Pottsville Formation, Black Warrior Basin (12b)
Alabama and Mississippi
Comments on Geologic Parameters
12b CO2 Solubility Brine: Formation Pressure:
Two data points from oil fields were found for the Pottsville Formation (Galicki, 1986; Beard and Meylan, 1987), 775 psi for Coal Fire Creek field and 1,235 psi for Corrine field.
12b Reference:
Beard, R. H., and Meylan, M. A., 1987, Petrology and hydrocarbon reservoir potential of subsurface Pottsville (Pennsylvanian) sandstones, Black Warrior Basin, Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 33. p 11-23.
Galicki, S., 1986, Mesozoic-Paleozoic producing areas of Mississippi and Alabama: Mississippi Geological Society.
