking nominations are:
HGS a) Distinguished Service- given to members who have rendered long term and valuable service
to the society.
b) Honorary Life- given to members who have distinguished themselves in the science of geolo-
gy, or have contributed outstanding service to the Society.
Past winners can be found in the front of the HGS directory.
GCAGS a) Distinguished Service
b) Honorary Life
C) Outstanding Educator
Past winners can be found in the front of the GCAGS Transactions.
AAPG a) Sidney Powers Memorial Award
b) Honorary Membership
C) Michel Halbouty Human Needs Award
d) Public Service Award
e) Distinguished Service Award
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Past winners and a description of each award can be found in the
December issue of the AAPG bulletin.
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PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS
Happy New Year! Here's hoping that the coming year is healthy and happy
for us all. The coming of the new year always seems to bring to my mind how
much things change. One of the few certain things in life is change. It has
always seemed to me that happiness is measured at least in part by our ability to
manage change positively. We in the domestic energy business should be recog-
nized experts by now!
Rather than "stream of consciousness" rambling (as above), I'd like to use
this column to highlight some of the things the HGS does that I think are partic-
ularly worthwhile and that I didn't know about until I got involved in HGS "man-
agement." I d o this in part to let you know so that you can take advantage of the
services offered but also with the hope that you might find yourself interested in
one of our programs and volunteer to help out. My personal expaamcehas been
that volunteering is a net sum gain. This has been especially true with the HCS.
When I was preparing to award the HGS's Outstanding Earth Science
Teacher Award at the September evening meeting, it brought to mind just how
much our Awards Committee does. Dan Bonnet had just faxed me the citation
and i t seemed as if we were talking on one subject or another at least once a
month. The award was a plaque and $250, but the importance of it in my opinion
is the recognition and the encouragement it gives. This committee also gives
Outstanding Student Awards which recognize the achievements of Earth Science
students from six area universities. There is one award for each university, and a
biography of each awardee is compiled and published in the Bulletin. They also
receive a cash award. The committee judges the student poster sessions and
awards a best poster award a t o u r April evening meeting. At the Houston
Engineering and Science Fair, Dan and his committee judge the Earth Science
category and present awards. The committee also distributes $150 contributions
l h l Bonnet and in support of the Science Olympiad and the Science Fair.
In addition to activities in support of students, the Awards Committee is also
the HGS Awards responsible for recommending professionals for GCAGS and AAPG awards. This
usually involves some research and the preparation of biographical information.
C0mm lttee Rkcogni~e Dan and his committee judge the quality of the technical presentations at
the general dinner and luncheon meetings and award a "Best Paper" award each
Ach&ygmentsus Well year (it's a really nice mineral specimen). Dan also arranges for a plaque or
engraved paperweight as a commemorative gift for each of our general meeting
us thr im,/jortnncgof speakers. When I was W (which is also Technical Program Chairman), I was very
rarely turned down when inviting a speaker. That probably wasn't because of the
plaque, but the speakers were always very appreciative of the remembrance.
Volu,nleerk.forts. Awards are also given out to our own members to recognize service to our
Society.
If you are aware of someone that you think our Awards Committee should
know about, please forward your recommendation to Dan Bonnet at the HGS
office.
See you at the meetings!
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cles from the Texas RRC. It was also grat- Directory edition and consider how often They support a great publication, and
ifjing to see responses to issues present- you refer to it. Further consider how well society in a positive way, and receive
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try.) Likewise, a local HGS member
thought John Kennedy's editorial against
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in-cheek, except that the article was a
reprint of Kennedy's Oil and Gas Journal
editorial of January of this year.
(Displaced state-side geologists seem to
see this issue differently than internation-
alists.)
It does not appear, however, that s u p
port for the Task Force for Registration
of Geologists and Geophysicists in Texas
is what it should be. Pete Rose, Dan
Titerle, and Dave Rensick have done an Cartoons submitted by Bill Roberts Help Students,
outstanding job of explaining this issue
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objectives, send $35 or more to the Task today's lower interest rates, the
Force at 8800 Bluff Springs Rd., Austin, Foundation must increase its financial
TX 78774. Those who practice (or who base to continue aiding at least six under-
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geology or hydrogeology could be partic- are many financial sources available to
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of legislation to register geologists. Don't of the few for undergraduates. We need
plan on complaining - down the road - to thoughtful supporters like you. Your gift
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COMMENTARY
The Bulletin staff regrets the exclusion of the threefigures refemed in this
December 1993 printed comment by Gary Lanim Thefollowing is our complete
refmnt with a#n-qriatemaps.
Odd Number of Contours promised of t h r e e fault s e g m e n t s as plane maps. Most of prospect submittals
shown o n Figure 2. T h e r e is e n o u g h I have seen d o not contain fault plane
T h e premise implied in this article structural information available o n this maps. Fault cuts are usually (correctly)
(Quick Look T e c h n i q u e s S e p t e m b e r map to construct fault planes for each of annotated o n the submitted structure
1993, Odd Number of Contours) is that the three faults. Fault plane A contours maps so that subsurface data are avail-
i t is c o m m o n practice f o r geological reasonably well (Figure 3.) Fault planes able to construct fault plane maps. If you
mappers to contour incorrectly around for B and C are shown in Figure 4. The construct fault plane maps from the pro-
"finite faults." I've reviewed hundreds of odd behavior of these fault planes would vided fault cuts a n d redraw t h e fault
prospect submittals in the past several make me very suspicious of this map. I traces o n the provided structure maps
years and I d o not recall this as being a would tend to think that there was some using the same general contouring, you
common error. However, there is some- kind of correlation bust from upthrown a r e likely to discover a very different
thing very frightening about this map to downthrown in this example o r that map ...the attic prospect disappears! If
(even after correcting the contouring the fault solution is incorrect. fault cuts are not provided, reconstruct
p r o b l e m p o i n t e d o u t by Subsurface T h e most common mapping error I the fault planes as I have done with the
Consultmb) which is not addressed. Do encounter while evaluating prospect sub- above mapping problem.
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Theme and Variations
H. Edward Clifton
HGS DINNERMEETING - January 10, 1994
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Studies of modern coastal systems logic time. Any such model, however, coastal deposits.
indicate that the upward depositional must accommodate significant internal As one example, the fine-grained,
facies sequence- -bioturbated inner shelf variability, imposed by differences in sed- low-energy, microtidal Texas Gulf
- crossbedded upper shoreface - planar- iment texture, ne.arshore bathymetric shorefaces have a distihctive vertical
laminated foreshore - nonmarine profile, ambient energy, storm events, sequence that contrasts sharply, as one
deposits- -characterizes most open-coast and relative sea-level change. The result- might expect, with that of the more ener-
clastic successions. This generalized ing variations about the basic theme are getic Pacific coast. The Gulf of Mexico
model has been applied successfully to a reasonably predictable and provide a sequence also differs, however, to nearly
variety of ancient coastal deposits, own- basis for enhanced paleo-environmental the same degree from that generated in
ing largely to consistency of both understanding. Ignoring them, however, a similar low-energy, microtidal setting
processes and preservation through geo- can lead to misinterpretation of ancient on coarse-grained Mediterranean coasts.
H. EDWARD CLIFf ON -
Biographical Sketch Ed Clifton joined Conoco in 1991 Marine Geology. He has been active in
after serving 30 years with the U.S. professional societies and was elected
Geological Survey, most of it with the National President of SEPM (Society for
Branch of Pacific Marine Geology in Sedimentary Geology) in 1986. In addi-
Menlo Park, California. He received his tion to his USGS responsibilities, Ed has
Bachelors degree in geology from Ohio taught at San Francisco State University,
State University in 1956 and a Ph.D. from University of California at Santa Cruz,
Johns Hopkins in 1963, where he studied and at Stanford University, where he
under Francis Pettijohn. His career with served as Adjunct Professor of Geology
I.' the USGS focused largely on comparative from 1982.- 1991. Mter spending two to
analysis of modern and ancient shallow years in Conoco's Research Lab in Ponca
marine-depositional systems and culmi- City, where his focus was largely on
nated in numerous publications. In 1969 sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology
and 1970 he accumulated 80 days of of Lower Jurassic units in the North Sea,
underwater research from an undersea Ed has recently moved to Houston to
habitat as an aquanaut in Tektite man-in- join a project directed toward the appli-
the sea experiments. In 1978-1981, he cations of sequence stratigraphy.
served as Chief of the Branch of Pacific
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HGS LUNCHEON MEETING - January 26, 1994

Social Period, 11:30 a.m., Luncheon and Meeting, 12:00 p.m.
The Houston Club
Trace quantities of radioactive urani- Uplift did not experience temperatures track lengths to reflect small magnitude
um occur in apatite grains. When one of greater than -225:!:25C since (<1 km) differential loading of the Llano
these uranium nuclei decays by nuclear Precambrian time. A single sample from Uplift due to westward thinning of this
fission, the two resultant nuclear frag- a Pennsylvanian sandstone (Smithwick molasse sequence. From late Permian
ments repel each other and tear a dam- Formation), located just east of the (?) through Jurassic time, samples cooled
age trail through their host apatite crystal Llano Uplift, gives an apatite fission track from -90-120C, based on model results,
lattice. Damage trails of this type are age of 24l:t18 Ma, and a mean length of to <40C, based on stratigraphic con-
called fission tracks, and they can be 11.9:tO.2 !-lm. Using available stratigraph- straints. This early Mesozoic stage of
made visible using conventional light ic constraints, it is inferred that the cooling is attributed to erosional unroof-
microscopes by immersion in acid solu- Llano basement samples were at temper- ing associated with extensional collapse
tion. The measurable characteristics of atures of <70C prior to initiation of the of the Ouachita orogen during initial
the fission tracks in apatite (i.e., their Ouachita orogeny during Pennsylvanian opening of the Gulf of Mexico. Mild
number, length, width) contain a wealth time. Subsequent heating of the Llano reheating of these samples to >60C due
of information regarding the thermal basement samples associated with the to deposition of -I km of Cretaceous to
history that the host rock has experi- Ouachita orogeny is evident in the Early Tertiary (?) strata across the Llano
enced during its geological evolution. apatite fission track data. The ages and region is needed to explain the low per-
Apati te fission track ages from 12 track length distributions are all consis- centage of tracks in the 14-16 !lm range.
Precambrian granitic sampl.es from the tent with the Llano basement samples Final cooling of these samples below
Llano Uplift vary from 182:!:50 Ma to having been heated to temperatures of -60C did not occur until post-
425:!:72 Ma (95% confidence intervals), -90-1 20C due to burial of the Llano by a Paleogene (?) time. This late stage cool-
with mean track lengths varying from 1-2 km thick Pennsylvanian to Permian ing is interpreted in terms of regional
11.2:!:0.1 !lm for the same samples. molasse sequence (Strawn to Cisco Tertiary etosion along the outer rim of
While not systematic, ages generally Groups) derived from the Ouachita the Gulf of Mexico basin due to flexural
increase from east to west. Zircons from orogeny. Based on numerical modeling upwarping associated with basinward
these samples are metamict, indicating of the apatite fission track data, we inter- loading of the crust.
that rocks presently exposed in the Llano pret the variability in ages and mean
RAY DONELICK -
Biographical Sketch
R. A. (Ray) Donelick started Donelick University of Miami in 1983 and his

Analytical in 1991 in order to provide Masters and Doctoral degrees in
fission-track related services to the Geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic
energy industry. In addition to his Institute in 1986 and 1988 respectively.
being a sole proprietor, Ray is current- He continues to focus his research
ly an Adjunct Assistant Professor at efforts toward the development of
Rice University and a Research improved techniques for the applica-
Scientist at The University of Texas at tion of apatite fission track analysis to
Austin. Ray received his Bachelor of the study of geological problems.
Science degree in Geology from the

Chair's Column
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INTERNATIONAL
EXPLORA TIONISTS
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Geologic Setting for Additional Paleozoic Petroleum

Potential in the Middle East
Louis Christian
HGS Dinner Meeting - January 17,1994

Social Period, 5:30 p.m., Dinner and Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Post Oak Doubletree Inn
The greater Middle East Sedimentary Arabia. As far north as Jordan and highs, and structural interference pat-
Basin holds about 60% of world-wide oil Turkey, other discoveries of unknown terns between regional Paleozoic north-
reserves, and in recent years 'has pro- commerciality, have been reported from south axes and late Cretaceous-Tertiary
duced up to nearly 40% of world-wide Permian, Carboniferous and Devonian northwest trending structures combine
annual oil production, depending on sandstone reservoirs. to create a strong geologic rationale for
changing political and economic condi- Some of these are destined. to become expanding current Paleozoic exploration
tions in the Middle East and elsewhere. major or giant sized producing fields. northward beyond the borders of Saudi
For approximately half a century most For example, Saudi Aramco's Hawtah Arabia into parts of Iraq, Iran, Jordan,
oil has been produced from Upper discovery, southwest of Riyadh, is sched- Syria, and Turkey, and to the south, in
Jurassic Carbonates and Middle to Lower uled to start producing in 1994 at a rate certain structurally higher parts of the
Cretaceous Carbonates in Saudi Arabia, of 150,000 BOPD from Permo- Emirates.
Iran, and the Emirates, from Lower Carboniferous sandstones. Selective areas are prospective for
Cretaceous deltaic sandstones in Iraq, Several geologic traits favor further Paleozoic oil, but thermally overmature
Kuwait, and northern Saudi Arabia, and Paleozoic oil discoveries along the west- areas will, of course, be largely prospec-
from Lower Miocene to Eocene carbon- ern shelf-slope of the Middle East Basin. tive for gas. Preliminary maturation fair-
ate reservoirs in Iran and Iraq. Pre-Hercynian subcrop geology, with ways have been mapped regionally, to
Beginning in 1989 and 1990this pic- known major north-trending fault blocks, highlight the oil potential areas.
ture began to change significantly. M<yor the presence of oil-prone, mature
to giant-sized Paleozoi,(: discoveries of oil, Silurian source rocks in adjacent sub-
plus gas and condensate, were reported basins, known Triassic and younger
on shelf areas west and southwest of the isochron thinning and compaction over
main Jurassic producing fields of Saudi old structural highs and old topographic
LOUIS CHRISTIAN -
Bio?;raphic Sketch
Louis Christian began his exploration

in California with Chevron. Subsequently,
he has held assignments in the POSTER SESSION
Philippines, Libya, Tunisia, and
Indonesia for Mobil Oil. His interest in at the January 17 meeting,
Middle East petroleum exploration dates on the Maturation History of
to 1982, having worked on Iraq, Abu the Arabian Platform and
Dhabi, Kuwait, Yemen, ete. This presen- Eastern Mediterranean
tation summarizes Mr. Christian's cur-
rent work as an independent consultant, R.5. Bishop &
integrating his many years of experience P.P. Mclaughlin, Exxon
in the area.

