After 24 years of devotion to research and the
drilling of many test wells, we now have all the
evidence needed to prove beyond a shadow of a
doubt that a major oil field has been overlooked in
Ohio and Kentucky. We are talking about the
potential of extremely high yield wells and the
opportunity for a group of people or the right person to make a tremendous amount of money.
The opportunities are simply awesome to contemplate. All that is required is the desire to review
the research. We can prove the potential of this great field by explaining the geological concepts
and by looking at the engineering logs and well samples. The research is new and refreshing,
offering so much more than what has been conventionally offered to date. After reviewing the
work, I think you will see potential beyond your wildest dreams, along with a huge reduction in
risk. Full documentation and absolute proof is available upon request. Contact us for more
information.
I contend that much of Ohio and Kentucky reside over an ancient rift basin overlain by a thick sequence of sedimentary rocks. Exploration in these rocks has never been conducted from the perspective of rifting, in that the likely places for gas and oil production resides in the basins, synrifts and grabens, rather than on structure. These off-structure prospects, as indicated in this report, have enormous potential for gas and oil.
I am a careful researcher and have become an expert in the field of sedimentary petroleum geology. I have authored numerous research papers which are available to serious inquirers.
I have no doubt as to the existence of the gas and oil traps disclosed in this report. I have not listed wells where any doubt may exist. All the wells listed have varying degrees of evidence. The types of evidence will be listed with each individual well. For the most part, the trap systems disclosed by these wells have no historical production records but they do reveal, in their repetitions, that the basal Cambrian rocks are deltaic and therefore represent braided streams and prograding distributaries, all with the potential for very high production. Tidal influences above this ancient delta continued to form tidal distributaries well into the Middle Ordovician period and have been mistakenly interpreted as erosional remnants.
For any serious individual or group who seeks a fortune in gas and oil, this work can be an excellent start. Research is not included in this report. It will come with further inquiry. The names of formations and unconformities are revised by the author and do not represent the accepted nomenclature.
The professional will tell the you that it is impossible for the following trap systems to exist.
The reader has a choice, investigate further or believe the professional. The decision is left to the
reader. This is an open, frank and honest attempt to salvage 24 years of research that will have
an incredible impact on how one views the entire Appalachian basin. It's an invitation to an
intelligent and ambitious individual to acquire enormous wealth.
About one billion years ago, Ohio was the site of a collision between land masses. It is representative of the now familiar principle of continental accretion by plate tectonics. This area in Ohio and Kentucky began as a new land mass, welded onto an older continental plate. Later, something happened to break this welding of continental plates. Ohio broke along the old suture line and the two continental plates began to drift apart. As the plates broke and pulled apart, magma intruded up from deep within the earth. Along the sides of this break or rift, long blocks of continental rock broke, sliding into the deep rupture. The modern term for these down-thrust blocks of rock are called syn-rifts. The rocks tended to fracture along parallel lines to the rift, forming north-south trending faults. Some of these downthrust blocks are narrow and some are wide. If this rifting had continued, Ohio would have been in the middle of a new ocean. What happened in Ohio is called a failed rift. The center of this rift, unlike the slump fault belts that developed on both sides of this rift, has left a magnetic signature marking the structural axis of this rift. All rift basins, overlain by sedimentary rock, are prime targets for gas and oil exploration. Ohio is no exception. What is so profound about Ohio is that the basal rocks evolved in a delta and then were later folded into an arch. Failure to see this potential, when confronted with the evidence, makes one wonder about the intelligence of the Ohio geologists.
The understanding of this failed rift, which we came to recognize and understand long before anyone else, was the chief cause for our 24 years of intense research. We began this research in 1964 and by 1969, after drilling a great number of wildcat wells, began to suspect that the literature was flawed concerning Ohio geology. At that time, we sold our Clinton field production and concentrated fully on this research. In the late 1970's and 1980's we began rewriting the geology of Ohio and changed the direction of our exploration. The results were extremely controversial but highly rewarding from our perspective. To the structure oriented geologists in Ohio, our research was unthinkable, and not a single one would discuss the research. It soon became known that we were in total disagreement with conventional geological theory in Ohio. All of this, by 1979, took a bizarre turn in the intensity of the attacks against us. Having majored in physics in college and having developed an open mind toward research, the attitude of professionals and the viciousness of their attacks against us were rather bewildering. By 1990, we had completely rewritten the geology of Ohio, thoroughly documenting every aspect of our research. This research has no resemblance to conventional geological theory. By the professionals own admittance, he confesses to being overwhelmed by Ohio geology and continues to proclaim that Ohio geology is in its infancy, yet he continues to preach an orthodoxy that is entirely inimical to observation.
In all of the prospects we have drilled, not one would have been funded if the target horizons had been over 100 feet below the Knox unconformity. Conventional wisdom has consigned thousands of feet of clastics below this unconformity to oblivion. One does not have to be terribly bright to understand how wrong this is. In view of this, it is easy to understand that these basal rocks were not viewed as viable and worthy of proper funding or serious targets for exploration.
