Stephen C. Ruppel

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UPDATE ON PROJECT ACTIVITIES 2006 PROGRAM YEAR
PERMIAN BASIN GEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS PROJECT

• Stephen C. Ruppel
• Bureau of Economic Geology
• The Jackson School of Geosciences
• The University of Texas at Austin

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2006 HIGHLIGHTS

• DOE funding cut
• STARR provides leveraging funding
• Significant focus on mudrock systems
• Good progress on original project goals
• New researchers added to team

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NEW PROJECT RESEARCHERS

• H. Rowe, U. Kentucky Trace element geochem
• N. Guven, Texas Tech clay mineralogy
• G. Bayless GeoChem organic geochemistry
• K. Schwab organic geochemistry

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2006 FOCUS

• Clear Fork regional study
• Ellenburger
• Mudrock systems
• Regional tectonics
• Fractures
• Outcrop-based analog studies

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GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF PROGRAM
Permian Basin study area
Mud shale study area
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ORIGINAL PROJECT GOALS

• Detailed, comprehensive history of Paleozoic
  depositional and reservoir systems in the Permian
  Basin
• Spatially-integrated data bases of depositional,
  stratigraphic, lithologic, and petrophysical
  properties

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PRODUCTS

• Text Written synthesis of history, stratigraphy,
  facies, structural history, and reservoir
  development
• Data ARC/INFO GIS-based regional structure maps,
  facies maps, cross sections, core descriptions
  and data, outcrop descriptions and sections, core
  data, reservoir data, production data,
  publications, etc

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TEXT REPORTS
Regional Syntheses

• 14 Reports Posted
• 4 Nearing Completion
• 1 Recently Started
• 4 To be Started Soon

Field Studies

• 2 Reports Posted

Powerpoint presentations
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DATA PRODUCTS

• Regional structure and facies maps started
• Regional cross sections 5 formations
• Core data 124 posted
• Core photographs started
• Reservoir cross sections started
• Reservoir models started
• Outcrop models
• Depositional facies models started
• Seismic models
• Production data Completed

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OTHER DATA TO BE POSTED

• X-ray diffraction data
• Organic geochem data
• Geothermal gradient maps

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2007 FOCUS

• Complete all remaining reports
• Increase data collection uploading
• Select intervals for focused study
• Continue outcrop analog studies