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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: The Maverick Basin: New Technology—New Success
By
The Exploration Company
San Antonio, TX
The Maverick Basin is a small carbonate basin geographically
associated with the large sand- and shale-rich Gulf Coast
Basin. Oil company managers have often rejected exploration
programs for the Maverick Basin in favor of more glamorous
objectives in the Gulf Coast Basin. As a result, the Maverick Basin
has remained under-explored. In the past 10 years, new technologies
like 3-D seismic and 
directional
drilling have led to new
plays and significant increases in production in the Maverick
Basin. Three-D seismic has been absolutely essential. It has
defined the structural framework of the basin and found new reef
trends and unique structural plays. Directional
drilling is now
allowing operators to produce oil and gas from low-permeability
reservoirs that have been troublesome
in the past. Current activities
place the Maverick Basin at the
threshold of prominence for oil
and gas exploration in the Gulf
Coast area.
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