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1—Executive Summary & Introduction
2—Regional Drilling Activity & Production
3—Lithostratigraphy
4—Subsurface Mapping, Correlation
5—Core Studies
6—Inorganic Geochemistry
7—Source Rock Geochemistry
8—Reservoir Porosity & Permeability
9—Utica Play Resource Assessment
10—Conclusions & Implications for Play Development
11—References Cited
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction & Purpose ⋄ Research Team ⋄ Data Deliverables Access, Organization & Management
(2)
REGIONAL DRILLING ACTIVITY & PRODUCTION
Drilling & Permitting Activity ⋄ Production Summary
(3)
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY
Kope Fm ⋄ Utica Shale ⋄ Pt Pleasant Fm ⋄ Upper Lexington/Trenton Fm ⋄ Logana Mbr ⋄ Curdsville Limestone Mbr
(4)
SUBSURFACE MAPPING AND CORRELATION THROUGH GEOPHYSICAL LOG ANALYSIS
Methods ⋄ Results
(5)
CORE STUDIES
High-Res Photo & Logging ⋄ Descriptions ⋄ Petrography ⋄ Sedimentology, Stratigraphy & TOC ⋄ Deposition
(6)
INORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
Bulk Mineralogy ⋄ Carbonate Content ⋄ Carbon Isotopes
(7)
SOURCE ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY
TOC Analysis ⋄ RockEval ⋄ Organic Petrography & Thermal Maturity ⋄ CAI Data
(8)
RESERVOIR POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY
Pore Imaging ⋄ CT X-Ray Analysis ⋄ Porosity & Permeability Measurements
(9)
UTICA PLAY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
Probabilistic (USGS-Style) Approach ⋄ Volumetric Approach
(10)
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
FOR PLAY DEVELOPMENT
Lithostratigraphy ⋄ Depositional Environment ⋄ Cores Studies ⋄ TOC & Thermal Maturity ⋄ Reservoir Porosity ⋄ Production Data & Trends ⋄ Resource Assessments
(11)
REFERENCES CITED
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