| Duvernay Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Woodbend Group |
| Underlies | Ireton Formation, Grosmont Formation |
| Overlies | Cooking Lake Formation, Majeau Lake Formation |
| Thickness | up to 250 metres (820 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Calcarenite, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°18′12″N 112°23′00″W / 53.303272°N 112.383197°W |
| Region | WCSB |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Duvernay, Alberta |
| Named by | Andrichuk and Wonfor |
| Year defined | 1954 |
  Duvernay Formation (Canada) | |
The Duvernay Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It was first described in well Anglo Canadian Beaverhill Lake No. 2 in LSD 11-11-50-17W4M by Imperial Oil staff in 1950.[2] The formation was named by Andrichuk and Wonfor in 1954[3] for the type section in Duvernay, Alberta.
According to Canada's Alberta Energy Regulator, the Duvernay Formation "holds an estimated 443 trillion cubic feet of gas and 61.7 billion barrels of oil (Penny China Institute 2012-12)."[4] Calgary-based, Athabasca Oil Corporation (formerly Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation), holds 640,000 acres, the largest publicly disclosed Duvernay rights.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
lexiconwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Geological Staff, Imperial Oil Ltd. Western Division, 1950. Devonian nomenclature in Edmonton area. Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 34, p. 1807-1825.
- ^ Andrichuk, J.M. and Wonfor, J.S., 1954. Late Devonian geologic history in Stettler area, Alberta, Canada Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 38, p. 2500-2536.
- ^ a b Rebecca Penty (December 17, 2012). "Encanas PetroChina Partnership May Be First of Many". Edmonton, AB: China Institute, University of Alberta. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.