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EPR Buena Vista 1 & 2

Brushy Canyon Formation cores through the middle and margin of a channel fill, approximately 130 km west of Pecos, Texas.

BuenaVistaCoreOutcrop.jpg

Drilled in 1998

BV 1:

31°44'15.86"N

104°45'57.45"W

Buena Vista 1.kmz


BV 2:

31°44'20.55"N 

104°46'2.70"W

Buena Vista 2.kmz



Outcrop photopan showing the relationship of the EPR Buena Vista cores 1 and 2 to the channel geometry of the upper Brushy Canyon Formation.

From Rossen, C. and Beaubouef, R.T., 2007. Toe of slope channel complexes at Buena Vista, Upper Brushy Canyon Formation, Texas USA. In Nilsen, H et al. 2007. Atlas of Deepwater Outcrops, AAPG Studies in Geology 56, p. 450-456.
AAPG© 2007, reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.

and

Beaubouef, R.T., C. Rossen, F.B. Zelt, M.D. Sullivan, D.C. Mohrig, G D.C. Jennette. 1999.Field Guide For AAPG Hedberg Field Research Conference - April 15-20, 1999 Deep-Water Sandstones, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas . American Association Of Petroleum Geologists Continuing Education Course Note Series #40.
AAPG© 1999, reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.

Scans of paper logs

buena vista 1.tif

buena vista 2.tif


Buena Vista_1_CoreDesc.pdf

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buena vista 1 281-292_ColorCorrected.tif

From Rossen, C. and Beaubouef, R.T., 2007. Toe of slope channel complexes at Buena Vista, Upper Brushy Canyon Formation, Texas USA. In Nilsen, H et al. 2007. Atlas of Deepwater Outcrops, AAPG Studies in Geology 56, p. 450-456.
AAPG© 2007, reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.

and

Beaubouef, R.T., C. Rossen, F.B. Zelt, M.D. Sullivan, D.C. Mohrig, G D.C. Jennette. 1999.Field Guide For AAPG Hedberg Field Research Conference - April 15-20, 1999 Deep-Water Sandstones, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas. American Association Of Petroleum Geologists Continuing Education Course Note Series #40.
AAPG© 1999, reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.


buena vista 2.tif

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buena vista 2 224-238_ColorCorrected.tif
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buena vista 2 258-270_ColorCorrected.tif

From Beaubouef, R.T., C. Rossen, F.B. Zelt, M.D. Sullivan, D.C. Mohrig, G D.C. Jennette. 1999.Field Guide For AAPG Hedberg Field Research Conference - April 15-20, 1999 Deep-Water Sandstones, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas . American Association Of Petroleum Geologists Continuing Education Course Note Series #40.
AAPG© 1999, reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.

Core sections - Buena Vista 1

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Section 1: 7-161 ft

BuenaVista1_Part1_07-161ft.jpg


Section 2: 161-292 ft

BuenaVista1_Part2_161-292ft.jpg


Sections 7-23ft, 41-92ft, 109-126ft, 161-177ft, and 212-246ft

From Rossen, C. and Beaubouef, R.T., 2007. Toe of slope channel complexes at Buena Vista, Upper Brushy Canyon Formation, Texas USA. In Nilsen, H et al. 2007. Atlas of Deepwater Outcrops, AAPG Studies in Geology 56, p. 450-456. 

AAPG©2007. Reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.


Core sections - Buena Vista 2

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Section 1: 4 - 139 ft

BuenaVista2_Part1_04-139ft.jpg



Section 2: 139 - 271 ft

BuenaVista2_Part2_139-271ft.jpg




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