13
INTERNATIONAL BRIEF
PERU ADOPTS NEW HYDROCARBONS LAW*

In keeping with President Alberto license agreement, in which the investor Simon Petroleum Technology (SPT) has several
Fujimori's overall plan to rebuild the is the owner of the hydrocarbons pro- major multi-discipline evaluation studies of the
national economy, the government of duced and has free disposal rights; and Mararidn and Ucayali basins including recently
Peru has been following strict economic the familiar service contract, in which acquired seismic data, extensive reprocessing of
stabilization measures including deregu- the investor receives a percentage of the prior data, structural and stratigmphic analysis,
new biostratigraphic, geochemical, and sediment*
lation of prices, wages, exchange and hydrocarbons delivered to Perupetro S.
bgical analysis, prospect definition, reservoir engi-
interest rates, elimination of subsidies, A. Other types of contracts proposed by
neenneenng,
and an assessment of the petroleum geology
simplification of tariffs, and elimination the investors will also be considered. and hydrocarbon potential of the basins. Interested
of restrictions on the flow of capital and Foreign companies must establish a parties should contact: R Wayne Ca7pentn; Simon
foreign trade. It has also begun privati- branch o r partnership in Peru, and Petroleum Technology, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.,
zation of government business activities, appoint a Peruvian representative. Telephone: 1-7131953-7441, Fax: 1-713/953-
and on 13 September 1993 passed Peru's The Contract 9343.
new Organic Law for Hydrocarbons, Law Investors may hold as many contracts SPT formed a consortium i n I 9 9 2 with
26221, which provides the legal frame- as they wish and the size of the contract Ribiana, Znc. and Petropeni to conduct a 10,000
work for deregulation, privatization, and area will be limited only by the invest- km seismic survey over the Peruvian continental
reorganization of the petroleum sector. shelf: The survqr, which is the most ambitious, and
ment represented by the proposed work
At a forum sponsored by Simon thefirst of its kind in 20 years, was shot by the M/V
program. The work program will be "DigiconExplorer", and has now been completed in
Petroleum ~ e c h n o i for
o ~representatives
~ guaranteed by a bank guaranty.
of the petroleum community in Houston, record time. It is available in three segments: Phase
Contract terms are limited to 30 years for I, Bayouar to Huacho, 5000km: Phase 11 Ecuador
The Peruvian Minister of Energy and liquid hydrocarbons, and 40 years for to Bayouar, 2500 km: Phase 111 Haucho to Puerto
Mines, Dr. Daniel Hokama, described his natural gas. A ?year exploration pro- L o w , 2500 km: or by individual lines, 200 km
country's commitment to stability and gram is included in the term. The party minimum Interested parties should contact: Scott
economic growth, and to private develop may request a 5-year maximum suspen- A. Humphrey, Digicon Geophysical Corp.,
ment of its oil and gas resources. Legal sion period between the exploration and Houston, Telephone: 1-713/6304222, Fax: I -
Advisor to the Minister, Dr. Oscar Arrieta, exploitation phases if there is no means 713/6304311: London, Jim Martin, Telephone:
described the technical, fiscal, and con- to transport the liquid production. The +44 3423281 11; Singapore, Elwyn Jones, 65-258-
tractual aspects of Peru's new petroleum maximum is 10 years in the case of gas. 1221.
law. There is no obligation to supply the local
The law includes a number of revi- market.
sions of terms that will make it more
attractive to foreign investors, and p r e F i Aspects
vides for creation of a new state company Taxes levied will be
under private law, PERUPETRO S.A., to those in force at the time
promote investment in hydrocarbon the contract is signed.
exploration, negotiate contracts, and Income tax is 30% on net
market through third parties. Dr. profit plus 10% of the
Hokama said, "It is essential that the amount remitted. T h e
State be a regulator, rather than an combined rate is 3.72,
executor, of production activities." Many which may be paid in cash
of the activities of the old state oil com- or kind. Contractors with
pany, Petroper6, are being offered to license agreements pay a
the private sector. Its service stations and royalty to the State.
shares in SOLGAS are already in private Importation of goods for
hands, and the process will continue. the exploration operation
An oil operations contract for is free of all duties, as is
Petromar ~ e i r o ~ e r 6offshore
's opera- export of hydrocarbons
tion, will be signed with Petrotech as produced. The investor is
soon as the pending problem with AIG is guaranteed availability of
resolved. foreign currency, and free
to dispose of it in Peru or
The New Law
abroad. Accounting
The "Organic Law of Hydrocarbons" records may be kept in for-
is based on the previous law, and ensures eign currency.
the validity of existing contracts. It also
permits current contractors to take Data Available
advantage of new incentives within 60 Apart from data in the
Petropmi, or Perupetro archives, 2 rnJGaR.16
days of the new law's effective date. It
which can be viewed in Lima,
provides for two types of agreements: a DIGICON SURVEYS PERU -
I
*Reprinted with pennissionJkwn the International Explmation Newsletter, Oct. 1993.
1 14 Bulletin Houston GeologicalSociety. January 1994

I B A S I N S OF THE WORLD
A symposium in memory of Dr. Rudy Schwarzer

Adjunct Professor of Geology, Rice University
Friday, February 25, 1994, 1:OO-4:00 p.m.

Rice University Campus
Room 131 - Anderson Biological Laboratories

(next to Keith Wiess Geological Lab)
The Department of Geology and Geophysics of Rice University will present a lecture and poster
series - "Basins of the World" - on February 25, 1994. This half-day session, in honor of Dr.
Schwarzer, long-time adjunct and friend of the department, will feature three faculty members and
be followed by a poster session featuring the worldwide projects of the Rice's Geology and
Geophysics graduate students.
Speakers are:
Albert W. Bally
Southeast Mexico, The Regional Setting for the Last Giant Fields of North America
Manik Talwani
Geophysical Methods for Subsalt Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
Peter R. Vail
Preliminary Results from European Basin Correlation Progranz
If planning to attend, please make,reservations with the department at 713-527-4880.

For more information, contact Martha Lou Broussard at the same number.

15
Simpson and Viola Groups in the Southern Midcontinent
A Workshop Sponsored by the Oklahoma Geological Survey

March 29-30,1994; Norman, Oklahoma
This seventh annual Workshop is designed to transfer information that will aid in the search for, and production
of, our oil and gas resources. The Simpson and Viola Groups (Ordovician in age) are major sandstone and carbonate
reservoirs that have yielded large volumes of oil and gas, and that have a great potential for yielding additional
hydrocarbons by the use of advanced-recovery technologies. Papers should be surface or subsurface studies dealing with
the geologic setting, depositional environments, and diagenetic history of these strata and/or reservoirs, or deal with
reservoir characterization and the engineering factors that influence hydrocarbon accumulation or hydrocarbon
production.
Our Workshop will focus on the Simpson and Viola Groups (or equivalent rocks) in the southern Midcontinen4
including Oklahoma and contiguous parts of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. It will
consist of 20 papers presented orally and 15 informal poster presentations, and will be attended by 200-300 participants.
The proceedings (including extended abstracts for the posters) will be published by the OGS about one year after the
meeting: we expect manuscripts to be completed and submitted shortly after the workshop.
6Fz2
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4 February 2 & 3, 1994 - Westir) Galleria Hotel, Houston, Texas
Back by popular h a n d , the North hcrican Prospt Expom provides a ccnlral markctplacc for oil and gas comp;mlcs from nl;gc*s to small
indcpcndenls to intrcduce heir oil and gas prospects via exhibit booths to more Lhan 1,000 inlcreskd indus~rypro~cssonals.Kcgistcr loday!
Why Attend?
0 See the latest exploration and development opportunities in North America
0 Review and conlpare prospect terms
M e a with decision-makers face-to-face
0 Introduce yourself, your company and your prospccts
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Here's what happened a t last year's Expo:

0 Out of 109 responses rcccived thus far, it is reported that 32 prospecls have d m d y bcen sold!
0 One participant reported thal he had gotten 29 serious leads on Lhree different prospects!
0 99%of the combined exhibitors and viewers indicalcd lhey had made new busincss conlacls!
Exhibitor fee: $700 per booth
$350 per additional booth
Deadline: January 3, 1994
Viewer fee: $175 (prior to Jan. 28, 1994)
$250 (after Jan. 28. 1994)
Sponsored by h e Amcricai Association of Professional Landmen in association with Lehrnan Brothers; Morgan Stanlcy & Co.; MG Finance
Corp.; lPAA and Oil and Gas Inveslor and endorsed by ihc Tcxas Indcpcndent Producers and Royally Owners Association (TIPRO)
For more information about reserving exhibit space and registration: Contact AAPL at (817) 847-7700.
Exhibit spacc and rcgis~rationare subject to I l ~ cexecution of rn agrccmcnl.

16
NORTH AMERICAN
EXPLORATIONISTS
Balanced Cross Sections of the

Arbuckle-Ardmore Region, Southern Oklahoma:
Implications for Interpreting Strike-Slip Deformation
by Steve Naruk
North American Dinner Meeting -January 24,1994

Social Period, 5:30 p.m., Dinner and Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
H.E.S.S. Building, 3 121 Buffalo Speedway
T h e structures of t h e Arbuckle ly restored vertical cross sections which the master strike-slip fault appears to be
Mountains and Ardmore Basin have long show that the observed structures may be a triangle zone in the footwall of the roof
been considered definitive examples of entirely dip-slip compressional struc- thrust. T h e apparent positive flower
strike-slip deformation. These interpre- tures. The overall structure is that of a structures adjacent t o t h e Arbuckle
tations a r e questionable, however, large scale passive duplex. The master Anticline a r e interpreted as second-
because estimates of the a m o u n t of strike-slip "propeller" fault, which o r d e r , d e t a c h e d folds in t h e roof
strike-slip on the main fault (the Washita appears to reverse its dip and sense of sequence of the duplex. These new
Valley Fault) vary from as little as 3 miles throw along strike, is interpreted as the interpretations suggest that many of the
to as much as 40 miles, and both well roof and floor thrusts bounding a plung- structural criteria thought to be charac-
and seismic data show that the major ing basement wedge. T h e Arbuckle teristic of strikeslip structures, are in fact
faults of the area dip only 40-50". Anticline itself is interpreted as a fault- characteristic of dipslip passive duplexes
This paper presents a series of highly bend fold in the hanging-wall of the roof involving basement.
constrained, balanced and palinspastical- thrust. The apparent releasing bend in
STEPHENJ. NARUK - 4
Biographical Sketch
ogy and geophysics from Yale University. as California. Previous assignments with
Steve Naruk is a Senior Geologist with He is currently part of a closely integrat- Shell include structural research projects
the New Resources g r o u p of Shell edE&Pteamresponsibleforevaluating coveringAlaska,WestTexas,Nevadaand
Western E&P Inc. He received his Ph.D. and developing unconventional plays California. He is the author of numer-
and M.S. in structural geology from The such as the Austin Chalk, as well as new ous journal articles on a variety of topics
University of Arizona, and his BS in geol- conventional plays in mature areas such in structural geology.
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u
ENGINEERING GEOLOGISTS
Environmental Geology and Cyclostratigraphy

of the Pleistocene in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Region
by Peter K. Trabant
HGS En~ir-t,ll~nerltal/Engineering Committee Evening Meeting -January 12, 1994,

