Evaluation of Production Potential in the Caney Shale Formation, Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma

Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences at Michigan Tech

 

Team Members: Stephanie Dow, Hannah Altscheffel, Christopher Carefoot, and Elizabeth Seiberlich, Geological

Engineering

Advisor: John Gierke, Geological and Mining Engineering

and Sciences

Sponsor: Vitruvian Exploration II

 

Project Overview:

The Caney shale is a formation that extends

through Oklahoma and is currently being produced

by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing

in some areas of the state. The structure and

properties of this shale vary across the extent, and

thus what is a producible formation in one region

may not be in another. In the Anadarko Basin

of Oklahoma, the Caney shale was evaluated

for production potential using an analysis that

evaluates structure and isopach thickness of the

formation, as well as properties such as porosity

and hydrocarbon content. Logs from across the

region of interest and surrounding regions were

studied.

Done