Austin Chalk in Louisiana: including Avoyelles, Rapides, Pointe Coupee, Florida Parishes, East Baton Rouge, Vernon

Horizontal drilling, improved seismic testing,  and liner casing are offering new hope for the deep minerals in parts of the Austin Chalk which runs from near Austin, Texas through the middle of Louisiana to Biloxi Mississippi. 

In 1995, the USGS determined that the Austin Chalk is one of our Nation's largest, onshore domestic unconventional, continuous-type oil resource. More recently, exploration and production in frontier areas of Texas and Louisiana have shown that the Austin Chalk has additional potential as a continuous-type deep-gas resource mostly to the east and downdip of existing oil plays.

Over a decade later, now leasing and drilling activity is picking up in certain parishes of Central Louisiana following improved technologies.

Austin chalk runs from above New Orleans to Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles Rapides and Vernon Parishes

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Permalink Reply by Shaleeee on February 13, 2011 at 17:05

A friend of mine works for a major fracing company - in the summer  of '09 he told me they had fraced a Haynesville well in the Sulpher/Lake Charles area. Now with that wonderful explanation of shale layers I wonder if it is possible for the HS to be that far south - will it have a different name but be the same chalk?

Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on February 16, 2011 at 6:26

We've just added some information on the Austin Chalk on our website:

www.ameliaresources.com/tuscaloosa-trend.htm

 

 

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on February 16, 2011 at 6:33
Are you referring to the Edwards Shelf line, Kirk?
Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on February 16, 2011 at 6:37

We've added maps and logs on the page. It's below the Tusc Marine Shale information. Scroll down.

Permalink Reply by W Sharp on February 16, 2011 at 8:34
Thanks for posting good to see my properties may be actually in this trend.
Permalink Reply by Abington on February 17, 2011 at 15:26

 

Oil company confident Dupont area wells will bring 750,000 to 1,500,000 barrels of oil per well
Avoyelles Today.Com

Avoyelles Parish is sitting on top a lot of untapped oil, and new technologies are still bringing hope to both oil companies and area land owners.
The following is about the first well between Dupont and Odenburg which was just completed in what may be the beginning of a economic boom to Avoyelles Parish:




Pryme Oil and Gas Limited (“Pryme”) provides the following update on operations and production at its Turner Bayou project in Avoyelles Parish. 

Turner Bayou comprises approximately 80 square miles (50,000 acres) in southeastern Avoyelles which have been imaged by a proprietary 3D seismic survey. Primary targets are contained within six prospective formations ranging in depth from the Frio at 3,000 feet, to the Tuscaloosa at 16,200 feet.

http://www.avoyellestoday.com/view/full_story/11467849/article-Oil-...

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on February 18, 2011 at 1:07
The full press release is at: www.prymeoilandgas.com.  It includes a proposed drilling schematic for 30 wells or so and a map of the area showing wells that were drilled back in the mid 90's that had an initial production of 2,000 barrels per day. Don't know how long they lasted. Can't research because there are no serial numbers or names.
Permalink Reply by Abington on February 18, 2011 at 15:21

This paragraph gives the depths of the area in Southeast Avoyelles Parish which came from the links posted above:

The Turner Bayou Chalk project covers over 20,000 under leased acres (8,000 net acres leased to Pryme) with primary targets contained within six prospective formations ranging in depth as follows:

Frio ~3,000 feet
Wilcox ~12,000 feet
Austin Chalk ~15,300 feet
Eagle Ford ~15,800 feet
Tuscaloosa ~16,200 feet

Electric logs run during the drilling of the Deshotels 20-H No.1 indicated potentially productive zones in the Wilcox formation at approximately 12,000 feet, the Austin Chalk formation at approximately 15,000 feet, and the Eagle Ford formation at 16,000 feet.

Whilst attention is currently focused on the development of the Austin Chalk, the Eagle Ford is of particular interest, given that a vertical completion was made in the interval in 1977 by Gulf which tested at initial rate of at over 100 barrels of oil per day and associated gas with no stimulation. The electronic log analysis of the Eagle Ford in the Deshotels well indicate several hundred feet of sandy shale with an average porosity of 16%. This compares favourably to some of the better locations in the Eagle Ford play in South Texas which exhibit porosities in the 6% to 12% range. In addition to the Austin Chalk, this deeper play could prove to be valuable for the company and will be appraised and tested in future wells.

 

And Joe, I may be wrong, but the wells may have been part of the Moncrief Field on the Avoyelles-St Landry Parish line.

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on February 18, 2011 at 20:11
I think you are correct. I don't think anyone was drilling for anything but Tusc. in the past. At least that was what the companies were doing over here. Everything else was in the way so to speak on the way down to the honey.
Permalink Reply by Abington on February 22, 2011 at 8:20

Anadarko is named by Pryme as a major mineral leasee in Avoyelles Parish, Austin Chalk, in this article:

 

http://www.avoyellestoday.com/view/full_story/11538119/article-Larg...http://www.avoyellestoday.com/view/full_story/11538119/article-Larg...

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on March 2, 2011 at 4:35
Pryme has a new release out on their site about their Austin Chalk play. Go to: prymeoilandgas.com. Its under Turner Bayou Update.
Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 7, 2011 at 6:34
The state mineral board auction for March will include a number of tracts in Avoyelles and St. Landry that may be prospective for the Austin Chalk.  State bids are one of the few places where bonus amounts are publicized and as such it's a good value yard stick for mineral owners.

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