Social Per-iotl, 6 3 0 p.m., Program 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Houston k:~igineeringand Scientific Society (HESS) Bldg.
3121 Buffalo Speedway
High-resolution seismic records from t h e detailed relationship between cli- between small scale climatic changes and
the northern Gulf of Mexico reveal the mate, sea level and the resulting seismic t h e 3-D configuration of sedimentary
fine-scale details of the seismic stratigra- stratigraphy. Applications i n c l u d e : deposits, including systems tracts a n d
phy at the shelf edge and within d e e p paleo-environmental studies, reservoir short term events such as slumping and
water depositional environments. T h e engineering, petroleum exploration and diapiric movements.
high frequency records, commonly used the assessment of sea floor engineering
for offshore engineering studies, provide properties. Quality high-resolution seis-
an excellent tool towards understanding mic r e c o r d s p e r m i t t h e c o r r e l a t i o n
PETER E;. '1 kL4lZfZNT-

Biographical Sketch
Dr. Trabant has been an independent the installation of offshore structures and applications of seismic sequence stratig-
consultant in marine geology a n d geo- pipelines, and the production of environ- raphy to high resolution geophysical data
physics to the offshore petroleum indus- mental and engineering reports for regu- in: petroleum exploration; reservoir stud-
try for the past 19 years. He received his latory agencies. His clients i n c l u d e ies; seafloor engineering; and paleocli-
Ph.D. a n d M.S. degrees in geological major and independent oil companies, matology. He is the author of the text-
oceanography from Texas A&M, and his e n g i n e e r i n g a n d geophysical service book: Applied High Resolution
B.S. in geology from the University of companies, while his activities have been Geophysical Methods: Offshore
Miami. His work involves the interpreta- worldwide. His s e c o n d a r y activities Geoengineering Hazards published by
tion of multi-sensor geophysical data for involve teaching a n d research o n t h e Prentice Hall.
Continuing Education South Texas College of

The Department of Geoscience of the University of Houston is pleased to
announce the following courses for the Spring 1994 semester: Law Course
GEOL 3 10l Big Bend Field Trip TBA
GEOL 3378 Intro Atmospheric SCI 10-11:30 a.m. I T H South Texas College of Law is sponsoring
GEOL 4397 Intro to Earthquakes 45:30 p.m. MW its 5th annual continuing education course
GEOI. 6341 Geochemistry I 5:30-7 p.m.TTH o n Environmental Law Symposium o n
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ENGINEERING FEATURE
Update on Railroad Commission Programs

Part 5 of a 5 Part Series (Reprinted from a Railroad Commission Report)
by Lori Wrotenbery
Director of Environmental Services
Oil and Gas Division Railroad Commission of Texas
V. Oil Spill Cleanup Standards with shallow groundwater, or in parks, requirements for cleanup activities. The
wildlife refuges, o r residential areas. reporting requirements build upon the
In April of 1992, t h e Railroad Spills in these sensitive areas may require r e p o r t i n g requirements u n d e r t h e
Commission issued interim guidelines more extensive cleanup. The Commission's current and vary
for the cleanup of crude oil spills. The Commission will determine cleanup depending on the size of the spill. For
guidelines contain numerical standards requirements for spills in sensitive areas spills over 10 barrels, the operator must
and step-by-step procedures to promote on a case-bycase basis. submit to the Commission analyses of
consistency in cleanups across the state, samples representative of the spill site to
but give a responsible operator the flexi- B. Standards and Procedures verify that the final cleanup level has
bility to chose an appropriate cleanup been achieved.
method for a specific spill site. The interim guidelines outline the fol- The Commission used the one weight
These guidelines are interim. The lowing steps for the cleanup of a crude percent TPH cleanup level in the interim
Commission has begun the process of oil spill into soil: guidelines after studying the constituents
adopting standards and procedures for of crude oils, reviewing the scientific lit-
oil spill cleanup by rule by redrafting the 1. Remove all free oil immediately. erature on spill cleanup, and considering
interim guidelines into the form of a pro- 2. Delineate the affected area, both hori- the cleanup standards of other agencies
posed rule. The proposed rule was p u b zontally and vertically. and states. It varies from the cleanup
lished in the Texas Register for public standard established by the Texas Water
3. Bring all soil containing over one per-
comment on March 30,1993. Commission for underground storage
cent by weight (10,000 parts per mil-
tank cleanups because of the different
lion (ppm)) total petroleum hydro- risk factors presented by crude oil spills,
A. Scope
carbons (TPH) to the surface for
such as the lower benzene content of
remediation of disposal.
The interim guidelines apply to the crude oil as compared to gasoline. The
cleanup of soil contaminated by spills 4. Handle ail soil containing over five cleanup level of one weight percent TPH
from exploration and production opera- percent by weight (50,000 ppm) TPH after one year is consistent with the land-
tions, including pipelines. There are two using special procedures to prevent spreading criteria in IOGCC's guidelines
key limitations on the scope of these stormwater contamination. for state oil and gas waste management
guidelines. 5. Achieve a final cleanup level of one programs.
First, they apply only to spills of crude percent by weight TPH as soon as
oil. T h e Commission will address the technically feasible, but not later than C. Relation to RCRA
cleanup of produced water spills sepa- one year after the spill. the operator
rately. may select any technically sound Although most crude oil spills are
Second, they apply only to spills into cleanup method that will achieve the exempt from regulation under the RCRA
soils in non-sensitive areas. They d o not final cleanup level. hazardous waste management program,
apply to spills in sensitive areas, such as
spills into surface water bodies, in areas The guidelines also outline reporting Continued on page 23.
"Rule 20 (Notification of Fire, Breaks, Leaks; or Blowouts), 16 Tex. Admin. Code 5 3.20.
Bulletin Housmn Geological Society. January 1994

CALL FOR PAPERS

FOR 1994 GSA SECTION A N D A N N U A L MEETINGS
SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION NORTHEASTERN SECTION NORTH-CENTRAL SECTION
March 21-22, 1994 March 28-30,1994 April 28-29,1994
Holiday Inn West Holidome Holiday Inn-Arena Western Michigan University
Little Rock, Arkansas Binghamton, New York Kalamazoo, Michigan
Abstract Deadline: Abstract Deadline: Abstract Deadline:

Past due 1993 Past due 1993 January 6,1994
Submit completed abstracts to Submit completed abstracts to Submit completed abstracts to

William Bush H. Richard Naslund Ron Chase
Arkansas Geological Commission Department of Geological Sciences Department of Geology
381 5 Roosevelt Ave. SUNY Western Michigan University
Little Rock, AR 72204 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(501) 324-9165 (607) 777-431 3 (61 6) 387-5500
CORDILLERAN SECTION SOUTHEASTERN SECTION ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION

March 21-23, 1994 April 7-8, 1994 May 4-6, 1994
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San Bernardino, California Blacksburg, Virginia Durango, Colorado
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Department of Geological Sciences Department of Geological Sciences Geology Department
California State University Virginia Tech Ft. Lewis College
5500 University Parkway Blacksburg, VA 24061 -0420 Durango, CO 81 301
San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397 (703) 231 -5580 (303) 247-7244
(909) 880-531 1
CSA Annual Meeting

Seattle, Washington, October 24-27, 1994
Abstract Deadline: July 6, 1 994
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Abstracts Coordinator
Geological Society of America 3300 Penrose Place P.O. Box 9140 Boulder, C 0 80301-9140
(303) 447-8850
1994 ABSTRACT F O R M REQUEST

To: CSA Abstracts Coordinator, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301 -914 0
Please send- copies of the 1994 CSA abstract form. I understand that the same form may be used for all
1994 CSA meetings-(the six Section Meetings and the Annual Meeting).
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
TNRCC Consolidation Update
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

On September 1, 1993, the Texas GOVERNING BOARD Resource Management, Legal a n d
Water Commission (TWC) and the Texas Regulatory Services, and Administration.
Under Senate Bill 2, which creates the TACB program areas are reflected in
Air Control Board (TACB) merged to
TNRCC, t h e c u r r e n t three-member the Air Quality cluster. The cluster will
form t h e Texas Natural Resource
Texas Water Commission will preside
Conservation Commission (TNRCC) . consist of four divisions: air policy, air
over the new agency. The legislation dis- quality planning, permitting a n d
The TNRCC is one of the largest and
solves the nine-member TACB board enforcement, and air monitoring opera-
most comprehensive state environmen-
effective S e p t e m b e r 1 , 1993. T h e tions.
tal protection agencies in the nation. It
TNRCC, however, will confer and consult The TNRCC will feature a number of
includes almost 3,000 employees, 15
with TACB board members a n d will new initiatives:
regional field offices and will have regu-
invite them to serve on key task forces An Enforcement Policy Division has
latory oversight for protecting air, water
and advisory groups. been created to streamline a n d
and land resources in Texas from pollu-
tion. CONSOLIDATION PROCESS upgrade TNRCC enforcement poli-
cy, and to direct a criminal enforce-
TNRCC GOALS Work on the consolidation began fol- ment unit;
lowing t h e 1991 legislative session. A new Program Evaluation Unit will
The TNRCC will focus on providing
Governor Ann Richards formed t h e conduct efficiency audits and suggest
environmental protection for Texas citi-
Environmental Agencies Transition steps for increased effectiveness;
zens in the most effective and efficient
Committee, which devoted some 1 8 The Small Business Advocate is a
manner possible T o achieve this, the
months to an overall review concerning resource for the tens of thousands of
TNRCC has established a number of pri-
how the two agencies operate. The com- small businesses in Texas that now
orities:
mittee produced suggestions for maxi- must meet a variety of federal clean
By the year 2000, reduce the amount
mizing resources and increasing efficien- air regulations;
of hazardous waste and toxics dis-
charged in Texas by 50 percent, cy. T h o s e suggestions are being A new Environmental T r a i n i n g
municipal solid waste going to Iand- interwoven into the final consolidation Division will operate a training acad-
fills by 50 - 60 percent and pollution plan as it develops. emy to bring new technical employ-
to Texas waterways by 30 - 50 percent. Utilizing a total quality management ees up to speed more quickly and to
Meet all requirements of the Federal approach, consolidation planning by the increase the overall technical skills of
Clean Air Act. TWC/TACB has involved the full partici- agency staff;
Be responsive to Texas citizens seek- pation of both staffs. Consolidation A Permit Caseworkers Unit will be
ing information or reporting envi- teams were formed in the areas of per- established to facilitate the permit-
ronmental problems. mitting, enforcement, hearings, rulemak- ting of jobcreation projects and to
Develop a more efficient enforce- ing, agenda, field operations, budget and serve as a point of contact regarding
ment process and eliminate enforce- planning, financial administration, facili- permitting issues in general;
ment backlogs. ties, agency operating policies and proce- An Agriculture and Rural Assistance
Provide increased technical assis- dures, and purchasing. The teams were Division has been created to focus
tance to help Texas businesses and charged with identifying the best prac- exclusively on agricultural permit-
local governments comply with envi- tices in use by e i t h e r agency. For ting and enforcement, and to pro-
ronmental standards. instance, the consolidated agency will uti- vide technical assistance to dairy and
Ensure the timely issuance of per- lize the rulemaking process developed by feedlot operators.
mits to Texas businesses and local the TACB. That process requires that A TNRCC Electronic Bulletin Board
governments that meet environmen- . -
proposed rules come before t h e will be available via telephone for
tal standards. Commission for discussion from concep anyone with a c o m p u t e r a n d
Manage limited resources wisely to tualization through adoption so that the modem. It will provide agency rules,
provide the highest level of environ- public has an opportunity for input dur- frequently used forms with instruc-
mental protection possible with the ing each step of development. tions, as well as TNRCC items of gen-
funding-received. eral interest.
Ensure that TNRCC actions a n d AGENCY STRUCTURE
decisions consistently meet the test T h e s t r u c t u r e of t h e TNRCC will PERMITI'ING, INSPECTIONS
of fairness and common sense. AND ENFORCEMENT
include seven program clusters: the
Provide a working environment that
Commissioners, the Executive Director, Immediately upon consolidation,
will promote high morale and pro-
Waste Management, Air Quality, Water there will be no substantial change in the
ductivity among TNRCC employees.
Bulletin Houston Geological Society. Januaq 1994

