Rhinestreet Shale

There appears to be more and more UD Rhinestreet activity - permitting and drilling in Beaver County...

Here is some interesting history to the Rhinestreet Shale:

http://www.netl.doe.gov/kmd/cds/disk7/disk1/EGS%5CBlack%20Shale%20a...

BLACK SHALE AND SANDSTONE FACIES OF THE DEVONIAN "CATSKILL" CLASTIC WEDGE

IN THE SUBSURFACE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Robert G. Piotrowski

John A. Harper

Circa 1978 DOE

Excerpt:

"In December, 1975, St. Joe Petroleum Corporation completed the Ashcroft 91 well in

Greene Township, Beaver County. As with the nearby Metropolitan Industry well,

the Ashcroft well was originally drilled as a test of a deeper formation (the

Lower Silurian Medina Group) but was plugged back to test the Devonian Rhinestreet

shale. Again there was no natural production, and after hydraulic fracturing

there was no sustained flow. The gas was there, but with the present state of

stimulation and recovery techniques it could not be produced economically. This

well is currently shut in."

 

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Permalink Reply by Trapper on December 13, 2013 at 3:42pm

Many thanks Wozzle! This goes deeper than the Rhinestreet , but do you know anything about the Loysburg Black River formation in SW Lawrence County? It appears Shell is going to drill to it and go horizontal with a mile long lateral. I was told it's 9000 feet deep here.

I send a thank you to Todd as well.

Permalink Reply by wozzle on December 13, 2013 at 4:24pm

Loysburg is a carbonate below the Black River dolomite, both dolostone and limestone, with black mud interbeds. It was formed largely nearshore, lots of lagoons and tidal inlets.  It reminds me of the A1 Carbonate (Silurian, Salina Group) of the Michigan basin.  I know nothing about it other than what I've read.  

The A1 play is in its infancy, developed in the same manner, but operators are having trouble with high pressure zones and lots of hydrogen sulfide. The wells drilled that tested dry gas are being plugged due to lack of infrastructure and high processing costs.  

Permalink Reply by Trapper on December 13, 2013 at 5:15pm
Thanks again Wozzle.
Would this formation be an oil potential rather than gas?
Permalink Reply by Don C on December 13, 2013 at 8:39pm

FYI     On the ODNR drilling report it shows Manziel well 10H with gas at the Rhinestreet  3704 feet to 4009 feet and below it is Marcellus gas at 4270 feet to 4287 feet.  If I am reading it correct.  Eastern Ohio about 10 miles west of East Liverpool. 

Permalink Reply by Todd on December 13, 2013 at 9:13pm
Thanks Don,
Is that mention of gas from the drilling logs? Does the Manziel pad consist of all Utica-PP wells?
Permalink Reply by Todd on December 13, 2013 at 10:07pm

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/oil/MRMImages/18/2/242991.pdf

Looks like there are mentions of gas in 4 different shale layers above the Point Pleasant.

Permalink Reply by Todd on December 13, 2013 at 10:55pm

http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/updated-precambrian-unconf...

Many thanks to James Vanderink for posting this discussion and map of faults and folds!


http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/10/pdf/Map-PG-23_Vers-2.pdf

Last page is a map that shows the "Pittsburgh-Washington Cross-Strike Structural Discontinuity" from southern Beaver County into northern Hancock County.

Fear not the fault as many wells are being drilled along the "Highlandtown Fault" along Rt 39 in Jefferson/Columbiana Counties, Ohio. (#30 on the map)

Permalink Reply by Don C on December 14, 2013 at 6:41am

Can you make out how thick these layers are?  Its all  Greek to me.      Is the 1482u an average of BTU in the gas lateral? 

Permalink Reply by Don C on December 14, 2013 at 7:03am

Looks like the lateral is in the PP   No fracing records yet   Must of been some pretty hard stone/rock to use chemicals for the lateral.  

Permalink Reply by Todd on December 14, 2013 at 11:58am

Don,

From the drilling log, there is a show of gas in the Rhinestreet Shale at 4009', the Marcellus at 4287' , the Lockport at 5948' and the White Clinton (Bill lol) at 6336'.

Yes, the Manziel pad consists of all Point Pleasant laterals thus far.  I cannot tell the exact thickness of the other shales from the drilling logs but the Marcellus appears to be 28' thick which is about what I would expect in that area.

Apparently, the PP gas has an average of 1482 BTU which makes it super-rich in terms of long chain hydrocarbons = more valuable.  Congrats if you're in this unit! :)

Permalink Reply by Don C on December 14, 2013 at 12:25pm

Todd

Have you known any drilling companies going after 28 feet thickness of Marcellus?  Hopefully the Utica is thicker.

 

Permalink Reply by Todd on December 14, 2013 at 1:46pm

Don,

I have not seen under 30' of Marcellus thickness drilled thus far.  The Utica and Point Pleasant are much much thicker however.  Chesapeake should not have any problem getting gas out of the Utica-PP in your location.

Look at Range's presentation from 12/4/13:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=101196&p=irol-prese...

Page 13 - you have 120 to 140 Bcf of gas per square mile in your location of the Utica!  But, you won't hear that from Chesapeake.

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