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Part 4 - Berg - Hughes Center

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northern Louisiana. Dickinson stated that the lower member of the Buckner is time-<br />

equivalent to part of the upper member of the Smackover, but the upper Buckner grades<br />

basinward into the Bossier Formation. The Buckner calcarenite zones coalesce at the<br />

south edge of the Haynesville field to form a bank up to 600 ft thick, which extends<br />

regionally along the basinward edge of the shelf slope, a zone of active subsidence.<br />

Dickinson (1969) stated that the older zones of the Buckner calcarenite appear to be<br />

limited to the south flanks of Haynesville and Red Rock fields, and that the "A" zone is<br />

developed on a regional scale across North Louisiana and is known to extend from Texas<br />

nearly to Mississippi. The trends vary from east to west to northwest, with a beach<br />

deposit forming at the seaward edge of the shelf-slope break during the Buckner<br />

regression.<br />

In summary, the Haynesville-Buckner consists of fine-grained sandstones, shales,<br />

bedded anhydrite, and oolitic limestone that were deposited in a shallow marine<br />

environment. Hydrocarbons were primarily sourced from the underlying Smackover<br />

Formation basinal deposits and are stratigraphically trapped in multiple, stacked, ooid<br />

shoal pinch-outs. With respect to the reservoirs, the depth to top of pay is from 9,400 to<br />

10,750 ft. Porosity ranges from 9 to 16% and permeability from 50 to 400 md. Produced<br />

hydrocarbons consist of 42º API gravity oil, condensate, and gas.<br />

Upper Jurassic (Cotton Valley)<br />

Cotton Valley Group<br />

Producing Parishes<br />

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