point of contact or the manner in which The TNRCC will also feature a Permit in decision-making within the respective
permits are issued, inspections are con- Caseworkers Unit, established to expe- programs.
ducted or enforcement proceedings are dite significant job-creation projects Each TNRCC regional office will be
initiated. The regulated community with through the permitting process and to managed by a regional manager who also
air permits will be served by TACB per- provide a point of contact regarding per- will have program managers for air,
sonnel and those with TWC permits by mitting matters in general. Also, permit- water and waste.
TWC personnel. Over time, however, ting and enforcement matters related to
the consolidated agency will move to agriculture will be brought under a newly MAILING ADDRESS
"whole facility" permitting, inspections, formed Agriculture and Rural Assistance The TWC's current mailing address
and enforcement procedures, This will Division to provide additional focus and will become the offkial mailing address
first require the cross-training of person- assistance. of the TNRCC. That address is:
nel as well as the completed installation A review of the TWC's enforcement Texas Natural Resource
of t h e Texas Regulatory Activities process, now underway, should yield Conservation Commission
Compliance System (TRACS). This improvements to t h e consolidated P.O. Box 13087
"super computer* system will consolidate agency by early fall. The goal is to better Austin, TX 78711-3087
all information about a regulated cus- facilitate regulated entities t h a t will All c o r r e s p o n d e n c e i n t e n d e d f o r
tomer into one format and location. An aggressively correct violations as well as Austin TNRCC units should be mailed to
air quality data base will also be built and decrease the time it takes to complete the P.O. Box address. This will guaran-
consolidated into the system. TRACS enforcement actions involving repeat v i e tee the quickest delivery via the agency's
should be fully operational by late fall. lations or uncooperative operators. centralized mail room. State law
The goal is to implement "whole facilityn requires all agency mail be processed
actions within two years. REGIONAL OFFICES through a centralized mail room because
Consolidated actions will occur in The TNRCC will operate 15 regional t h e agency receives fee payments
some areas immediately. For instance offices. The service areas of each will through the mail.
the TACB Stage I1 vapor recovery pro- conform to the legislatively mandated
gram ( t o control vapors that escape Uniform State Service Region (USSR) PHONE NUMBER
when gas is pumped) will be consolidat- plan. T h e USSR standardizes service The TACBS current agency general infor-
e d with the TWC's Petroleum Storage areas for all state agency regional offices. mation telephone number became the official
Tank (PST) program to allow more effi- Upon consolidation, the TNRCC field main phone number of the TNRCC effective
cient use of staff involved in those two staff will total approximately 650. September 1, 1993. That number is:
programs. The TNRCC has consolidated (TWC 512/ 908-1000
There will be significant emphasis at / TACB) regional offices in San Antonio,
the TNRCC to streamline permitting, Lubbock, Austin, Amarillo, San Angelo COMMISSION AGENDA
enforcement and inspection procedures. and Abilene. Remaining regional offices MEETINGS
Efforts underway have already reduced will be consolidated as lease agreements The TNRCC plans to hold a "policy u p -
the time it takes to receive a TWC permit expire or are renegotiated. The goal is da meetingn once a month at which proposed
by 30 - 50 percent. In addition, TWC to have TNRCC consolidated offices in rules and other policy issues would be dis-
backlogs of wastewater permit applica- all 15 regions by September, 1994. cussed and public input received.
tions have been eliminated. Backlogs in The Field Operations Division central Once adequate facilities can be developed
municipal solid waste a n d hazardous offke in Austin will have a division direc- at the TNRCCS Park 35 complex i n north
waste applications will be eliminated by tor with program directors for air, water Austin, agenda meetings will be held at that
April 1994. Air permitting will see the and waste. This four-member central location.
same efficiencies applied as it comes into office management team will participate
a single system.
Update an Railroad application of the new toxicity character- son.

Commissionh g r a m s , istic rule7Qo petroleum-contaminated EPA recognized this problem and has
soils and other media. The states are con- proposed to suspend the toxicity charac-
u e d ~20.
C o ? z t z o ? z t z npage teristic rule for media contaminated by
cerned that applying hazardous waste
spills from c r u d e oil transmission regulations to the cleanup of soils and non-UST petroleum products for three
pipelines are not. EPA's hazardous waste other media contaminated by petroleum years7?In the proposal, the term "petrole-
regulations may apply to the cleanup of product spills will hinder cleanup efforts um productn is defined to include crude
spills from these pipelines if the contami- by creating delays, increasing costs, and oil. The proposed suspension would be
nated soils fail the toxicity characteristic straining the existing hazardous waste effective only in those states that certify
test for benzene o r o t h e r toxic con- disposal capacity. EPA deferred applica- to EPA that they have programs in place
stituents. tion of the toxicity characteristic rule to to effectively manage the cleanup of
EPA has received requests from sever- wastes from underground storage tank petroleum product spills.
al states, including Texas, to suspend (UST) cleanups for much the same rea-
76 55 Fed. Reg. 11798-1 1877 (March 77 5 7 Fed. Req. 61542-61556

29,1990). (December 24,1992).

GCAGS CONVENTION CITY LOCATION QUE!3TIONNAIRE

For 42 years, the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, known as the GCAGS, has held its annual convention every
October in one of its member society cities. Of the 12 local societies that comprise GCAGS, three have never held an annual convention
(East Texas, Southeastern, and Alabama) allowing the other nine member societies to host the convention every nine years. Since dedicat-
ed volunteer members must be found in each city to work on the convention, this nine year schedule has not been burdensome to the
memberships, even for the larger three societies who must also host the annual AAPG National convention every six years. Unfortunately,
declining memberships have left many of the smaller societies undermanned in some cases to form committees to hold the GCAGS when
it has rotated to their city recently. Even more importantly, due to the considerable expense guarantees demanded by convention center
and hotel facilities in every city, and the recent large losses incurred at Jackson and now Shreveport, it is time to consider alternative
options for future convention years.
HGS has over 5000 of the GCAGS membership of less than 8,000 total members. The Houston membership is consistently repre-
sented at over 50% of registrants at all recent GCAGS conventions. Due to the serious financial questions raised by the recent small city
GCAGS conventions, the HGS Executive Board felt that we should poll the membership about future GCAGS convention options, and
offer these results to the GCAGS Board in an advisory capacity when HGS President John Biancardi attends the mid-year GCAGS meeting
in March.
Let us know what you think by answering our questionnaire, and be sure to add any additional comments at the end of the page.
Thank you for your interest and cooperation.
Please circle the appropriate choice:
Does the host city location affect your decision to:
a) attend as a registrant Yes no
b) submit a paper or poster Yes no
c) exhibit your service or product yes no
Which of the nine cities should we continue to visit in the traditional nine city rotation, assuming that all of them
wish to continue to host the convention?
Houston Corpus Christi Baton Rouge
San Antonio Lafayette Jackson
New Orleans Austin Shreveport
Should GCAGS visit a non-local society Gulf Coast city as a wildcard convention location, much like AAPG
National will do in 1996 with our visit to San Diego?
Yes No No Opinion
Would you be more inclined to attend a GCAGS convention located in the following suggested Gulf Coast cities?
Pensacola Biloxi Other No Other
Should GCAGS follow the practice of the AAPG Midcontinent section and hold its convention EVERY TWO
YEARS, instead of an annual convention?
Yes No No Opinion
If the GCAGS convention continues to be held annually, should the format of every second year be altered to be
more streamlined and focused like a research conference?
Yes No No Opinion
Please indicate if you attended the recent GCAGS Conventions?
Shreveport '93 Jackson'92 Houston '91 None
I f you did not attend, please write down the principal reason for not attending in the space provided below.
Thank you again for taking the time to participate in this f a d finding process.
Comments:
Mail to : CCAGS Convention Questionaire

Houston Geological Society, 71 71 Harwin, Suite 314 Houston, Texas 77036
Return by March 1st.
Bulletin Houston Geological w,Janualy 1994

GULF COAST HIGHLIGHT
Low-resistivity Readings on Logs

Point to Over-looked Pay Zones*
By Louise Durham
Low-resistivity zones are easy to over- nigh impossible until the federal govern- unaware that some of their old proper-
look, but Gulf Coast operators tap them ment initiated a liberal log-release pro- ties are producing from these zones.
for substantial hydrocarbon production. gram in late 1989 for all GOM wells. T h e principal geologic causes of
It seems there's always something to Moore's fervor for LRLC pay initially LRLC reservoirs, according to Sneider
get excited about in the oil patch. Right was triggered back in the 1970s when his a n d H a r o l d Darling, who is with
now, it's low-resistivity pay. Mississippi wildcatter father played the Schlumberger Well Services, include lam-
"This is o n e of t h e hottest things Lower Tuscaloosa, which Moore inated intervals; dispersed and structural
going o n , " notes Robert Sneider, describes as infamous for low resistivity clay; altered framework grains; grain size,
Houston consulting geologist and engi- owing to its high chlorite content. The clay-lined burrows; and disseminated
neer. He says he g% calls from around lesson he learned here was to look at the conductive minerals, such as pyrite.
the world virtually every day from people exceptions and not just the rules, which Clay minerals a r e by far the most
in the industry who want more informa- is axiomatic to the concept of low-resistiv- c o m m o n cause of LRLC reservoirs
tion on low-resistivity o r low-contrast ity Pay. because of their water-filled microporosi-
(LRIK) reservoirs. But old habits die hard, and the com- ty and the ability to exchange cations
Sneider was one of several contribut- mon reaction to a low-resistivity log mea- with pore fluids.
ing editors for the recently published s u r e m e n t is t o i g n o r e t h e interval These reservoirs occur in an array of
atlas, "Productive Low Resistivity Well because it must be wet. That reaction depositional systems, such as channel
1,ogs of the Offshore Gulf of Mexico." may stem from past behavior, when fills, delta-front and toe deposits, shin-
T h e book is the culmination of a two- LRLC reservoir production was held p r e gled turbidites, a n d deepwater fans,
year (roughly) project, which was a col- prietary by the operators for competitive including leveechannel complexes.
laborative effort between the Houston reasons. To build the petrophysical models to
and New Orleans geological societies. And, in some instances, companies evaluate LRLC zones, the knowledge of
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Geologist contacted by the Houston Geological the environments and causes of these
Dwight
- (Clint) Moore spearheaded the Society and New Orleans Geological reservoirs must be combined with an
project. Local society chairmen were Society project participants were actually understanding of wireline tools and their
Glen Shelton in New Orleans and W.A.
Hill in Houston.
The editors of the atlas consider low-
resistivity zones to be those with less than
2 ohm-meters measured by the d e e p
induction log, while low-contrast zones
are those with less than 1.5 times the
resistivity of the shale base line.
Their alternative definition for these
zones is "anything you would have trou-
- .
ble convincing others to complete."
While I.RI,C pay has been recognized
for many years, particularly in the Gulf of
Mexico (GOM), its economic impor-
tance has only recently come to light.
These zones f&uently'range over wide
areas and contain many thousands of
barrels of hydrocarbons.
"Industry has a never-ending thirst for
low-resistivity pay." says ~ G o r e who,
mulled over the idea for a Gulf-wide atlas
for 10 years. But, such a project was well
*Replnted with permission born CuEf Coast Oil World, 93

responses. The tool response is unique conductive agent in the rock and the LRLC oil pay identification. While oil is
to t h e mineral type a n d abundance, contained fluid. visible in the sidewall cores, gas won't be
which means it's crucial to know, or esti- Sneider is a staunch advocate for labo- obvious, particularly if the mud logger
mate, the mineralogy of a zone to model ratory analysis as the definitive evaluation misses the gas show or lacks confidence
it correctly. for LRLC pay. This includes the study of in it.
For example, the LRLC zones with the rock by use of thin sections, scanning But tapping into LRLC gas zones can
clay minerals and grain size differences electron microscopy and x-ray diffrac- pay off in a big way. Shell Oil Co. zeroed
will exhibit misleading resistivity values tion. As Moore points out, "Only then in on one of these zones at the High
because these both retain immovable will you know". Island A-350 Field in the GOM where
water. Reservoirs comprised of thinly The effort expended to unravel the seven wells have given u p almost 100
bedded laminae will yield resistivity mea- intricacies of these reservoirs often can BCFG since production began in late
surements that represent a composite be handsomely rewarded. The mean 1977. The producing "H" Sand laminae
value because t h e tool will average average production of t h e 150 GOM range in thickness from l/%inch to 1/2-
through the section. examples included in the LRLC book is inch.
That nieans the "Archie" devotees 550 MMBO or 5 BCFG, while the compa- There may be more published exam-
who check out these LRLC zones will rable average of all completions in the ples of LRLC reservoirs to come. The
find that the old approach just doesn't Gulf is 380 MMBO or 5.6 BCFG. atlas project participants are not ones to
cut it here. Plugging the deepinduction Published low-resistivity zone oil com- rest on their laurels, and according to
log resistivity reading from the LRLC pletions represent just 0.7% of the total Moore, there's a good possibility that a
interval into the Archie water-saturation GOM completions to date, but they pro- sequel publication will appear in 1995.
equation is just about guaranteed to give duce more than the average oil well in That publication will take a look at logs
a water-saturation value that is way on the the Gulf. from around the globe.
high side. The deepinduction log resis- About 25% of the well log examples It may be a good idea to dust off the
t i v i t y n l e a s u r e ~ n e n tis always skewed in the atlas are for gas wells,-which pre- old passport.
toward the lowund of the log scale by the sent an even greater challenge than
Call for Papers and Posters

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
and
Gulf Coast Section SEPM
44th Annual Convention

Austin, Texas
October 4-7, 1994 Austin 1994
Hosted by Austin Geological Society
The meeting theme, "Energy ahd Environment-Expanding Professional Horizons," will be
highlighted in sessions representing a broad spectrum of Gulf Coast geology. Along with GCAGS and
SEPM sessions, there will now be sessions on environmental geology, as well as an opening all-
convention symposium that will focus on environmental geology and earth resources. You are invited to
submit abstracts for oral presentations, poster sessions, or core presentations.
Abstracts of 250 words or less may be submitted for presentation by completing the Call For Papers
form being mailed to all members of Gulf Coast geological societies. Forms are also available from the
Program Chairman. Submit all abstracts by January 7, 1994 for the 1994 GCAGS Convention to:
Shirley Dutton, Program Chairman

1994 GCAGS Convention
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
Box X, University Station
Austin, TX 78713
Notification of acceptance will be by February 8, 1994. Full manuscripts will be required for all
oral presentations. Completed papers will be due by April 1, 1994.

