To amend the field rules for the newsom yates field, gaines county, texas heard by. Primarily in extreme southeastern pecos county, it also stretches under the pecos. It has been estimated that ultimate recovery from the reservoir will be between 1. After a couple of dry wells nearly sent his partners packing in 1907, new mexico wildcatter martin yates jr. Because of yates inability to make enough money on his ranching operation to make his mortgage payment, he was in. Shell has developed algorithms to replicate and standardize the most effective. Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission. The yates field, among the largest ever found in the u. Yates oil field iraan, texas local business facebook. The field is comprised of approximately 26,000 acres located about 90 miles south of midland, texas. San andres limestone in the yates oil field, texas 20. Covering 140,000 acres 57,000 ha and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the secondlargest oil field in the united states outside alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. Yates oil field in the permian basin of west texas.
Geological characterization of texas oil reservoirs bureau of. More than 150 oil and gas fields in west texas and southeast new mexico produce from dolomites of late permian guadalupian kazanian age. Earlyday surveying occasionally left such unsurveyed lands, and fred. This opportunity not only broadens my technical knowledge and expands my vision in global oil and gas business, but also develops my maturity from studying and living in this diverse community. Yates and other guadalupian kazanian oil fields, us permian basin. Sep 26, 2006 yates pool is a famous oil field in west texas. Therefore, it is ordered by the railroad commission of texas t hat the application of kinder morgan co 2 company, l. Examiners report and recommendation statement of the case field rules for the newsom yates fiel d were. Subsurface folding in the permian rocks is reflected by a similar anticlinal feature in the surface comanche limestones. Dapit sa lana ang yates oil field sa tinipong bansa. Multiple karst events related to stratigraphic cyclicity.
The city grew in direct proportion to increasing development of the oil field. Formations, and the wasson and yates fields in the permian basin, which currently accounts for 15% of u. Yates manufactures all tierod cylinders at their michigan facility, and offers unparalleled service with the largest cylinder repair facility in the midwest. Internal cyclicity in the yates formation is the result of superimposition of 4 ih and 5 th eustatic cycles on the 3 rd eustatic cycle. The yates field reservoir characterization products include quantified, standardized, digital core descriptions for 118 cores in the field. Because of yates inability to make enough money on his ranching operation to make his mortgage payment, he was in danger of losing his ranch. The yates smith sand field was discovered in 1937 and cumulative production from the field is approximately. Yates oil field oil patch history petroleum landman blog. Jun 27, 2011 the yates field, among the largest ever found in the u. Texas obtains all relevant oil and gas data and information from the texas railroad commission in accordance with the texas public information act. Due to all of the storage and transportation problems in the field, the texas railroad commission, for the first time in history, established field wide proration rules, which. During the great depression of the 1930s, this field was a sheep ranch owned by a man named ira yates.
Oil and gas map of texas 2014 bureau of economic geology jackson school of geosciences the university of texas at austin university station, box x austin, texas 7878924 5124711534 96,092 active gas wells 166,422 active oil wells overlapping active gas and oil well areas selected basin outline boundary of major play g u l f o f m e x i c o. Jahediesfanjani, hossein, 2017, application of decline curve analysis to estimate recovery factors for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery, chap. Wasson, yates, and spraberry in west texas, as well as the largest texas oil field, east texas field in the east texas basin. The eagle ford shale is by far the largest producing oil field in texas, with production surpassing 1 mmbbld in august 20. The yates oil field is one of the largest oil fields in the united states, producing almost one and a half billion barrels of oil since its discovery in 1926, primarily from the san andres and greyburg dolomite formations, and covering a surface area of over 26,000 acres. Geological survey scientific investigations report 20175062, p. Posey funding provided by texas energy and natural resources advisory council interagency contract number 82830821 project number 820ui. The yates field reservoir characterization project provided the geologic. The east texas oil field is a large oil and gas field in east texas. Sources include texas midcontinent oil and gas association from records of the u.
The discovery of the yates oil field in adjacent pecos county in 1926 converted rankin into a boom town. Material balance calculations, based on past performance of the yates field reservoir, indicate an oil inplace of between 3. Oil bearing limestones lying at approximate horizon of this sand have been called yates lime and yates limestone. In yates field, upper division of permian is known as anhydrite series and ranges in thickness from 650 to 750 feet. The field has produced more than one billion barrels of oil. Feb 03, 2019 the monster texas oil field that made the u.
