Table 15.1. Summary of oil fields in North America
Name
Location
Basin name Tectonic
Basin Trap
Reservoir
Age
Typeb Area Ultimate References
setting
codea type
Recovery
(kmz) (m3xi06)
Bantry
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV
41
IO.S
Farshori and Hopkins (1989)
Bellshill Lk
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV-CB
IS
12.4
Martin (1966); Conybeare (1976)
Medicine River
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
J2 Ss
Jurassic
PV
7
1.3
Hopkins (1981)
Little Bow
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV-CB
10
2.6
Hopkins et al. (1982); Wood and
Hopkins (1989)
Peco
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Belly River Cretaceous SH
19
0.5
Gardiner et al. (1990-)
Cut B' ank
Montana
RockyMt.
Forelan
Strat
Kootenai
Cretaceous PV-CB 930
4.8
Shelton (1967)
S. Glenrock
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat L. Muddy
Cretaceous PV
36
1!.9• Curry and Curry (1972)
Recluse
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Strat
Muddy
Cretaceous PV
36
10.0
Forgotson and Stark (1972)
Coyote Creek
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Strat
Fall R.
Cretaceous CB
8
3.0
Stapp (1967); Berg (1968)
Lane
Colorado
Denver
Foreland
4.3
Strat
"J" Ss
Cretaceous PV
2S
?
Harms (1966)
Zenith
Colorado
Denver
Foreland
4.3
Strat
"D" Ss
Cretaceous PV
9
?
Sonnenberg- (1987)
Red Wash
Utah
Uinta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Green R.
Eocene
CB
18S
9.0
Chatfield (1972); Pitman et al.
(1982)
Altamont-Bluebell Utah
Uinta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Green R.
Eocene
CB
907
39.7
Lucas and Drexler (1976)
McDonald Draw
Wyoming
Green River Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Hoback
Paleocene
CB
4
Ll
McDonald (1976)
South Belridge
California
San Joaquin TransfOrm fault 3.1
Struct
Tulare
Pleistocene CB-SH
so
!90.7
Miller et al. (1990)
Citronelle
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Donovan
Cretaceous CB
66
19.8
Eaves (1976)
Mallalieu
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 S. truct/strat Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB.
12
> 5.6
Berg (1986)
Little Creek
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB
47
11.0
Busch (1974); Werren et al. (1990)
Berwick
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Strat
Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB
-s
0.6
Garrison and Chancellor (1991)
Cushing
Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Anticline
Bartlesville Penn.
CB
72 > 74.8c
Weirich (1929); Visher et aL (1971)
BUsh City
Kansas
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Squirrel
Penn.
CB
8
1.0
Charles (1941)
Cheyenne Valley Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Red Fork
Penn.
PV
9
1.0
Withrow (1968)
South Ceres
Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Red Fork
Penn.
PV
80
1.6
Lyons and Dobrin (1972)
Blackwell
Texas
Midland
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Cook
Permian
PV-CB
I
> 0.25 Bloomer (1977)
Big Wall
Montana
-
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Tyler
Penn.
PV
10
0.9
Kranzler (1966)
Rocky Ridge
North Dakota Williston
Cratonic
5
Struct/strat Tyler
Penn.
PV-CB
21
o.s
Hastings (1990)
Main Consolidated Illinois
Illinois
Cratonic
s
Struct/strat Caseyvi1le
Penn.
PV
3
0.2
Howard and Whitaker (1990)
Clifford-Siaana
Colorado
Oklahoma
Cratonic
s
Strat
Morrow
Miss
PV
80
9.S
Bowen et al. (1993)
Red Barth
Alberta
Alberta
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct
Granite W sh Devonian
SH
29
3.5
Hunter (1966); Conybeare (1976)
Endicott
N. Slope,
North Slope Ex. margin
1.2.2 Anticline
Kekiktuk
Miss
SH
3S80
56.0
Melvin 1987; Woidneck et aL
Alaska
(1987)
Prudhoe Bay
N. Slope,
North Slope Ex. margin
1.2.2 Anticline
Sadlerochit Perm-Tr
SH
S06 1700.0• Morgridge·and Smith (1972);
Alaska
Eckelmann et al. (1975)
Atkinson et al. (1990)
Swanson River
Cook Inlet,
Cook Inlet
Forearc
2.2
AnticlineKenai
Tertiary
SH
1
40.0
Kirschner and Lyons (1973)
Alaska
Middle Grnd.
Cook Inlet,
Cook Inlet
Forearc
2.2
Anticline
Kenai
Tertiary
CB
16 > 13.8
Kirschner and Lyons (1973);
Shoal
Alaska
Boss et al. (1976)
a Basin type� from Table 11.2.
b Trap type, from Table 14.2: PV, paleovalley; CB, channel-bar form; SH, sheet.
c Data for all pools, fluvial portion not separated; >=only cumulative production data are available. Some fields have significant gas reserves; these are not listed in this table.
