Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the. The upper cretaceous cenomanianturonian eagle ford shale in south texas is one of the largest shale plays currently being exploited since the sts south texas syndicate 1 commercial discovery well was completed in october 2008 by petrohawk and first rock inc. Total organic carbon, rockeval pyrolysis, and vitrinite reflectance analyses performed on eagle ford group core and cuttings samples from the first shot field area, texas demonstrate these samples have sufficient quantity, quality, and maturity of organic matter to have generated oil. In the eagle ford, however, the animation underscores how operators target a combination of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids due to their relative price premium over natural gas. Allies an advocate for nontraditional paths, trying new things, and doing what you love. The estimated mean totals for oil and gas resources in the eagle ford marl, submarine plateaukarnes trough, and cenomanianturonian mudstone continuous oil and gas aus are 8,515 million barrels of oil mmbo, or. Geochemistry of shale gas basins including norms and. Eight separate facies along with their depositional environment were interpreted to. Norma salaiz, rgv lead executive director, along with an innovative and visionary group of south texas superintendents, postsecondary, business and community leaders to adopt the ford ngl model for school districts across the rio grande valley. Shes been a high school counselor, bus driver, piano teacher, bike mechanic, and a.
The composition is cascaded to a sensitive temperature below the feed tray. Many of the successful shale gas plays, including the barnett, eagle ford. May the real eagle ford stand up is another title i was thinking for this article. Increasing natural gas volumes have also boosted production of lease condensate recovered as a liquid from natural gas in lease separation facilities and natural gas. Exremely light crude oils and natural gas liquids ngl found in some shale. By contrast, operators in the bakken formation tend to drill mainly for crude oil. Eagle ford players discuss future of oil and development. Eagle ford gas processors welcome growth opportunities in 2014. Categorization of eagle ford wells with respect to the reported oil gravity. Eagle ford natural gas production eagle ford shale play. The first eagle ford wells in 2008 and 2009 were gas wells. Ford next generation learning ford ngl home facebook.
The changes in geology in the central and northern portion of the county produce a crude that is closer to 30 degree api where most of the eagle ford produces light crude greater than 31 api or condensate greater than 50 api. The point is eagle ford production is very light, extremely light. The company has struck oil in the eagle ford shale oil zone. Ngl water solutions eagle ford, llc filed as a foreign limited liability company llc in the state of texas on tuesday, october 9, 2012 and is approximately eight years old, as recorded in documents filed with texas secretary of state. Eagle ford shale was formed in the upper cretaceous series with gas. The composition of gas and the presence of natural gas liquids ngls, i. Eagle ford regional field study the eagle ford formation is a complex stratigraphic sequence that was deposited during the late cretaceous over a widespread area of the gulf coast mesozoic basin. Chemostratigraphic variability of the eagle ford shale. Eagle ford is a test case, as it has grown lighter, due to rising condensate spiking, from. Drawing or design which also includes words lettersnumbers. Eagle ford drillers have added 36,000 barrels per day to total output in april. Eight separate facies along with their depositional environment were interpreted to have been. Aug 03, 2016 ford next generation learning and greater clark county schools are partnering to bring project based, collaborative, and real world programs to our classrooms and our students.
Drawing or design which also includes words lettersnumbers attorney. They not only have vast reserves of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids ngls, but they are close to refining and nglfractionating centers along the gulf coast, and to major gas consumers, including power and petrochemical plants and soon several liquefied. Ford ngl framework ford ngl mobilizes educators, employers, and community leaders to prepare a new generation of young people who will graduate from high school ready for. Projected for service in late 20, the two 75,000 bpd units, along with a sixth unit under construction and on schedule to start service later this year, would enable. The experimental data suggest that natural gases of the eagle ford shale are thermogenic. Natural gas makes a comeback in eagle ford shale fields. The south texas eagle ford shale play is a large reservoir of oil and natural gas, and it is also among the more recent gas and oil shale plays currently being developed in the united states for hydrocarbon extraction. The permian basin and the eagle ford are two of the nations most important hydrocarbon production regions. Eagle ford players discuss future of oil and development in. Ill take you thereenterpriseeagle ford and dcp midstream. Facies and stratigraphic framework of the eagle ford shale. The eagle ford shale is a south texas geological formation with a large amount of oil and natural gas. Mak, in handbook of natural gas transmission and processing fourth. Discussion of the feasibility of air injection for.
