Petroleum Research – Atlantic Canada2009 Review of Projects

PR-AC Project 162Structural controls affecting petroleum systems inD i C b if b i f N B i kDevonian-Carboniferous basins of New Brunswick

Dr David Keighley P GeoDr David Keighley, P.Geo(Principal Investigator)

Dr Adrian ParkDr Adrian Park(Research Associate)

Mr Chunlei Yangg(Masters student)

Funding:

Acknowledgements

Assistance:

Devin Mohan, Shawn Robertson, Melissa Murphy (UNB students)Devin Mohan, Shawn Robertson, Melissa Murphy (UNB students)Steven Hinds, Clint St. Peter (New Brunswick Dept. of Natural Resources)Paul Durling, Tom Martel (Corridor Resources Inc.)V R dd D id Pi i (UNB T h i l S ff)Ven Reddy, David Pirie (UNB Technical Staff)Technical staff, GSC Calgary (also Denis Lavoie, Martin Fowler)

Journal Articles:Publications

Park, A., St. Peter, C., Keighley, D., and Wilson, P. Tectonic inversion along a sidewall ramp and its relationship , , , , g y, , , g p pto a hydrocarbon play in Tournaisian rocks of the Moncton Basin: the Peck Creek section, Albert Mines area, southeastern New Brunswick. (Article to be submitted to peer-reviewed journal, Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, in the next couple of weeks)

Park A F 2009 Cleavages developed in mudstone during early diagenesis and deformation: WeldonPark, A. F. 2009. Cleavages developed in mudstone during early diagenesis and deformation: Weldon Formation, Carboniferous (Tournaisian, south-eastern New Brunswick. Atlantic Geology (in press).

Keighley, D., 2008. A lacustrine shoreface succession in the Albert Formation, Moncton Basin, New Brunswick. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 56, pp. 235-258.

Keighley, D.G., Calder, J.H., Park, A.F., Pickerill, R.K., and Waldron, J.W.F., 2008. “Ecology of earliest reptiles inferred from basal Pennsylvanian trackways” by Falcon-Lang, Benton, and Stimson: Discussion. Journal of the Geological Society, London. v. 165, pp. 983-985.

Park, A. F. and St. Peter, C.J. 2008. Bedrock geology of the Indian Mountain deformed zone, Westmorland County, New Brunswick. In Current Investigations in New Brunswick for 2007, Edited by G. L. Martin, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources Mineral Resources Report, pp. 78-109.

Park, A.F., St. Peter, C.J., and Keighley, D.G., 2007. Structural styles in Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous rocks along the southern margin of the Moncton Subbasin: Caledonia Mountain to Elgin, southeastern New Brunswick. In: Martin, G.L. (ed.), Geological Investigations in New Brunswick for 2006. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources; Minerals, Policy and Planning Division, Mineral Resource Report 2007-1, pp 87-125.87 125.

Maps:Publications

St. Peter, C. and Park, A. F. 2006a. Bedrock geology of The Gorge area (part of NTS 21 1/02e), Westmorland , , g gy g (p ),County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals, Policy and Planning Division, Plate MP 2006-1 (Detailed geological map).

St. Peter, C. and Park, A. F. 2006b. Bedrock geology of the Shediac River/McQuade Brook area (NTS 21 1/02f), Westmorland County New Brunswick New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources Minerals Policy andWestmorland County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals, Policy and Planning Division, Plate MP 2006-21 (Detailed geological map).

St. Peter, C. and Park, A. F. 2006c. Bedrock geology of the Lutes Mountain/Indian Mountain area (NTS 21 1/02e), Westmorland County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals, Policy and Planning Division, Plate MP 2006-22 (Detailed geological map).

St. Peter, C. and Park, A. F. 2006d. Bedrock geology of the Peck Creek/Weldon Creek area (part of NTS 21 H/15g), Albert County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals, Policy and Planning Division Plate MP 2006-44 (Detailed geological map)Planning Division, Plate MP 2006-44 (Detailed geological map).

