trilobite - Isotelus gigas
Trenton Black River Project
Appalachian Basin


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IN REDEVELOPMENT This site is in the process of redeployment to the general public.

Guest User accounts are now open! Please note that this website will move to the Applachian Oil and Natural Gas website (http://karl.nrcce.wvu.edu) in the near future. A note and redirection will be provided from here when that occurs. Guests, please be advised that this website was a working tool for the TBR Consortium in that some documents are "working documents". The final report, the IMS application, LAS files & TIFF images, and provided shape and spreasheet files are considered final.


Data, as found on the IMS application, can now be downloaded in new section (see left). MS Excel spreadsheets and ESRI shapefiles (zipped) are available!   Further additions on 10/11/06


The ~600 page Final Report (PDF, 112 MB) is now posted in the Project Reports section!


"Version 3.2" of the Trenton-Black River IMS is now uploaded and ready to use! The changes with this version from the last:

  • New and improved Layers/Legend for better maneuverability.
  • Revised fault and structure contour lines.
  • TBR "mapping wells" have the appropriate well type symbols viewable at a certain level.
  • The Gas and Oil Fields layers have been updated to include more information.
  • New Lexington Outcrop and All Outcrops layer added.
  • Added NY Horizonal Wells.
  • Changed the symbology for cored wells.
  • Added shaded relief image in Basemap section
  • Added new hydrothermal dolomite and fracture limestone play areas and constraints
  • Updated Gas Production layer - new 2004 data for some wells.
  • New hyperlinked areas:
    • Cross section Lines - to PDFs for line descriptions (logs)
    • Cross section Well Points - to available LAS files (needs some adjusting yet) Fixed.
    • Well Cores - to HTML pages with further info
  • Revamped Lakes layer - less clutter, Great Lakes only.
  • Other general tweaks and adjustments.

Final Trenton Meeting

Embassy Suites Hotel
Pittsburgh International Airport
550 Cherrington Parkway
Coraopolis, PA 15108

Phone: (412) 269-9070 or (800)
Embassy Fax: (412) 264-1800

Agenda

Day 1 - Monday, April 17th, 2006 - for Researchers
Noon - 1:00 pmArrival and Lunch
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmConsortium Presentation Discussions & Planning
Day 2 - Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 - for all Researchers and Industrial Partners
8:00 am - 8:15 amArrival and Greetings
8:15 am - 12:00 pmFinal Trenton/Black River Presentations
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmContinued Final TRB Presentations
4:00 pm - 5:00 pmDiscussion/Wrap-up

This is let you know that we have finalized plans for our last partner meeting to be back in Pittsburgh, PA at the Embassy Suites on April 18, 2006 where we have been meeting the past few times. The room rate is $104/night for single and $114/double plus applicable taxes. The rate is coded as 'Trenton Black River'. The cutoff date for the rooms was 29 March 2006.


"Version 2" of the Trenton-Black River IMS is now installed and active! The data represents work mostly until the end of February. Some items, like Faults and Contours, have been updated since then. Adjustments, amendments and corrections will be included very soon in "Version 3" --which hopefully will be the last version for the project.

You can find hyperlinked files (PDFs and HTML) on the Cross Sections and Well Cores layers. Make the layer "active" and then click the lightning bolt or "i" symbol and touch the line or core well to acquire the file. Some Well Cores may not have information.

    Visable layers you will see when you open IMS (many more you can turn on though):
  • States
  • Counties
  • Lakes
  • Constraint Polygons (e.g., "Rome Trough")
  • Project Constraint Boundary
  • All Faults and Lineaments
Note: It may be best to turn off the "All Faults" layer if you wish to view other specific faults. More information will be provided concerning the layers used in IMS. -John Bocan, WVGES

"3-D Seismic-Based Definition of Fault-Related Porosity Development Trenton-Black River Interval, Saybrook, Ohio" added in Bibliography

Original PowerPoint format added to Presentations of June 8, 2004.

Spring 2005 Trenton Consortium Meeting Agenda

Geologic Overview of the Trenton Group at West Canada Creek, New York

DEC Announces Continued High Gas Production in New York in 2003: Development of Trenton-Black River Formation Leads Production

Trenton and Black River Carbonates in the Union Furnace Area of Blair and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania

Hydrothermal (Thermobaric) Dolomite Reservoir Project

.RMAG Hydrothermal Dolomite Workshop and field trip in Denver in November.

Other Appalachian Regional Oil and Gas Events from PTTC


Information on "Telly" the trilobite image: The image of the trilobite used on this web site is of Isotelus gigas. These fossils are commonly found in Trenton limestone. Further information on this trilobite can be found at:    www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/webfossl/pages/trilobites.html    or    www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/geo_fact/geo_f05.htm

Page last revised December 3, 2007


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