Oil and Gas Research & Publications

For additional information on Oil & Gas research and publications, contact Jim Chapman.

  • Mail: Jim Chapman, NC Geological Survey, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1612
  • Phone: 919-707-9231
  • Email: james.chapman@deq.nc.gov

Recent Natural Gas Publications - Mesozoic Basins

Tab/Accordion Items

  • Reid, Jeffrey C., Coleman, Jr., James L.; Taylor, Kenneth B.; Marciniak, Katherine J.; Haven, Walter T.; Channell, Ryan A.; and Warner, Chandler I., 2016, Cumberland-Marlboro ‘basin’ basement drilling results – 2015: Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland counties, North Carolina  North Carolina Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2016-01
  • Reid, Jeffrey C., Taylor, Kenneth B., Marciniak, Katherine J., Haven, Walter T., Channell, Ryan A., and Warner, Chandler I. 2015. Dan River basin stratigraphic core hole 'Town of Walnut Cove' (SO-C-1-15), Stokes County, North Carolina: Preliminary Results. North Carolina Geological Survey Open-file Report 2015-06
  • Olsen, Paul E., Reid, Jeffrey C., Taylor, Kenneth B., Kent, Dennis V., and Whiteside, Jessica H. 2015. Revised stratigraphy of Triassic age strata of the Dan River basin (Virginia and North Carolina, USA) based on drill core and outcrop data: Southeastern Geology, v. 51, No. 1, March 2015, p. 1-31.
  • Reid, Jeffrey C. and Taylor, Kenneth B. 2013. Mesozoic rift basins - Onshore North Carolina and south-central Virginia, U.S.A.: Deep River and Dan River - Danville total petroleum systems (TPS) and assessment units (AU) for continuous gas accumulation: North Carolina Geological Survey Open-file Report 2013-01
  • Reid, Jeffery C. and Taylor, Kenneth B., with contributions by Olsen, Paul E., and Patterson, Ill, O.F. 2011. Natural Gas Potential of the Sanford sub-basin, Deep River basin, North Carolina. In Taylor, Kenneth B. and Jeffrey C. Reid, editors, "Field Trip Guidebook - 60th Annual Meeting", Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 2011. Note: an updated and revised version of this field trip guidebook was prepared for thh 2011 annual meeting of the Eastern Section, AAPG and is available for download on their website.
  • Reid, Jeffery C., Taylor, Kenneth B., and Cumberbatch, N.S. 2010. Digital compilation map Sanford sub-basin, Deep River basin, parts of Lee, Chatham and Moore Counties, North Carolina (Seismic lines, drill hole locations, geologic units (from Reinemund, 1955), hydrocarbon shows (gas, oil asphaltic - or combination), and %Ro in wells. North Carolina Geological Survey Open-file Report 2010-07.
  • Reid, Jeffrey C. 2009. "Natural gas and oil in North Carolina". North Carolina Geological Survey Information Circular 36.
  • Reid, Jeffrey C., and Taylor, Kenneth B. 2009. Shale gas potential in Triassic strata of the Deep River basin, Lee and Chatham Counties, North Carolina with pipeline and infrastructure data. North Carolina Geological Survey Open-file Report 2009-01.
  • Reid, Jeffrey, C. and Milici, Robert C. 2008. Hydrocarbon source rocks in the Deep River and Dan River Triassic basins, North Carolina. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008-1108.
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