Wolverine Gas & Oil Company of Utah, LLC
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Hydrocarbon Generation – How it got started!
Neocomian (130 Ma) initial oil generation by sedimentary loading
Turonian (90Ma) initial “tectonic” loading drives gas generation
Foreland areas with rapid sediment loading provide wet gas charge
In short, the key to commercial charge is determining the formation
of the trap in context of the evolving kitchen areas (vs. burned out
kitchens and fault cutoff migration pathways)