| [[File:CovenantFieldFig3.jpeg|thumb|400px|{{figure number|1}}a) Inset map of the western United States showing the location of Utah. (b) Shaded relief map of Utah showing the location of the overthrust belt of northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming and the Covenant oil field, including tectonic elements. SR = San Rafael swell; KU = Kaibab uplift; MU = Monument uplift; WF = Waterpocket fold; A = Absaroka thrust fault. (c) Covenant field locality map of central Utah. From Parry, et. al<ref name=Parry />]] | | [[File:CovenantFieldFig3.jpeg|thumb|400px|{{figure number|1}}a) Inset map of the western United States showing the location of Utah. (b) Shaded relief map of Utah showing the location of the overthrust belt of northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming and the Covenant oil field, including tectonic elements. SR = San Rafael swell; KU = Kaibab uplift; MU = Monument uplift; WF = Waterpocket fold; A = Absaroka thrust fault. (c) Covenant field locality map of central Utah. From Parry, et. al<ref name=Parry />]] |
− | The Covenant Field is an oil field located in Sevier County, Utah. The field was discovered in 2004 by Wolverine Oil and Gas, in the Kings Meadow Ranches #17-1 well when it encountered oil in the Navajo Formation. Credits for the geologic ideas behind the discovery have been attributed to Dr. Douglas K. Strickland. The work leading to this discovery is has been summarized by Strickland in several presentations at AAPG conferences.<ref name=Strickland05>Strickland, D., K. R. Johnson, J. P. Vrona, D. D. Schelling, and D. A. Wavrek, 2005, [http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2005/av/strickland/ndx_strickland.pdf Structural architecture, petroleum systems, and geological implications for the Covenant field discovery, Sevier County, Utah]: AAPG Search and Discovery Article No. 110014</ref><ref>Strickland, D., 2009, [http://player.piksel.com/player.php?v=bl432u69 Conventional Wisdom: A Different Approach Exploration in the Central Utah Thrust Belt]: Audio-Video presentations at 2009 AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, June 7-10.</ref> | + | The Covenant Field is an oil field located in Sevier County, Utah. The field was discovered in 2004 by Wolverine Oil and Gas, in the Kings Meadow Ranches #17-1 well when it encountered oil in the Navajo Formation. Credits for the geologic ideas behind the discovery have been attributed to Dr. [[Douglas K. Strickland]]. The work leading to this discovery is has been summarized by Strickland in several presentations at AAPG conferences.<ref name=Strickland05>Strickland, D., K. R. Johnson, J. P. Vrona, D. D. Schelling, and D. A. Wavrek, 2005, [http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2005/av/strickland/ndx_strickland.pdf Structural architecture, petroleum systems, and geological implications for the Covenant field discovery, Sevier County, Utah]: AAPG Search and Discovery Article No. 110014</ref><ref>Strickland, D., 2009, [http://player.piksel.com/player.php?v=bl432u69 Conventional Wisdom: A Different Approach Exploration in the Central Utah Thrust Belt]: Audio-Video presentations at 2009 AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, June 7-10.</ref> |