The discovery of astroblemes in conjunction with oil and gas exploration is always an interesting distraction. Enough impact craters have been discovered in the WCSB to make an entire Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week series on the subject. One that comes to mind for me is the Hartney Lake structure in southwestern Manitoba. I was in the process of [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – Credit where credit is due
Time for the Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week to clear-up a common misconception! While it was a close second, the first Canadian horizontal multi-stage fractured well was not in the Cardium but in the Bakken in 2004. A bit of sleuthing indicates the honour goes to 191/01-23-008-09W2/00. Now that the Bakken has been given its due, it gives us a chance to highlight the work done by one of our geologists, David Cronkwright, in his master’s thesis on the Viewfield Bakken. [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – Helium on the horizon
We are just past the Thanksgiving weekend. And in terms of giving thanks, is there any end to what the WCSB can provide? This Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week exemplifies the application of oil and gas skills to capture value from a different resource. This time it is the elusive Helium molecule. With so much going on in this corner of the industry it will take some time for the dust to settle. It is exciting to watch a new facet of the industry develop. This is an [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – The WCSB ain’t dead yet
The Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week for October 6, 2022 will give you something to digest over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin has often been treated like a minor character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Contrary to some opinions, it is not dead yet. The Leduc – Woodbend Rex play is an example of the potential rewards of identifying and pursuing by-passed pay. I specifically refer to 102/03-22-048-26W4/00. Applying modern stratigraphic [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – Mississippian mystery?
The last Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week reviewed Manitoba’s largest cumulative producer hosted in the Scallion Member of the Lodgepole Formation (Thanks to Steve Charbonneau and Norm Hopkins for having their sticks on the ice with their much appreciated comments on the post). This week we travel about 1,000 km west along the Trans-Canada Highway to visit a generally equivalent section in the Lower Banff to Big Valley petroleum system at 100/10-30-008-23W4/00. This WotW lies [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – Virden: one of the biggest Mississippian oilfields in Western Canada
Time for the Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week and the preview of a series on Manitoba! The easternmost province in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is often overshadowed by her western sisters which is a shame because there are a lot of interesting wells to discuss. For example, I bet a lot of people would be surprised to learn that Manitoba is home to Virden, the fourth largest Mississippian oil field in Canada. And 100/02-21-011-26W1/00 is the proud bearer of the largest [Read more]
Well of the Week selects – Golden Spike
The Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week proudly wears the title of the highest cumulative oil production in western Canada. If the present is the key to the past, can this reminder from the past of the prolific possibilities of the WCSB be a key encouragement for the future? In 1948, Imperial Oil drilled 100/09-22-051-27W4/00 into the Leduc and discovered the Golden Spike field. Over the next half century, it produced 39.7 million barrels of light oil and 38 bcf of natural [Read more]
Well of the Week: You need the right shovel to find the pony
The final Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week in the series on the 5 different styles of Foothills plays brings to mind the story of the optimistic child who just knew there was a pony in the big pile of horse manure. Well, the fifth Foothills play type is referred to by Newson (2001) as the “Reef Play”; a primarily stratigraphic play chasing Devonian bioherms in either the footwall or hangingwall of a thrust. This play is a tough nut to crack but successful wells have high [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects: The elegance of the Triangle Zone
The penultimate Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week focusing on Foothills play types is 100/12-18-036-08W5/00. The 12-18 well is part of the Ricinus Cardium Field. Ricinus is just one of many examples of a Triangle Zone play type. Triangle Zone structures are a blend of multiple thrusts , duplexes, detachment folds culminating in eastern dipping thrusts. Fascinating stuff! The schematic section highlights the Cabin Creek structure. There are so many examples to choose from. [Read more]
Well of the Week Selects – Migration works both ways
The cognoscenti are aware of the need for a robust geomechanical model based on subsurface data in resource plays such as the Montney, SAGD and CCUS. This Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week emphasizes the importance of also understanding the geomechanics of conventional plays. Pancanadian Petroleum drilled 100/11-31-079-15W6/00 to evaluate a Kiskatinaw gas prospect. The results were disappointing, and the well was abandoned. Fractures and faults can be seen even on a poor [Read more]
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