A constant, low subsidence rate was assumed for the entire shelf, during the deposition of yates formation. The yates field produces from the seven rivers, queen, grayburg and san andres formations. The most spectacular well in the yates oil field was the yates 30a well, which blew out with a flow rate of 8,528 barrels of oil per hour, which set the world record. Major oil fields in texas include wasson, yates, and spraberry in west texas, as well as the largest texas oil field, east texas field in the east texas basin. Iraan, on the pecos river and directly adjacent to the field, is the nearest town. Mcelroy field and the giant yates field to the southeast were discovered in 1926 during initial exploration along the central basin platform. The yates field, eastern pecos county, texas, is on the crest of a bifurcate domal fold developed in the permian big lime. Kinder morgan co 2 holds an approximate 50 percent working interest in the yates field one of the largest oil fields ever discovered in the united states. Kinder morgan s plan over the last several years has been to maintain overall production levels and increase ultimate recovery from. San andres formation, yates field, west texas sw tinker, jr ehrets, md brondos aapg special volumes, 1995.
Yates energy corporation oil wells and leases texas drilling. Figure 9 production history from yates oil field during 20002002 28 figure 10 plot. Rankin was served by the kansas city, mexico and orient railway. The yates field, discovered in october 1926, is extraordinary in amount of oil produced, size of original oil accumulation, and well productivity. The formations have vertic al fractures and many horizontal wells have. In this astronaut photograph, numerous white well locations and petroleum drilling structures mark the yates oil field in the layered. Yates drilled its first commercial oil well on new mexico state trust land in 1924 and has assets. Yates, which has produced more than one billion barrels of oil, is one of the most productive oil fields in the world. Oil and gas map of texas poster oil and gas oil gas. The following list gives the name of the field, county and discovery date.
San andres formation, yates field, west texas aapg datapages. Oil prospecting had started in pecos county in 1900. Geological characteriza non of university of texas at. Eagleville, discovered in 2009, spans 14 counties in south texas and is the countrys largest oil field as ranked by estimated proved reserves. The nearby city of iraan, texas, is named for ira and ann yates, the owners of the land where oil was initially discovered in 1926. Chronological listing of major oil discoveries texas almanac.
The yates field a mature site in west texas presented kinder morgan with particular difficulties, with the requirement to inject low pressure co2 with flow. In 1930, transcontinental oil company merged into ohio oil company, and later, in 1962, mid kansas oil company and ohio oil company became marathon oil, which ran the field until 2003, when kinder morgan production company, llc acquired a controlling interest and began operating yates oil field. Nahimutang ni sa kondado sa pecos county ug estado sa texas, sa habagatang bahin sa nasod, 2,400 km sa kasadpan sa washington, d. The pecos river bed borders the oil field to the eastnortheast. Structure of typical american oil fields, volume ii. The permian basin has been the most prolific oil producing province in u.
Born on a ranch in coleman county, texas, in 1896, he early dressed tools and learned about drilling. Yates field, pecos county, texas1 structure of typical. From lightduty to heavyduty, pneumatic to hydraulic, our tierod cylinders are ideal for the demanding foundry, steel mill, plastics and stamping industries. Primarily in extreme southeastern pecos county, it also stretches under the pecos river and partially into crockett county.
Yates industries hydraulic cylinders pneumatic cylinders. Kinder morgan to acquire yates field interests from. Texas oil reservoirs final report for studies conducted september 1, 1981 august 31, 1982 by william e. Based on the conclusions of this initial characterization of texas oil fields, and. F6861d, is hereby approved with a certification date of march 1, 2009. The yates oilfield, in southeastern pecos county, was discovered on october 28, 1926, when the ira g. The yates is a composite sequence, that was deposited during a sea level fall of 3 rd order scale. Since rankin was the nearest settlement on a rail line, it became the center for the oil services industry for the nearby oil fields. Kinder morgan energy partners lp has inked two purchase and sale agreements with marathon oil corp. Application of decline curve analysis to estimate recovery. In april, 1927, he came to midland as a scout for marland oil company. Media in category oil fields in texas the following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total.
Struc ture was mapped and inferred using surface geol ogy, scant well data from elsewhere in the basin, and trend drilling. Yates oil field, pecos county, texas aapg bulletin. East texas field has produced more oil than any other field in the lower 48 states. While we are constantly updating and improving our datasets and product, we do not guarantee that the results and coverage provided are 100% complete and up to date. The field has produced more than one billion barrels of oil, making it one of the largest in the united states. Special field rules for the yates smith sand field were adopted in oil and gas docket no. Best match values of the initial oil production rate, the initial decline rate for oil production, and the corresponding coefficient of determination r2 values for both waterflood and carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery co. Pdf twophase co2 measurement and control in the yates oil. Houston company nudges oil out of geriatric field houston. During the 41 years since discovery, it has produced more than 500 million bbl of oil. The yates oil field is a giant oil field in the permian basin of west texas. Yates 1a, operated jointly by midkansas oil and gas company and transcontinental oil company, reached a depth of 992 feet in the san andres formation and began producing 450 barrels of oil a day. Oil and gas production in texas bureau of economic geology.
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