The eagle ford is predominantly composed of organic matter rich fossiliferous marine shales and marls with interbedded thin limestones. In particular, the production from the eagle ford region see figure below. Production, logistics and refining market outlooks extracts from eai, inc. In standard handbook of petroleum and natural gas engineering third edition, 2016. Enterprise extended its integrated system further into the natural gas liquids ngl and condensaterich areas of the eagle ford in 2015 by purchasing a 100 percent interest in efs midstream llc efs midstream from affiliates of pioneer natural resources company and. G mark requirements for electronics imported to the gulf member states. Eagle ford is a heterogeneous carbonate mudstone sequence that spans a series of low energy transgressive and regressive events as well as a varying degree of anoxia, lithologic composition, thermal history, overall gross thickness, geopressure and related reservoir. Texas rrc crude and condensate data, is eagle ford peaking. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the. Otc us including stock price, stock chart, company news, key statistics, fundamentals and company profile. Natural gas liquids ngl, condensates testing, purity, and composition analysis. Flares may be subject to emission limits andor permit requirements, but in many jurisdictions. This project will link to enterprises recently completed ngl pipeline system that deliver. The eagle ford group also called the eagle ford shale is a sedimentary rock formation deposited during the cenomanian and turonian ages of the late cretaceous over much of the modernday state of texas.
The ongoing renaissance in oil and natural gas production in the. Although, eagle ford shale produces oil, condensate and dry gas in different areas, our study focuses in the oil window of the eagle ford shale. Ford ngl communities have seen increases in high school graduation rates and reductions in dropout rates, fewer absences and disciplinary actions for career academy students, better performances on ap and act exams and state tests by academy students, and increases in the percentage of students who complete the free application for federal student aid fafsa. Its about 50 miles wide, 400 miles long, on average 250 feet. Jun 09, 2017 eagle ford drillers have added 36,000 barrels per day to total output in april. Shes been a high school counselor, bus driver, piano teacher, bike mechanic, and a dj for a ska and punk radio show. It is situated between the underlying lower cretaceous carbonates and the. Rapid growth in horizontal drilling at the eagle ford shale formation in texas, like activity described in the previous story on the bakken formation, has resulted in significant increases in crude oil and natural gas production. Tight oil and liquidsrich plays such as the bakken, eagle ford, utica, marcellus.
With that, energy research firm bentek estimated ngl production in the eagle ford was close to 300,000 bd at the beginning of 20 and that it could rise to as much as 800,000 bd later in the decade. Ford ngl supports a network of communities who are committed to transforming their high schools into career academies. Gulf coast petroleum systems project assessment of. Instantly access production data subscribe now to receive immediate access to oil and gas production for ngl watersolutions eagleford,llc from april 2014 to june 2020. Enterprises nglrelated assets in the eagle ford include eight gas processing plants with a combined capacity of 2.
Plains all american to construct eagle ford ngl fractionator. In short, he expects the eagle ford will go from producing zero barrels of ngls a few years ago to more than 300,000 barrels per day bd by 2020. Get the inside track on all the latest ford ngl news, announcements, and opportunities. Exremely light crude oils and natural gas liquids ngl found in some shale formations can boil at room temperature, depending upon the composition and amount of lightends. Ngl watersolutions eagleford,llc oil gas wells and. Natural gas liquids production from the eagle ford is expected to grow along a trend similar to crude oil, with production ramping up from essentially zero in 2008 to between 300,000 and 400,000 bbld by 2020. Intertek laboratories test and analyze natural gas liquids condensates ngls for purity, components, and contamination. Ngl infrastructure in the permian basin and the eagle ford is the second of rbn energys drill down report series, a suite of twelve reports coming from rbn during 2015 covering many of the key issues expected to impact the markets for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Mineralogical and geochemical assessment of the eagle ford. Eagle ford gen grade 2017 07 eaglefordgengrade201707 eagle ford api 4550 united states of america 01 september 2016 14 july 2017assay is based on typical properties and represent typical export quality, however some quality variations should be expected. Eagle ford shale oil map eog resources has hit paydirt in the eagle ford shale.