Conference Presentations:Publications

Keighley, D. and Yang, C., 2009. Surface – subsurface gamma-ray correlation of fluvio-lacustrine strata in the region of the McCully Gas Field, Moncton Basin, New Brunswick, Canada. A.A.P.G. Annual Convention, Denver, U.S.A., June 2009 (Accepted for presentation).

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2008. Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) structural evolution of the Moncton Basin, SE New Brunswick, Canada. Pierre-Andre Bourque Symposium: The Paleozoic of eastern Canada – from fundamental understanding to resourcepotential. Quebec City, May 2008.

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2007. Basement and Carboniferous cover relationships in the Jordan Mountain area, Kings County, New Brunswick. N.B. Department of Natural Resources: Exploration and Mining New Brunswick 2007, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, November 2007.

Keighley, D., 2007. Petroleum-related geological research at the University of New Brunswick. North Atlantic Petroleum Systems Assessment, Workshop, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, July 2007.Workshop, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, July 2007.

Keighley, D., 2007. Spectral gamma-ray, XRD, and organic geochemistry of an offshore lacustrine succession, Albert Formation, Moncton Basin, southern New Brunswick. CSPG-CSEG-CWLS Joint Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 2007.

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2007. Tournaisian thrust-belt and related transpressional strike-slip zone along the southern margin of the Moncton Sub-basin southeast New Brunswick CSPG-CSEG-CWLS Joint Annual Conference Calgary Alberta Canada May 2007the Moncton Sub-basin, southeast New Brunswick. CSPG-CSEG-CWLS Joint Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 2007.

Keighley, D., Reddy, V., Fowler, M., and Lavoie, D., 2007. Spectral gamma-ray, XRD, and organic geochemistry of an offshore lacustrine succession, Albert Formation, Moncton Basin, southern New Brunswick. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium, Moncton, Canada, February 2007.

Park A St Peter C and Keighley D 2007 Late Tournaisian ‘pop up’ and collapse in a transpressional strike slip zone: the IndianPark, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2007. Late Tournaisian pop-up and collapse in a transpressional strike-slip zone: the Indian Mountain Deformed Zone, southeast New Brunswick. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium, Moncton, Canada, February 2007.

Conference Presentations (continued):Publications

Keighley, D., 2006. A potential outcrop analogue for a secondary reservoir in the McCully Gas Field, Sussex, New Brunswick: lithofacies and spectral gamma-ray analysis. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals Policy and Planning Division, Fredericton, Canada, November 2006.

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2006. Structural styles and deformation history on the southern margin of the Moncton sub-basin, Albert County, SE New Brunswick. N.B. Department of Natural Resources: Exploration and Mining New Brunswick 2006, F d i t C d N b 2006Fredericton, Canada, November 2006.

*Keighley, D., and Mohan, D., 2006. A potential outcrop analogue for a secondary reservoir in the McCully Gas Field, Sussex, New Brunswick: lithofacies and spectral gamma-ray analysis. CSPG-CSEG-CWLS Joint Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 2006.

Park A St Peter C and Keighley D 2006 Lower Carboniferous history of the Indian Mountain deformed zone WestmorlandPark, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2006. Lower Carboniferous history of the Indian Mountain deformed zone, Westmorland County, SE New Brunswick. GAC-MAC Joint Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2006.

*Keighley, D., and Mohan, D., 2006. Lithofacies and spectral gamma-ray analysis of a potential outcrop analogue for a secondary reservoir in the McCully Gas Field, Sussex, NB. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium, Wolfville, Canada, February 2006.

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2006. Lower Carboniferous history of the Indian Mountain deformed zone, Westmorland County, SE New Brunswick. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium, Wolfville, Canada, February 2006.

Park, A., St. Peter, C., and Keighley, D., 2005. Structure in Lower Carboniferous rocks of the Indian Mountain deformed zone, Westmorland County, Southeastern New Brunswick. 30th annual Review of Activities, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources Minerals Policy and Planning Division Fredericton Canada November 2005Resources, Minerals Policy and Planning Division, Fredericton, Canada, November 2005.

