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annual technical review meeting for sponsors of the Reservoir Characterization
Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies (RCRL) was held in early October
at Bureau headquarters in Austin. Representatives from 13 of RCRL’s 15 sponsors
attended the meeting wherein outcrop studies, carbonate rock fabrics, and
3-D reservoir modeling and flow simulation were discussed.
The
review was preceded by a field trip to two field areas. Charlie Kerans
and Ted Playton led the first leg of the trip to examine early Permian
slope and basin-floor carbonate reservoir analogs in the Victorio Canyon
area of the Sierra Diablo Range north of Van Horn, Texas. The second leg
of the trip was led by Jason Rush, who guided participants through Walnut
Canyon, near White’s City, New Mexico, to examine the shelf-margin stratigraphy
of the Tansill/Capitan system in the upper Permian.
RCRL
field trip participants. |
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RCRL
field trip to Walnut Canyon, near White's City, New Mexico. Jason
Rush led the field trip. |
| RCRL
field trip to Victorio Canyon are of the Sierra Diablo Range north
of Van Horn, Texas. Field trip was led by Charlie Kerans and Ted Playton.
Here Charlie Kerans presents material to the group. |
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RCRL
sponsors and researchers celebrate at the Salt Lick restaurant
after a week of field trips and reviews.
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