Name
Location
Basin name Tectonic
Basin Trap
Reservoir
Age
Typeb Area Ultimate References
setting
codea type
Recovery
(kmz) (m3xi06)
Bantry
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV
41
IO.S
Farshori and Hopkins (1989)
Bellshill Lk
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV-CB
IS
12.4
Martin (1966); Conybeare (1976)
Medicine River
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
J2 Ss
Jurassic
PV
7
1.3
Hopkins (1981)
Little Bow
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Strat
Mannville
Cretaceous PV-CB
10
2.6
Hopkins et al. (1982); Wood and
Hopkins (1989)
Peco
Alberta
Alberta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Belly River Cretaceous SH
19
0.5
Gardiner et al. (1990-)
Cut B' ank
Montana
RockyMt.
Forelan
Strat
Kootenai
Cretaceous PV-CB 930
4.8
Shelton (1967)
S. Glenrock
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat L. Muddy
Cretaceous PV
36
1!.9• Curry and Curry (1972)
Recluse
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Strat
Muddy
Cretaceous PV
36
10.0
Forgotson and Stark (1972)
Coyote Creek
Wyoming
Powder River Foreland
4.3
Strat
Fall R.
Cretaceous CB
8
3.0
Stapp (1967); Berg (1968)
Lane
Colorado
Denver
Foreland
4.3
Strat
"J" Ss
Cretaceous PV
2S
?
Harms (1966)
Zenith
Colorado
Denver
Foreland
4.3
Strat
"D" Ss
Cretaceous PV
9
?
Sonnenberg- (1987)
Red Wash
Utah
Uinta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Green R.
Eocene
CB
18S
9.0
Chatfield (1972); Pitman et al.
(1982)
Altamont-Bluebell Utah
Uinta
Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Green R.
Eocene
CB
907
39.7
Lucas and Drexler (1976)
McDonald Draw
Wyoming
Green River Foreland
4.3
Struct/strat Hoback
Paleocene
CB
4
Ll
McDonald (1976)
South Belridge
California
San Joaquin TransfOrm fault 3.1
Struct
Tulare
Pleistocene CB-SH
so
!90.7
Miller et al. (1990)
Citronelle
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Donovan
Cretaceous CB
66
19.8
Eaves (1976)
Mallalieu
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 S. truct/strat Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB.
12
> 5.6
Berg (1986)
Little Creek
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB
47
11.0
Busch (1974); Werren et al. (1990)
Berwick
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Strat
Tuscaloosa Cretaceous CB
-s
0.6
Garrison and Chancellor (1991)
Cushing
Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Anticline
Bartlesville Penn.
CB
72 > 74.8c
Weirich (1929); Visher et aL (1971)
BUsh City
Kansas
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Squirrel
Penn.
CB
8
1.0
Charles (1941)
Cheyenne Valley Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Red Fork
Penn.
PV
9
1.0
Withrow (1968)
South Ceres
Oklahoma
Arkoma
Periph. frland. 4.1
Strat
Red Fork
Penn.
PV
80
1.6
Lyons and Dobrin (1972)
Blackwell
Texas
Midland
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Cook
Permian
PV-CB
I
> 0.25 Bloomer (1977)
Big Wall
Montana
-
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct/strat Tyler
Penn.
PV
10
0.9
Kranzler (1966)
Rocky Ridge
North Dakota Williston
Cratonic
5
Struct/strat Tyler
Penn.
PV-CB
21
o.s
Hastings (1990)
Main Consolidated Illinois
Illinois
Cratonic
s
Struct/strat Caseyvi1le
Penn.
PV
3
0.2
Howard and Whitaker (1990)
Clifford-Siaana
Colorado
Oklahoma
Cratonic
s
Strat
Morrow
Miss
PV
80
9.S
Bowen et al. (1993)
Red Barth
Alberta
Alberta
Ex. margin
1.2.2 Struct
Granite W sh Devonian
SH
29
3.5
Hunter (1966); Conybeare (1976)
Endicott
N. Slope,
North Slope Ex. margin
1.2.2 Anticline
Kekiktuk
Miss
SH
3S80
56.0
Melvin 1987; Woidneck et aL
Alaska
(1987)
Prudhoe Bay
N. Slope,
North Slope Ex. margin
1.2.2 Anticline
Sadlerochit Perm-Tr
SH
S06 1700.0• Morgridge·and Smith (1972);
Alaska
Eckelmann et al. (1975)
Atkinson et al. (1990)
Swanson River
Cook Inlet,
Cook Inlet
Forearc
2.2
AnticlineKenai
Tertiary
SH
1
40.0
Kirschner and Lyons (1973)
Alaska
Middle Grnd.
Cook Inlet,
Cook Inlet
Forearc
2.2
Anticline
Kenai
Tertiary
CB
16 > 13.8
Kirschner and Lyons (1973);
Shoal
Alaska
Boss et al. (1976)
a Basin type� from Table 11.2.
b Trap type, from Table 14.2: PV, paleovalley; CB, channel-bar form; SH, sheet.
c Data for all pools, fluvial portion not separated; >=only cumulative production data are available. Some fields have significant gas reserves; these are not listed in this table.