Navigator Field
General Information |
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Field |
Navigator Field |
Discovered By |
Bob Cannon, Geologist, and Eastern Energy |
Location |
Dickens County, Texas, USA |
Producing reservoir |
Tannehill Ss (L Permian) |
Approximate depth below surface |
4400 ft (1350 m) |
Exploration techniques |
Subsurface geology, Exploration geochemistry, Dipmeter |
Production to date |
About 3 million barrels oil |
Current status |
Operated by Burk-Gunn Oil Co. |
Navigator field was discovered using integrated modeling. Geomorphology, subsurface geology, near-surface geochemistry, electric logs, sidewall cores, and FMS-FMI dipmeter played important roles in discovery and development of this stratigraphic sandstone oil reservoir.
The profile A-A' schematically shows integration results. Complex sandstone reservoirs were variable thickness and discontinuous.
Surface water channels (creeks) were apparent surface expressions of fractures or faults.
Hydrocarbon conduction to the surface by fractures was indicated by high concentrations of 2-Ring PAC (as naphthalene) near field limits.
C2 Paraffin (ethane) data showed high concentrations over apparent fractures and also elevated concentrations over the productive reservoir.
Details of this study were reported in "How Integrated Modeling Assisted with Navigator Find, Midland Basin Eastern Shelf". Click on the paper title or contact us for a free hardcopy reprint.
Reference: R. A. Cannon, G.K. Rice, and J. Q. Belt, Jr., 2001, "How Integrated Modeling Assisted with Navigator Find, Midland Basin Eastern Shelf", Oil & Gas Journal, July 9, 2001
