Results and Synthesis of Integrated Geologic Studies of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group of Northeastern Alaska. Final Report

• Main Author: Watts, K. F.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Fairbanks 1995
• Subjects: Limestone; Leading Abstract; Alaskan North Slope; Geologic Structures; Petrology; Progress Report; 58 Geosciences; Stratigraphy; 02 Petroleum; Geologic Formations; Diagenesis; Reservoir Rock; Brooks Range; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/71513; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc706342/

The primary objective of this project was to develop an integrated database to characterize reservoir heterogeneities resulting from numerous small-scale shallowing-upward cycles (parasequences) comprising the Pennsylvanian Wahoo 1imestone. The Wahoo Limestone is the upper part of an extensive carbonate platform sequence of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group which is widely exposed in the Brooks Range and is a widespread hydrocarbon reservoir unit in the subsurface of the North Slope of Alaska. A leading goal is to determine lateral and vertical variations in the complex mosaic of carbonate facies comprising the Wahoo. Aspects of rock units adjacent to the Wahoo, the underlying Endicott Group and Alapah Limestone and overlying Echooka Formation are also discussed. This report includes an overview of the regional geological framework; a discussion of biostratigraphic results; a summary of diagenetic studies; and preliminary results of comparative studies of a cored well in the Lisburne oil field. A computerized database system (the Wahoo database) was developed and is explained in a users manual. Selected papers are indexed separately for inclusion in the Energy Science and Technology Database.