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Kansas Geological Survey--Annual Report 2005

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Hugoton Asset Management Project. The Hugoton Asset Management Project (HAMP) was initiated in January 2004 as a two-year project. Its primary goals are to model the Permian gas systems of the Hugoton and Panoma fields in southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle and to build a digital pools catalogue for the pre-Permian fields in southwest Kansas. The project is a collaboration between the Kansas Geological Survey and 10 industry partners with assets in the area. The Hugoton and Panoma fields constitute the largest gas-producing area in North America. Since 1928, the gas fields of southwestern Kansas, including Hugoton and Panoma, have produced 27 trillion cubic feet of gas. These reservoirs are economically important to the State of Kansas and major gas producers. Even with a long history of substantial production, no publicly available field-wide study of how best to explore, produce, and regulate the Permian gas reservoirs has been available previously.

Coalbed methane recovery and sequestration. Production of coalbed methane is a relatively new industry. A natural gas found in coal beds, coalbed methane has been recovered and sold since the early 1980's. The KGS is developing reservoir models and simulations by exploring the coalbed methane potential in eastern Kansas, including the Pennsylvanian rocks in the Cherokee basin, Bourbon arch, and Forest City basin. Survey scientists also are studying the behavior of CO₂ in the coal beds to determine the potential for storing CO₂-rich emissions in underground rock formations.

Other projects:

• Field demonstration of horizontal infill drilling using cost-effective integrated reservoir modeling - Mississippian carbonates, central Kansas
• Evaluating the influence of pore architecture and initial saturation on wettability and relative permeability in heterogenous, shallow-shelf carbonates
• Niobrara Chalk characterization
• Improving geologic and engineering models of midcontinent fracture and Kansas
• Simplified online automated reporting
• Kansas gas compositions study
• Pen field petrophysical study
• Wireline petrophysics of Kansas oil and gas reservoirs
• Log analysis applied to subsurface geology studies
• Mississippian and Pennsylvanian carbonate reservoir characterization
• Geological and engineering models of fracture/karst reservoirs
• Geo-enginering modeling of incised valley system
• Role of shallow evaporite dissolution on 3D seismic interpretation
• Web-based geo-engineering modeling
• Investigation of integrated subsurface processing of landfill gas and carbon sequestration, Johnson County, Kansas
• Investigation of the potential of integrated subsurface carbon sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery using cement kiln emissions
• Collection, organization, and evaluation of point-source coal data in Kansas
• Log interpretation of coalbed methane
• Application of mathematical and statistical methodologies of geological data to Kansas geology

2005 Publications

Energy

Publications

Bhattacharya, S., Doveton, J. H., Carr, T. R., Guy, W. R., and Gerlach, P. M., 2005, Integrated core-log petrofacies analysis in the construction of a reservoir geomodel: A case study of a mature Mississippian carbonate reservoir using limited data: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 89, no. 10 (Oct. 2005), p. 1,257-1,274.

Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Permeability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability properties in low-permeability reservoirs and the influence of thin, high-permeability beds on production; in, Gas in Low Permeability Reservoirs of the Rocky Mountain Region, M. G. Bishop, S. P. Cumella, J. W. Robinson, and M. R. Silverman, eds.: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 2005 Guidebook CD, p. 69-108.

Carr, T. R., and Merriam, D. F., 2005, Use of relational data bases to evaluate regional petroleum accumulation, ground-water flow, and CO2 sequestration in Kansas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 89, p. 1,607-1,627. Available online

Carr, T. R., Newell, K. D., Johnson, T. A., Brown. W. M., and Lange, J. P., 2005, Coalbed-methane development in Kansas; in, Unconventional Energy Resources in the Southern Midcontinent, 2004 symposium, B. J. Cardott, ed.: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 110, p. 63-65.

Castle, J. W., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Petrophysics of Lower Silurian sandstones and integration with the tectonic-stratigraphic framework, Appalachian basin, United States: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 89, no. 1, p. 41-60.

Doveton, J. H., 2005, Latent class analysis: An algebra of probability for binary data: International Association Mathematical Geologists, GIS and Spatial Analysis, Proceedings, v. 2, p. 1,278-1,283.

Doveton, J. H., 2005, Polynomial stratigraphy: Moment mapping of subsurface lithofacies in three dimensions: Proceedings International Association Mathematical Geologists, GIS and Spatial Analysis, Proceedings, v. 2, p. 1,296-1,301.

Hayes, D. E., and Nissen, S. E., 2005, The South China Sea margins: Implications for rifting contrasts: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 237, no. 601-616.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Low-BTU gases in Kansas; a general survey [ext. abs.]: North Midcontinent Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Symposium on Unconventional Gas Resources in Kansas, January 19, 2005, Wichita, KS, p. 69-74.

