February 2021 - Bob Loucks
February 2021 - Bob Loucks
FEBRUARY 2021 LUNCHEON MEETING
Bob Loucks
presents
Geologic overview and characterization of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Trend,
onshore Gulf of Mexico
Note: The Q&A session at the end of this presentation is not included.
ABSTRACT
The Austin Chalk Trend along the onshore Gulf of Mexico is an active exploration and production trend yet little has been published on the detailed reservoir geology. The Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL) at the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin has undertaken a comprehensive core-based regional investigation of the Austin Chalk for the past five years. The study covers the trend from the Texas-Mexico border through Louisiana. For this study, we have described ~40 cores and a few well-exposed outcrops and we constructed a large interactive database of core and thin-section descriptions, mineralogy XRD data, total organic carbon (TOC) and rock pyrolysis data, porosity and permeability data, SEM analyses, XRF analyses, and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) analyses.