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AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 14, Chapter 9: Structural and Stratigraphic Compartments in a Horizontal Well Drilled in the Eolian Tensleep Sandstone, Byron Field, Wyoming , by N. F. Hurley, A. A. Aviantara, and D. R. Kerr, Pages 143 - 159
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AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 14: Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir, Edited by T. R. Carr, E. P. Mason, and C. T. Feazel
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Chapter 9
Structural and Stratigraphic Compartments in a Horizontal Well Drilled in the Eolian Tensleep Sandstone, Byron Field, Wyoming

N. F. Hurley
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado, U.S.A.

A. A. Aviantara
D. R. Kerr
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

The Tensleep Sandstone is a major oil and gas producer in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Cores, borehole images, and outcrop descriptions have been used to characterize the formation. Lithofacies include: (1) porous and permeable eolian cross-stratified units; (2) lower permeability, finely laminated interdune units; and (3) relatively impermeable marine carbonate and clastic units. Individual eolian dunes range in thickness from 2 to 10 m (6 to 30 ft), with first-, second-, and third-order bounding surfaces identified in outcrops, cores, and logs.

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