Newell, K. D., Carr, T. R., and Brown, W. M., 2005, Eastern Kansas CBNG shows promise: American Oil and Gas Reporter, v. 48, no. 8 (August), p. 135-138.

Victorine, J., Watney, W. L., and Bhattacharya, S., 2005, Use of XML and Java for collaborative petroleum reservoir modeling on the Internet: Computers and Geosciences, v. 31, no. 9, p. 1,151-1,164.

Watney, W. L., Franseen, E. K., Byrnes, A. P., and Nissen, S. E., 2005, Contrasting styles and common controls on Middle Mississippian and Upper Pennsylvanian carbonate platforms in the northern midcontinent, U.S.A.: West Texas Geological Society, 2005 West Texas Fall Symposium, Publication No. 05-115, Midland, p. 221-253.

Abstracts and Book Reviews

Bartley, Jeremy, and Carr, T. R., 2005, NATCARB: Publishing spatial data within a geoportal framework: ESRI Petroleum User Group Conference Abstracts, Houston, Texas (March 7-9, 2005), p. 16. Available online.

Bhattacharya, S., Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., Doveton, J. H., and Bohling, G. C., 2005, Reservoir engineering studies in Hugoton-Panoma systems (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Meeting, Oklahoma City, p. 31.

Bohling, G. C., Dubois, M. K., Doveton, J. H., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Automated processing of large data volumes for development of the Hugoton-Panoma geomodel: Proceedings American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Sept. 10-13, p. 29. Available online.

Brady, L. L., 2005, Kansas coal--A review of several important factors of interest to coalbed methane exploration and production in eastern Kansas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting Program and Abstracts, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 12, 2005, p. 26.

Brown, W. M., Carr, T. R., and Newell, K. D., 2005, Stratigraphic architecture of Lower to Middle Pennsylvanian coalbeds in the Forest City basin of northeastern Kansas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention Abstracts, Calgary, Canada, June 19-22, v. 14, p. A19. Available online.

Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Issues with gas and water relative permeability in low-permeability sandstones: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Hedberg Conference "Understanding, Exploring and Developing Tight Gas Sands," Proceedings, April 24-28, Vail, Colorado, 3 p.

Byrnes, A. P., and Dubois, M. K., 2005, Relations between lithofacies and porosity, permeability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability in the Chase and Council Grove Groups, Hugoton embayment, Kansas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section, Proceedings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 10-13.

Byrnes, A. P., Ice, G., Malinowsky, M., Eby, D, Watney, W. L., and Johnston, D., 2005, Reservoir rock properties of the Cretaceous Niobrara chalk, NW Kansas and NE Colorado: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Proceedings, June 19-22, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 6 p.

Byrnes, A. P., Miller, R. D., and Raef, A. E., 2005, Evolution of reservoir models with information from different recovery mechanisms and 3-D and 4-D seismic--Implications for CO₂ sequestration modeling: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Proceedings , June 19-22, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Byrnes, A. P., Watney, W. L., Cruz, E. F., Rankey, E. C., and Eberli, G. P., 2005, Permeability, capillary pressure, and electrical properties of Ocean Cay oolitic limestone: Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory, Proceedings, University of Miami, Annual Meeting, October 3, Miami, 5 p.

Carr, T. R., Bartley, J. D., Iqbal, A., Look, K., and Nelson, K., 2005, NATCARB carbon cyberinfrastructure: A federation of distributed resources and distributed multidisciplinary expertise; in, The Science and Technology of Carbon Sequestration: Verification and Assessment of Natural and Deliberate Carbon Sinks: American Geophysical Union, Chapman Conference, San Diego, January 16-20, p. 39.

Carr, T. R., Bartley, J. D., Iqbal, A., and Nelson, K., 2005, The National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) Carbon Cyberinfrastructure: A federation of distributed resources and distributed multidisciplinary expertise: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada, June 19-22, p. A24. Available online.

Carr, T, R., Byrnes, A. P., Dubois, M. K., White, S. W., and Nelson, R. G., 2005, Models for environmentally sound and economically viable carbon dioxide sequestration opportunities: U.S. Department of Energy, 4th Annual Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2-5, Program with Abstracts, p. 23.

Carr, T. R., and Merriam, D. F., 2005, CO₂ sequestration, petroleum accumulation, and ground-water flow in Kansas: A regional assessment: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 19-22, p. A23. Available online.

Carr, T. R., and Merriam, D. F., 2005, Use of large data sets for improved insight into the Subsurface,: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 16-19. Available online.

