Doug Strickland - Jayden Consulting LLC

ConventionalWisdom: ADifferentApproach

ExplorationintheCentralUtahThrustBelt
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ThrustBeltProvince OilandGasFieldDistribution

Wyoming productive salient

150 MMBO (2 fields) Covenant & Providence Fields

600 MMBO, 13TCFG

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BedrockGeology StateofUtah

LeadingEdge ThrustBelt

20,000 square miles

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CovenantFieldDiscovery
December22,2003 Navajopenetratedat5840ft withstrongoilshows SecondNavajopenetration at8150feet

500 OilFluorescence

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UtahThrustBeltPlay

ConventionalWisdom
SaltDiapir AnticlinesversusThrustBelt SourceRockOverMature NoCretaceousSource DrillingProblemsaretooSevere PreviousDrillingTestedStructures PoorSeismicImaging

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SaltDiapir versusThrustBelt
LocationofCovenantField
Salt Diapir

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StructuralCrossSection CentralUtahThrustBelt 2004

Pavant Valley Pavant Range Sevier R. Valley Wasatch Plateau

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Se D vie et r ac De hm se en rt t

Pavant fault-block

Pavant, Paxton, Aurora thrust sheets

Salina Anticline

Manti Syncline

Basement

Salina Fault ?

Ephraim Fault

Basement

Fold trends extends 40 miles North/South (4 structures)

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StructuralCrossSection CovenantFaultBendFold

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ConventionalWisdom PoorSeismicImaging
TheTruth LargeStructurescan beMappedwith 2D&3DSeismic
6outof25wellstestedstructuralcrest,with2NewField Discoveries(Covenant2003andProvidence2008)

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ConventionalWisdom NoSourceRock
TheTruth MississippianFormationsareExcellent SourceRocks
Measuredover15%TOC Corrected(PG)25%TOC 1000+ ftover2%TOC HighlyoilproneOM Inthermalmaturityrange

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Presenters Notes: this slide combines a picture of the smoking gun source rock (i didnt identify where the numbers came from nor did anyone ask). I made the joke that if you want black source rocks, the effective SR for this play is blacker than black. PG stands for pre-generation where we correct the numbers back using organic matter w/ thermal maturity to estimate the numbers of pre-generation.

Future?
MississippianandPermianreservoirs Sourcecouldopenuppotentialin otherstates Mississippianshaleplayscouldbe developedinnewareas AdditionalNavajoSandstonefields

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HowtoTellGoodIdeasFromBadIdeas
Gatherallthedatayoucan,useyourinstinctto determinewhatinformationispertinent Someinformation,eventhoughtrue,doesnthavea bearingontheproblemyourtryingtosolve Thinkinthebigpicture Failures dryholestellastorythatcanleadto success(ChevronSalinaUnit#11981) Useallthetechnologyandscienceyoucantodiscern goodideas
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AdvicetoOilandGasFinders
DevelopCreativity lookatplayareasand prospectswithadifferentandnewperspective. Creativitycanbelearned,itslikelearningtodraw. Explorationisanart.

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AdvicetoOilandGasFinders
Youcantbeanexpertateverything Maintaincollaborationwithcreativetalent
Geochemistry DaveWavrek StructuralGeology DanSchelling WolverineStaff

Workwithpeoplewhoarewillingtotakedrillingrisks andwhoarewillingtomentor
SidJansma Jr. SamCerny

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AdvicetoOilandGasFinders
Maintainalearningattitude Experienceisagreatteacher,butitmustbe supplementedwithnewskillsandconcepts

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BePersistentandEnthusiastic
Therearelotsofreasonsnottodrill
Itsnotinthebudget Yourideashaveonlyalimiteduseintheirpresentform Itsmoretroublethanitsworth Technicalstaffpullsbackfromproject Itsaboneyard

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Enjoythehunt!
Theresgold,anditshauntingandhaunting Itsluringmeonasofold YetitisntthegoldthatImwanting Somuchasfindingthegold
RobertService TheSpelloftheYukon

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