Geology/Characteristics of the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin Province

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Map showing major structural elements (black lines), oil (green dots) and gas (red dots) well production, location of Newark East Field, and boundary of USGS Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin Province (gray line).  Red lines show present-day limit of Barnett Shale (Mapel et al., 1979) and purple lines are eastern limit of Woodford Shale (Comer, 1991).  Blue line approximates the boundary of the Barnett-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System.

Source: Pollastro, R. and others.(2003) " Assessing Undiscovered Resources of the Barnett-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System, Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin Province, Texas". Online adaptation of presentation at AAPG Southwest Section Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March, 2003

The most recent National Assessment of Oil and Gas Fact Sheet
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Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin Province of North-Central Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma, 2003

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 2004–3022
March 2004

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Generalized Subsurface Statigraphic Section
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