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Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

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South Texas Geological Society Bulletin
Vol. 22 (1981), No. 1. (September), Pages 16-35

Gulf Coast Stratigraphic Traps in the Lower Cretaceous Carbonates

Richard H. Sams

Abstract

Prolific oil and gas production is being obtained from carbonate patch reef reservoirs within Lower Cretaceous formations along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico. Many of these reservoirs are trapped stratigraphically where facies changes within a formation or patch reef unit establish an up-dip permeability barrier. Illustrations of such traps are given from the literature for oil and gas fields in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and East Texas. A geological model is presented which provides the explorationist with an actual drilling target suitable to a multiple well exploratory program.


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