Abstract:
As operators continued to explore for the Middle Devonian, Marcellus Shale throughout western and northern Pennsylvania, shallower Upper Devonian shales were looked at with a whole new set of tools and with a different perspective. Are the shallower Upper Devonian shales perspective unconventional shale reservoirs?
The shallower than the Marcellus Shale black shales include the Geneseo/Burket Shale, Middlesex shale, Rhinestreet Shale and Dunkirk Shale. All are currently being produced to some extent in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. What, if any, are the implications for these shallower than Marcellus Shale reservoirs in western New York?
Bio:
Dan A. Billman, P.G., C.P.G.
Dan Billman has over twenty-four years of experience in the Appalachian Basin with the last nineteen as a consulting geologist and president of Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc. Prior to independent consulting, Dan worked as an exploration and development geologist for Mark Resources Corporation and Eastern States Exploration Company. Mr. Billman is a registered professional geologist in the state of Pennsylvania and an American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Certified Petroleum Geologist.
Dan Billman has extensive experience both in development and exploration oil and natural gas plays in the Appalachian Basin. He has performed numerous geologic and economic reviews of natural gas and oil exploration prospects throughout Appalachian Basin, as well as feasibility studies for gas storage and coal bed methane development.
