Possible Continuous-Type (Unconventional) Gas Accumulation in Lower Silurian "Clinton" Sands, Medina Group, and the Tuscarora Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin: A Progress Report of 1995 project activities

Robert T. Ryder, Kerry L. Aggen, Robert D. Hettinger, Ben E. Law, John J. Miller, Vito F. Nuccio, William J. Perry, Jr., Stephen E. Prensky, John R. SanFilipo, and Craig J. Wandrey

Open-File Report 96-42

APPENDIX I

Selected bibliography of the geology and oil and gas resources of the Lower Silurian "Clinton" sands, Medina Group sandstones, and Tuscarora Sandstone, Appalachian basin of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia (as of October 1, 1995)

"CLINTON"/MEDINA BIBLIOGRAPHY (NEW YORK)

Beinkafner, K.J., 1983, Deformation of the subsurface Silurian Devonian rocks of the southern tier of New York State: unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Syracuse University, 481 p.

Boswell, R., Pool, S., Pratt, S., and Matchen, D., 1983, Appalachian basin low permeability sandstone reservoir characterizations: Report 94CC-R91-003, U.S. Department of Energy contract DE-AC21-90MC26328, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, 73 p.

Brett, C.E., Goodman, W.M., and LoDuca, S.T., 1990, Sequences, cycles, and basin dynamics in the Silurian of the Appalachian foreland basin, in Aigner, T. and Dott, R.H., eds., Processes and patterns in epeiric basins: Sedimentary Geology, v. 69, p. 191-244.

Brett, C.E., Tepper, D.H., Goodman, W.M., LoDuca, S.T., and Eckert, B., 1995, Revised stratigraphy and correlations of the Niagaran Provincial Series (Medina, Clinton, and Lockport Groups) in the type area of western new York: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2086, 66 p.

Callaway, T.M., 1987, Preliminary produced brin study: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Administrative report, Albany, NY, 5 p.

Castle, J.W., 1991, Sequence stratigraphy and depositional systems of the Lower Silurian Medina Group, Appalachian basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, no. 8, p. 1380.

Copley, D.L., 1979, medina gas production in Chautaque[sic] County, New York: Technical Paper No. 5, 18^th Annual Conference of Ontario Petroleum Institute Inc.,[Chatham, Ontario, Oct. 15, 1979], p. 1-17.

__________, 1980, Upagrading Medina gas well production in western New York: World Oil, v.190, no.5, p. 97-106

Davis, R.J. and Johnson, C.A., 1992, Stratigraphic-dipmeter interpretation of depositional systems in the Lower Silurian Medina Group of western New York improves offset well success: Log Analyst, v. 33, no. 2, p. 111-125.

Davis, R.J., Johnson, C.A., and Geilreath, J.A., 1990, Interpretation of depositional systems in the Lower Silurian Medina Group of western New York: 31^st annual SPWLA Logging Symposium Transactions, v. 1, paper no. N, 25 p.

Division of Mineral Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 1986, New York State oil and gas fields: Division of Mineral Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Map, 1 sheet, 1:250,000.

_______________, 1994, 1993 New York State oil and gas drilling and production--Cattaragus County profile: Division of Mineral Resources, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 10 p.

_______________, 1994, 1993 New York State oil and gas drilling and production--Chautauqua County profile: Division of Mineral Resources, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 10 p.

1994, 1993 New York State oil and gas drilling and production--Erie County profile: Division of Mineral Resources, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 10 p.

Duke, W.L., 1987, Revised internal stratigraphy of the Medina Formation in outcrop--an illustration of the inadequacy of color variation as a criterion for lithostratigraphic correlation, in Duke, W.L., ed., Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and ichnology of the Lower Silurian Medina Formation in New York and Ontario: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Eastern Section, 1987 Annual Field Trip Guidebook, p. 16-30.

__________, 1991, Part 4, The Lower Silurian Medina Group in New York and Ontario, in Cheel, R.J., ed., Sedimentology and depositional environments of Silurian strata of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario and New York: Sudbury, Ontario, Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, Society of Economic Geologists, joint Annual meeting, Field Trip B4 Guidebook, p. 35-61

Duke, w.L., Fawcett, P.J., and Brusse, W.C., 1991, Prograding shoreline deposits in the Lower Silurian Medina Group, Ontario and New York--storm- and tide-influenced sedimentation in a shallow epicontinental sea, and the origin of enigmatic shore-normal channels encapsulated by open shallow-marine deposits: Special Publications of the International Association of Sedimentologists, v. 14, p. 339-375.

Fisher, D.W., 1954, Stratigraphy of Medinan Group, New Yorkand Ontario: American Assocation of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 38, no. 9, p. 1979-1996.

