Williston Basin
The Williston Basin is a large basin in eastern Montana, western North and South Dakota, and southern Saskatchewan known for its rich deposits of petroleum and potash. The basin extends approximately 475 miles (764 km) north-south and 300 miles (480 km) east-west.
The long history of sedimentary deposition in the Williston Basin included deposition of rocks well suited to serve as hydrocarbon source and reservoir rocks. The basin’s oil and gas fields are found in a wide range of geologic ages.
Oil was first found in the Williston Basin along the Cedar Creek Anticline in southeastern Montana, in the 1920s and 1930s. The basin did not become a major oil province until the 1950s when large fields were discovered in North Dakota. Production peaked in 1986, but in the early 2000s significant increases in production began because of application of horizontal drilling techniques.
Cumulative basin production totals about 3.8 billion barrels (600,000,000 m3) of oil and 470 billion cubic feet (1.3×1010 m3) of natural gas.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williston_Basin)
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Anadarko Basin
The Anadarko Basin Province covers almost the entire western part of Oklahoma, the southwestern part of Kansas, the northeastern part of the Texas Panhandle, and the southeastern corner of Colorado. The province is bounded by major uplifts–the Wichita-Amarillo Uplift to the south, the Cimarron and Las Animas Arches to the west, the Central Kansas Uplift to the north, the Pratt Anticline to the northeast, the Nemaha Uplift to the east, and the Southern Oklahoma fold belt to the southeast. The Anadarko Basin is a large, deep, two-stage Paleozoic basin that is petroleum rich, and generally well explored (mature).
The province, as defined herein, includes an area of about 50,000 sq mi, and contains a thickness of sedimentary rocks that probably exceeds 40,000 ft in the deep southern part. The sandstones comprise only a small part of the overall volume of basin rocks, however account for much of the petroleum production in the basins. The province overall produces primarily gas. According to recent production data more than 2.3 BBO and more than 65.5 TCFG have been produced from the province since the early 1900’s.
The surface area of the province has been drilled at least 200,000 times for an average of about 1 well for each 0.25 sq mi. This drilling density decreases significantly with depth. Drilling density in the deep basin is even lower.
Twenty-five plays are identified in this province. Assigned to these plays are more than 1,100 known accumulations, each with a minimum expected ultimate recovery of 1 MMBO or 6 BCFG.
(Source: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/noga95/prov58/text/prov58.pdf)
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The Tree
Family Tree Corporation is an Oil & Gas Company holding thousands of operated and non-operated interests primarily in the Mid-Continent region.
Although Family Tree does operate some of its wells, its primary focus is non-operated participation in the country’s largest unconventional shale plays. Family Tree remains active throughout the Anadarko Basin and Arkoma Basin, with new emphasis on the Fayetteville Shale Fairway of Arkansas, the Haynesville Shale (East Texas), and the Antrim Shale in Central Michigan.
Family Tree Subsidiaries and Affiliates
Trilogy Oil & Gas, LLC: Holds non-operated working interests
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Silver Tree Oil and Gas: Holds non-operated working interests
Family Tree Managed Partnerships
Oklahoma Oil Project: A diversified private placement memorandum focusing in non-operating participation throughout Oklahoma.
About the Family
Robert P. Dykes
Following four years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Bob graduated from North Texas State University with a BBA in Real Estate and Finance with honors. After graduation Bob worked for Texas Utilities before moving back to Sheridan Wyoming with his parents to open up a restaurant.
Bob formed Family Tree Corporation in 1978 with his parents, and took on sole responsibility for running the business in 1980. In 1983, Bob sold the restaurant and started working for a land brokerage firm buying and selling leases for a profit. In 1986, he moved to Denver while continuing to broker leases in North East Wyoming.
From 1990 to 1996, Bob worked independently acquiring Wyoming, Texas, and Oklahoma minerals before shifting his focus to working interest in 1997.
J. Christopher Dykes
Chris joined Family Tree in 1999 to aid in this process. He has a degree in Land and Resource Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Chris has been instrumental in the Company’s success since he joined. He is primarily responsible for business development, mineral acquisitions and prospect identification. Chris is a Certified Professional Landman.
Michael L. Dykes
Michael holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a MBA Finance degree from the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business. Prior to joining FTC in 2006, Michael worked for Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas. Michael brings both operational and reservoir engineering experience to the Company.
Craig Emmanuel
Craig joined Family Tree in 2001. As head of the Land Department, Craig oversees all lease and mineral transactions. He also assures that the acquisition process is handled in a proper and efficient manner. Craig has been a landman for over 27 years having worked oil and gas projects in Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. Craig has been a long time friend, co-worker and partner of Bob Dykes.
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Wind River Basin
The Wind River basin of central Wyoming shows that the area of the present basin was a part of the eastern marine shelf. A conformable sequence of 10,000-12,000 feet of predominantly marine sediment was laid down prior to the period of mountain building. It was manifested by southward and westward compressional forces which developed major overthrust mountain belts. These ranges, the Wind River Mountains west of the basin, the Owl Creek Mountains at the north, the Granite Range at the south, and the Powder River lineament at the east, formed a parallelogram around the Wind River basin.