Our research goes deeply into the heart of Ohio geology and though we have tried to keep our research papers brief, the fact remains, that for most people, the amount of data overwhelms them. With this in mind, we disclose one single prospect report where logs, reports, testing and eyewitness accounts exemplify this entire research. Two wells were drilled on this prospect and both wells were ruined by the operator. The professional has ruled out the potential for a delta in the Preknox clastics, however, we show, in our research and in this prospect, that distributaries exist throughout the Preknox clastics, proving these clastics formed in a delta. If one cannot believe in the evidence discovered here, then none of the evidence will prevail. Conventional geological theory has a strangle hold on Ohio through incredible ignorance of petroleum development geology. It all comes down to this, believe the real evidence or side with those who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Most people will not challenge the professional and decide to play it safe. This letter is not addressed to them. Quite frankly, having lived with this research for so many years, we have no doubt that the person who picks up this work will become very wealthy in a very short time. The prospect report will start the reader on an incredible journey to success in gas and oil.
Until 1964, drilling past the Knox Unconformity was the equivalent of sailing to the edge of the world and falling off. Water at the top of the Knox was viewed as a barrier to deeper exploration. Even after the Morrow County discovery in 1964, this superstitious view of Ohio remains a psychological barrier erected against the unknown. However, we have cast a bright light on these deeper rocks and this is no longer a mystery to us. Because the Ohio industry is totally structure oriented, the real potential for Ohio in gas and oil is unexplored. In effect, Ohio is a virgin field waiting for someone to take advantage of it. World explorationists routinely target the same kind of geological features underlying Ohio. Unfortunately, this work will never find acceptance in Ohio. Perceptions, flawed by bad research, will continue to dominate Ohio geology in spite of any evidence to the contrary. Even with a new discovery the industry will be impotent to deal with it and will view it as a localized anomaly, unable and unwilling to apply it to the rest of Ohio. One will have at least five years to take full advantage of a new discovery.
Opposition to our work and economic pressure has forced us out of the gas and oil business but the research is complete and is ready for someone to take advantage of it. The prospect report was selected from a number of reports because of the great weight of evidence it contains. We believe we can spot at least 20 productive wells on this prospect. We also believe, in view of reservoir quality, that these wells will produce over 1000 barrels of oil per day per well. This can be done in one year, ending up with a cash flow of $98,000,000 per year and reserves worth over a billion dollars and this is just a beginning. You will be on your way to becoming a major oil company. When you see the research you will understand where it leads. If you want to believe this is a gamble, then it certainly is a worthy one with all the evidence screaming success. Personally, we see it as no gamble. If you want a shot at something with enormous potential, this is it.
This work conforms to world standards for petroleum development geology. Any geologist would accept the research, provided he is not tainted by previous perceptions garnered from bad research. If this work is viewed as unacceptable it comes from political correctness and not geological correctness.
When we began changing our concepts of Ohio geology, we found communication with all levels of the industry becoming impossible. For the open minded, this may seem strange but for the industry workers who have labored in Ohio under incredible biased views, the barriers become insurmountable. It will be interesting to cite a few examples. For instance, gas and oil is often found below water zones and within 15 to 20 feet from that water zone but in Ohio, that water zone is a water table and gas and oil below it is impossible. Early in this research this factor became paramount in discrediting many good wells. We found it impossible to fund well completions below water zones. The worse part of this bias is that it prevented the extension of the Morrow County field. We discuss this more fully in our research. Obsession with water zones prevents the discovery of huge reserves of gas and oil. Another example is provided in everyone's concept of where the basement begins. We remember a well in Union County when the bit brought up granite in the samples. For the driller and everyone else, this was the basement. When we insisted on drilling further, the outrage among the drillers was incredible. After all, the drillers knew basement rock when they saw them. How could we be so stupid? We penetrated the granite till into a new world of clastics that no one realized were there. Weathered granite from ancient hills had washed into and covered this ancient Precambrian unconformity and the underlying clastics. The evidence and common sense shows that these rocks hold enormous reserves of gas and oil.
One of the most insurmountable barriers preventing acceptance of this work is the concept held by the industry and others that translate sediments seen on structure as no different from those in the basins. Even when confronted with the proof, the old concepts remain. For years we heard the passionate argument that there are no source beds in the Preknox clastics. Nothing could be further from the truth but who cares about truth? Unfortunately, no one in Ohio desires to know the truth.
The words come easy but this research came about through a great deal of suffering, frustration
and the expenditure of millions of dollars. We have made an easy road for you if you choose to
follow it.
In 1962, when Calvert decided to raise the Cambro-Ordovician boundary to a lithological boundary of convenience, except for the later concept of rifting, Ohio geological research became static. The realization of rifting has had no effect on new research nor has it brought into question present theory. The Geological Survey, in several opinion papers on Ohio's rift basin, commented that Ohio would undergo a rethinking of Ohio geology relative to gas and oil. This has not happened and the status quo continues with no regard for any change in how we view Ohio's geological past. It is totally ignored by the industry and professionals.