Carr, T. R., and Nelson, R. G., 2005, Ongoing and future carbon sequestration demonstration projects in the United States: International Conference on IGCC &smp; XtL Technologies, Freiberg, Germany, June 16 -18, best paper award. PDF download available online

Carr, T. R., Newell, K. D., Johnson, T. A., Brown. W. M., and Lange, J. P., 2005, Coalbed-methane development in Kansas; in, Unconventional Energy Resources in the Southern Midcontinent, 2004 Symposium, B. J. Cardott, ed.: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 110, p. 63-65.

Carr, T. R., Nissen, S. E., and Brownrigg, R., 2005, 3D visualization of geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering: 16th Oil Recovery Conference, Proceedings, Wichita, Kansas, April 6-7, p. 3.

Carr, T. R., Victorine, J. R., Bartley, J. D., Moore, M. C., Iqbal, A., Hunsinger, K., Ponnusamy, P., and Look, K. K., 2005, Kansas Digital Petroleum Atlas: A step toward a cyberinfrastructure for the oil and gas reservoirs in the Hugoton embayment: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City, September 8-13, p. 33. PDF download available online.

Cluff, R. C., Shanley, K. W., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Permeability jail and implications for "basin centered gas" production and resource assessment: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Hedberg Conference "Understanding, Exploring and Developing Tight Gas Sands," Proceedings, April 24-28, Vail, Colorado, 3 p.

Cluff, R. C., Shanley, K. W., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Permeability jail and implications for "basin centered gas" production and resource assessment, West Texas Fall Symposium: West Texas Geological Society, Publication No. 05-115, Midland, 3 p.

Doveton, J. H., 2005, Log petrophysics of the Lower Permian Chase Group in the Hugoton gas field of southwestern Kansas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Meeting, Oklahoma City, p. 32.

Doveton, J. H., 2005, Petroleum Geoscience Data Analysis: Course Notes for C&PE 940.

Doveton, J. H., and Hoth, P., 2005, Paleosol characterization and identification in the subsurface using nuclear logs: A case study from the Kansas Cretaceous (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. A37.

Dubois, M. K., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Reservoir pressures suggest communication between Hugoton and Panoma fields and provide insights on the nature of the connections: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Proceedings, Midcontinent Section meeting, Oklahoma City, September 10-13.

Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., and Brownrigg, R., 2005, Reservoir pressures suggest communication between Hugoton and Panoma fields and provide insights on the nature of the connections (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City. Available online.

Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., and Carr, T. R., 2005, Enhanced oil recovery: A green market for CO₂ from ethanol production: Fuel Ethanol Workshop, June 29, Kansas City, Missouri, 18 p.

Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., and Bohling, G. C., 2005, Geologic model for the giant Hugoton and Panoma fields: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Proceedings, Midcontinent Section meeting, Oklahoma City, September 10-13.

Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., Carr, T. R., Bohling, G. C., Bhattacharya, S., Doveton, J. H., Victorine, J. R., and Winters, N. D., 2005, Overview of the Hugoton Asset Management Project, southwest Kansas and Oklahoma panhandle: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City, September 10-13, p. 29. PDF download available online.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Low-BTU gas areas in Kansas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting Abstracts, Oklahoma City, p. 33.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Low-BTU gases in Kansas; a general survey [ext. abs.]: North Midcontinent Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Symposium on Unconventional Gas Resources in Kansas, January 19, Wichita, p. 69-74.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Trends in composition of Morrowan gases in Kansas (abs.): Symposium on Morrow and Springer in the Southern Midcontinent, Conference Abstracts, Oklahoma Geological Survey, p. 19.

Newell, K. D., Carr, T. R., and Brown, W. M., 2005, Eastern Kansas CBNG shows promise: American Oil and Gas Reporter, v. 48, no. 8 (August), p. 135-138.

Nissen, S. E., T. R. Carr, and Marfurt, K. J., 2005, Using new 3-D seismic attributes to identify subtle fracture trends in midcontinent Mississippian carbonate reservoirs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 19-22, p. A100. Available online

Salcedo-Mariduena, G. A., and Carr, T. R., 2005, Regional sequence stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lower Pennsylvanian in southwest Kansas: Symposium on the Morrow and Springer in the Southern Midcontinent, Proceedings, May 10-11, Oklahoma City, p. 5.

Shanley, K. W., Cluff, R. M., and Byrnes, A. P., 2005, Water production from tight-gas Rocky Mountain basins and the implications for petroleum systems: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and Petroleum Technology Transfer Council "Low Permeability Reservoirs in the Rockies," Proceedings, August 29, Denver, 5 p.

