THE DEVONIAN WOODFORD FORMATION: SOURCE AND RESERVOIR? PBGSP Stephen C. Ruppel Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT WOODFORD STRATIGRAPHY SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY WESTERN HEMISPHERE Panthalassia Ocean LAURUSSIA PaleoTethys Ocean Permian Basin Rheic Ocean GONDWANA Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
WOODFORD SUBCROP SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT 400 ft Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
WOODFORD DEPTH SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT -10,000 ft -15,000 ft Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
LOG EXPRESSION Permian Basin Barnett Miss. LS Very High Gamma Ray Low Resistivity * Woodford Thirtyone Ector Co., TX Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
WOODFORD FACIES Mudstones Laminated & Burrowed Miss. LS Woodford Fasken Chaves Co., NM Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
WOODFORD FACIES Siltstones Graded Bedding Rippled Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
STRATIGRAPHY & FACIES Black Mudstone Facies Gray Siltstone Facies Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
STRATIGRAPHY & FACIES Black Mudstone Facies Gray Siltstone Facies Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
WOODFORD PALEOGEOGRAPHY SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT Craton-derived Clastic Input: along NW Margin Hemipelagic Muds Deep Basin Upwelling (silica) along SW Margin Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC) WOODFORD TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC) Cores & Outcrops From Comer (1991) Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
KEY ISSUES: WOODFORD Depth Thickness TOC Ro Facies Fractures Super and Subjacent Strata Log Characterization Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX