Ohio: Utica shale spec 3D seismic shoot set in 2012
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. has let a contract for the acquisition of 307 sq miles of multiclient 3D seismic in the Utica shale play in the Appalachian basin in northeastern Ohio.
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. has let a contract for the acquisition of 307 sq miles of multiclient 3D seismic in the Utica shale play in the Appalachian basin in northeastern Ohio.
Tidelands Geophysical Services is expected to shoot the Firestone 3D survey in 7 months starting in the first quarter of 2012.
TGS noted that the Utica shale is a few thousand feet below the Marcellus shale and is characterized by a western oil phase, a central wet gas phase, and an eastern dry gas phase. The new seismic survey is located over the wet gas portion of the Utica.
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
