New Mexico Play Fairway Analysis: Gamma Ray Logs and Heat Generation Calculations for SW New Mexico

Published by New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-05-20T00:51:39Z

For the New Mexico Play fairway Analysis project, gamma ray geophysical well logs from oil wells penetrating the Proterozoic basement in southwestern New Mexico were digitized. Only the portion of the log in the basement was digitized. The gamma ray logs are converted to heat production using the equation (Bucker and Rybach, 1996) : A[microW/m3] = 0.0158 (Gamma Ray [API] - 0.8).

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bureauCode	[ "019:20" ]
dataQuality	true
DOI	10.15121/1261935
identifier	https://data.openei.org/submissions/6856
issued	2015-10-23T06:00:00Z
landingPage	https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/560
programCode	[ "019:006" ]
projectLead	Eric Hass
projectNumber	GO00841
projectTitle	Hydrogeologic Windows: Regional Signature Detection for Blind and Traditional Geothermal Play Fairways
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