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MEETINGS HGA Bridge, Briar Club, Middle East" and Poster Session
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Radisson Suite Hotel, Variations" H.E.S.S., 3121 Buffalo Speedway
1-10 & Beltway 8, Ed Clifton Social Period 5:30 p. m.,
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Houston GeePC Users Meeting, 2001 Post Oak Blvd. Reservations by name only, tele-
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TECHNICAL FEATURE
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Log

Evaluates Low-Resistivity Pay
By John Austin and Tom Faulkner
Much has been written about low irreducible water (MBVI) and effective tional triple combo log over the sections
resistivity pay reservoirs and how to iden- porosity (MPHI). From these a perme- logged with the magnetic resonance
tify and evaluate them with conventional ability measurement is also derived. imaging log service. The top of the GA-
wireline logs. It has long been recog- Nuclear magnetic resonance provides 2 sand, which has produced more hydre
nized that the total amount of water free a way t o manipulate certain atomic carbons than original reserve estimates,
to flow or bound to the pore surfaces is nuclei so that they can be counted. It is occurs at 4,520 feet and continues down
the controlling factor on resistivity mea- based o n the fact that the nuclei of past 4,650 feet.
surements. Until now no wireline tool atoms spin, are charged, have magnetic The triple combo log over this inter-
existed which could differentiate moments, and therefore act like small val clearly shows three zones of high
between these two water types. Yet this magnets. The magnetic resonance imag- resistivity and high porosity that were
differentiation is imperative if log inter- ing log tool is tuned to look at hydrogen included in the calculation of hydrocar-
pretation is to consistently match actual protons in the fluid of a rock's pore bon reserves. Also occurring between
well production results. spaces. these three intervals are two intervals of
Pennzoil has utilized a revolutionary A large permanent magnet is lowered low resistivity of the type not included in
new wireline tool, the magnetic reso- downhole using an electric wireline. As the original reserve estimates. The ques-
nance imaging log (MRILTM),tohelp this permanent magnet is pulled across tion was whether the lower resistivity
evaluate low resistivity responses in one the formation, the hydrogen protons, zones were hydrocarbon-bearing, water-
of its offshore Gulf of Mexico wells. The acting like small magnets, will align productive, or non-reservoir rock. The
well, the Eugene Island 330 C - lost, was themselves with the resultant magnetic answer could affect reserve estimates
drilled in Block 330, owned by Pennzoil, field. A radio pulse is then transmitted and well completion designs.
Pogo, Exxon, Mobil and Cockrell, and from the tool which instantly causes the Another zone of interest occurred
operated by Pennzoil. Production hydrogen protons at a known radius
began in 1973, and stands at 116 million from the center of the magnet to reori-
barrels of oil and 621 billion cubic feet entate or "tip" themselves perpendicular
of gas. to the direction of the permanent mag-
Of particular interest to Pennzoil and netic field.
its partners is the GA-2 reservoir, which After the pulse, protons will immedi-
has produced 16.5 million barrels of oil. ately begin to realign themselves with
This far exceeds the reservoir's calculat- this permanent magnetic field. As they
ed potential reserves. It has long been do, a signal is given off and measured.
suspected that significant hydrocarbon The total magnetic resonance imaging
contributions have been made to the log signal is proportional to the total
GA-2 from the interbedded low resistivi- number of hydrogen protons in the
ty portions of the reservoir. It has been fluid.
hypothesized that these portions have By analyzing how quickly hydrogen
acted as "feeders," able to recharge the protons realign with the permanent
highly porous and permeable members magnetic field, a determination of the
because of the large surface area in con- amount of irreducible (bound) fluid
tact between them. No wireline tool has and the amount of free fluid present can
existed to test this hypotheses. be made. This is possible because the
Magnetic Resonance Imaging hydrogen protons in the irreducible
MRIL is a wireline logging service fluid realign themselves very much faster
provided exclusively by NUMAR than those contained in the free fluid
Corporation. It utilizes the phenome- portion.
non known as nuclear magnetic reso- Conventional Log Data
nance to accurately measure free fluid, Figure 1 is a display of the conven-
*Repnnted with permission from the Ammican Oil and Gas Reporter, '93
Figure 1
34 Bulletin Housron Geological Society. January 1994

from 5,192 to 5,241 feet. The conven- tivity interval from 4,572 to 4,596 feet,
tional log data indicates a section of one realizes that the drop in resistivity
sand/shale bedding from 5,192 to 5,216 was not caused by an increase in pro-
feet, overlying a clean sand from 5,216 ducible water, but simply by an increase
to 5,241 feet. The log porosity would in matrix irreducible water.
tend to indicate that each of the sand This situation occurred because this
interbeds were hydrocarbon productive, interval was composed of much finer
but that the larger clean sand appeared sand grains which hold more surface
to transition to water. Without knowl- tension water than the surrounding
edge of the irreducible water content intervals of high resistivity. The other
throughout this interval, this interpreta- interval of low resistivity occurring
tion could not be proved or disproved. between 4,532 and 4,555 feet was caused
MRIL field Log by a combination of irreducible matrix
Figure 2 is a display of the magnetic water and clay bound water evidenced by
resonance imaging field log. the difference in the MPHI and the den~
Examination of this log reveals that an sity / neutron porosity reading.
additional 27 percent of hydrocarbon Calculating Reserves
reserves could be added to the reserve Once the magnetic resonance imag-
estimates. In fact, all producible fluids ing log has confirmed that the entire
above the true oil-water contact at 4,612 interval above the oil/water contact at
feet are hydrocarbon. The low resistivity 4,612 feet is of irreducible conditions,
readings above 4,612 feet were caused by the amount of free fluid over the inter-
increases in irreducible water content val. As mentioned earlier, net pay
and not movable water. increased by 27 percent in this well bore
The magnetic resonance imaging log when the hydrocarbons occurring over
confirms that the interbedded section intervals of resistivities of 1 ohm-m and
for 5,192 to 5,216 feet contains only Figure 2 less were included.
movable hydrocarbons. The log pro- intervals that can have producible hydro- Similarly, by observing the increase in
vides good news for the cleaner section carbons with low resistivity readings. MBV! from the top to the bottom of the
from 5,216 to 5,240 feet. There is no The actual amount of producible fluid clean sand occurring from 5,216 to
movable water in this section, and all the available is simply the difference in the 5,240 feet, one realizes the decrease in
producible free fluids through this inter- MPHI and the MBV! porosity readings. resistivity is caused by an increase in the
val are hydrocarbons. This interval has This value is referred to as the free fluid irreducible matrix water, and not mov-
been tested, and is producing 800 bar- index. able water. The zone contains no mov-
Two sources of irreducible water
rels of oil per day on a 21/64 inch able water, and is at completely irre-
choke with zero water cut. exist. One is clay bound water, which is ducible conditions. All the free fluid
Since the magnetic resonance imag- simply a function of the amount of clay present is hydrocarbon. This increase in
ing log is a new wireline service, a brief present in the formation. An estimated irreducible water was caused by the sand
description of the field log is necessary value of this clay bound water is normal- grains becoming finer toward the bot-
to demonstrate how it was able to ly made during conventional log analy- tom.
SIS. Track II of Figure 2 displays the per-
change the interpretations made from
the conventional triple combo log and The second source of irreducible meability derived from the magnetic res-
obtain the described results. water is the surface tension water held by onance imaging log. This would repre-
Track III, at the far right of Figure 2, the matrix material, in this case, the sent the intrinsic permeability of the
is a display of the recorded MPHI and sand grains. Until the introduction of rock.
MBV!. Both are porosity curves scaled magnetic resonance imaging logs, there Track 1 to the far left of Figure 2 con-
the same as the conventional porosity was no way to even estimate this amount tain~ gamma curve and four raw mea-
measurements, 60-0. The MPHI is a of matrix irreducible water from wireline surements of the MRIL service. The
measurement of all formation porosity measurements.
except clays bound porosity normally With the use of this truly funda- Continued on page 39
referred to as effective porositY. This men tal mea-
curve would be similar in value to the surement of
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rocks and picturesque scenery, while on
an adventure taken in the "Spirit ofJohn
Wesley Powell", traveling in wooden
Dories down t h e "The River of NO
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not! T h e Salmon is t h e largest
undamned river of the American West. It
is wild and free flowing all the way into
the Snake River.
We will embark on the river in the
alpine setting of Corn Creek, Idaho, sev-
eral hours south of Missoula, Montana,
where our trip will convene. There we Salmon. We will have the opportunity to back this opportunity with your conven-
meet o u r outfitters, NORTHWEST s t o p a n d relax in hot springs that tion trip. Cost for the river trip itself is
DORIES, who offer superior quality and prospectors visited a century ago. The estimated to be around $875 per person,
safe rides. And, from the time we arrive memory of the "Thunder Mountain Gold including a five day fully outfitted dory
and for the next five days Northwest Rush" of 1898 will be revisited at an trip, entertainment, meals, field refresh-
Dories will take care of everything for us, abandoned trading post that we will see. ments, guidebooks, hotel before and
including personable and helpful guides Wildlife including moose and Bighorn after the trip, and taxes. Participants will
and some of the most sumptuous cook- sheep may be encountered along the need to make their own travel arrange-
ing you will ever have - not even speaking way. o u r take out point from the river is ments to and from Idaho. Air travel is
of the ride on the river itself. As the river near Riggins, Idaho, several hours south most economical i n t o Missoula,
flows westward it traverses a series of of Lewiston, Idaho, where we will be Montana, a n d o u t of Spokane,
canyons that it has cut through schist transported and bid our guides farewell. Washington. If participants coordinate
and gneiss, and granite of the Idaho The AAPG convention is being held with us, we may be able to make some
Batholith, uplifted 60 to 100 million in Denver, June 12-15, 1994. For the group arrangements. Let us know ASAP.
years ago. Along the way we will camp at convenience of those who are going to ground transportation from these locales
unique locales on the river for four be in Denver then, we are planning-for to and from the river will be arranged
nights. We will be able to hike to high our excursion to follow (June
- 17-23) the once logistics are finalized.
mountain meadows and beyond to a convention. From Houston, you ,, are
sweeping vista overlooking the mighty almost there and you may want to piggy
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June 17-23,1994
Name:
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BuUerin Houston Gedogical Society. January 1994 37

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voir with no movable

Continued from page 35
water with the greatest
four measurements represent how quick- cumulative number of WANTED:
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with the magnetic field of the perma- ability-first, 5,195- ProspectGeneratorsfor
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to 4,612 feet consists of three coarse- below the present con-
grained intervals and two fine grained tact of 4,612 feet.
intervals. The clean sand from 5,216 to One can see in Figure
5,240 feet is clearly a fining downward 3 that very little hydro-
sequence as the ratio of echo 1/ echo 13 carbon was left
increases with depth. behind, causing one
Combined Log to realize the recovery
Figure 3 is a display of the magnetic efficiency over the
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play are sidewall core porosities and per- Universal Application dict production in these reservoirs from
meabilities shown as dots on the appro- Pennzoil had already used the mag- conventional log analysis without the use
priate curves. Also added is a curve netic resonance imaging log in the of the MRlL survey.
labeled BVW in Track 3. This curve rep- Travis Peak and Cotton Valley reservoirs The Travis Peak, in particular, causes
resents total matrix water (movable and of East Texas. It is also difficult to pre- grave problems for the log analyst. The
bound) seen by the resistivity device. sands, whether hydrocarbon productive
The display provides a very powerful or water productive, many times display
description of the reservoir. identical log responses on resistivity and
For the first time, answers to funda- porosity logs. This is because the differ-
mental questions managers have always ent sands have the same water satura-
asked of wireline logs, but were never tion, but not the same irreducible water
answered, are now available. saturation.
For example: "What will the reservoir The key to determining which sands
produce (nothing, water, or hydrocar- will produce hydrocarbons instead of
bon)?" is answered: "Intervals with no water is knowing the sands irreducible
free fluid will produce nothing. wate~ contents. The same basic log
Reservoirs with free fluid and BVW interpretation problem of differentiat-
greater than MBVI will produce water. ing between movable water and irre-
Reservoirs with free fluid anq BVW ducible water from wireline logs exists in
equal to MBVI will produce hydrocar- all formations drilled. The magnetic res-
bons with out a water cut. Intervals onance imaging log measurement pro-
included are 4,524, 4,612 and 5,150 - vides this critical fundamental measure-
5,245." ment of irreducible water volume in any
A second question: "Which reservoir type of formation.
contains the most producible hydrocar- It is no longer necessary to assign ran-
bon?" is answered: "The reservoir with dom cutoffs of water saturation and
the most hydrocarbon feet at irreducible porosities, as is typically the case, to
conditions-first, 5,195-5,245: second, determine if a reservoir will produce
4,532-4,612; and third, 5,150-5,170." hydrocarbons or water. The irreducible
The third question: "Which reservoir water, free fluid, and permeability are
will yield the highest production rate of now available on a foot by foot basis.
hydrocarbon?" is answered: "The reser- Pennzoil, utilizing this new technolo-
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RELATED RESEARCH
Pattern of Hydrothermal Circulation From

