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AAPG Bulletin, V. 101, No. 7 (July 2017), P. 995-1002.

Copyright ©2017. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1306/bltnfieldatlas070815

Atlas of fields and discoveries, central Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, northwestern Lloyd Ridge, and western DeSoto Canyon protraction areas, northern deep-water Gulf of Mexico

Paul Weimer, Eric Zimmerman, Stephen P. J. Cossey, Harrison Hirsh, Brandon Snyder, Mike Leibovitz, Kris Schwendeman, Brian Hankins, Benjamin Herber, Daniel Bettinger, James Adson, William S. Gutterman, Travis J. Payeur, Renaud Bouroullec, John G. Roesink, Joseph Nicolette, Todd G. Lapinski, and Aaron A. van den Berg

1Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
2LLOG Exploration, 1001 Ochsner Boulevard, Suite 200, Covington, Louisiana 70433; [email protected]
3Cossey and Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 1510, Durango, Colorado 81302; [email protected]
4Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
5Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
6Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Caerus Oil and Gas, 1001 17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; [email protected]
7Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Hess Corporation, 1510 McKinney Street, Houston, Texas 77010; [email protected]
8Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Weatherford Laboratories, 16161 Table Mountain Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80403; [email protected]
9Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Shell Exploration and Production Co., 150 N Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, Texas 77079; [email protected]
10Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
11Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Level 3 Communications, 1025 Eldorado Boulevard, Broomfield, Colorado 80021; [email protected]
12Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
13Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; [email protected]
14Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Petroleum Geosciences, TNO, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands; [email protected]
15Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Jagged Peak Exploration, 1125 17th Street, Suite 2400, Denver, Colorado 80202; [email protected]
16Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Catamount Energy Partners, 1801 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80202; [email protected]
17Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: BP Exploration, 501 West Lake Parkway, Houston, Texas 77079; [email protected]
18Energy and Applied Minerals Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309; present address: Anadarko Petroleum, 1201 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380; [email protected]

ABSTRACT

The 86 fields and discoveries in the central Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, western DeSoto Canyon, and Lloyd Ridge protraction areas are summarized with production characteristics and representative seismic profiles and wire-line logs. Three trap styles are recognized: four-way closure, three-way closure, and stratigraphic. The reservoirs in nearly all of the fields are Neogene deep-water sandstones; four are in Upper Jurassic eolian sandstones. Development facilities include a variety of floating platforms and production units and subsea tiebacks.

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