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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: January 27, 2026 | 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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description 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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    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000320012_Nail%201_gamma.xls",
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    "title": "Laguna Federal Gamma Log.xls",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000320018_State16_gamma.xls",
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    "title": "South State 36 Gamma Log.xls",
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    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000360001_Federal_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Buckelberry-Federal Well 1 (API 3000360001, Operated by Claude Buckelberry)"
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    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000605000_SFP1_9612_gamma.xls",
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for SFPRR Well 9612 1 (API 3000605000, Operated by Spanel-Heinze)"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Pueblo of Acoma Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000607031_Acoma_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Pueblo of Accoma Well 1 (API 3000607031, Operated by Sun Oil Company)"
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    "title": "Lucero Federal Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3000607032_Lucero_gamma.xls",
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Lucero Federal Well 1-14 (API 3000607032, Operated by Southland Royalty Co.)"
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    "title": "Mason Draw Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3001320004_MasonDraw_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Mason Draw Federal Well Unit 001 (API 3001320004, Previously Operated by Exxon Corporation)"
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    "title": "Coyote State Lease 1132 Gamma Log.xls",
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    "title": "Pyramid Federal Well 1 Gamma Log.xls",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3002320001_Pyramid_gamma.xls",
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Federal Well 1 (API 3002320001, Operated by Cockrell Corporation)"
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for State C well (API 3002900006, Operated by Shelly Oil Company)"
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for State Well 1349 (API 300290001, Operated by Cockrell Corporation)"
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    "title": "State L 6350 Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
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    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for State Well L 6350 (API 3002920003, Operated by Sycor Newton)"
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    "title": "McSherry Crop Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3002920007_McSherry_crop_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for McSherry Crop well (API 3002920007, Operated by Seville-Trident Corporation)"
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    "title": "Bisbee Hills Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3002920014_BisbeeHills_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Bisbee Hills well (API 3002920014, Operated by Marshall R. Young Oil Company)"
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    "title": "Federal R Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3002960001_NMFedR1_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Federal R well (API 3002960001, Operated by Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.)"
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    "title": "Beard-Federal Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005120003_Beard_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Beard-Federal well (API 3005120003, Operated by Exxon Corporation)"
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    "title": "Panhandle A Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
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    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
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    "title": "Henderson SFPRR Gamma Log.xls",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005320005_Henderson_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Henderson SFPRR Well 1 (API 3005320005, Operated by TransOcean Oil, Inc)"
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    "title": "Major SFPRR Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005320006_Major_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Major SFPRR Well 1 (API 3005320006, Operated by TransOcean Oil, Inc)"
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    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005320010_Wishbone_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Federal Well 45560  (API 3005320010, Operated by James K. Anderson, Inc.)"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Dulce Draw State Well Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005320014_DulceDraw_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Dulce Draw State Well 1 (API 3005320014, Operated by Primero Operating, Inc)"
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    "title": "Lockhart Federal 2 Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3005320021_Lockhart_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Federal Well 2 (API 3005320021, Operated by J. R. Lockhart)"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Romero Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3006120001_Romero_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Romero Well 1 (API 3006120001, Operated by Refinera Petroleum Corp.)"
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Tecolote Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3006120007_Tecolote_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Tecolote well (API 3006120007, Operated by Reese & Jones)"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Isleta Central Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3006120008_Isleta_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Isleta Central Well #1 (API 3006120008, Operated by Shell Oil Company)"
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Penteco-Trinity Gamma Log.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/3006120022_Trinity5_gamma.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Gamma ray measurements in Proterozoic basement for Penteco-Trinity Well 5 (API 3006120022, Operated by New Mexico & Arizona Land Company)"
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Heat Generation Calculations.xls",
    "format": "xls",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/560/SW_New_Mexico_Heat_generation_calculations_based_on_gamma_logs.xls",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "Table summarizing the heat generation calculation from gamma logs in wells penetrating the basement in SW New Mexico"
  },
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    "title": "Well File Search",
    "format": "aspx",
    "accessURL": "https://ocdimage.emnrd.nm.gov/imaging/WellFileCriteria.aspx",
    "mediaType": "application/octet-stream",
    "description": "Link to the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division's Well File Search which allows the user to search by API for metadata-containing files  pertaining to the wells surveyed in this project."
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DOI 10.15121/1261935
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6856
issued 2015-10-23T06:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "NM",
  "New Mexico",
  "PFA",
  "bore",
  "borehole",
  "downhole",
  "exploration",
  "gamma logs",
  "gamma ray",
  "gamma ray logs",
  "generation",
  "geophysical",
  "geophysics",
  "geothermal",
  "heat",
  "heat generation",
  "oil wells",
  "southwest",
  "southwestern New Mexico",
  "well data"
]
landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/560
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2024-05-20T00:51:39Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "019:006"
]
projectLead Eric Hass
projectNumber GO00841
projectTitle Hydrogeologic Windows: Regional Signature Detection for Blind and Traditional Geothermal Play Fairways
publisher 
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  "name": "New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
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title New Mexico Play Fairway Analysis: Gamma Ray Logs and Heat Generation Calculations for SW New Mexico

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