Well of the Week Selects - Mississippian Mystery?
The last Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week reviewed Manitoba’s largest cumulative producer hosted in the Scallion Member of the Lodgepole Formation (Thanks to Steve Charbonneau and Norm Hopkins for having their sticks on the ice with their much appreciated comments on the post). This week we travel about 1,000 km west along the Trans-Canada Highway to visit a generally equivalent section in the Lower Banff to Big Valley petroleum system at 100/10-30-008-23
Well of the Week Selects – Virden: one of the biggest Mississippian oilfield in western Canada
Time for the Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week and the preview of a series on Manitoba! The easternmost province in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is often overshadowed by her western sisters which is a shame because there are a lot of interesting wells to discuss. For example, I bet a lot of people would be surprised to learn that Manitoba is home to Virden, the fourth largest Mississippian oil field in Canada. And 100/02-21-011-26W1/00 is the proud
Well of the Week selects - Golden Spike
The Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week proudly wears the title of the highest cumulative oil production in western Canada. If the present is the key to the past, can this reminder from the past of the prolific possibilities of the WCSB be a key encouragement for the future? In 1948, Imperial Oil drilled 100/09-22-051-27W4/00 into the Leduc in 1948 and discovered the Golden Spike field. Over the next half century, it produced 39.7 million barrels of light oil
Well of the Week You need the right shovel to find the pony.
The final Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week in the series on the 5 different styles of Foothills plays brings to mind the story of the optimistic child who just knew there was a pony in the big pile of horse manure. Well, the fifth Foothills play type is referred to by Newson (2001) as the “Reef Play”; a primarily stratigraphic play chasing Devonian bioherms in either the footwall or hangingwall of a thrust. This play is a tough nut to crack but successful
Well of the Week Selects: The elegance of the Triangle Zone.
The penultimate Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week focusing on Foothills play types is 100/12-18-036-08W5/00. The 12-18 well is part of the Ricinus Cardium Field. Ricinus is just one of many examples of a Triangle Zone play type. Triangle Zone structures are a blend of multiple thrusts , duplexes, detachment folds culminating in eastern dipping thrusts. Fascinating stuff! The schematic section highlights the Cabin Creek structure. There are so many examples t