Thickness of the wcsb based on ags well control data black dots modi. Locations of wells in the western canadian sedimentary basin where mudgases. Trenchless technology is commonly used in the petroleum industry. The jurassic system of the western canada sedimentary basin records the transition in its tectonic setting from a passive backarc platformal basin to a foreland basin at the western margin.
Basement faults and lineament zones in the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb have long been known. Marc bustin university of british columbia, vancouver, bc, canada summary the matrix permeability of major shales in the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb were. The queen charlotte, hecate and tofino basins of the offshore. Investigation of the geothermal state of sedimentary. Although commonly described as a shale, it is a siltstone over most of its subcrop, which presents complications for. Western canadian sedimentary basin work by the geological survey of canada gsc has identified significant potential in interior and offshore basins that are, to date, unexplored. Pdf salt dissolution and permeability in the western. Paul mackay the western canadian sedimentary basin. Geological survey recently completed a geosciencebased assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of provinces within the western canada sedimentary basin. The western canadian sedimentary basin has been a leader in this movement with entrepreneurs using new technology to develop our resources in a safe and reliable way. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
Purchase the sedimentary basins of the united states and canada, volume 5 1st edition. Its internal structure and the lateral variations in its shape reflect a long and complex history of development involving a. The western canada sedimentary basin wcsb is a vast sedimentary basin underlying 1,400,000 square kilometres 540,000 sq mi of western canada including southwestern manitoba, southern saskatchewan, alberta, northeastern british columbia and the southwest corner of the northwest territories. Regional gravity and magnetic anomalies that originate from crystalline basement rocks extend over many parts of the western canada sedimentary basin. Examples for the three light oil play categories will be presented from the western canada sedimentary basin. Geological atlas of the western canada sedimentary basin atlas.
Factors controlling the composition of organic matter accumulations. Acumen capital analysts trevor reynolds and mike mcmeeken call it read more. Grid files for the 3d geologicpetroleum system model of the. The western canadian sedimentary basin a geologic basin, and a region of oil sands, tight oil, and shale gas mining, located in western canada. Over the past three decades, a significant number of smallmagnitude and shallow earthquakes have occurred in the western canada sedimentary basin and are located along its western flank near areas of oil and gas production. The coalbearing strata of the lower cretaceous mannville. Aug 16, 2016 the western canadian sedimentary basin is a vast sedimentary basin underlying 1,400,000 square kilometres of western canada including southwestern manitoba, southern saskatchewan, alberta. Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources. Sedimentary basins of the world the sedimentary basins of. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information. The western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb is a vast sedimentary basin underlying 1,400,000 square kilometres 540,000 sq mi of western canada including southwestern manitoba, southern saskatchewan, alberta, northeastern british columbia and the southwest corner of the northwest territories.
Abstract the western canada sedimentary basin, a simple northeasterly tapering wedge of sedimentary rocks more than 6 km thick, extends southwest from the canadian shield into the cordilleran foreland thrust belt. Geological atlas of the northern canadian mainland. Isotopic fingerprints of shallow gases in the western canadian sedimentary basin. Along with your free special report you get our daily buysell adviser. Subductionrelated sedimentary basins of the usa cordillera r. He is a fellow of the royal society of canada, and the first middleton medalist of the. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Geological survey report series 20051421, web publication and associated data files. Horizontal drilling, tight oil plays, western canadian sedimentary basin brought together industry leading drilling executives, decision makers, and technical experts from the bakken, cardium, viking, and other major plays in western canada to deliver integral insights into the applications of the different drilling tools, techniques and. A preliminary statistical model for hydraulic fracture. Hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the western canada. Fernie region of southeast british columbia which is part of the western canada sedimentary basin. Grid files for the 3d geologicpetroleum system model of. The coalbearing strata of the lower cretaceous mannville group western canadian sedimentary basin, south central alberta, part 2.
The present value of the production at 8% is 8x108 p 200. All available information relevant to in situ stress orientations and magnitudes in the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb were examined to provide a better understanding of how regional. A regional diagenetic and petrophysical model for the montney. During an underbalanced milling campaign in an area of the montney formation in the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb in 2017 to early 2018, a well servicing company experienced a series of three coiled tubing complete immobilization incidents. Hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the western canada sedimentary basin by gail m. Click download or read online button to get western canada sedimentary basin book now.
