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DOI:10.1306/13371586St643557
Oil-saturated Mississippian–Pennsylvanian Sandstones of South-central Kentucky
Michael T. May1
1Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101 U.S.A. (e-mail: [email protected])
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University for historical images (assisted by Nancy Baird) and support by the Western Kentucky University Department of Geography and Geology. The manuscript benefited from discussions with Kenneth Kuehn, John Horne, and William Florman. Fran Hein, Jack Pashin, and other editors and reviewers are acknowledged for their work, aiding in the improvement of this chapter. The Kentucky Geological Survey, Illinois Geological Survey, Geological Society of America, and AAPG permitted publication of select copyrighted figures and modifications of others. This chapter is dedicated to all those in Kentucky from the 19th century onward who diligently sought out heavy-end hydrocarbon resources in the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian complex.
ABSTRACT
Rock asphalt or lithified oil sand and heavy oil occurring in Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) strata along the southern and southeastern edges of the Illinois Basin in Kentucky are of increasing interest in the early 21st century. An impetus for renewed interest in asphaltic materials as well as heavy oils and potentially conventional oil located in south-central Kentucky is understandable, considering an overall increase in product price and technological advances in proposed recovery methods. Discussion in this chapter focuses on the regional structural setting, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of heavy oil and asphalt rock, proposed source rocks, general migration pathways, reservoir
rock characteristics, and properties of the hydrocarbon resource. Additionally reviewed are the storied history of heavy-end hydrocarbon extraction, a series of projects and ongoing development of unconventional resources, and the potential for refining these resources.
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