Associated eventsFIELD TRIPS:Keighley, D., and Park, A., 2008. Sedimentology of the McCully Gas Field inferred from Horton Group outcrops, Sussex, New Brunswick. Field Guide #4. Atlantic Universities Geological Conference. Fredericton, NB, October 2008. 16 pp.

GEOLOGICAL WORKSHOPS/ROUND TABLES:Jutras, P., and Keighley, D., 2009. Rationalization of the Mississippian stratigraphy of the Maritimes BasinJutras, P., and Keighley, D., 2009. Rationalization of the Mississippian stratigraphy of the Maritimes Basin through inter-regional correlations and nomenclatural debate. Workshop. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium, Moncton, Canada, February 2009.

Keighley, D., and St. Peter, C. 2006. Selected core from the Albert Formation (Mississippian), Moncton Basin, th N B i k ( t d d b t t) C t ib ti t th 2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS C C fsouthern New Brunswick (extended abstract). Contribution to the 2006 CSPG-CSEG-CWLS Core Conference,

Calgary, Alberta, May 2006, pp. 605-615.

Background

Stoney

McCully

Creek

cCu y

Horton (Albert)

Sussex

Horton (Albert)

- two grey-bed units in Moncton BasinInitial re-mapping around Hillsborough – Albert Mines (St. Peter)Background

- two major sub-Windsor unconformities in Moncton Basin

- two grey-bed units in Moncton Basin- oil-shale related (Albert Fm – Biostrat zones 1-2)- evaporite related (Gautreau Fm – Biostrat zone 4-5 & reworked 1-2)

two major sub Windsor unconformities in Moncton Basin

f iti di id it ith diff t t t l hi t i...unconformities divide units with different structural histories

Major findingsRe-mapping (Park, St. Peter, & Keighley – submitted, CSPG)

Alb t i t d b d l ll i i- Albert-associated beds locally missing- Gautreau-related sit faulted/unconformable on basement- Weldon Fm. strata deformed while still soft & wet

Major findingsRe-mapping (unpublished)

C l d iCaledonia? ?

Major findingsRe-mapping (St. Peter & Park – published maps and DNR Reports)

Indian Mountain

OvermatureOvermature grey shale

Sub-mature grey shale

Major findingsRe-mapping (Park & St. Peter – published maps and DNR Reports)- Gautreau (pre-lithified tectonic deformation) south of N River Fault- Gautreau (pre-lithified tectonic deformation) south of N. River Fault

- Albert missing!

1 metre NN

LimestoneSandstoneShale

200 m

100 m

100 metres

A BGorge Road

QuarryStilesville Quarry

Major findingsRe-mapping (Park & St. Peter – published maps and DNR Reports)

Alb t ( th f N Ri F lt)- Albert (north of N. River Fault):-North verging folds (F1) related to thrusts or steeper reverse faults - top-to-the-north movement-F2 folds locally related to right lateral strike-slip motion along major ENE-F2 folds locally related to right lateral strike slip motion along major ENEWSW trending faults & associated with a slaty cleavage (V. early deep burial)

Major findingsMaturation & trap formation can have occurred very early

Associated researchMcCully gas field – surface outcrop correlation (Keighley, CSPG 2008)

McCully

correlation using portable GRS (outcrop) & industry borehole GR

Associated researchMcCully gas field – surface outcrop correlation (Keighley, CSPG 2008)- correlation using portable GRS (outcrop) & industry borehole GR - other roadcut sections also analyzed (C. Yang, Grad Student)

Opportunities for related workCO2 Sequestration in deep geologic formations of NB

d t di f t i h i h i d b PR AC j t 162- understanding of trapping mechanisms much improved by PR-AC project 162

Initial NB workshop on the subject: today & tomorrow, UNB Fredericton