Shale oil turonian second white specks formation, tight oil late devonian to early mississippian bakken formation, and halo oil turonian cardium formation. Published jointly by the canadian society of petroleum geologists and the alberta research council in sponsorship association with the alberta dept. Petroleum generation and migration in the western canada sedimentary basin chapter 32 book january 1994. Fortythree formation waters were sampled from different geographical locations and formations fig. View western canada sedimentary basin research papers on academia. Supply of western canadian sedimentary basin crude oil. Jan 31, 2018 the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb is a vast 540,000squaremile swath of land in the western half of canada.
Toward a sequence stratigraphic framework for the frasnian of. Western canadian sedimentary basin temperaturedepth. The coalbearing strata of the lower cretaceous mannville group western canadian sedimentary basin, south central alberta. Geological atlas of the western canada sedimentary basin atlas shetsen, i. Download product flyer is to download pdf in new tab. It is also known that in shallow boreholes the effect of free thermal convection may have some impact on measured temperatures. The purposes of the zmapformat grid files are to create the 3d geologic and petroleum system models of the wcsb, and to publish these files such that others can use them in applications such as reservoir and basin modeling. There are also producing basins in southern ontario, offshore newfoundland, and the scotian shelf. Origin and evolution of formation waters, alberta basin, western canada sedimentary basin. A talk given by paul mackay at 2018 global super basins leadership conference in houston, texas. Origin and evolution of formation waters, alberta basin. Fluid compartmentalization of devonian and mississippian dolostones, western canada sedimentary basin. A new sequence stratigraphic division for the upper givetian and frasnian of the alberta basin is proposed.
Isotopic fingerprints of shallow gases in the western. The sedimentary basins of the united states and canada, volume 5. It consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock extending from the rocky mountains in the west to. The oldest rocks are preserved in the stable archean crustal blocks of which the largest include the superior, slave, hearne and north atlantic cratons. The western canada sedimentary basin wcsb is the thinner part of the same northeasttapering wedge of supracrustal rocks that forms the eastern part of the cordillera. Geological atlas of the western canada sedimentary basin. Canada has an ultimate volume of crude bitumen in place estimated to be 2500 billion barrels. The western canada sedimentary basin figu re 1 covers an area of approximately 450,000 square miles, thickening from a zero edge along the canadian shield to over 6 kilometres in the rocky mountain foothills. A reservoir and geomechanical model of the colorado shale, western canadian sedimentary basin melanie regehr, baker hughes april 1518, 2012 spwla topical conference. These resources include coal, natural gas, and oil sands. Cordilleran sedimentary basins of western canada record 180 million years of terrane accretion b. The western canada sedimentary basin accreted to the western margin of north america and the continental terrace wedge was com.
The western canada sedimentary basin primarily comprises the 1 alberta basin province of alberta, eastern british columbia, and the southwestern northwest territories. Technology and innovation has since been developed that allows us to tap into rocks that were previously deemed impossible to extract oil from, reversing this trend. Since 1971 the petroleum industry has had access to the canadian well logging societys cwls formation water resistivities of canada catalogue. Pdf hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the western. Western canadian sedimentary basin is part of wikiproject geology, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easytouse geology resource. Carbonate sedimentary rocks interpreting sedimentary rocks environment of deposition implications for the petroleum system what is a sedimentary basin. Structural compilation project for the western canada. Origin of sulfaterich fluids in the early triassic montney formation, western canadian sedimentary basin. Crude oil and natural gas resources open government portal. Summary of seismicity associated with wells in the western canada sedimentary basin.
In that time the society has endeavoured to produce a technical journal with a canadian slant. The lower triassic montney formation of the western canadian sedimentary basin is a worldclass unconventional resource of gas, gas condensate and oil. Oil and gas commission, was searched by using geoscout software geologic systems ltd. Pdf petroleum generation and migration in the western. The georgia basin and fraser delta in southeastern british columbia. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. This stratigraphic framework is based upon a grid of regional electric log crosssections, tied to cored wells and adjacent mountain outcrops, as well as conodont biostratigraphic data from core and outcrop. Origin of sulfaterich fluids in the early triassic. Formations and time intervals chosen for the isopach and structure surfaces were based mainly on the data distribution across the basin, perceived accuracy of the data, and on the importance of intervals within the petroleum system framework of the western canada sedimentary basin. Geological atlas of the northern canadian mainland sedimentary basin david w. The western canadian sedimentary basin is a vast sedimentary basin underlying 1,400,000 square kilometres of western canada including southwestern manitoba, southern saskatchewan, alberta. The stratigraphic and structural framework of the basin has been described in con nolly et al. The purpose of this study was to quantify the thermal and electrical power production potential of geothermal reservoirs in the western canadian sedimentary basin and to use metrics associated with this potential to understand the role that hot sedimentary aquifers may play as a renewable, baseload power source worldwide.
