QUARTERLY REPORT 1

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

JULY, 1994

Recovery of Bypassed Oil in the Dundee Formation Using Horizontal Drains

Contract Number: DE-FC22--94BC14983

University: Michigan Technological University

Budget Period: 04-28-94 to 10-27-95

Project Period: 04-28-94 to 04-27-97

Cumulative DOE Obligation: $800,000

Program Manager: James R. Wood (906) 487-2531

Principal Investigator: James R. Wood

Contracting Officer's Representative (COR): Chandra Nautiyal (918) 337-4409

Reporting Period: 2nd Quarter, FY 1994

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A meeting of project personnel from Michigan Technological University (MTU), Western Michigan University (WMU), and Terra Energy, Inc. was held in Traverse City, MI, on June 8, 1994 to initiate the DOE contract. Each task and subtask was reviewed and individual responsibilities were clarified and agreed upon. The drilling program, which will be the project's first major undertaking, was discussed in detail.

Data from 12 Dundee fields, including Crystal Field, have been entered in a computer database by project staff at WMU. Structure contour maps and isopach maps have been generated for all horizons in these fields using Terrasciences' TerraStation computer program. Arrangements have been made to purchase digitized logs of every well that produces or has produced from the Dundee Formation in the state of Michigan from Maness Petroleum Company. This amounts to between 300 and 400 wells. All deep wells in the area are included in the log suite to be acquired.

Twenty to thirty cores of the Dundee Formation from wells throughout the state of Michigan are currently available. Cuttings samples are also available from 60 to 100 Michigan wells. The storage locations of many of these core and cuttings samples have been identified, but sampling has not yet begun. Project staff will acquire and examine core and cuttings from as many of these wells as possible. W. Harrison currently has all of the porosity, permeability, and oil saturation (p,k,s) data for all of the Dundee cores from wells in a 9-county area surrounding Crystal Field in his possession. This includes data from some cores that are no longer available.

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