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Vol. 10, No. 46 Week of November 13, 2005
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Well yields Tertiary core

Cross-agency team recovered 400 feet of core from Franklin Bluffs well, found surprisingly low thermal maturity in coals of central North Slope

By Alan Bailey

Petroleum News Staff Writer

The drilling of a shallow well at Franklin Bluffs in the central North Slope in the summer of 2005 is leading to some interesting new findings, USGS senior research geologist Charly Barker has told Petroleum News. The findings came despite a break in the drill stem prior to reaching the planned maxi....

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Coring at intervals

Broken stem

Good core

Low thermal maturity


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