Technical Information
Regional References
• Mature Region, Youthful Potential: Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Appalachian
and Illinois Basins
(PDF, 4.1 MB)
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Conventional and Potential Alternative Energy Sources of Appalachian Counties
Coal Bed Methane Reports
• Coalbed Methane-Fundamental Concepts
(PDF, 186 KB) February 18, 2005
• Evaluation of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
(PDF, 186 KB) May 19, 2005
Production Related Problems and Solutions
• Water Production Problems and Solutions – Part 1
(PDF, 49 KB) August 9, 2005
• Produced Water and Associated Issues,
(ZIP, 3.4 MB) June 18, 2003
Results from PTTC Technology Forums
• Produced Water and Associated Issues,
(ZIP, 3.4 MB) June 18, 2003
• Evolution of Exploration, Drilling & Completion Concepts for Appalachian
Basin’s Trenton-Black-River Play
(PDF, 1.4 MB) May, 2003
• Hard Rock Directional Drilling
(PDF, 76KB) November 20, 1997
• Open Hole Completion Depth Control
(PDF, 58 KB)
• Building Websites from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach
(PDF, 301 KB) June 10, 2000
Publications for Sale
• The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays
Software
• “Software Fair” from the Rocky Mountain PTTC featuring free to low cost software and data sources of interest to petroleum technical professionals.
Research Reports
• Challenges Facing Developers of the Marcellus Shale Play
(PDF, 101 KB) June 2012
• Secondary Natural Gas Recovery in the Appalachian Basin: Application of
Advanced Technologies in a Field Demonstration Site, Henderson Dome, Western Pennsylvania
(PDF, 58 KB) December, 2000
• Status Report: New and Novel Fracture Stimulation Technologies for the
Revitalization of Existing Gas Storage Wells – extract of information pertinent
to the Appalachian Region
(PDF, 2.8 MB) June, 1998
• Petroleum Technology Advances Through Applied Research by Independent
Oil Producers – extract of information pertinent to the Appalachian Region
(PDF, 241 KB) April, 1998
• Well Testing Plan in New York State
(PDF, 94 KB)
• Adding Value to The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays – Natural
Gas Conference Paper
(PDF 188 KB) April, 1997
• Enhancement of the Appalachian Basin Devonian Shale Resource Base in
the GRI Hydrocarbon Model – Report to GRI
(PDF 3.4 MB) December, 1997
• 3D Horizon/Fault Interpretation Exercise Using Seismic Micro-Technology’s
2D/3D Pak® Software – an online manual with color screen shots
(PDF 1.5 MB) June 23, 1997]
Studies of Granny Creek Oil Field, Lower Miss., Central West Virginia
• Heterogeneity of Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoirs in the Appalachian Basin: A Case
Study from a Lower Mississippian Oil Field in Central West Virginia – abstract
of article from A. A. P. G. Bulletin,
(PDF 55 KB) June, 1997
• Braid-Delta Facies Interpreted From Cores, Granny Creek Oil Field of West
Virginia – abstract of article from Southeastern Geology,
(PDF 48 KB) June, 1997
USGS Studies
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Coalbed Methane Activities in the Energy Resources Program
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Coalbed Methane Potential in the Appalachian States–An Overview
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Oil and Gas – National Oil and Gas Assessment for the Appalachian Basin
• Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Appalachian Basin
Province, 2002
(PDF 277 KB)
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Regional Stratigraphy and Petroleum Systems of the Appalachian Basin, North America
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Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks in the Central Appalachian
Basin from Fayette Co., Ohio, to Botetourt Co., Virginia
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Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks from Campbell Co., Kentucky,
to Tazewell Co., Virginia
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Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks in the Central Appalachian
Basin from Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania
to Hampshire County, West Virginia
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Areal Extent of Continuous Type Gas in Lower Silurian “Clinton”, Medina, and Tuscarora
in Appalachian Basin
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Possible Continuous-Type (Unconventional) Gas Accumulation in Lower Silurian “Clinton”
Sands, Medina Group, and the Tuscarora Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin
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Composition of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Produced from 14 Lower Silurian “Clinton”
Sandstone and Medina Group, Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania
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Subsurface Correlations and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretations of Lower Silurian
Strata in the Appalachian Basin of Northeast Ohio, Southwest New York, and Northwest
Pennsylvania
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Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks
of the Appalachian Basin in New York State
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Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian
Rocks of the Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania
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Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks
of the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia