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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: The Maverick 
Basin
: New Technology—New Success
Basin: New Technology—New SuccessBy
The Exploration Company
San Antonio, Texas
The Maverick Basin is a small carbonate
basin within 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 elsewhere
in the Gulf Coast Basin. As a result, the
Maverick Basin has remained underexplored.
In the past 10 years, new
technologies such as 3D seismic and
directional drilling have led to new plays and significant increases
in production in the Maverick Basin. 3D 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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