Part 4 - Berg - Hughes Center
Part 4 - Berg - Hughes Center
Part 4 - Berg - Hughes Center
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of secondary, non-associated thermogenic gas is generated from source beds in<br />
the southern part of the basin (Mancini et al., 2008). This modeling supports the<br />
conclusion of Zimmerman and Sassen (1993) that vertical as well as lateral migration is<br />
important in the North Louisiana Salt Basin.<br />
Refined Resource Reservoir Assessment<br />
The refined assessment of the undiscovered and underdeveloped reservoirs based on<br />
basin analysis and petroleum system characterization and modeling indicates that the<br />
potential undiscovered reservoirs in the North Louisiana Salt Basin are subsalt Triassic<br />
Eagle Mills sandstone and deeply buried Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sandstone,<br />
shale, and limestone. Potential underdeveloped reservoirs include Lower Cretaceous<br />
sandstone and limestone and Upper Cretaceous sandstone. The potential Upper<br />
Cretaceous sandstone reservoirs are transgressive backstepping facies associated with a<br />
transgressive-regressive sequence (Fig. 328). These facies onlap onto the Monroe Uplift,<br />
resulting in a combination structural and stratigraphic trap (Figs. 11-13 and 331).<br />
Technology Transfer<br />
Several presentations on the results of this work have been made at the annual<br />
meetings of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Gulf Coast<br />
Association of Geological Societies by Mancini, Li, Goddard, and Barnaby. Technology<br />
transfer workshops have been conducted in Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi;<br />
and Tuscaloosa, Alabama and a fourth workshop is planned for Shreveport in September.<br />
Research results from this project have been published in the Bulletin of the American<br />
Association of Petroleum Geologists (1 paper by Mancini et al., 2008) and in the<br />
Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (5 papers-1 by<br />
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