Structural Cross Sections, Plio-Pleistocene Series, Southeastern Texas Continental Shelf

CS0009. Structural Cross Sections, Plio-Pleistocene Series, Southeastern Texas Continental Shelf, by R. A. Morton and L. A. Jirik. 7 p., 13 pls., 1989.

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About This Publication
These cross sections illustrate the regional structure and stratigraphy beneath the Texas continental shelf . The Plio-Pleistocene Series in the western Gulf Coast basin comprises a thick wedge of terrigenous clastic sediment that produces modest volumes of hydrocarbons from offshore leases along the outer shelf and upper slope.

Sandstone reservoirs within this wedge have yielded more than 40 million bbl of oil and 2.5 Tcf of gas. They initially contained about 1.6 billion bbl of oil equivalent, or nearly two-thirds of the estimated total recoverable reserves beneath the Texas Outer Continental Shelf. To interpret the structural and stratigraphic framework of the area, the authors used publicly available electric logs, paleontological reports, and published information, in addition to 2,000 miles of multichannel seismic profiles. Biostratigraphic zones of the Plio-Pleistocene Series, locations of major oil and gas fields and trends, and areas of tectonic features and salt structures are included.


Keywords: cross sections, offshore, oil and gas, Plio-Pleistocene, Texas Continental Shelf, Gulf Coast basin, Texas


CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
   Structural elements
   Sedimentary facies
EXPLANATION OF CROSS SECTIONS
   Deviated and proprietary wells
   Stratigraphic subdivisions
   Equilibrium temperatures and well completions
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES


Figures
1. Correlation chart showing biostratigraphic zones of the Plio-Pleistocene Series in the western Gulf Coast Basin
2. Major producing trends and principal oil and gas fields of offshore Texas
3. Principal tectonic features and salt structures beneath the offshore areas and Coastal Plain of Texas

Plates
1 index map
9 dip sections
3 strike sections

Citation
Morton, R. A., and Jirik, L. A., 1989, Structural Cross Sections, Plio-Pleistocene Series, Southeastern Texas Continental Shelf: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Cross Section CS 9, 7 p., 13 plates.