Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin

Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin Province
CountryUnited States
RegionNorth Central Texas
Offshore/onshoreOnshore
OperatorsDevon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, EOG Resources, Ovintiv, Range Resources, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil
Field history
Discovery1900s
Start of production1917
Peak of production1960s
Production
Current production of gas200×10^6 cu ft/d (5.7×10^6 m3/d) (2002)
Producing formationsBarnett Shale, Pennsylvanian, Permian

The Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin Province is a major petroleum producing geological system which is primarily located in North Central Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. It is officially designated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as Province 045 and classified as the Barnett-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System (TPS).

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