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SPRINGER BRIEFS IN EARTH SCIENCES Robert J. Brewer Hydrocarbon Potential in Southeastern United States A Review 123 SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8897 Robert J. Brewer Hydrocarbon Potential in Southeastern United States A Review Robert J. Brewer Katy, TX, USA ISSN 2191-5369 ISSN 2191-5377 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences ISBN 978-3-030-00216-9 ISBN 978-3-030-00218-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00218-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018955281 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. 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The author is in the process of preparing the final manuscript and producing figure illustrations that may appear in the final published version. The views and opinions expressed in this work are those of the author only. This is an historical writing with indications to possible future outcomes. References made to people, places, entities, and other things are meant only to reinforce the author’s message and assist the reader’s understanding in an effort to present rele- vant and supporting information on the subject matter of the work. References and conclusions that may be drawn by any individual or individuals that may result from information presented in the work that may be construed to have a bearing on any person, place, or thing are entirely coincidental. vii Acknowledgments I thank the following family members, friends, and colleagues for their support and encouragement during the production of this work: my wife – Brenda Brewer for her patience, encouragement, and helpful suggestions with the writing and illustra- tions; my son – Brett Brewer for his support and encouragement; my sisters Martha Rini and Joan Roman for their encouragement and support; my editor – Ron Doering of Springer Science for his foresight, guidance, patience, and encouragement throughout the process from beginning to end; Tom Harrold for his friendship, sug- gestions, and encouragement; Jim Kane for his friendship, valuable insights about the geology of the Gulf Coast, expertise, suggestions, and encouragement; Walt Huff for his encouragement, expertise, and valuable insights about the state of Florida; and Jim Kennedy for his untiring help and attention to detail in providing well log and historical information from the state of Georgia. ix Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Geology of the Southeastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Oil and Gas Production in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4 Triassic Rift Basins in the Southeastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 C hallenges and Logistics of Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Southeastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 Oil and Gas Production in Virginia and Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 7 Possible Undiscovered Oil and Gas Accumulations and Documented Oil and Gas Shows in the Southeastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 8 Historic COCORP 2D Seismic Survey Program in the Southeastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 9 Georgia as a Central Oil and Gas Exploration Project Area . . . . . . . . 49 10 Gulf of Mexico Basin and Atlantic Coastal (East Coastal) Basins . . . . 57 11 Nearest Oil and Gas Production to Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 12 Regional Geology, Oil and Gas Shows of Eastern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Middle Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 13 The Historic Jay and Sunniland Oil Fields of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 14 Proposed Regional Reconnaissance 2D Seismic Survey Program . . . . 71 15 Offshore Southeastern United States and OCS Oil and Gas Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 16 Prospective Areas for New Oil and Gas Exploration and Current and Future Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 xi xii Contents Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Suggested Additional Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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