Open AccessSubsurface Analysis of the Mesaverde Group on and near the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico-its implication on Sites of Oil and Gas Accumulation
Author(s) -
Jennie L. Ridgley
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/784576
Subject(s) - facies , outcrop , group (periodic table) , geology , maturity (psychological) , cretaceous , context (archaeology) , sedimentary depositional environment , sequence stratigraphy , geochemistry , petroleum engineering , paleontology , chemistry , psychology , developmental psychology , organic chemistry , structural basin
The purpose of the phase 2 Mesaverde study part of the Department of Energy funded project ''Analysis of oil-bearing Cretaceous Sandstone Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, exclusive of the Dakota Sandstone, on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico'' was to define the facies of the oil-producing units within the subsurface units of the Mesaverde Group and integrate these results with outcrop studies that defined the depositional environments of these facies within a sequence stratigraphic context. The focus of this report will center on (1) integration of subsurface correlations with outcrop correlations of components of the Mesaverde, (2) application of the sequence stratigraphic model determined in the phase one study to these correlations, (3) determination of the facies distribution of the Mesaverde Group and their relationship to sites of oil and gas accumulation, (4) evaluation of the thermal maturity and potential source rocks for oil and gas in the Mesaverde Group, and (5) evaluation of the structural features on the Reservation as they may control sites of oil accumulation