Granite Wash Play Overview, Anadarko Basin Stratigraphic Framework and Controls on Pennsylvanian Granite Wash Production, Anadarko Basin, Texas and Oklahoma Ed LoCricchio, Atlas Exploration, LLC Ed LoCricchio Atlas Exploration LLC…
Acknowledgements FourPoint Energy, LLC Thom Page Cordillera Energy Partners, LLC Barry C. McBride Andrew Heger Core Labs Grace Ford, Steve Cumella, Ed Dolly, Mike Gardner and the DBLS, Colorado School of Mines 2
Introduction Granite Wash play extends over 130 miles across 7 counties in the Anadarko Basin covering 2.5 million acres Multi-stacked resource play concentrates value with potential of 40 Hz wells/section in Granite Wash Almost…
Discussion Outline Location Map and Stratigraphic Column Play extents and expansion through time Depositional model and hydrocarbon system Challenges and hurdles to Granite Wash study Nomenclature issues and type log Regional…
Anadarko Basin Asymmetrical Basin 35,000 Cambrian Permian Sediments Burial history suggests greatest subsidence in Lower Pennsylvanian Thermal history indicates pre- GRWS source rocks entered oil generation window in the Lower…
Stratigraphic Column Key Points Stacked Pay Zones The Granite Wash and associated plays are among the most Anadarko Basin attractive domestic opportunities due to liquids-rich System Series / Epoch Generalized Stratigraphic Column…
Anadarko Basin Goes Horizontal First GRWS well 1920 Verticals 16,307 First GRWS HZ 2002 HZ Development Explodes in 2008 of HZ Completions 1586 Active GRWS HZ Rigs 33 Source: IHS, Inc.
Granite Wash Vertical Completions Pre 1/1/2006 10 miles Vertical Pre-2006 8
Granite Wash Vertical Completions Post 1/1/2006 10 miles Vertical Pre-2006 Vertical Post 2006 9
Granite Wash Vertical & Horizontal Completions 10 miles Vertical Pre-2006 Vertical Post 2006 Horizontal 10
Granite Wash Vertical & Horizontal Completions 10 miles Vertical Pre-2006 Vertical Post 2006 Horizontal 11
Granite Wash Depositional Model Granite Wash Britt Massive sand deposits shed off GWB the Amarillo uplift and Wichita Mtn. to SW, 15,000 ft of GRWS GWC deposits preserved in the rock record Upper Sediments spread laterally…
Two Plays: Conventional and Unconventional Mountain View Fault System Mountain View Fault System 16,000 ft Basin Centered Gas Resource Play Conventional Traps Conventional Basin Centered Gas Traps Resource Play South…
Challenges Perception that the Granite Wash is only one or two reservoirs When it is at least fifteen reservoirs At least eleven Desmoinesian age reservoirs Limited published studies Subsurface study only, no outcrops Over 30,000…
Whats in a name Numerous different styles for naming individual Granite Wash zones Lithology Age Connotation Kansas Shelf Nomenclature Other Granite Wash Permian Wash Cottage Grove Wash Colors Conglomerate Pennsylvanian Wash…
Our Nomenclature Granite Wash Britt Divided the Desmoinesian age Granite Wash into eleven zones GWB Separated by regionally correlative flooding surfaces GWC Frac barriers Upper At least eleven Desmoinesian age reservoirs GWD…
Mapping Strategy Granite Wash divided into 11 zones (does not include Atoka Wash) Strategy was to correlate significant flooding surfaces across area of interest Create structure maps for each surface and project those surfaces into…
Eleven Stacked Horizons All GRWS zones proven productive by 100s to 1000s of vertical wells, Britt: 145 and over 1500 Hz wells Upper Granite Wash B: 379 AVG. BTU 1,280 Most Hz wells target C: 543 the upper zones 116 Bbls NGLs /…
Regional Cross-Section Index Map Regional grid of 20 X-sections spanning 12,000mi2 and containing 895 wells Created consistent nomenclature and correlations Regional perspective provided insight to basin history 24,000 Wells…
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South Section 4 North Datum CLVD GRWS ::: 10,000 ft I:) I:) I:) I:) ..... ATOK VE = 40x VE = 40x HZ Scale = 83 mi HZ Scale = 83 mi 23
South Section 6 North Datum CLVD GRWS 9,000 ft ATOK VE = 35x HZ Scale = 75 mi 24
Regional Cross-Section Index Map Woodward Z Z' A 6' 8' 9' 10' 11 ' B ,-.- --,-... C' 1 0' heeler F' Gray 3 6 Beckham 8 4 11 25
West Section E East I 9,000 ft Datum CLVD GRWS I ft,, ATOK VE = 28.7x HZ Scale = 87 mi 26
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N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWJ Lower GWJ 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N GWI Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWI Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash S GWH C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWH Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash GWG S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWG Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash SKINNER S C.I= 10 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf Granite Wash GWF S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWF Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf GWE Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper Skinner GWE Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf GWD Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper GWD Skinner Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N Kansas Shelf GWC Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf Upper GWC Skinner Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N GWB Kansas Shelf Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash Shelf GWB Upper Skinner Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
N BRITT Kansas Shelf Granite Wash S C.I= 20 S Datum: CLVD N Kansas Granite Wash Granite Wash BRITT Shelf Upper Skinner Lower 1000 ft Atoka 75 miles
Opportunity Overview One of the Most Attractive North American Resource Plays U.S. Shale Plays Basin activity supported by HZ Rigs by Basin HZ Rig Count superior economics and 1. 2. Permian Basin Gulf Coast Basin 258 237…
Conclusion Desmoinesian Granite Wash Play in the Anadarko Basin is one of the most active plays in the Continental United States. Clastics shed from the Wichita Mountain-Amarillo Uplift were deposited in the Anadarko Basin by sediment…