thumbnail

Chapter 1: Executive Summary - 2003 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Gulf Coast Region, Texas

Data Series 69-H-1
By:
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds69H1

Links

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups in the Western Gulf Province of the Gulf Coast region (fig. 1) as part of a national oil and gas assessment effort (USGS Navarro and Taylor Groups Assessment Team, 2004). The assessment of the petroleum potential of the Navarro and Taylor Groups was based on the general geologic elements used to define a total petroleum system (TPS), including hydrocarbon source rocks (source rock maturation, hydrocarbon generation and migration), reservoir rocks (sequence stratigraphy and petrophysical properties), and hydrocarbon traps (trap formation and timing). Using this geologic framework, the USGS defined five assessment units (AU) in the Navarro and Taylor Groups as parts of a single TPS, the Smackover-Austin-Eagle Ford Composite TPS: Travis Volcanic Mounds Oil AU, Uvalde Volcanic Mounds Gas and Oil AU, Navarro-Taylor Updip Oil and Gas AU, Navarro-Taylor Downdip Gas and Oil AU, and Navarro-Taylor Slope-Basin Gas AU (table 1).

Suggested Citation

U.S. Geological Survey Western Gulf Province Assessment Team, 2006, Chapter 1: Executive Summary - 2003 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Gulf Coast Region, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 69-H-1, Available online and on CD-ROM; Executive Summary: iii, 3 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds69H1.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

ISSN: 2327-0271 (print)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Chapter 1: Executive Summary - 2003 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Gulf Coast Region, Texas
Series title Data Series
Series number 69-H-1
ISBN 1411309987
DOI 10.3133/ds69H1
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center, Central Region Energy Resources Program
Description Available online and on CD-ROM; Executive Summary: iii, 3 p.
Larger Work Type Report
Larger Work Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Larger Work Title Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas, Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Texas
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
Additional publication details