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.

Biostratigraphy of the Campanian-Maastrichtian, Mid-Maastrichtian, and Cretaceous-tertiary boundaries in the Raton Basin: Implications for models of early Laramide tectonism and for the origin of the enigmatic Disturbed Zone

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Berry
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Sedimentation Rates ◽  
Southwestern Part ◽  
Pierre Shale ◽  
South Central ◽  
Disturbed Zone ◽  
History Of ◽  
Differential Sedimentation

The Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary is placed within the upper part of the Pierre Shale about 100 m below the base of the Trinidad Sandstone at Berwind Canyon, Colorado. Correlation of ammonite biostratigraphy with palynostratigraphy places this boundary near the top of the Vermejo Formation in the southwestern part of the Raton Basin, northeastern New Mexico. The informal mid-Maastrichtian boundary should be placed at the level of the Trinidad Sandstone at Berwind Canyon, although it should be placed at the level of the Vermejo-Raton unconformity in northeastern New Mexico based upon palynostratigraphy. High-resolution megafloral biostratigraphy of the K-T boundary is also discussed. Chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental indicator species reveal differential sedimentation rates across the basin. The magnitude of the Vermejo-Raton unconformity varies primarily in a north-south direction across the Raton Basin and was greatest in northeastern New Mexico and least in south-central Colorado, which may affect interpretations of the early Laramide history of the Raton Basin. The results of this study preclude correlation of the basal part of the Vermejo Formation with the Disturbed Zone of southwestern South Dakota.

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.

Late Quaternary vegetation history of Rough Canyon, south-central New Mexico, USA

2001 ◽  
Vol 165 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 71-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio L Betancourt ◽  
Kate Aasen Rylander ◽  
Cristina Peñalba ◽  
Janet L McVickar
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Vegetation History ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
South Central ◽  
History Of

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.

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
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