This
project developed by the Michigan Basin Oilfield Research Consortium, is
operated by Michigan Technological University, Western Michigan University and Rock Energy Company (formerly Terra Energy Corporation). A three-year program begun in May, 1994 designed to evaluate the potential of Michigan Basin Dundee oil reservoirs for additional
recovery by using horizontal drainholes in old fields which are at risk
of abandonment being at or near their economic limit of production. Reservoir
characterization, compilation and dissemination of field data in digital
format and as an atlas, and the drilling of a demonstration test well in
the Crystal Field of Montcalm County are the highlights of the project.