THE SEISMIC HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

Geophysics ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-159
Author(s):  
Arland I. Innes
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
History Of ◽  
Seismic Records ◽  
Oil Company

Seismic exploration in southeastern New Mexico was initiated early in 1928 by the Amerada Petroleum Corporation and the Gulf Oil Company. In the period 1928–1931, refraction profiling was exclusively used to detail Hobbs and to locate the Monument structure. The 1932–1935 period was dominated by correlation refractions. Detailed shooting outlined the Monument structure. During the period 1934–1950, reflection profiling was successfully used and is credited with locating the Knowles, Bagley, Hightower, Cross Roads, Denton, Bough, and Saunders oil fields. The presentation of data includes reproductions of seismic records and structure maps.

GEOPHYSICAL CASE HISTORY OF THE ANDERSON RANCH FIELD, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Geophysics ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 870-886
Author(s):  
Glen H. Swenumson
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Case History ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Multiple Reflections ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oil Company

The Northwest Shelf area of Southwest New Mexico has had an exceptionally rapid growth as an oil producing province. The Anderson Ranch field, discovered by the Continental Oil Company in 1953, is one of the typically prolific oil fields in this Northwest Shelf area. This field (Figure 1) is the most southwesterly of a series of Devonian oil fields in the Northwest Shelf area of New Mexico. It is located 22 miles west of Lovington, New Mexico in sections 2 and 11, T. 16 S.‐R. 32 E., Lea County, New Mexico. The Anderson Ranch area was first found to be anomalous by a shallow oil well drilled in 1927 which found the Rustler Anhydrite unusually high. Core drilling carried out in 1940 developed an Anhydrite nose over the area. A reflection seismograph survey was carried out in the period from 1950 to 1951 which succeeded in mapping a closed anticline in the face of many difficulties in obtaining usable seismograms. It is believed that the seismic map prepared for the deepest horizon was caused by multiple reflections. The anticline so revealed was drilled in a unitized drilling program and a well was completed in the Devonian for an initial potential of 1,968 barrels of oil per day. This was the discovery well.

CASE HISTORY OF THE LEA FIELD, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Geophysics ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 998-1007
Author(s):  
D. W. Franklin ◽  
J. F. McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Unit Operation ◽  
Delaware Basin ◽  
Deep Well ◽  
South Central ◽  
Correlation Data ◽  
Data Control ◽  
History Of ◽  
Character Correlation ◽  
Oil Company

A reconnaissance seismograph survey was conducted during 1958 in the relatively unexplored north flank of the Delaware Basin, south‐central Lea County, New Mexico. Conventional methods were employed, single shotholes and multiple geophones. Mapping was based mainly on character correlation. Data quality was fair. Interpretation was complicated by facies changes in relationship to Permian reefing, and sufficient deep‐well and velocity data control were not available to evaluate satisfactorily the effects of these changes. The seismic map showed approximately 450 ft of overall closure with fault along east flank. Subsequent drilling checked the seismic map closely. The Lea field, discovered in 1960, covers approximately 2,280 acres and produces from three zones. The discovery well was drilled as a unit operation with Marathon Oil Company being the operator.

PREDICTIVE DECOMPOSITION OF TIME SERIES WITH APPLICATION TO SEISMIC EXPLORATION

Geophysics ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enders A. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Sedimentary Rock ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
Seismic Records ◽  
Exploration Seismology ◽  
A Charge

In exploration seismology, a charge of dynamite is exploded under controlled conditions, and the resulting vibrations at various points on the surface of the ground are detected by geophones and are recorded as seismic traces on the seismogram. The analysis of such seismic records yields valuable information about the structure of the sedimentary rock layers in potential oil producing areas, and such information is of considerable economic value in increasing the probability of locating new oil fields.

CLIMATIC AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE LOWER PALEOCENE UPPER NACIMIENTO FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin E. Leslie ◽  
◽  
Ross Secord ◽  
Daniel J. Peppe ◽  
Stacy Atchley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Depositional History ◽  
San Juan Basin ◽  
History Of

GEOMORPHIC AND INCISION HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIVER GORGE NEAR QUESTA, NEW MEXICO

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis W. Clow ◽  
◽  
Whitney M. Behr ◽  
Mark Helper ◽  
Peter Gold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rio Grande River ◽  
Northern Rio Grande

Looking back: a history of marine seismic exploration

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.D. Sternlicht
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marine Seismic ◽  
Looking Back

A History of Mineral Collecting at the Chino Mine Grant County, New Mexico

2009 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 492-500
Author(s):  
Virgil W. Lueth ◽  
Ronald B. Gibbs ◽  
Robert M. North
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
History Of
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