Fission-Track Analysis Within The Newark Basin
Michael S. Steckler, Gomaa I. Omar,
Garry D. Karner, and Barry P. Kohn
Introduction Olsen and Fedosh, 1988; Dunning and are 120 220 "C, depending on the cool-
Hodych, 1990). ing rate, (Hurford, 1986 and references
The basin forms a wedgeshaped half- therein) and 220240 "C (e.g., Hurford,
The timing, spatial distribution, and graben cut by eastdipping border faults 1986; Fitzgerald a n d Gleadow, 1988;
migration of crustal-scale fluid flow with- along its northwestern side (Fig. 1). This Brandon a n d Vance, 1992 a n d refer-
in extensional environments are poorly side of t h e basin consists of a mostly ences therein), respectively.
understood. T h e effects of fluid flow right-stepping series of border faults, In addition, 28 horizontal confined
within extensional tectonic settings are most of which are reactivated Paleozoic track length distributions (HCTLDs)
only now being realized, especially in thrust faults (Ratcliffe et al., 1986). The have been measured on the apatite sam-
terms of the thermal history of rift and southeastern side of the basin consists ples. FTs are initially formed with a nar-
passive margin basins. Independent g e e mostly of an onlap of synrift basin strata row r a n g e of track lengths a n d t h e n
logic observations from the Newark basin o n t o t h e hanging-wall b a s e m e n t anneal by shortening as a function of
attest to the existence and timing of rela- (Schlische, 1992). The Newark basin stra- their time-temperature history. The dis-
tively high temperature (100-250 "C) ta generally dip towards the border faults tribution of track lengths reflects the low-
hydrothermal fluids within the basin. F T at angles of 5" to 20". Estimates using the temperature thermal history of the host
results from apatites a n d zircons from fault and basin geometry suggest only rel- rock and permit more rigorous interpre-
the Newark basin and surrounding base- atively minor extension of the upper tation of FT ages (Gleadow et al., 1986;
ment provide information about the pat- crust (5-10 km; Bell et al., 1988). G r e e n e t al., 1 9 8 9 ) . T h e a n n e a l i n g
tern of hydrothermal circulation within The youngest strata preserved in the behavior of FTs is also affected by com-
the Newark basin and the timing a n d Newark basin are Sinemurian (198-201 position (Crowley and Cameron, 1987).
temperature range of the fluids. m.y.). Breakup of the continental margin FTs in fluorapatite are less stable than in
and the initiation of seafloor spreading chlorapatite, an effect that is most pro-
Geology Of The Newark Basin in the central Atlantic Ocean occurred nounced in samples that have under-
sometime between 175190 Ma (Klitgord gone a high degree of annealing.
The early Mesozoic extensional system
and Schouten, 1986; Benson and Doyle, Most of the ten zircon samples plotted
along t h e eastern seaboard of North
1988). The eastern edge of the Newark in Figure 2 have a similar age. The basin
America consists of m o r e t h a n 20
basin is unconformably o n l a p p e d by a n d b a s e m e n t samples t h a t f o r m a
exposed basins (Fig. 1) and others cov-
Lower Cretaceous and younger coastal plateau have a weighted mean age of 180
ered by coastal plain sediments. These
plain sediments (Fig. 1 ) . Erosion of Ma. These ages postdate the deposition
halfgraben basins represent the western
Newark basin strata must have ceased by of the youngest preserved strata in the
limit of the Mesozoic rifting that led to Newark basin and indicate that the strata
t h e time they were o n l a p p e d by t h e
the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. The underwent temperatures high enough to
Barremian-age (124118 Ma) sediments
faulted, tilted, and partially eroded rift of the Atlantic margin. It is within this reset zircons after deposition in t h e
s t r a t a a r e t e r m e d t h e Newark basin. The zircon ages also indicate that
time interval (-80 m.y.) that any younger
Supergroup (Olsen, 1980). The Newark they cooled below 220 +.40 "C around
rift o r postrift sediments, if they existed,
basin is t h e largest of t h e e x p o s e d 180 Ma. Two samples near the border
must have b e e n both d e p o s i t e d a n d
Newark Supergroup basins, covering eroded. fault were not heated sufficiently to total-
-7770 km' and measuring 220 km along ly reset their ages (318 a n d 310 Ma,
strike (Fig. 1 ) . T h e basin is filled by respectively). Roden and Miller (1991)
Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic (Carnian Fission-Track Results reported similar results for the Newark
to Sinemurian) .strata; maximum thick- Thirty-four apatite and ten zircon FT basin. Two zircon samples yielded ages of
ness is estimated to be 6-8 km (Schlische ages have been determined from samples 338 260 Ma f o r t h e Jurassic Towaco
and Olsen, 1990). Mafic igneous rocks of the synrift strata within the northern Formation near the border fault and 252
within the basin, with a cumulative thick- Newark basin and surrounding basement +.37 Ma for t h e Triassic Passaic
ness of >1.5 km, were a l l rapidly (Fig. 1). Generally accepted effective c k r Formation (Roden and Miller, 1991).
emplaced a t 20121 Ma (Sutter, 1988; sure temperatures for apatite and zircon The pattern of apatite ages is very sim-
*Reprinted with permission )om Geology, 1993.
Bulletin Houston Geological Society. Januaq 1994

ilar to the zircon results (Fig. 2). The dis-

tribution of apatite FT age-is flat across
both the basin and the surrounding base-
ment except in the vicinity of the border
fault. Basement samples have all been
reset to ages younger than rifting. The
ages range from 138 to 170 Ma with an
average of 154 Ma. The HCTLDs have
long mean track lengths between 13.20
and 14.14 pm, and are negatively skewed,
with no short tracks; these char&teristics
imply relatively rapid cooling.
The samples from within the Newark
basin range-in age from 134 to 214 Ma.
These fall into two distributions. Away
from the border fault, the ages range
from 134 to 156 Ma. Again, the HCTLDs
have long mean track lengths (13.36-
14.25 Ilm) and are negatively skewed with
few short tracks. The young age and lack
of highly annealed short tracks indicate
that these samples have all been heated
and completely reset since deposition
within the basin. The weighted mean age
Liili! of
coastal plain of 140 Ma and with the long narrow
track-length distributions indicate that
these samples cooled rapidly through
Figure 1 temperatures of 100 *10 "C around this
time. Due to this resetting, any prior
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samples yielded ages of 154 to 176 Ma

and 150 to 159 Ma. However, the
HCTLDs of the conglomerate samples
with the older ages exhibit tails of short-
er tracks that are absent from the other
s a m ~ l e s These
. tails could be due to
Zircon incomplete annealing of older tracks,
perhaps coupled with chemical differ-
ences. In either case, the temperature
history of these samples would have dif-
fered only slightly. When samples have
been in the lower part of the partial
annealing zone (100-120 "C) for a long
time, small differences in thermal history
can result in widely differing ages. ~k
believe that this is the primary origin of
the scatter in ages near the border fault.
We conclude that this area underwent
much less heating (T,,, -100-140 "C)
than the rest of the basin and surround-
ing basement.
To summarize, most of the exposed
strata in the Newark basin were suffi-
ciently heated after deposition to totally
reset both zircon and-apatite FT ages.
The strata cooled below -220 "C at 180
Apatite Ma and -100 "C at 140 Ma. This pattern
is remarkably consistent over a-broad
area encompassing both the basin and
basement. Sedimentary rocks now
exposed near the border fault reveal a
more varied and generally cooler ther-
mal history. Zircons are not reset, limit-
ing the maximum temperature to <220
240 "C, and apatites show variable
degrees of resetting. Some samples were
heated to >I20 "C, whereas others were
never heated above 100-120 "C. The pat-
tern of FT ages may be influenced by syn-
rift transverse folds along the border
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 fault (Schlische, 1992), but there are
insufficient samples to test this. What is
Distance from Border Fault (km) remarkable about the results is the nar-
rowness of the zone adjacent to the bor-
Figure 2 der fault that yielded the older ages. In a
thermal history of the apatite and zircon the basin, these samples were heated suf- 5-10 km wide zone, the FT data record
grains is not preserved. ficiently to shorten existing tracks, but over 10QC change in maximum temper-
Near the border fault, the ages and were never heated sufficiently to totally ature with minor structural or elevation
HCTLDs are much more variable. The anneal the older tracks. Roden and change.
ages of these samples range from 148 to Miller (1991) obtained a similar pattern, Evidence Of Hydrothermal Flow
214 Ma. At three sites, conglomeratacob reporting apatite ages from 150-196 Ma
bles of differing lithologies were sepa- within 10 km of the border fault and Several lines evidence indicate that
rately dated. Some of the samples from 126153 Ma at greater distances. extensive hydrothermal circulation
the border-fault region exhibit broader Some of the scatter of ages in the sedi- occurred during the development of the
HCTLD distributions or tails of short ment samples near the border fault can Newark basin.
tracks. Some of these apatites probably be attributed to either retention of older Mineralization. Base-metal mineral
retain tracks created prior to their depo- tracks or variation in apatite chemistry. deposits are related to either Jurassic
sition within the Newark basin. Indeed, These conglomerates contain cobbles intrusions (skarn-type deposits) or major
at one conglomerate site the FT ages from a variety of sources; they arrived at structural features within the basin
exceed the age of sedimentary strata the basin with a broad range of earlier (faults and fracture zones). Fluid inclu-
(2 10-214 Ma vs. upper Boonton thermal histories and track densities. sion and isotope studies indicate that
Formation, 198 Ma) and at another it is Thus incomplete annealing of those mineralized veins are associated with
concordant with the depositional age tracks would result in greater scatter in 100-250 "C brines from within the basin
(194 +11 Ma vs. uppermost Passaic ages, but no geological significance to (Gray, 1988; Robinson and Woodruff,
Formation, 201 Ma). After deposition in this scatter. Two nearby conglomerate 1988). Model lead ages from galenas in

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reflectance studies
from the Newark basin
showing t h a t t h e
Triassic shales a r e
overmature b u t t h e
Jurassic shales a r e
mature to immature
(Pratt a n d Burruss,
1988; Katz e t al.,
1989).
Paleomagnetic Data.
Paleomagnetic results
show two magnetiza-
In this Issue Volume 36 Contents
a n d biotite gave emplacement ages of

about 201-202 Ma, K-feldspars separated
from granophyres in the diabases yielded
younger ages. A K-feldspar from a gra-
nophyre in the Palisades sill yielded ages
ranging from about 157 to 176 Ma. Sutter
(1988) estimated that cooling to tempera-
tures of -200 "C following emplacement
of the sill would have been relatively
rapid ($1 m.y.), and thus interpreted the
younger ages as evidence of cooling from
a hydrothermal event at -175 Ma.
Discussion And Conclusions
tions, a primary o n e
with mixed polarities We interpret the l T results from the
(component C) a n d Newark basin as indicating the existence
14701 ST. MARY'S LANE, SUITE 200 an overprint (compo- and decay of a long-lived hydrothermal
nent B) (Witte e t al., convection system in the Newark basin.
77079
1991) . Fold-test failure The spatial distance between locations
indicates t h a t t h e B showing partially reset (border fault) and
P.O. BOX 218330 component is a later totally reset (basin and adjacent base-
77218 secondary magnetiza- ment) FT ages is < l o km in a region of
tion whose pole posi- little structural relief. Thus, differential
tion implies a Jurassic exhumation cannot explain the range in
HOUSTON,TEXAS age of magnetization FT ages. We interpret the FT data as
(713)531-2900 (Witte et al., 1991). Its recording the existence of extreme later-
high blocking temper- al thermal gradients in a thermal regime
a t u r e (300-660 "C) dominated by hydrothermal circulation.
suggests that it was The lower maximum temperatures near
chemically rather than the border fault indicate a region of
thermally derived. The downwelling. Similar downward percola-
the coeval Hartford basin fall in the B component identifies a thermo-chemi- tion of ground-water perturbing temper-
range 150e20 Ma (Robinson a n d cal event found throughout the Newark atures is observed today at the Rhine
Woodruff, 1988). Hydrothermal minerals basin. The hematitic c;ments responsible graben (Person and Garven, 1989). The
such as zeolites are a common precipi- for carrying component B are likely part downward flow is driven by the hydraulic
tate found within fracture networks of the mineralized precipitates deposited head of the rift-flank topography. We
throughout the basin and adjacent coun- during the migration of relatively hot, envision a similar situation existing for
try rock. hydrothermal fluids. However, uniform the Mesozoic Newark basin: an elevated
Hydrocarbon Maturation and Migration. normal polarity of the B component indi- region west of the border fault driving
Bitumen is observed within tension frac- cates that the timing of mineralization cool water down the alluvial deposits
tures, as inclusions within veins, and as must be limited to a single normal-polari- adjacent to the faults (Fig. 3).
staining within sandstones. These obser- ty event. The relief at the border fault neces-
vations indicate that organic maturity was 4"Ar/3YArThermochronometers. Sutter sary to drive convective flow could have
coeval with mineralization, and that (1988) studied diabase sills of the Newark reshlted from a combination of several
hydrocarbons exploited a fracture per- Supergroup basins a n d found that factors. T h e absolute elevation of the
meability (Pratt and Burruss, 1988). The although higher-temperature ther- region surrounding the Newark basin
FT results are consistent with vitrinite mochronometers such as hornblende may have been generated by rifting, with
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components from the Atlantic passive

margin induced thermally (Steckler et
al., 1988) or flexurally (Weissel and
Karner, 1989), and local footwall uplift
adjacent to the Newark basin border
fault. There was probably also a substan-
tial remnant topography from the
Alleghanian orogeny (Manspeizer et al.,
-
1978). Underfilling of the Newark rift
basin by sediments also contributed to h
the local relief at the border fault. The t 0 2 4 8 8 1 0
lake level cyclicity, including anomalous a]
10 RMUPO FAULT
"superwet" cycles, establishes a minimum

of a few h l n d r e d metres of relief. Figure 3
Comparison to flow at the Rhine graben
(Person and Cawen, 1989) suggests that 100 "C lower than in the remainder of sion track ages for detrital zircons:
at least 1-1.5 km of relief at the Newark the basin (Fig. 3). Erosion estimates American Journal of Science, v. 292, p.
depend upon relative temperature per- 565636.
basin border fault is required to produce Crowley, K.D. and Cameron, M., 1987,
downward flow at the border fault. turbations in the downwelling and
Annealing of etchable fission-track dam-
The I T data from the interior of the upwelling regions. The larger the tem- age in apatite: Effects of anion chemistxy:
basin show the persistence and decay of perature perturbation in the upwelling Geological Society of America Abstracts
the hydrothermal system. Sedimentation region away from the border fault, the with Programs, v. 19, p. 631.
was continuous from -225 Ma to at least less erosion is required to account for Dunning, G.R, and Hodych, J.P., 1990, U/Pb
-198 Ma. Strata now at the surface were the observations. Estimates for this parti- zircon and baddeleyite ages for the
tioning and the geotherm suggests a Palisades and Gettysburg sills of the
buried to some depth within the basin. northeastern United States Implications
The zircon ages show that' these strata minimum of 3 km of denudation of the
for the age of the Triassic/ Jurassic
cooled below -220 "C ca. 180 Ma, after Newark basin and surrounding region. boundary: Geology, v. 18, p. 795798.
the end of recorded rifting in the Estimated rates lie in the Fitzgerald, P.G., and Gleadow, A.J.W., 1988,
Newark basin. Cooling and erosion 45160 m/m.y. The Newark basin fission- Fission-track geochronology, tectonics
resulted in the closure of the apatite FT track results suggest that hydrothermal and structure of the Transantarctic
systems at -140 Ma. This age shortly pre- flow at extensional basins is probably Mountains in northern Victoria Land,
much more extensive than has been pre- Antarctica: Chemical Geology (Isotope
dates the onlap of the basin by a thin Geoscience Section),v. 73, p. 169-198.
veneer of coastal plain sediments at 124 viously realized.
Gleadow, A.J.W., Duddy, I.R., and Lovering,
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remained cool (<50 "C). The zircon and Early Mesozoic rift
apatite ages within the basin and the basins of eastern
Cretaceous onlap of the coastal plain are North America and
consistent with cooling from >220 "C their gravity anom-
through apatite closure to surface tem- alies: The role of GILLRING OIL CO.
peratures at a rate of 34.5 "C/m.y. detachments during
The cooling of the Newark basin dur- extension: Tectonics, A 40 year old Exploration and
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mentary venekr over the Newark basin gin of the Atlantic Charles L. Canfield, President
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p. 387. of t h e eastem U.S.: U.S. Geological extension: loumal of Geophysical .
Manspeizer, W., Cousminer, H.L., and Puffer, Survey Bulletin 1776, p. 377-390. Research, v. 9?, p. 13,91913,950.-
J.H., 1978, Separation of Morocco and Roden, M.K. and Miller, D.S., 1991, Tectono- Witte, W.K, Kent, D.V., and Olsen, P.E., 1991,
eastern North America: A Triassic-Liassic thermal history of Hartford, Deerfield, Magnetostratigraphy and paleomagnetic
stratigraphic record: Geological Society Newark and Taylorsville Basins, eastern poles from Late Triassicearliest Jurassic
of America Bulletin, v. 89, p. 901-920. United States, using fission-tmck-analysis: strata of the Newark basin: Geological
Olsen, P.E., 1980, The latest Triassic and Early Schweizerische Mineralogische u n d Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p.
Jurassic formations of the Newark Basin Petrographisce Mittcilungen, v. 71, p. 16481662.
(eastern North America, Newark 187-203. +
Supergroup): Statigraphy, structure, and Schlische, R.W., 1992, Structural and strati-
Bulletin Houston Geological Sodety. January 1994

OFF THE SHELF
In Limestone Country
bv Scott Russell Sanders, Beacon Press, Boston, 11985
Book Reviewed by David M. Orchard
"Walk to your town square o r to the Endothyra baileyi comprise t h e grains. description of why the Salem limestone is
lawn of t h e n e a r e s t c o u r t h o u s e , a n d Endothym gives the rock a pseudo-oolitic such a prized rock. But h e also expresses
chances are you'll find a war memorial appearance, and someone with at least a a layman's s e n s e of w o n d e r w h e n ,
carved from Indiana limestone ....If you rudimentary knowledge of c a r b o n a t e impressed by its content, h e describes
live anywhere in t h e lower forty-eight petrography named the town of Oolitic, the rock as "a cake of corpses." In the
states, you are probably within walking Indiana, after that characteristic. course of this book, he visits the site of
d i s t a n c e of a l i b r a r y , b a n k , factory, As anyone who has worked o n micro- the earliest known quarry (1827), takes a
church, house, o r skyscraper built with facies analysis of carbonate rocks knows, field trip with the state geologist, talks
the Salem Li~nestone." even the most uniform formations vary with quarriers, mill workers, and sculp-
So Scott Sanders describes the ubiqui- in texture a n d composition. For t h e tors, and discusses the social stratification
ty of America's most widely used building quarriers, subtle changes in texture o r implied by the use of exotic versus local
stone, the Salem Limestone of Indiana. c o l o r c a n r e n d e r a rock u n s a l a b l e .
stone for grave markers.
For more than a century, this stone has Stylolites (crows' feet in local terminolo- T h e industry is far beyond its glory
been quarried from its outcrop belt for gy) ruin it, and coarse-grained stone is years, and Sanders describes the fading
use in monumental and lesser buildings disliked by customers who don't trust its of towns originally built for a higher level
around the country. It has dominated all strength a n d d o n ' t like its non-smooth ol'local economic activity. But the indus-
slatistics of stone use. As Sanders says, appearance. Solution channels and terra try also has an assured minimum level of
"Thrre was a time, back in the heyday of rosa cause further problems. f u t u r e d e m a n d . With t h e rock in s o
the industry before the Depression, when T o find the best stone, therefore, the many existing building, production will
twtrthirds of all cut stone in America was quarriers must explore. They call in long be required for repairs and replace-
coming from this little strip of land, an geologists, employ diamond cores and, ment.
area so small that you can hike it from largely, trust the accumulated wisdom of Most of us have taken that walk to the
sidc to side or bicycle it from end to end their practice to choose the right place town square a n d seen this rock in use.
in a day." to o p e n a new quarry. Even with t h e Fewer have seen it in outcrop and quar-
Originally published as Stone Country shallow depth of their search, the results ry. This book goes there for you a n d
by thr Indiana University Press, Sanders' a r e hit a n d miss. Failed quarries a r e leaves you with a detailed, empathetic
book is partly about the decline of the commonplace. impression of the geology, scenery, peo-
industry and nostalgia for boom times. It Geology a n d geologists are not always ple, and life in lirnestone country
is partly about the profound effect of held in the highest esteem. "One quarri-
more than a century of quarrying o n the e r would often drill in formations that
l a ~ ~ t l s c a p eIt. is largely about a people underlie t h e Salem,
and s u b c d t u r e strongly influenced by t h e n complain when
the area's major industry, stone quarry-
ing.
he found n o good
stone. H e absolutely
@ StratiGraphics
O f all the extraction industries, the refused to believe that "PALEONTOLOGICAL SERVICES"
most basic must be removing stone from sedimentary rock was
the gl-ound, not fbr what it contains o r b e d d e d down in lay- STEVE ROSE AND ASSOCIATES
might yield, but rather for the use of that ers. H e t h o u g h t the 41 FAUlNO STAR COVRT, THE WOODLANDS. TX 77381
rock h r its inherent properties. This c r e a m y d e p o s i t s ol' 17131 363-3465

missi is sip pi an bioclastic l i m e s t o n e is Salem could t u r n u p HIGH RESOLUTION BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
exrrllent for quarrying, cutting, carving, anywhere, like buried PLANKTIC I BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA I NANNOFOSSILS
and use in buildings. From a formation treasure. You just had COMPUTER GENERATED (RAGWARE) PLOTS
as much as 90 feet thick, a good quarry to sniff around for it." CHECKLISTS DEPICTING SEQUENCE BOUNDARIES I
MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES
will have a sixty-foot section of usable Sanders has
ABUNDANCE I DIVERSITY GRAPHS
rock uninterrupted by bedding planes. learned geology well PLANKTIC I BENTHIC RATIOS
Shell f r a g m e n t s a n d t h e foraminifer enough to give a good STRIPLOGS
Bulletm Houston Geolog~calSoc~ety.January 1994

Aquatic,Pollution,
an Introductory Text, 2nd ed.
by Edward A. Laws
Book Reviewed by David C. Kopaska - Merkel, Geological Survey of Alabama
This is a college undergraduate text- discussion of PCBs, Laws does not men- genic, are clearly explained in relatively
book, and its stated purpose is to educate tion the controversy in the popular press few words in this book. The real prob-
both the lay public and policy makers about whether PCBs are as dangerous to lems with these studies are rarely men-
about the scientific aspects of water pol- humans as has been reported. Also, he tioned, and probably not understood, by
lution so that they can make informed says "PCBs discharged to aquatic systems the talking heads who attack the EPA,
decisions about issues related to water are presumably either degraded in the FDA, and other governmental organiza-
pollution. The book is admirably suited water column o r buried in t h e sedi- tions o n TV a n d o n the radio. Every
to this purpose, and is recommended ments;" apparently unaware of t h e layperson who reads Aquatic Pollution
reading for anyone who wants to know detailed studies conducted by Sanders will come away with a much better under-
more about what can and should be (1989) and others, demonstrating that standing of why environmental problems
done, either personally o r societally, PCBs in the Hudson River are mostlv are not so easy to solve as o n e might
about various kinds of pollution. buried in the sediment ...and then are think.
T h e book is organized as follows. remobilized by flood events. I only noticed a few factual errors,
Seventeen chapters cover topics such as The book has a few other ~ r o b l e m sof illustrations are for the most part very
Urban Runoff, Plastics in the Sea, and course. There seems to be a little a n t h r e easy to interpret and relevant to the text,
Radioactivity. Each chapter contains a pocentrism too, with emphasis on avoid- and I only counted eight typographical
simple explanation of the nature of the ing practices harmful to humans but not errors. Obviously the book was carefully
problem and most contain one or more those that might harm only wildlife. One edited. The book is informative, engag-
case studies. T h e case studies are dis- of the most irritating things about this ingly written, and not all that expensive. I
cussed in terms of their practical implica- book is the high frequency of passive sen- recommend it.
tions and with an eye towards determin- tence constructions. The bodk provides
ing what practices are safe/economical insufficient explanation of how some cal- REFERENCE
under what conditions. I found most of culations are made; e.g., of toxicity levels
the case studies intensely interesting, and used by the EPA. These calculations Sanders, J. E., 1989, PCB-pollution in the
they are one of the best features of the Upper Hudson River: from environ- ,
would probably be explained in more
book. detail in a classroom. but the casual read- mental disaster to "environmental
The discussions of various toxins are er does not have this extra assistance. gridlock:" Northeastern Environmen-
about as complete as they can be in a On the plus side, some topics that tal Science, v.8,m p. 1-86.
book of this scope and length, but in have been bandied about in the popular
some cases a little more information press, such as the methods used to deter-
would be helpful. For example, in the mine whether chemicals a r e carcino-
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EXPLORATION ACTIVITY REVIEW
By Walter S. Light, Jr.