Grabens and horsts are a foreign language to Ohio, because conventional geological theory views Ohio as a system of neatly layered geochemical rocks. Ohio's geology is far more dynamic than presently perceived.
The evidence proves overwhelming that the Morrow County trap rock is something other than an erosional remnant. The problem resides in the blind acceptance of Calvert's error that was later perpetuated by Janssens. This is the greatest roadblock to Ohio geology because it perpetuates the concept that structure is the only source for trap development.
My work differs from others in the acceptance of the rift basin as having influenced Ohio's geology. Historically, and in a modern day context for gas and oil exploration, my work is credible. To me, one of life's great mysteries is the professional's closed mind. It has often been stated that new ideas germinate but they must wait until the entrenched hierarchy of professionals die out before they can grow. Continental drift and plate tectonics are a prime example of this.
I offer you a new concept in Ohio geology that has been tested. I will tell you, also, that world
exploration principles are on my side. The evidence and theory have the backing of the world's
real professionals. I would like the reader to feel comfortable with the research in the sense that
it is right. I have no doubt about its success if the right people become involved.
Morrow County was the greatest tragedy ever suffered by Ohio because it institutionalized and enshrined a geological misconception brought about by a past decision (Calvert, 1962) to relegate a difficult to find unconformity to a position of unimportance while at the same time recognizing (incorrectly) an easier to find "systemic boundary" that is not an unconformity. This error forced the geologist (against all the evidence) to call the Morrow County trap rock an erosional remnant. It is not an erosional remnant. If one used this criteria to place unconformities, then unconformities could be found at every lithological boundary that separates formations. Janssens (1973) once considered placing an unconformity at the top of the Rome Formation but finally thought better of it. His reason prevailed but such was not the case with the Knox Unconformity. There is only one unconformity that separates the Sauk Sequence from the overlying Sequence. That this real unconformity could be relegated to a trash bin and deemed unimportant does violence to all we know about geology. Morrow County is unique in that a special set of circumstances came together. They are briefly; the existence of the Cambrian rocks that formed porosity and the close proximity of the real unconformity with the "systemic boundary". South and west from Morrow County the Cambrian Unconformity drops deeper into the geological column while the "systemic boundary" remains the same. North and northeast from Morrow County the Cambrian rocks that formed the unique type of porosity found in Morrow County disappear. In western Ohio the "systemic boundary" and the real unconformity can be hundreds of feet apart. Unless one is an ideologue, it is not difficult to see in cross-sections that the trap rock in Morrow County, above the unconformity, is primarily a function of facies changes. When the Cambro-Ordovician boundary is properly recognized it becomes evident that the Morrow County trap rock system developed both above and below this unconformity. Elsewhere, this straddling of the unconformity changes to trap development either above or below. Examples of this abound in this research. This is a simplistic explanation but for anyone who desires the truth, more is available. The Morrow County field can be and should be extended. In view of this I have revised the Ohio geological column by placing the Cambro-Ordovician boundary at the top of the Upper Copper Ridge, where workers presumed it to be before Calvert. Rocks above this contact, everywhere, are Middle Ordovician in age. When this is generally recognized, Ohio will be back to the basics.
Other research material will contend, along with evidence to follow, that the Preknox clastics are deltaic and have influenced the overlying Knox Group. The standard Cambrian nomenclature showing clear formation distinctions does not adequately describe the basins in central and western Ohio. Structured areas only lightly felt the influence of the delta, while in the basins, the clear distinctions of formation changes become blurred. Correlations are more in line with color changes rather than changes in lithology. In general, the entire Preknox clastics, found in the basins and influenced by rivers, are dominated by shales and coarse grained, mud supported sand. Shales without sand suggest natural levees while the mud supported medium to coarse grained sands suggest distributer flood plain sediments. Unlike the structured formations, saturated with water, the depositional environment of the basins provide excellent lateral as well as overlying closure to distributaries. Samples and logs show that distributaries do indeed exist and contain gas and oil. There is no doubt that the Ohio professional has problems with his perceptions of what he sees on structure and his ability or inability to understand the basinal depositional environment.
GEOLOGIC REPORT
FOR A GAS AND OIL PROSPECT
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, OHIO
GEOLOGIC REPORT
FOR A GAS AND OIL PROSPECT
JERSEY TOWNSHIP, LICKING COUNTY, OHIO
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN
AND
BASAL MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ROCKS IN OHIO
CATALOG OF NEW GAS AND OIL DISCOVERIES
IN
PLUGGED WELLS AS A HISTORY OF RESEARCH
THROUGH
24 YEARS OF WILDCATTING
THE RIFT BASIN IN OHIO
AND
THE EVIDENCE FOR A PREKNOX DELTA
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