MINNELUSA FORMATION POWDER RIVER BASIN SEA, SAND AND OIL MINNELUSA CONSORTIUM Jackson, Wyoming February 4, 2009 February 4, 2009 Gene R. George PG No. 8
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MINNELUSA FORMATION POWDER RIVER BASIN
SEA, SAND AND OIL
MINNELUSA CONSORTIUM
Jackson, Wyoming
February 4, 2009
February 4, 2009 Gene R. George PG No. 8
MINNELUSA FORMATION
• INTRODUCTION• PALEOGEOGRAPHY• DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY• MINNELUSA PRODUCTION
February 4, 2009 Gene R. George PG No. 8
INTRODUCTION
• Minnelusa
means Rapid Water in Sioux• Named by N. H. Winchell 1895 on the Rapid River
near Rapid City S. D.• Permian in age, Wolfcampian• Deposition similar to Sabkha
in Persian Gulf
• Al Allen identified the Eolian
Character in 1966• 129 Fields produced more than 1 MM BO• Raven Creek is the largest field at 47 MM BO• Deposition and Diagenesis
affects production
February 4, 2009 Gene R. George PG No. 8
PALEOGEOGRPHY
• Pangaea was oriented so that Wyoming was near 15 degrees north Latitude.
• Trade winds blew across low‐lying areas near shallow seas