The western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb is a vast 540,000squaremile swath of land in the western half of canada. Unconventional tight light oil play types, western canada. The stress regime of the western canadian sedimentary basin. Canadian pools can grow only through pool extensions, infill drilling, and improved recovery. British columbia carbonate rocks canada alberta economic geology limestone jurassic mesozoic sedimentary rocks nordegg member stratigraphy lower jurassic north america western canada petroleum you do not currently have access to this article. This interprovincial project will be distributed via web pages and on cdrom with free viewing software. Geoscan supports the mission of natural resources canada through the timely access to information.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the u. Western canadian sedimentary basin british columbia. Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas. Pdf triassic strata of the western canadian sedimentary. Geology of canada canadian geology spans four billion years of earth history. Crustal structure beneath the western canada sedimentary.
The region is considered mature for petroleum exploration. Western canada sedimentary basin research papers academia. Porosity characterization of various organicrich shales from the western canadian sedimentary basin, alberta and british columbia, canada raphael a. A reservoir and geomechanical model of the colorado shale. Briefly, the study area is part of the western canada sedimentary basin and com. Walter department of geological sciences, the university of michigan, ann arbor, m1 48109, u. Reserve growth curves for natural gas, using year of discovery data, have been constructed for western canada and the usa. Western canada sedimentary basin download ebook pdf. Stratigraphic architecture and coal distribution controlling factors. Factors affecting the permeability of shales in the western. Investigation of the geothermal state of sedimentary basins using oil industry thermal data figure 1. Therefore, as project budgets are broken down, a large portion of the cost is assigned to data. Modeling of the western canada sedimentary basin isopach grid files.
The primary petroleumproducing sedimentary basin is the western canada sedimentary basin wcsb, which extends from the canadian shield to the rocky mountains through manitoba, saskatchewan, alberta and northeastern british columbia. The western canadian sedimentary basin area of study in relation to the principal palaeozoic cratonic basins diagonal ruling and arches arrows and proterozoic auacogens oorth america. Figure 14a compiles the deepest data available for this study for estimating s hmin gradients. Alaasm, a carole mrad, a jeffery packard b a department of earth and environmental sciences, university of windsor, windsor, on n9b 3p4, canada. Supply of western canadian sedimentary basin crude oil page 4 buec 560 term paper alex frei 0165661 february 2002 365. Structural compilation project for the western canada sedimentary basin a. Western canada sedimentary basin archives advice for. Western canadian sedimentary basin temperaturedepth transients from repeated well logs. Western canadian sedimentary basin videos and latest news articles. The following table summarizes the potential that the gsc estimates for these basins. It consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock extending from the rocky mountains in. This study aims to reconstruct the stratigraphic architecture of the subsurface coal bearing mannville group deposits lower cretaceous, western canada sedimentary basin, south and central alberta, in order to characterize the occurrence of coal strata within this interval, by focusing on their geometry, extension and distribution. The sedimentary basins of the united states and canada.
The cwls canadian well logging society is the oldest organization devoted to log analysis, incorporated in calgary, canada in 1957. Connolly department of geology, the university of alberta, edmonton, alberta t6g 2e3, canada lynn m. Geological atlas of the western canada sedimentary basin compiled by grant mossop and irina shetsen. The western canada sedimentary basin, a simple northeasterly tapering wedge of sedimentary rocks more than 6 km thick, extends southwest from the canadian shield into the cordilleran foreland thrust belt. Water resistivity atlas of western canada abstract dan block, b. What is the western canadian sedimentary basin wcsb. Supply of western canadian sedimentary basin crude oil page 2 alex frei february 2002 contributors to growth in canadian crude supply oil sands as a resource the oil sands are an important and vast canadian resource. Eaton, hadi ghofrani, dan walker, burns cheadle, ryan schultz, robert shcherbakov, kristy tiampo. A thick accumulation of sediment necessary conditions. A timeline of petroleum exploration in british columbia pdf. Although these potentialfield anomalies provide a basis for tectonic subdivisions of the basement crust, most previous interpretations of these features have been largely qualitative in nature.