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Characteristics of discrete and basin-centered parts of the Lower Silurian regional oil and gas accumulation, Appalachian basin: Preliminary results from a data set of 25 oil and gas fields

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-216


Appendix S

Moreland oil field (M)

Location: Wayne (Franklin Twp.) and Holmes (Prairie Twp.) Counties, Ohio
Discovery date: 1956
Depth (ft): 3,500
Hydrocarbon type and GOR: Oil and associated gas
Structural setting: East-southeast-dipping homocline; possibly influenced by the north end of the Parkersburg-Lorain syncline
Stratigraphic name of reservoir: "Clinton" sands; reservoirs dominated by north-south trending, sinuous and elongate sandstone bodies of offshore bar origin
Trap: Stratigraphic; updip pinchout of reservoir sandstone
Porosity: F ave = 9.55%, range 2.2 to 13.9%
Permeability: Kave = 7.27 mD, range <0.01 to 43 mD
Natural fractures: Vertical fractures reported in core
Diagenetic features: Silica cement most common, local calcite cement
Water saturation and volume/salinity of produced water: Sw(ave) = 22.8%, range 9.2 to 95%; reservoir is generally lacking in produced water, all permeable zones are reported to be essentially water free, overlying Newburg zone (400 ft above "Clinton") contains water; Salinity = 200,083 ppm, sample number = 1
Gas/water and oil/water contacts:  
Reservoir pressure: 1,100 psi (0.31 psi/ft)
Bottom-hole temperature:  
Well spacing: 20 acres per oil well; 80 acres per gas well
Ultimate production (EUR per well): The field has produced 2.6 MMBO through mid-1960
References: Multer (1963); Sanders (1991)

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