Fractures as clues for oil potential

DGGS reports on patterns of rock fracturing in the Mesozoic of the lower Cook Inlet as a potential factor in oil and gas exploration

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Alaska’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys has published a report on an investigation into the fracturing of Mesozoic rock in the lower Cook Inlet region, near the Iniskin Peninsula. The rock sequence contains known oil source rocks and potential oil reservoirs. However, because of a co....

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Mesozoic potential

Four fracture sets