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Project Information
Principal investigators:
Michelle P.B. Nicolas
Partnered with:
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Location:
Southwest Manitoba; Virden NTS 62F; parts of Brandon NTS 62G and Riding Mountain NTS 62K
Project Description
Main objectives:
The objective of this project is to provide a regional overview of the petroleum geology and stratigraphy of the Late Devonian Three Forks Formation and Early Mississippian Bakken Formation in southwest Manitoba.
Methodology:
- Regional, detailed core logging of the Three Forks and Bakken formation.
- Regional geophysical log correlations of every oil and gas well that penetrates the Three Forks Formation.
- Structure and isopach mapping of the individual stratigraphic units/members.
- Core analysis synthesis and evaluation of the Daly-Sinclair oil field areas.
- Hydrocarbon assessment of the two formations
Benefits:
This provided much needed up-to-date stratigraphic and reservoir information and exploration prospects on Manitoba’s current largest oil play: the Devonian Three Forks Formation and Mississippian Bakken Formation.
Completed outputs:
2012-2013
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2012: Stratigraphy and regional geology of the Late Devonian-Early Mississippian Three Forks Group, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62F, parts of 62G, K); Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Geoscientific Report GR2012-3, 92 p.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2012: New insights into the Three Forks Group, southwestern Manitoba: stratigraphic changes and new sedimentological model; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Geoconvention, May 14–18, 2012, Calgary, Alberta; oral presentation; http://www.geoconvention.com/uploads/2012abstracts/073_GC2012_New_Insights_into_the_Three_Forks_Group.pdf [date of access: June 19, 2012].
2011-2012
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2011: Shale gas to Three Forks: Manitoba Geological Survey’s petroleum and stratigraphic investigations; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Williston Basin Petroleum Conference 2011, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 1–3, 2011, oral presentation.
2010-2011
Nicolas, M.P.B., Matile, G.L.D., Keller, G.R., Bamburak, J.D. 2010: Phanerozoic geology of southern Manitoba; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Stratigraphic Map Series, Map 2010-1, 2 map set Sheet A: Paleozoic, Sheet B: Phanerozoic Available for free download. scale 1:600 000.
2009-2010
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2008-2009
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2008: Summary report on petroleum and stratigraphic investigations, southwestern Manitoba; in Report of Activities 2008, Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 171-179.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2008: The Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s Latest Oil Play; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Prospect Expo, Minot, North Dakota, April 27-29, 2008, oral presentation.
2007-2008
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2007: The Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s Newest Oil Play (abstract) ; 2007 CSPG CSEG Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Program with Abstracts, CD-ROM, p. 106-107. URL http://www.geoconvention.org/archives/2007abstracts/117S0131.pdf [March 16, 2010].
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2007: The Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s Newest Oil Play; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, 2007 CSPG CSEG Convention, Calgary, Alberta, May 14–17, 2007, poster presentation.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2007: Devonian Three Forks Formation, Manitoba (NTS 62F parts of 62G, K): preliminary hydrocarbon and stratigraphic investigations; in Report of Activities 2007, Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 175-185.
Nicolas, M.P.B 2007: Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s newest oil play; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 15–17, 2007, poster presentation.
Nicolas, M. 2007: Petroleum Geology of the Devonian Three Forks Formation, Sinclair Field and Surrounding Area, Southwestern Manitoba. Manitoba Oil and Gas Review 2007, p. 16-18.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2007: The Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s Newest Oil Play; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Prospect Expo, Regina, SK, April 29–May 1, 2007, oral presentation.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2007: The Devonian Three Forks Formation: Manitoba’s Newest Oil Play; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Prospect Expo, Regina, SK, April 29–May 1, 2007, poster presentation.
2006-2007
Nicolas, M. 2006: Petroleum Geology of the Devonian Three Forks Formation, Sinclair Field and Surrounding Area, Southwestern Manitoba; in Nickel, E.H. (ed.), Saskatchewan and Northern Plains Oil and Gas Symposium Core Workshop Volume, Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 20, p. 32-49.