Almost all the oil produced in the basin is obtained from structural traps. This event developed as the primary significant interruption to the regional continuity of the various marine formations, and therefore it was of primary importance in the localizing and accumulating of oil. Almost all the exploratory test wells in the Wind River basin were drilled on anticlinal structures. This form of exploration has been very successful, and the more obvious anticlines have been drilled.
Future prospecting will undoubtedly consist of geophysical work, to find the more subtle structures, plus subsurface geology to find stratigraphic traps similar to the two most recent discoveries in the Wind River basin.
(Source: http://search.datapages.com/data/doi/10.1306/5CEAE445-16BB-11D7-8645000102C1865D)
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Arkoma Basin
The Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale is an incredible play– it covers 1,500 square miles and has more than 40 rigs at work. Active operators include Newfield Exploration, Antero Resources, Continental Resources, Devon Energy, St. Mary Land & Exploration, PetroQuest Energy and XTO Energy.
Simultaneous fractures are being tried in this play. Not only are wells fractured at the same time, the same segment of each lateral is fractured at the same time. The volumes of water, sand and people are sensational. The technique appears to make a material difference in production volumes, and well results are strongly improved over conventional fractures. Average per-well costs in the play have been $5 million and recoverable reserves 3 Bcf, but operators appear to be successfully pushing well costs downward and ultimate recoveries upward.
Within the Arkoma Basin, The Fayetteville Shale, is a black, organic-rich rock of that underlies much of northern Arkansas and adjacent states. It produces natural gas in the central portion of the Arkoma basin. The productive wells penetrate the Fayetteville Shale at depths between a few hundred and 7000 feet below the surface and at elevations of between a few hundred feet above sea level and 7000 feet below sea level.
The first wells to produce natural gas from the Fayetteville Shale were traditional vertical wells with low to moderate production rates. However, in the past several years vertical wells have been drilled down to just above the Fayetteville Shale, turned, and drilled horizontally through the rock unit. These horizontal wells intersect large numbers of vertical fractures which bring a flow of gas into the well and drain the surrounding rock. Fractures are also induced by pumping pressurized fluids down the well bore to fracture the rock unit. These additional fractures enhance the permeability of the Fayetteville Shale and allow more efficient gas production.
The Woodford Shale, also within the Arkoma Basin, is located in SouthEastern Oklahoma. The Woodford Shale is known for holding a promising source of natural gas, trapped in the shale rock thousands of feet below the surface. The Woodford Shale find, is credited to the Barnett Shale find from more than 20 years ago. Over 1,500 wells have already been drilled and more are expected.
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Michigan Basin
The Michigan Basin is a geologic basin centered on the lower peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The feature is represented by a nearly circular pattern of geologic sedimentary strata in the area with a nearly uniform structural dip toward the center of the peninsula.
The basin is centered in Gladwin County where the rocks are 16,000 feet (4,900 m) deep. Around the margins, such as under Mackinaw City, Michigan, the surface is around 4,000 feet (1,200 m) down. This 4,000-foot (1,200 m) contour on the bedrock clips the northern part of the lower peninsula and continues under Lake Michigan along the west. It crosses the southern counties of Michigan and continues on to the north beneath Lake Huron.
The eastern margins of Wisconsin along Green Bay are along the margins of the basin. The northeastern margin of Illinois around Chicago are on the southwestern margin of the basin. The southwest boundary of the basin underlies
The rocks of the Michigan Basin are the source of commercial quantities of petroleum. The most actively drilled-for source of natural gas in recent years has been shale gas from the Devonian Antrim Shale in the northern part of the basin.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Basin)
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Haynesville Shale
The Haynesville Shale, is a black, organic-rich shale of Upper Jurassic age that underlies much of the Gulf Coast area of the United States. “Haynesville Shale” is a drillers term for shale rock units within the Haynesville Formation.
The Haynesville Formation is underlain by the Smackover Formation and overlain by rocks of the Cotton Valley Group. It was deposited about 150 million years ago in a shallow offshore environment.
Geologists have long known that the Haynesville Formation contained natural gas. However, because of its low permeability the Haynesville was originally considered to be a gas source rock rather than a gas reservoir.
Today, natural gas production from the Haynesville occurs from rocks about two miles beneath northwestern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas and eastern Texas. The most productive areas have been Caddo, Bienville, Bossier, DeSoto, Red River and Webster Parishes of Louisiana plus adjacent areas in southwest Arkansas and east Texas.
(Source: http://geology.com/articles/haynesville-shale.shtml)
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Fayetteville Shale
The Fayetteville Shale, is a black, organic-rich rock of Mississippian age that underlies much of northern Arkansas and adjacent states. It produces natural gas in the central portion of the Arkoma basin. The productive wells penetrate the Fayetteville Shale at depths between a few hundred and 7000 feet below the surface and at elevations of between a few hundred feet above sea level and 7000 feet below sea level.
The first wells to produce natural gas from the Fayetteville Shale were traditional vertical wells with low to moderate production rates. However, in the past several years vertical wells have been drilled down to just above the Fayetteville Shale, turned, and drilled horizontally through the rock unit. These horizontal wells intersect large numbers of vertical fractures which bring a flow of gas into the well and drain the surrounding rock. Fractures are also induced by pumping pressurized fluids down the well bore to fracture the rock unit. These additional fractures enhance the permeability of the Fayetteville Shale and allow more efficient gas production.
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Colorado Operations
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