AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 / SEG Geophysical References
Series No. 11, Chapter 4: Integrated Microbial and 3-D Seismic Surveys
Discover Park Springs (Conglomerate) Field and Track Microseepage Reduction, by Daniel C. Hitzman, Brooks A. Rountree, James D. Tucker,
and Sam Smith, Pages 59 - 65
from:
AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 /
SEG Geophysical References Series No. 11: Surface
Exploration Case Histories: Applications of Geochemistry, Magnetics, and Remote Sensing,
Edited by Dietmar Schumacher and Leonard A. LeSchack
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the
Society of Exploration Geophysicists. All rights reserved.
Chapter 4
Integrated Microbial and 3-D Seismic Surveys Discover Park Springs (Conglomerate)
Field and Track Microseepage Reduction
Daniel C. Hitzman
Geo-Microbial Technologies, Inc.
Ochelata, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Brooks A. Rountree
Geo-Microbial Technologies, Inc.
Ochelata, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
James D. Tucker
Geo-Microbial Technologies, Inc.
Ochelata, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Now with Aera Energy, LLC, Bakersfield, California, U.S.A.
Sam Smith
Consulting Geologist
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
The integration of microbial hydrocarbon microseepage signatures and 3-D seismic data
directed explorationists to a new play concept and resulted in discovery of the Park
Springs (Conglomerate) field in Montague County, Texas. A standard 3-D geophysical survey
identified a prospective Ellenburger structure at a depth of approximately 2200 m (7200
ft) in the northern portion of the 5.6-km2 (3.5-mi2) survey area. A
reconnaissance hydrocarbon microseepage survey of the area was conducted in December 1995,
using the Microbial Oil Survey Technique (MOST). The Ellenburger structure was detected by
a positive, but small, hydrocarbon microseepage signature. A much stronger and larger
microbial anomaly was found above a structural trough, located 1 mi (1.6 km) south.