__________, 1959, Correlation of the Silurian rocks in New York State: New York State Museum and Science Service , University of the State of New York, and New York Geological Survey Chart, 1 sheet.

Hamak, J.E. and Sigler, S., 1991, Analyses of natural gases, 1986-1990: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC 9301, 315 p.

Jenden, P.D., Drazan, D.J., and kaplan, I.R., 1993, Mixing of thermogenic natural gases in northern Appalachian basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, V. 77, no.6, p. 980-998.

Ji, F. and Robinson, J.E., 1990, The Medina Formation in New York State, a computer assisted study utilizing an integrated data base, in Shumaker, R.C., compiler, Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates, v. 17, West Virginia University, Morgantown, p. 169-183.

Kearney, M.W., 1983, Subsurface geology of the Silurian Medina and Clinton Groups, New York State: unpublished M.S. thesis, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 121 p.

Kriedler, W.L., 1963, Selected deep wells and areas of gas production in western New York: New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin 390, 404 p.

Kriedler, W.L., Van Tyne, A.M., and Jorgensen, K.M., 1972, Deep wells in New York State: New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin 418A, 335 p.

Lumsden, D.N. and Pelletier, B.R., 1969, Petrology of the Grimsby Sandstone (Lower Silurian) of Ontario and New York: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 39, no. 2, p. 521-530.

Martini, I.P., 1971, Regional analysis of sedimentology of Medina Formation (Silurian), Ontario and New York: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 55, p. 1249-1261.

Metztger, S.L., 1981, A subsurface study and paleo-environmental analysis of the Medina group, Chautauqua County, New York: unpublished M.S. thesis, The State University College, Fredonia, New York, 102 p.

Metzger, W.J., 1980, Medina gas well decline curves, Chautauqua County, New York (abs.): in 11^th Annual Petroleum Geology Symposium: Current Research and Exploration in the Appalachian Basin [Morgantown, WV, March 31-April 2, 1980]: West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey Circular C-16, p. 15

Middleton, G.V., 1987, Geologic setting of the northern Appalachian basin during the Silurian, in Duke, W.L., ed., Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and ichnology of the Lower Silurian Medina Formation in New York and Ontario: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Eastern Section, 1987 Annual Field Trip Guidebook, p. 1-15.

Middleton, G.V., Rutka, M., and Salas, C.J., 1987, Depositional environments in the Whirlpool Sandstone Member of the Medina Formation, in Duke, W.L., ed., sedimentology, stratigraphy, and ichnology of the Lower Silurian Medina Formation in new York and Ontario: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Eastern Section, 1987 Annual Field Trip Guidebook, p. 31-45.

Moore, B.J., 1982, Analyses of natural gases, 1917-1980: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8870, 1055 p.

Poppendeck, M.C., 1979, Subsurface petroleum study of the Mdeina Sandstones (Silurian), southwestern Chautauqua county, New York: unpublished M.S. thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 37 p.

Raven, K.G., Novakowski, K.S., Yager, R.M., and heystee, R.J., 1992, Supernormal fluid pressures in sedimentary rocks of southern Ontario-western New York State: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v. 29, no. 1, p. 80-93.

Radon, S.F., 1987, The Medina Group (Lower Silurian) of western New York, with emphasis on the "White Facies" of the Grimsby Sandstone: unpublished M.S. thesis, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 170 p.

Rickard, L.V., 1975, Correlation of Silurian and Devonian rocks in New York State: New York State Museum and Science Service Map and Chart Series 24, 16 p., 4 plates

Robinson, J.E., 1987, Upper Ordovician and Silurian sandstone facies of central New York State, in Misra, K., compiler, Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates, v. 12, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, p. 93-106.

Shyer, E.B., 1989, Historical digest: Medina sandstone, in New York State Oil and Gas Drilling and Production 1988: Division of Mineral Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, p. 27-33.

Siegel, D.I., Szustakowski, R.J., and Frape, S., 1990, Regional appraisal of brine chemistry in the Albion Group sandstones (Silurian) of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio: Bulletin of the Association of Petroleum Geogchmical and Explorationists, v. 6, no. 1, p. 66-77.

Statistics Task Group Underground Storage Committee, 1988, Survey of underground gas storage facilities in the United States and Canada 1988: American Gass Association Report, Arlington, VA, (New York part) p. 34-37.

The Appalachian Company, 1982, Tight gas sands determination report in New York State: Division of Mineral Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, several hundred pages (variously paginated).

Van Tyne, A.M. and Copley, D.L., 1984, Estimates of potential natural gas reserves in New York as of December 31, 1983: Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York, 61 p., 8 plates.

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