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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
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Abstract: The Maverick Basin: New Technology—New Success
By
Robert
J. Scott
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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