The Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk in the Sand Wash Basin is characterized by having more terrigenous components than the Niobrara Chalk further to the east. This difference in lithology affects reservoir quality and the potential of the chalk as a matrix-producing reservoir. The degraded reservoir does not appear productive as a shaleoil reservoir, but may be productive as a shale-gas reservoir in the deeper and hotter parts of the Sand Wash Basin.

The major objective of this paper is to present a preliminary characterization of the Niobrara Chalk as a shale-gas system in the northwest Sand Wash Basin.

Keywords:
Upstream Oil & Gas, atlantic richfield, chalk, complex reservoir, Pellet, URTeC, lithofacies, Reservoir Characterization, Sand Wash Basin, pore
Subjects:
Reservoir Characterization, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Exploration, development, structural geology
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