Evaluation of Cretaceous and Jurassic shales in the Burgos Basin, Mexico

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dc.contributor.advisorAguilera, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorCruz Luque, Marcela M
dc.contributor.committeememberHarding, Thomas
dc.contributor.committeememberLines, Laurence
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-03T18:25:13Z
dc.date.available2017-10-03T18:25:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractSuccessful activities in the Eagle Ford shale in Texas through drilling of horizontal wells and completions using multi-stage hydraulic fracturing jobs suggest that the potential of shale reservoirs south of the border will be quite significant. This observation leads to the objective of this study: to integrate available geoscience and engineering data to evaluate the potential of Mexican shales, and their oil and gas endowment under different oil and gas prices scenarios. Endowment is defined by the United States Geological Survey (USGS, 2010) as the sum of known volumes of oil and gas (cumulative production plus remaining reserves) and undiscovered volumes. Emphasis is placed on the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale and the Upper Pimienta shale in Burgos basin, located just south of the border with Texas (United States). Other shales considered in this study are found in the Sabinas, Tampico, Tuxpan (Platform), Veracruz and Chihuahua basins throughout Mexico. The economic potential of these plays is examined with the use of cumulative long run supply (or availability) curves. It is concluded that the potential of unconventional resources in Mexico is quite significant and will help to change the slope of production rates in the country from negative to positive. As a result, it is anticipated that Mexico will become an important part of the shale petroleum revolution initiated in the United States.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCruz Luque, M. M. (2017). Evaluation of Cretaceous and Jurassic shales in the Burgos Basin, Mexico (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25985en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25985
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/4200
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.otherUnconventional plays
dc.subject.otherMexican plays
dc.subject.otherBurgos Basin
dc.subject.otherShales
dc.titleEvaluation of Cretaceous and Jurassic shales in the Burgos Basin, Mexico
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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