President, Thunder Exploration, Inc.
Data Furnished by Geomap Co.
National Rig Count: October 29-870; Year A g o 0 8 3 8

International Rig Count: August 1993-935, Year Ago 939
Seismic Crew Count: August 1993-184, Year Ago 210
WEST TEXAS - integrated into Geomap's present inter- associated with a local carbonate
pretation, a small structure is indicated. buildup.
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO Buckeye Energy has announced an
Ellenburger discovery with its #1
MW Petroleum Corporation has Clements in Callahan County, Texas.
INTERNATIONAL
announced a deeper pool Silurian dis- The well was completed open hole with HIGHLIGHTS
covery in northwestern Lea County, New casing set @ 4015' and 2 3/8" tubing set
Mexico. The #1 State "10" had an IP of @ 4020' for an IP of 74 BOPD and 12 NORTH AFRICA
443 BOPD, 28 MCFGPD, and 212 BWPD MCFGPD. T h e new discovery is sur-
from perforations 10,932'-38'. The well rounded by Cook Sand (Wolfcamp) pro- Algeria
is 2 miles northwest of Devonian produc- duction in Callahan Regular Field. Agip has suspended its outpost well
tion in S.R.R. Field. The trap for the new Nearest Ellenburger production was Bir Rebaa SW 2 as an oil well. T h e
discovery is structural over the BAR-U from the a b a n d o n e d Dawson Oil BRSW-2 is located in the Zemoul El Kbar
Field. T h e new well is significant Corporation #3 Travis Chapman 1.25 tract (District V, Ghadames Basin) 4 km
because it is the most northerly commer- miles away. east of the BRSW-I that tested 4,600
cial Siluro-Devonian oil pay in the Tatum Elsewhere in Callahan County BCPD and 13,000 MCFGPD.
basin. Pitcock, Inc. has made a new Caddo gas Elsewhere in Algeria, Sonatrach sus-
In northwestern Mitchell County, discovery with its #1 R. Salmon. The well pended its Oufrane Nord 1 wildcat as a
Texas Dunigan Operating has completed was perf d 2857' to 2875' and had an IPF successful gas well from an unreported
its #1 Strain with an initial flow from the of 1017 MCFGPD, 2 BC, and 20 BWPD. Ordovician interval. The well is located
Ellenburger of 57 BOPD, 12 MCFGPD, The new discovery is located 0.75 miles in the Be1 Rhazi license approximately
and 12 BWPD. Nearest Ellenburger pro- south of Jennie Faye Field (Duffer pro- 78 krn south of T i o u n (District VII)
duction is Westbrook Field located 2.3 duction). On the Caddo mapping hori- a n d 43 km northwest of Sonatrach's
miles to the southeast. Westbrook field zon the well appears to be located on the Hassi Sbaa 1 oil discovery. TD was 2,467
has produced over 700,000 BO from south flank of a Caddo Structure. m in the Cambrian.
seven wells. The #1 Strain perforated 10 In Eastland County, Texas a new
feet of Ellenburger dolomite (8224' top Mississippian gas discovery has been Libya
of pay). announced by W.G. Arnot, Jr. The #1 Veba's B-1-NC84 wildcat tested oil in
The nearest trend of Ellenburger pro- Wilson made an open hole completion the Nubian Sandstones. T h e well is
duction is over 25 miles away in Borden with 2 3/8" tubing set @ 3048' and 4 located east of Arnal Field in the eastern
County. 1/2" casing set @ 3086'. After acidizing part of the Sirte Basin.
Mirage (Ellenburger) Field was the well flowed with an IP of 823 MCFG Also in Libya, Agoco tested an unre-
opened in southeast Scurry County PD. ported amount of oil from its
Texas. Baytech, Incorporated complet- There is no production from any hori- W-1-65 wildcat in Concession 65 in
ed their #I Richardson for 78 BOPD, 15 zon within 2 miles of t h e new well. southeast Sirte Basin.
MCFGPD, a n d 27 BWPD from perfs Nearest well bore was D&A by Tex-Cal Lasmo has spud its A-1-NC174 wildcat
7673'-90'. There is no other reported Company in 1974 (#1 D.V. Rodgers in the Murzuk Basin, (Onshore Block
Ellenburger production within 5 miles of Estate) a 3470' Ellenburger test, located NC 174). T h e Cambro-Ordovician
the new well. With the new control point 0.75 miles south of the #1 Wilson. Sandstones of the Memouniat Formation
Structurally it appears the well may be are the primary objectives.
1 52 Bulletin Houston Geological Society. January 1994

Triton will likely umn overlying thin oil pay. No test data
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United Meridian resumed drilling of Hollin Formation tested in the Villano 2 at The well has been stimulated and is cur-
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and is located off Caravelas, southern Venezuela Turkey
Kahia, 26 krn northwest of' the Abrolhos Corpoven tested its new pool wildcat TPAO suspended its Cagla 1 wildcat
Archipelago National Park. SBC-18E in the Greater Furrial Trend, after recovering oil from two different
Petrobras has also announced the test eastern Venezuela. The well is located in DST's between 1,488 m to 1,510 m and
of' its 4RJS-396D in the Campos Basin, the Santa Barbara Field Area and flowed 1,513 to 1,535 m. The well is located in
1 1 km west-southwest of Marlim field's a c o m b i n e d 7,050 BOPD with 24 License 3037, 8.5 km south-southwest of-
discovery. The well is located in 700 m of MMCFGPD. Tests were from a 50' inter- the Caylarbasi 1 oil discovery. TPAO has
water and h i d an IP of 3,000 BOPD from val in the Oligocene Lower Naricual also suspended its Ozan Sungurlu 4 out-
a presumed Oligocene zone between Sandstone (3,560 BPD of 29 API) and a post aCter recovering oil from a DST
2,500 and 2.5 17 m. shallower 70' interval that flowed an between 2,638 and 2,656 m. The well is
approximate 3,500 BPD of 34 API oil located on the northwestern edge of the
Columbia with no water. Ozan Sugulurlu field that produces from
Triton has completed an outpost it$ La
Campanian to Turonian Karabogaz
Liebre 2 i n the El Pinal Block , Middle
Magdalena Basin. The well tested Eocene
AUSTRALLA Formation.
sandstones of the La Paz Formation with Western Australia Continued on page 5 7
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Additive Property of Faults

by Subsurface Consultants & Associates, Inc.
Lafayette, LA 70508
In an area of intersecting faults, the of a seismic mistie across one or more sions can be made with regard to hydro-
vertical separation ( t h e missing o r faults. The data must be reviewed again carbon potential.
repeated section) of the individual faults and the map redone before any deci-
s h h d he additive, or very close to addi-
tive, across the intersection where the
two faults merge into one. Vertical sepa-
VERTICAL SEPARATION IS CONSERVED.
ration or missing section is discussed in
the December 1993 issue of this Bulletin.
Figure 1 shows two faults downthrown to
the south that merge laterally to.the east.
The vertical separation for the eastern
portion of the -fault is equal to the sum
of the vertical separations for the two
smaller faults.
When checking the additive property,
we are not referring to the faultgap or
over lap widths being additive, but the
vertical separations ( t h e missing o r
repeated section seen in a well log).
The vertical separation is checked by cal-
culating the vertical difference in con-
@ = -7800 -7400= +400 feet
tour values across the fault in the strike
direction of the contours (Figure 1). An @ - -7700 -7550= -150feet
easy way to review the additive property @ = -7550 -7300= -2501..1

of faults is to go clockwise around a fault Not Wrtkal Separation = 0 feet
(see dashed circle o n Figure 1) adding

the vertical separations for the faults d i p
ping in a clockwise direction and sub- Figure 1
tracting the vertical separations for the
faults dipping in a counter-clockwise
direction. If the additive property of The m t k d smpvmtlon Is not
intersecting faults is honored correctly, conserved around this bifursatinp
the additions and subtractions should

nearly equal after crossing all the faults.
Be sure to check this property as close to
the intersection as possible. Faults can
change in size laterally; therefore, at
some distance from the intersection the
vertical separations may not be additive.
Typically, the closest contours to the
intersection are used to check this p r o p
erty. -10500'
Figure 2 shows a completed structure I-- 1000'
map prepared from seismic data with
intersectingi faults that d o not honor
--1150'
8 --
@ 0000 - 7500 +I500 feet
IIOW - WOO +20w feet
3 10000 - 8000 = -2000feet
the additive property. This is a direct
indication that the map is incorrect. -
N.1bwtlcel separation +IS00 feet
There is a 1500 foot bust on this map.

Because of the magnitude of this error,
it is likely that the problem is the result Figure 2

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FAR EAST
Continued from page 53 GEO. - CLASSIFIED \~ .
Brunei Buy - Sell - Trade. Items, Ideas
Geomap Company is.....
Brunei Shell's Bugan 1 is a new gas $20 a month (Send Paymentwith ad.)
E-X-P-A-N-D-I-N-G!
discovery on the flank of Iron Duke The 8_08 ollice iaactillely seeldng
Ad must be:
Field. No test results have been released additional data files in Tx, La, Ms, AI
on the 3,500 m well. 1. Camera Ready for - by our -p8Ddiaa cuaIomer.......
2. and be 1 1/8x 2 3/8 PIa. e8IIEoGreg W.ata
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Indonesia
Asamera has made a gas/condensate CLOSE-OUT SALE
discovery on North Sumatra. The Alur EIGHTY LANDSAT IMAGES
Rambong 1 was drilled to a TD of 3,360 1.2 MILLION SQUARE MILES:
m and had flow rates of 28,000 MCFGPD TEXAS, ARKANSAS
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closed interval. The well is located 3.5
PAT ANDERSON (210) 249-2874
km north-northeast of the Julu Rayeu
Field.
Pakistan
Listof Start a Second Master's
OMV of Austria discovered gas with its
Miano 1 wildcat. The well flowed 35,500 Advertisers
MCFGPD from Lower Cretaceous Lower AGIP Petroleum Program:
Goru Sands. It is located in Block 20 in
Ashland Exploration, Inc.
the Indus Basin, East Baluchistan. The Hydrogeology with
Core Service, Inc.
disocvery is on trend with both the Mari
David K. Davies & Assoc.
Gas Field and the Kadanwari Field.
Dravis Interest
Western Michigan University in
NEAR EAST
Edelman, Percival & Assoc. Houston, beginning january 12th.
EDC
Oman Energy Data Services, Inc.

For information call the HGS Office.
Oxy's Wadi Latham 1 tested 2,439 BPD Mark R. Etheredge
of 40 API plus 2,200 MCFGPD from a 61 Four Star Printing Co.

m section of a medium radius horizontal Geco-Prakla
hole between 2,048 m and 2,109 m. The Geomap
productive zone is the Lower Cretaceous
Shuaiba Fonnation. The well is located 8
km northeast of Daleel Field.
Gillring
Halliburton
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Logging Service gup~m
Oxy also completed-its AIBarakah Lexco Data Systems
NE-l wildcat as an oil well. The well was
Linder Doughtie Energy
drilled to 1,678 m having presumed
LLOG Exploration Co.
objectives of the Shuaiba Formation
Limestones. This well is located 6 km Micro-Strat Inc.
north-northeast of AI Barakah Field. Midland Valley Assoc.
Noreen Explorer, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM - No. American Prospect

Expo.
NORTH SEA Osyka Producing
Amerada tested its 15/21b-50 wildcat Paleo Control, Inc.
located between Rob Roy and Scott fields Paleo Data, Inc.
for a rate of 5,274 BPD of 28.5 API oil. PaleoSourcelEarth View
Amoco's 49/23-D5 Baird Prospect Assoc.
wildcat tested good flows of gas. Pel- Tex Oil Co.
Bow Valley's appraisal 16/6a-4, a Petroconsultants (Houston)
farm-in on the Sedgewick Eocene Petroleum Information
Structure tested over 9,000 BOPD from a
horizontal interval. Stratigraphics
Texas Crude Deep thinking. Top results.
Norway Trans Texas Gas Corp.
Saga's 34/7-22 wildcat, just east of UMC Petroleum Corp.
Tordis tested the Brent Fonnation at a Union Petroleum Corp. 2950 North Loop West, Suite 300
stabilized rate of 7,674 BOPD. World Geoscience Houston, Texas 77092 (713) 688-6281
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