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Wyoming Geological Association
Abstract
Structural Development and Hydrocarbon Entrapment at Whitney Canyon and Yellow Creek Fields, Wyoming Overthrust Belt
Abstract
Whitney Canyon and Yellow Creek fields represent two very different examples of Paleozoic-cored truncation anticlines in the Wyoming Thrust Belt. Distribution and magnitude of hydrocarbon accumulations are the differences with the greatest economic significance. By analyzing subsurface structural form, and employing the results of both outcrop studies and kinematic models, we are able to conclude that Yellow Creek represents an advanced (i.e., further deformed) example of the Whitney Canyon structure. Our interpretation is that hydrocarbon migration and entrapment are directly affected by the details of these structural forms, thus suggesting that exploration and development strategies could be altered accordingly.
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