Technical Information
Regional References
• Mature Region, Youthful Potential: Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Appalachian and Illinois Basins (PDF, 4.1 MB)
• Conventional and Potential Alternative Energy Sources of Appalachian Counties
Coal Bed Methane Reports
• Coalbed Methane-Fundamental Concepts (PDF, 186 KB) February 18, 2005
• Evaluation of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs (PDF, 186 KB) May 19, 2005
Production Related Problems and Solutions
• Water Production Problems and Solutions – Part 1 (PDF, 49 KB) August 9, 2005
• Produced Water and Associated Issues, (ZIP, 3.4 MB) June 18, 2003
Results from PTTC Technology Forums
• Produced Water and Associated Issues, (ZIP, 3.4 MB) June 18, 2003
• Evolution of Exploration, Drilling & Completion Concepts for Appalachian Basin’s Trenton-Black-River Play (PDF, 1.4 MB) May, 2003
• Hard Rock Directional Drilling (PDF, 76KB) November 20, 1997
• Open Hole Completion Depth Control (PDF, 58 KB)
• Building Websites from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach (PDF, 301 KB) June 10, 2000
Publications for Sale
• The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays
Software
• “Software Fair” from the Rocky Mountain PTTC featuring free to low cost software and data sources of interest to petroleum technical professionals.
Research Reports
• Challenges Facing Developers of the Marcellus Shale Play (PDF, 101 KB) June 2012
• Secondary Natural Gas Recovery in the Appalachian Basin: Application of Advanced Technologies in a Field Demonstration Site, Henderson Dome, Western Pennsylvania (PDF, 58 KB) December, 2000
• Status Report: New and Novel Fracture Stimulation Technologies for the Revitalization of Existing Gas Storage Wells – extract of information pertinent to the Appalachian Region(PDF, 2.8 MB) June, 1998
• Petroleum Technology Advances Through Applied Research by Independent Oil Producers – extract of information pertinent to the Appalachian Region (PDF, 241 KB) April, 1998
• Well Testing Plan in New York State (PDF, 94 KB)
• Adding Value to The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays – Natural Gas Conference Paper (PDF 188 KB) April, 1997
• Enhancement of the Appalachian Basin Devonian Shale Resource Base in the GRI Hydrocarbon Model – Report to GRI (PDF 3.4 MB) December, 1997
• 3D Horizon/Fault Interpretation Exercise Using Seismic Micro-Technology’s 2D/3D Pak® Software – an online manual with color screen shots (PDF 1.5 MB) June 23, 1997]
Studies of Granny Creek Oil Field, Lower Miss., Central West Virginia
• Heterogeneity of Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoirs in the Appalachian Basin: A Case Study from a Lower Mississippian Oil Field in Central West Virginia – abstract of article from A. A. P. G. Bulletin, (PDF 55 KB) June, 1997
• Braid-Delta Facies Interpreted From Cores, Granny Creek Oil Field of West Virginia – abstract of article from Southeastern Geology, (PDF 48 KB) June, 1997
USGS Studies
• Coalbed Methane Activities in the Energy Resources Program
• Coalbed Methane Potential in the Appalachian States–An Overview
• Oil and Gas – National Oil and Gas Assessment for the Appalachian Basin
• Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2002 (PDF 277 KB)
• Regional Stratigraphy and Petroleum Systems of the Appalachian Basin, North America
• Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks in the Central Appalachian Basin from Fayette Co., Ohio, to Botetourt Co., Virginia
• Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks from Campbell Co., Kentucky, to Tazewell Co., Virginia
• Stratigraphic Framework of Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks in the Central Appalachian Basin from Medina County, Ohio, through Southwestern and South-Central Pennsylvania to Hampshire County, West Virginia
• Areal Extent of Continuous Type Gas in Lower Silurian “Clinton”, Medina, and Tuscarora in Appalachian Basin
• Possible Continuous-Type (Unconventional) Gas Accumulation in Lower Silurian “Clinton” Sands, Medina Group, and the Tuscarora Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin
• Composition of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Produced from 14 Lower Silurian “Clinton” Sandstone and Medina Group, Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania
• Subsurface Correlations and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretations of Lower Silurian Strata in the Appalachian Basin of Northeast Ohio, Southwest New York, and Northwest Pennsylvania
• Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin in New York State
• Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania
• Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia