We studied the Hickory Sandstone Member of the Riley Formation, Central Texas, to assess the diagenetic history of a cratonic sandstone, which, in spite of its great age, remains porous and permeable where it has not been buried more than 1 km.
This report describes a case history in a densely drilled, but spatially restricted, area (47 km2) containing 240 wells in the Mioceno Norte Area of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.