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Stephen C. Ruppel, principal investigator; Robert Loucks, Charles Kerans, Rebecca H. Jones, H. Seay Nance,
Cari L. Breton; Scott Hamlin, Julia Gale, Jeff Kane, Angela McDonnell, Edgar Guevara, Fred Wang, Robert Reed, Wayne Wright, Harry Rowe, Necip Guven, Ruarri Day-Stirrat, Dan Jarvie, Hongliu Zeng, Qilong Fu (assisted by Rosalba Mendoza, Mary Bezara, David Soto, Norman Meyer, Dana Helbert, Martin Handzlik, Walaa Ali, and Ted E. Playton). |
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The goals of this new project are to produce a detailed, comprehensive analysis and history
of Paleozoic depositional and reservoir systems in the Permian Basin and to create spatially
integrated databases of depositional, stratigraphic, lithologic, and petrophysical properties.
This work will form a fundamental basis for providing oil and gas operators with (a) outcrop and
subsurface, reservoir-specific data and models to be applied to engineering- and completion-based
redevelopment of existing reservoirs; (b) a detailed regional depositional and stratigraphic
framework for applying such models to new exploration targets; and (c) a strong basis for
developing new models and concepts for exploration. These data will decrease the risk and increase
the efficiency of exploiting the remaining hydrocarbons in the Permian Basin and define new
opportunities for drilling. Additionally, the project will result in a greatly improved
understanding of the geological processes that led to the evolution of the basin and in turn
provide fundamental data sets for reinterpreting and updating basic theories of basin evolution,
including structural and stratigraphic history, diagenetic history, source-rock maturation, and
fluid flow. Initial funding for the 3-year project has been provided by the Department of Energy.
Incremental funding is being sought through participation and sponsorship of oil companies with
interests in the basin. |
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(Arcview 3.x project files): |
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Contact Stephen C. Ruppel at 512-471-2965 or e-mail him at
stephen.ruppel@beg.utexas.edu for information.
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