Arbuckle Group, Oklahoma (02)

Comments on Geologic Parameters

02 Permeability/Hydraulic Conductivity:

The permeability map that we chose comes from a numerical ground-water flow model developed by Jorgensen and others (1996). The rock matrix consists of low-porosity mudstones and dolomudstones. However, the permeability map of Jorgensen and others (1996) is regional in scope and does not reflect local differences in porosity and permeability. Therefore, one must realize that because of dissolution and dolomitization, the Arbuckle Group rocks are locally some of the most porous and permeable in the Mid-Continent region. It is often true that reported porosity and permeability values are much lower than the true values (Puckette, 1996). Puckette offered two examples of this phenomenon. The producing section of Cottonwood Creek field, Carter County, Oklahoma, has produced more than 4,000 bopd. Yet the reported porosity and permeability are 2 to 3 percent and less than 0.01 millidarcy, respectively (after Read and Richmond, 1993). In large part this is due to the nature of the karsted rock, which during coring yields proportionately much more of the low-porosity rock than the porous, sometimes brecciated and cavernous zones (Puckette, 1996).

02 Map:

map

02 Reference:

Jorgensen, D. G., Helgesen, J. O., Signor, D. C., Leonard, R. B., Imes, J. L., and Christenson, S. C., 1996, Analysis of regional aquifers in the central midwest of the United States in Kansas, Nebraska and parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming—Summary: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1414-A, 67 p.

Puckette, J. O., 1996, Evaluation of underpressured reservoirs as potential repositories for liquid waste: Oklahoma State University, Ph.D. dissertation, 274 p.

Read, D. L., and Richmond, G. L., 1993, Geology and reservoir characteristics of the Arbuckle Brown zone in the Cottonwood Creek field, Carter County, Oklahoma, in Johnson, K. S., and Campbell, J. A., eds., Petroleum reservoir geology in the southern Midcontinent: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 95, p. 113–125.

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