# Devon Energy 2012 Analyst Day (Tuscaloosa Marine Oil Shale)
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devon-energy-2012-analyst-day-tuscaloosa-marine-oil-shale/24846
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**Created:** [April 4, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devon-energy-2012-analyst-day-tuscaloosa-marine-oil-shale/24846 "2012-04-04T17:21:27Z")
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### Author:  [@T.L\_Horton](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/T.L_Horton)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devon-energy-2012-analyst-day-tuscaloosa-marine-oil-shale/24846/1 "2012-04-04T17:21:27Z")
The results are in, Devon Energy announced its overview on one of the nation’s newest and hottest shale oil plays, the Tuscaloosa Marine Oil Shale.
- Tuscaloosa Attractive Attributes:
1. Proven Capacity To Flow Oil; Existing Production
2. Highly Over-Pressured Reservoir
3. Low-Cost Acreage
4. Well-Established Regulatory Environment
5. Existing Infrastructure
\*\* Tuscaloosa Stratigraphic Section:
1. Highly Laminated Lithology
2. Brittle Intervals Of Sand, Siltstone And Limestone
3. Significant Fracture System
4. Several Historical Oil Pay Zones, Throughout The Stratigraphic Section (Austin, Eagleford Shale)
\*\*\* Tuscaloosa Significant Fracture System:
1. Fractures Are Dominant Component
2. Very Dense Fractures
3. Closely Spaced Fractures Will Improve Permeability
4. Challenges for Drilling
\*\*\*\* Tuscaloosa Type Log:
1. Wide Spread Shelf Setting Low Structural Relief
2. Gross Thickness: 100’-250’
3. High Resistivity
4. Highly Over Pressured: \>0.7 PSI/FT
5. Frac Barriers Above And Below
6. Fractures Present In Cores And Image Logs
\*\*\*\*\* Tuscaloosa Results To Date And Targets (Target Well Economics):
1. Drill And Complete Cost $12-14 Million
2. EUR: 400-600 MBOE (90% LIQUIDS)
3. IP RATE (1ST MONTH AVERAGE): 700-900 BOPD
4. AVERAGE ROYALTY: 21%
\*\*\*\*\*\* Tuscaloosa Key Going Forward:
1. Optimization Of Drilling And Completion
2. Testing Of Drilling And Completion
3. Testing Of Longer Laterals With 15-20 Stage Fracs
4. ESTABLISH REPEATABLE COMMERCIAL RATES
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devon-energy-2012-analyst-day-tuscaloosa-marine-oil-shale/24846/2 "2018-08-15T04:48:15Z")