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West Texas Geological Society
Abstract
Depositional, Diagenetic, and Production Histories of Chester Ooid Grainstones in the Austin (Upper Mississippian) Field: Lea County, New Mexico
Abstract
The Austin (Upper Mississippian) Field was discovered in 1957 by Phillips Petroleum, producing gas from the Chester Limestone. The reservoir is an ooid grainstone. The field is located in the north-central part of Lea County, New Mexico near the center of the Tatum Basin.
Chester ooid grainstones are positioned regionally along the East-West carbonate ramp platform that originally connected to the Midland Basin. This platform is now eroded by the uplift of the Central Basin Platform and its northern extension through central Yoakum County. Gas production predominates in the New Mexico portion of the carbonate platform, whereas oil is found in the ooid Chester grainstone reservoirs of the Midland Basin.
Old electric log evaluation may prove to be a valuable method to explore for these reservoirs. Carbonate petrology using well samples in the absence of core material can identify the ooid grainstone bodies and assist in mapping the extent and trend of individual ooid bars.
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