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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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A GEOLOGIC PLAY BOOK FOR UTICA SHALE APPALACHIAN BASIN EXPLORATION
WEBSITE CHANGES
3/21/2023
Corrected error in section 9.2.1.1 for Equation (7) of the Playbook website and in the full and sectional PDFs. The equation/value for B
o
was improperly written in report materials and should be “B
o
= 1.4, 1.2, or 1 dependent on D
fm
”. Correction noted in Errata for the Playbook.
11/4/2020
Corrected error in section 9.2.1.2 in Formula (8) of the Playbook website and in the full and sectional PDFs. Missing minus (-) sign in the superscript which should have been "1.3597*10
-6
". Correction noted in Errata for the Playbook.
9/22/2015
Added new sections/pages via Index Page: FAQs, Important Links, Website Changes
9/4/2015
Added Abstracts and Citation information (PDFs) for sections 1-9 and in Downloads
8/12/2015
Corrected Oil (MMbo) value on website page in table 9-9 from 382,903 to 82,903
Corrected "9.0 UTICA PLAY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.pdf": table 9-9 and section 9.3 were missing.
7/30/2015
Added Well Tops file in Downloads
Added new Area of Investigation shapefile in Downloads
7/27/2015
Addition of Appendix 9A
Added text to Section 9.1
Added Errata PDF to Play Book in Downloads
Added supplemental Petra file in Downloads
7/24/2015
Revision to presentations: Resource Assessment (Hohn, Pool, Moore)
Added WMS services (mapping services)
Added PDFs of Play Book section
Info on Petra file projection
7/17/2015
Revision to Presentations: Resource Assessment (Hohn, Pool, Moore)
7/15/2015
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