Watney, W. L., Franseen, E. K., Byrnes, A. P., and Nissen, S. E., 2005, Contrasting styles and common controls on Middle Mississippian and Upper Pennsylvanian carbonate platforms in the upper midcontinent, U.S.A: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Proceedings, Annual Meeting, June 19-22, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Watney, W. L., Bhattacharya, S., Byrnes, A., Doveton, J., and Brownrigg, R., 2005, Geo-engineering modeling of Morrow/Atokan incised-valley fill deposits using web-based freeware for incremental field exploitation and play development: Oklahoma Geological Survey Workshop on Morrow and Springer Strata in the Southern Midcontinent. Also presented at Tulsa Geological Society meeting (Jan. 25), Kansas Geological Society meeting (Feb. 2005).

Winters, N. D., Dubois, M. K., and Carr, T. R., 2005, Depositional model and distribution of marginal marine sands in the Chase Group, Hugoton gas field, southwest Kansas and Oklahoma panhandle: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City, September 8-13, p. 30. Available online.

Open-file Reports

Bhattacharya, S., Dubois, M., and Byrnes, A., 2005, Reservoir characterization of 9-section area around Flower A1 well - Chase/Council Grove Reservoir Systems: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-54.

Bhattacharya, S., Dubois, M. K., Byrnes, A. P., Nissen, S. E., Carr, T. R., Franseen, E. K., Shreve, M., Anderson, S., Gerlach, P. M., and Knoll, B., 2005, Field demonstration of horizontal infill drilling using cost-effective integrated reservoir modeling--Mississippian carbonates, central Kansas, Final Project Report to DOE: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-28, 379 p. Available online.

Brady, L. L., Newell, K. D., Chaney, R., and Murphey, M., 2005, Southeastern Kansas coal mines and CBM operations field trip for 29th Forum of the Coal Geologists of the Western Interior Coal basin: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-31, 50 p.

Carr, T. R., 2005, Fiscal year 2005 Kansas oil and gas production by operator: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-52, 20 p. Available online.

Doveton, J. H., 2005, Petroleum geoscience data analysis, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 940, Fall Semester: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-37, 223 p.

Dubois, M. K., and Goldstein, R. H., 2005, Accommodation model for Wolfcamp (Permian) red beds at the updip margin of North America's largest onshore gas field (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Proceedings, Annual Convention, June 19-21, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-25. Available online.

Lianshuang, Qi, and Carr, T. R., 2005, Lithofacies cross sections of the St. Louis Limestone, Big Bow and Sand Arroyo Creek fields, southwest Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-14, 17 p. Available online.

Lianshuang, Qi, and Carr, T. R., 2005, Core description of the St. Louis Limestone in the Big Bow West, Sand Arroyo Creek, and Sand Arroyo Creek Southwest fields, southwest Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-14, 30 p. Available online.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Analysis of Marmaton and Cherokee Group cuttings samples for gas content--SunWest #6-1 Jabben well (sec. 6, T. 34 S., R. 15 E.), Montgomery County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-41, 33 p.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Analysis of Marmaton and Cherokee Group cuttings samples for gas content--Production maintenance service McClenning #1 well (sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 16 E.), Montgomery County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-43, 22 p.

Newell, K. D., 2005, Analysis of Marmaton and Cherokee Group cuttings samples for gas content--Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company #C4-19 Sycamore Springs Ranch well (sec. 19, T. 31 S., R. 15 E.), Montgomery County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-48, 32 p.

Newell, K. D., and Gagnon, G., 2005, Analysis of Cherokee Group core and cuttings samples for gas content--Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company Orr #BC3-34 well (sec. 34, T. 30 S., R .15 E.), Wilson County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-42, 18 p.

Newell, K. D., Gagnon, G., and Beck, E., 2005, Analysis of Cherokee Group cuttings samples for gas content--BTA Oil Producers 20104 JV-P Walnut #5 SWD (sec. 5, T. 7 S., R. 21 E.), Atchison County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-40, 23 p.

Newell, K. D., and Johnson, T. A., 2005, Analysis of Kansas City, Marmaton, and Cherokee Group cuttings samples for gas content--Meritage KCM #22-44 Kipper well (sec. 22, T. 19 S., R. 19 E.), Anderson County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-46, 29 p.

Newell, K. D., and Johnson, T. A., 2005, Analysis of Kansas City Group cuttings samples for gas content--Meritage KCM #34-41 Lankard Well (sec. 34, T. 19 S., R. 19 E.), Anderson County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-47, 15 p.

Newell, K. D., and Johnson, T. A., 2005, Analysis of Lansing-Kansas City, Marmaton, and Cherokee Group core samples for gas content--Colt Energy #B2-6 Spencer (sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 21 E.), Franklin County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-49, 59 p.

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