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Well-Failure Analysis Of The Devil’S Basin In Musselshell County, Mt., Alexander Koerner
Well-Failure Analysis Of The Devil’S Basin In Musselshell County, Mt., Alexander Koerner
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Central Montana’s Devil’s Basin is the home of the first wildcat well in Montana. However, numerous operators have failed to recover economic oil reserves in the nearly 100- year history of the play. Analysis of the geologic conditions within the Devil’s Basin leads to a modern understanding of the charge, reservoir, and trap potentials of the greater Devil’s Basin petroleum play. Primary focus within the play is the Heath and Tyler Formations. Evaluation of previous exploration guides the end narrative of recommendations to direct future production in the Devil’s Basin.
A representative geologic model describing the southeastern portion of the …