Characterization of petroleum reservoirs in the Eocene Green River Formation, Central Uinta Basin, Utah
Mountain Geologist
By: C. D. Morgan and S.R. Bereskin
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Abstract
The oil-productive Eocene Green River Formation in the central Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah is divided into five distinct intervals. In stratigraphically ascending order these are: 1) Uteland Butte, 2) Castle Peak, 3) Travis, 4) Monument Butte, and 5) Beluga. The reservoir in the Uteland Butte interval is mainly lacustrine limestone with rare bar sandstone beds, whereas the reservoirs in the other four intervals are mainly channel and lacustrine sandstone beds. The changing depositional environments of Paleocene-Eocene Lake Uinta controlled the characteristics of each interval and the reservoir rock contained within. The Uteland Butte consists of carbonate and rare, thin, shallow-lacustrine sandstone bars deposited during the initial rise of the lake. The Castle Peak interval was deposited during a time of numerous and rapid lake-level fluctuations, which developed a simple drainage pattern across the exposed shallow and gentle shelf with each fall and rise cycle. The Travis interval records a time of active tectonism that created a steeper slope and a pronounced shelf break where thick cut-and-fill valleys developed during lake-level falls and rises. The Monument Butte interval represents a return to a gentle, shallow shelf where channel deposits are stacked in a lowstand delta plain and amalgamated into the most extensive reservoir in the central Uinta Basin. The Beluga interval represents a time of major lake expansion with fewer, less pronounced lake-level falls, resulting in isolated single-storied channel and shallow-bar sandstone deposits.
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Morgan, C.D., Bereskin, S., 2003, Characterization of petroleum reservoirs in the Eocene Green River Formation, Central Uinta Basin, Utah: Mountain Geologist, v. 40, no. 4, p. 111-127.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Characterization of petroleum reservoirs in the Eocene Green River Formation, Central Uinta Basin, Utah |
| Series title | Mountain Geologist |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Mountain Geologist |
| First page | 111 |
| Last page | 127 |