Nenana and Susitna Basins, natural gas potential

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  728

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Nenana/Susitna Basin

• Parent Project:

  Frontier basins and rural energy

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Geology and natural gas potential of the Susitna and Nenana basins

• Project Date(s):

  2005 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Gillis, Robert J.

• DGGS section:

  Energy Resources

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  D. L. LePain, Marwan A. Wartes, Richard G. Stanley, Robert J. Gillis, Kenneth P. Helmold, David J. Mauel, Trystan M. Herriott, C. S. Peterson, Jeffrey A. Benowitz, Nina T. Harun

• Stations/Samples:

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Publications

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RDF 2020-2

Herriott, T.M., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., and Willingham, A.L., 2020, Photogrammetry-derived digital surface model and orthoimagery of the Usibelli Group type section, Suntrana Creek, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2020-2, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30425

PIR 2015-3

Gillis, R.J., ed., 2015, Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3, 34 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29408

PIR 2015-3-1

Gillis, R.J., 2015, Overview of 2014 energy-focused field studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results, in Gillis, R.J., ed., Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3-1, p. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.14509/29465

PIR 2015-3-2

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., Harun, N.T., Helmold, K.P., and Tsigonis, R.M., 2015, Reconnaissance stratigraphic studies in the Susitna basin, Alaska, during the 2014 field season, in Gillis, R.J., ed., Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3-2, p. 5-10. https://doi.org/10.14509/29466

PIR 2015-3-3

Helmold, K.P., and LePain, D.L., 2015, Petrology and reservoir quality of sandstones from the Kahiltna Assemblage and Yenlo Hills graywacke: Initial impressions, in Gillis, R.J., ed., Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3-3, p. 11-18. https://doi.org/10.14509/29467

PIR 2015-3-4

Harun, N.T., LePain, D.L., Tsigonis, R.M., Helmold, K.P., and Stanley, R.G., 2015, Reconnaissance coal study in the Susitna basin, 2014, in Gillis, R.J., ed., Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3-4, p. 19-24. https://doi.org/10.14509/29468

PIR 2015-3-5

Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Tsigonis, R.M., 2015, Preliminary results of reconnaissance structural studies of the western Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, in Gillis, R.J., ed., Overview of 2014 energy-focused studies in Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, and preliminary results: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-3-5, p. 25-34. https://doi.org/10.14509/29469

PIR 2013-4

Gillis, R.J., Stanley, R.G., LePain, D.L., Mauel, D.J., Herriott, T.M., Helmold, K.P., Peterson, C.S., Wartes, M.A., and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2013, Status of a reconnaissance field study of the Susitna basin, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2013-4, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/25015

PIR 2013-2

Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., Stanley, R.G., Helmold, K.P., Peterson, C.S., and Benowitz, J.A., 2013, Summary of 2012 reconnaissance field studies related to the petroleum geology of the Nenana basin, interior Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2013-2, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/24880

Posters and Presentations

Stanley, R.G. and others, 2013

Stanley, R.G., Haeussler, P.J., Benowitz, J.A., Goodman, D.K., Ravn, R.L., Shellenbaum, D.P., Saltus, R.W., Lewis, K.A., and Potter, C.J., 2013, New stratigraphic revelations in the subsurface Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, from geochronology and biostratigraphy [poster]: GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, Fresno, CA, May 22, 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/26887

Annual Reports

AR 2014-A

DGGS Staff, 2015, Energy Resources FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-A, p. 32-38. https://doi.org/10.14509/29180

AR 2013-A

DGGS Staff, 2014, Energy Resources FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-A, p. 34-40. https://doi.org/10.14509/27001

AR 2012-A

DGGS Staff, 2013, Energy Resources FY13 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012-A, p. 28-33. https://doi.org/10.14509/24785

AR 2011-A

LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Clough, J.G., 2012, Energy Resources FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-A, p. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.14509/23303

AR 2010-A

LePain, D.L., Clough, J.G., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2011, Energy Resources FY11 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010-A, p. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.14509/22181

Related Publications

Shah, A.K. and others, 2020

Shah, A.K., Phillips, J.D., Lewis, K.A., Stanley, R.G., Haeussler, P.J., and Potter, C.J., 2020, Three-dimensional shape and structure of the Susitna basin, south-central Alaska, from geo­physical data: Geosphere, v. 16, no. 4, p. 969?990.

FS 2018-3017

Stanley, R.G., Potter, C.J., Lewis, K.A., Lillis, P.G., Shah, A.K., Haeussler, P.J., Phillips, J.D., Valin, Z.C., Schenk, C.J., Klett, T.R., Brownfield, M.E., Drake, R.M., II, Finn, T.M., Haines, S.S., Higley, D.K., Houseknecht, D.W., Le, P.A., Marra, K.R., Mercier, T.J., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Paxton, S.T., Pearson, O.N., Tennyson, M.E., Woodall, C.A., and Zyrianova, M.V., 2018, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Susitna Basin, southern Alaska, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018-3017, 2 p.

Silwal, Vipul and others, 2018

Silwal, Vipul, Tape, Carl, and Lomax, Anthony, 2018, Crustal earthquakes in the Cook Inlet and Susitna region of southern Alaska: Tectonophysics, v. 745, p. 245-263.

Saltus, R.W. and others, 2016

Saltus, R.W., Stanley, R.G., Haeussler, P.J., Jones, J.V., III, Potter, C.J., and Lewis, K.A., 2016, Late Oligocene to present contractional structure in and around the Susitna basin, Alaska--Geo­physical evidence and geological implications: Geosphere, v. 12, no. 5, p. 1378-1390.

OF 2015-1138

Lewis, K.A., Potter, C.J., Shah, A.K., Stanley, R.G., Haeussler, P.J., and Saltus, R.W., 2015, Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1138, 55 p.

OF 2013-1307

Stanley, R.G., Lillis, P.G., Pawlewicz, M.J., and Haeussler, P.J., 2014, Rock-Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance results from the Sheep Creek #1 well, Susitna basin, south-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1307, 16 p.

I 1174

Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 1174, 15 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

B 1202-C

Barnes, F.F., 1966, Geology and coal resources of the Beluga-Yentna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1202-C, 67 p., 7 sheets.