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Study: Log Data Key to the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Play
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This is a Shale Experts exclusive contributed by: Greg Easson, Ph.D, Thomas H. Story, and Louis Zachos, Ph.D - The University of Mississippi
The Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI) at the University of Mississippi has recently completed a compilation of well log data to better define the potential Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) play in southwest Mississippi. The study was limited to the three counties in southwest Mississippi with the highest potential for TMS drilling success; Wilkinson, Amite and Pike counties. The investigation analyzed more than 1100 well logs in the Ridgway Data Center at the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, to compile a database of approximately 800 well logs used for the development of a series of maps delineating the…
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