Publications by Gholston, J.C.

Title Publication Year Abstract Author Series Publisher
Basin morphological controls on submarine-fan depositional trends:  Spraberry Sandstone, Permian Basin, Texas Basin morphological controls on submarine-fan depositional trends: Spraberry Sandstone, Permian Basin, Texas 1997

The Leonardian Spraberry Formation is a major oil-producing formation of the Permian Basin, accounting for more than 700 million barrels of oil produced from heterogeneous submarine-fan reservoirs.

Tyler, Noel, Gholston, J.C., Guevara, E.H. Geological Circular Bureau of Economic Geology
Genetic stratigraphy and oil recovery in an Upper Cretaceous wave-dominated deltaic reservoir, Big Wells (San Miguel) field, south Texas Genetic stratigraphy and oil recovery in an Upper Cretaceous wave-dominated deltaic reservoir, Big Wells (San Miguel) field, south Texas 1986

The Big Wells (San Miguel) reservoir in Dimmit and Zavala Counties, South Texas, produces from a broadly lenticular, wave-dominated deltaic sandstone encased in prodelta and shelf mudstones.

Tyler, Noel, Gholston, J.C., Ambrose, W.A., Idigbe, Koso, Mitra, R.K. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Heterogeneous deep-sea fan reservoirs, Shackelford and Preston waterflood units, Spradberry trend, West Texas Heterogeneous deep-sea fan reservoirs, Shackelford and Preston waterflood units, Spradberry trend, West Texas 1988

The Permian Spraberry Trend, once regarded as the world's largest uneconomic oil field, is a prime candidate for reserve growth through extended conventional recovery.

Tyler, Noel, Gholston, J.C. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology