| geol. |
resource play (A resource play is a relatively large hydrocarbon accumulation that occurs over a broad geological area. In a resource play, the geological risk of encountering the hydrocarbon bearing strata is nearly certain within the play area. A resource play may nonetheless have wide variability in well performance; however it is often the case that such variability cannot easily be predicted in advance or even correlated to conventional measurements (e.g., porosity, thickness). Resource plays have alternately been described as statistical plays, in which an operator must drill a large number of wells and can expect fairly repeatable results if enough wells are drilled. ixtra) |
