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Volume 72, No. 1 • 2012 A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY 72 Dan T. Boyd, Qatar Petroleum The petroleum industry in Oklahoma is preoccupied today with low-permeability reservoirs that horizontal drilling and completion tech-nology have made attractive targets. This activity began in earnest about ten years ago with horizontal produc-tion from the Hartshorne coal in the Arkoma Basin (Figure 1). Horizontal drill-ing of this coal accelerated through the early part of the decade with the Hunton dewatering play, which is located mostly in central Oklahoma. The two plays were followed in 2006 by the Woodford Shale, which has undergone horizontal development in the western Arkoma, Ardmore, and east-ern Anadarko Basins. There is now an ever-lengthening Horizontal Drilling In Oklahoma: Forcing Conventional Oil to Swim Upstream Continued on pg. 2 Dan Boyd and the Oklahoma Geological Survey Rick Andrews and Neil Suneson, OGS Geologists Dan Boyd came to the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) 11 years ago after a nationwide search for a petroleum geologist. He topped the list of about 30 candidates, largely as a result of his industry training and experience and his enthusiasm for working in a state with such a rich petroleum history. He approached every project in a practical manner with pro-fessionalism, integrity, and urgency, assisting the OGS in gaining national recognition as an authority for the oil and gas industry and the State of Oklahoma. Dan’s enthusiasm was fueled by ambition and an att itude that caused him to undertake proj-ects beyond the immediate scope of his assign-ments. When he fi rst started at the Survey, the OGS had no current map identifying bound-aries of oil and gas fi elds in the state, the last published in 1985. Dan compiled a series of maps that now are used industry-wide (GM 36, 37, 38). Similarly, the Survey did not have a stratigraphic guide to oil and gas reservoirs until Dan made one (SP 2008-1). Continued on pg. 5 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011* Completions Oklahoma Horizontal Completion Reservoirs Others Mississippi Lime Desmoinesian Granite Wash Cleveland Misener/Hunton Hartshorne Woodford Data From IHS Energy - Data through 12-1-2011 * Projected Figure 1 Figure 1. Major Oklahoma Horizontal Drilling Plays (> 100 completions) and other horizontal drilling from 2002 to 2011. Data from IHS Energy (2011) through December 1, 2011. Former OGS Petroleum Ge-ologist Dan Boyd, now with Qatar Petroleum.
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Full text | Volume 72, No. 1 • 2012 A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY 72 Dan T. Boyd, Qatar Petroleum The petroleum industry in Oklahoma is preoccupied today with low-permeability reservoirs that horizontal drilling and completion tech-nology have made attractive targets. This activity began in earnest about ten years ago with horizontal produc-tion from the Hartshorne coal in the Arkoma Basin (Figure 1). Horizontal drill-ing of this coal accelerated through the early part of the decade with the Hunton dewatering play, which is located mostly in central Oklahoma. The two plays were followed in 2006 by the Woodford Shale, which has undergone horizontal development in the western Arkoma, Ardmore, and east-ern Anadarko Basins. There is now an ever-lengthening Horizontal Drilling In Oklahoma: Forcing Conventional Oil to Swim Upstream Continued on pg. 2 Dan Boyd and the Oklahoma Geological Survey Rick Andrews and Neil Suneson, OGS Geologists Dan Boyd came to the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) 11 years ago after a nationwide search for a petroleum geologist. He topped the list of about 30 candidates, largely as a result of his industry training and experience and his enthusiasm for working in a state with such a rich petroleum history. He approached every project in a practical manner with pro-fessionalism, integrity, and urgency, assisting the OGS in gaining national recognition as an authority for the oil and gas industry and the State of Oklahoma. Dan’s enthusiasm was fueled by ambition and an att itude that caused him to undertake proj-ects beyond the immediate scope of his assign-ments. When he fi rst started at the Survey, the OGS had no current map identifying bound-aries of oil and gas fi elds in the state, the last published in 1985. Dan compiled a series of maps that now are used industry-wide (GM 36, 37, 38). Similarly, the Survey did not have a stratigraphic guide to oil and gas reservoirs until Dan made one (SP 2008-1). Continued on pg. 5 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011* Completions Oklahoma Horizontal Completion Reservoirs Others Mississippi Lime Desmoinesian Granite Wash Cleveland Misener/Hunton Hartshorne Woodford Data From IHS Energy - Data through 12-1-2011 * Projected Figure 1 Figure 1. Major Oklahoma Horizontal Drilling Plays (> 100 completions) and other horizontal drilling from 2002 to 2011. Data from IHS Energy (2011) through December 1, 2011. Former OGS Petroleum Ge-ologist Dan Boyd, now with Qatar Petroleum. |
Date created | 2012-11-21 |
Date modified | 2012-11-21 |