APPENDIX B - Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the upper Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Utah - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009

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Publication Type report
Research Institute Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
Author Deo, Milind; Gani, Royhan; Bauman, Jacob
Title APPENDIX B - Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the upper Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Utah - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009
Date 2009-10
Description In this project, a detailed geological analysis was performed followed by a reservoir modeling exercise. For the geological analysis, ~300 m of cores were correlated to gamma and density logs in well P4 in the lower to middle Eocene (49.5-48.0 million years ago (Ma)), upper Green River Formation of the eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah. In well P4, three distinct facies associations were identified that represent three phases of deposition linked to the hydrologic evolution of Lake Uinta: 1) an overfilled, periodically holomictic lake system with deposition of primarily clastic mudstones, followed by 2) a balanced-filled, uniformly meromictic lake system with deposition of primarily calcareous and dolomitic mudstones, followed by 3) an underfilled, evaporative lake system with nahcolite precipitation. The richest oil shale zones were deposited during the second depositional phase. While the studied interval is popularly known as oil "shale", this bed-by-bed investigation revealed that lithologically, thus chemically, the interval is quite heterogeneous. This complexity has significant impact on modeling strategies for oil shale exploitation.
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Subject Green River Formation; Uinta Basin; Utah; Uintah County; Oil shale; Deposition
Bibliographic Citation Deo, M., Gani, R., & Bauman, J. (2009). APPENDIX B - Depositional heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling of the oil shale interval of the upper Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Utah - Final Project Report - Reporting period: June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2009.
Relation Has Part DOE Award Number: DE-FC26-06NT15569
Rights Management (c) Milind Deo, Royhan Gani, Jacob Bauman
Format Medium application/pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6545mrn
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