Allie manages ford ngl communities in phases and helps the ford ngl coaches maintain their sanity. Total natural gas production remains high at 4,450 million cubic feet per day, and oil production is on track to. For example, drilling in the barnett shale focuses on natural gas. Stell, contributing editor now that upstream oil and gas producers have cracked the code of south texas eagle ford oil and gas play, gas processing and petrochemical operators, suppliers and service companies are ramping up their offices and capabilities in the area. It is 50 miles wide and 400 miles long and covers the 23 counties in southcentral texas.
If you are having trouble getting in touch with ngl watersolutions eagleford,llc, please feel free to contact one of our specialists and ask about our operator locating services. Mineralogical and geochemical assessment of the eagle ford shale. Geochemistry of shale gas basins including norms and trace. The eagle ford is predominantly composed of organic matterrich fossiliferous marine shales and marls with interbedded thin limestones. Construction of a 173mile extension of the partnerships ngl pipeline system from yoakum to lasalle county, texas is also under way and on schedule to begin service in the second quarter of 20. Ford motor companys next generation learning ngl program is a unique and comprehensive community initiative that brings together educators, employers, and community leaders to implement a proven model for transforming secondary schools, which ultimately improves the regional workforce development system. We explain how the eagle ford shale is different from other shales such as the barnett and others. Companies later abandoned gas en masse, and started chasing the more profitable crude oil and other liquids. Analysis shows that there is substantial variation in mineralogical composition among the samples analyzed, including the.
It derives its name from outcrops on the banks of the. Geochemistry of shale gas basins including norms and trace elements jeanphilippe jp nicot bureau of economic geology jackson school of geosciences the university of texas at austin ground water protection council uic conference houston, tx january 23, 2012. We recently sat down with schwartz to get additional insight into the growing natural gas liquids ngl market in south texas. Eagle ford to eaglebinecross section key points the thickness from the base of the austin chalk to the top of the buda increases to nearly 1,000 in the thickest part of the eaglebineplay the eastern eagle ford target is a 100 to 250 thick hot shale that is analogous to the mature eagle ford area beginning at the san marcos arch. Ernesto villarreal, ford ngl leadership council member, has been working in partnership with dr. Eagle ford crude condensate bubbling video intertek. Ford ngl is a unique and comprehensive initiative that brings together educators, employers, and community leaders to implement a proven model for transforming secondary schools and the entire workforce development system. Ngl water solutions eagle ford, llc company profile. Mur announced a major divestiture today, selling the companys malaysian assets to focus on its eagle ford development. Ngl watersolutions eagleford,llc oil gas wells and leases. Furthermore, gas chromatography and biomarker analyses performed on eagle ford group oils and source rock. In order to communicate, solidify, and strengthen community ownership and support of ford next generation learning ford ngl akron, oh will be celebrating their official ford ngl designation on may 15, 2017.
As i get ready to launch oil market analysis,one of the areas i have been focusing in is the condensate issues in the gulf. Gonzales county, tx dietze swd under construction hwy 72 fowlerton, tx 8257 camarone ranch road. Natural gas liquids an overview sciencedirect topics. Ford next generation learning and greater clark county schools are partnering to bring project based, collaborative, and real world programs to. Six wells with whole core through the eagle ford formation were analyzed and interpreted to determine lithology, sedimentary structures, and parasequences.
Enterprises ngl related assets in the eagle ford include eight gas processing plants with a combined capacity of 2. Eagle ford greet model argonne national laboratory. Trends in eagle ford drilling highlight the search for oil. Ngl 101 the basics energy information administration. We used the logarithmically gridded locally refined gridding scheme to properly model the flow in.
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