Exploring the Eagle Ford

摘要

One of AAPG's newest volumes was be released just in time for the 2016 Annual Convention and Exhibition. "The Eagle Ford Shale: A Renaissance in U.S. Oil Production" continues the memoir series as Memoir 110. The volume describes the evolution in geologic understanding that quickly transformed a world-class source rock into a world-class reservoir, which produced 1.7 million barrels of oil per day. John Breyer, the editor of the volume, explained that many of the chapters focus on the main producing area of the Eagle Ford play. This spans from the San Marcos Arch in central Texas southwest to the Maverick basin near the border of Mexico. The area northeast of the arch is also covered.