M121: Integrated Geology of Unconventionals: The Case of the Vaca Muerta Play, Argentina
Edited by
Daniel Minisini, Manuel Fantín, Iván Lanusse Noguera, and Héctor A. Leanza
Chapter 1: The First Economical Unconventional Play Outside North America: Context, History, and “Coopetition”
D. Minisini, B. Fryklund, F. Gerali, and M. Fantín
Chapter 2: An Exceptional Tectonic Setting along the Andean Continental Margin
V. A. Ramos, M. Naipauer, H. A. Leanza, and M. E. Sigismondi
Chapter 3: Stratigraphic Context: Cyclostratigraphy, Magnetostratigraphy, and Seismic Stratigraphy
H. A. Leanza, D. A. Kietzmann, M. P. Iglesia Llanos, and M. Kohan Martínez
Chapter 4: Relevant Marine Paleobiological Markers of the Vaca Muerta Formation
H. A. Leanza, V. V. Vennari, M. B. Aguirre-Urreta, A. Concheyro, M. Lescano, D. Ivanova, D. A. Kietzmann, R. López-Martínez, P. A. Martz, M. A. Paolillo, M. V. Guler, I. Pujana, and M. Paz
Chapter 5: Structural Geology: Tectonic History, Macrostructures, Regional Fault Map, Fault Systems, Second-Order Structures, and Impact of the Inheritance
D. Marchal, R. Manceda, R. F. Domínguez, and F. Sattler
Chapter 6: Basin Configuration during the Vaca Muerta Times
R. F. Domínguez, H. A. Leanza, M. Fantín, D. Marchal, and E. Cristallini
Chapter 7: Sequence Stratigraphy and the Three-Dimensional Distribution of Organic-Rich Units
R. F. Domínguez, O. Catuneanu, H. M. Reijenstein, R. Notta, and H. W. Posamentier
Chapter 8: Sedimentology, Depositional Model, and Implications for Reservoir Quality
D. Minisini, P. Desjardins, G. Otharán, M. Paz, D. Kietzmann, G. Eberli, C. Zavala, T. Simo, J. H. Macquaker, and C. Heine
Chapter 9: Seismic Geomorphology, Depositional Elements, and Clinoform Sedimentary Processes: Impact on Unconventional Reservoir Prediction
H. M. Reijenstein, H. W. Posamentier, A. Bande, F. A. Lozano, R. F. Domínguez, R. Wilson, O. Catuneanu, and S. Galeazzi
Chapter 10: Grain Association, Petrography, and Lithofacies
D. A. Kietzmann, F. González Tomassini, and T. Smith
Chapter 11: Organic Geochemical Patterns of the Vaca Muerta Formation
I. E. Brisson, M. E. Fasola, and H. J. Villar
Chapter 12: Reservoir Properties: Mineralogy, Porosity, and Fluid Types
A. C. Ortiz, L. Crousse, C. Bernhardt, D. Vallejo, and L. Mosse
Chapter 13: Geomechanics: Pressure, Stress Field, and Hydraulic Fractures
R. A. Varela, D. Marchal, S. Cuervo, E. F. Lombardo, Y. S. Perl, D. E. Hryb, P. Pateti, and O. Nielsen
Chapter 14: Natural Fractures: From Core and Outcrop Observations to Subsurface Models
E. Ukar, R. G. López, D. Hryb, J. F. W. Gale, R. Manceda, A. Fall, I. Brisson, E. Hernandez-Bilbao, R. J. Weger, D. A. Marchal, A. Zanella, and P. R. Cobbold
Chapter 15: Full Development Phase of the Loma Campana Block: Black Oil to Gas and Condensate Windows
F. Vittore, D. T. Licitra, L. Monti, I. Lanusse Noguera, C. Hernández, H. Reijenstein, and J. Quiroga
Chapter 16: De-Risking the Sierras Blancas and Cruz de Lorena Blocks, Black-Oil Window
R. Notta, E. Kruijs, V. Jain, G. Diaz-Perez, and H. Mandler
Chapter 17: Pilot Phase of the Aguada Federal Block, Black-Oil Window
O. Nielsen, D. Curia, P. Pateti, J. Caniggia, A. Ortega, and M. Slinde
Chapter 18: Pilot Phase of the Aguada Pichana Este Block, Gas Window
S. J. Estrada, M. F. Raverta, M. de Santa Coloma, J. P. Torres, and S. Galeazzi
Chapter 19: “Factory Mode” Development of Fortín de Piedra Block, Gas Window
P. Biscayart, M. Brolli, J. D’Hiriart, D. García Acebal, A. Giachino, S. Olmos, N. Requena, and R. Varela
Chapter 20: Oil Production from a Sill Complex Within the Vaca Muerta Formation
J. B. Spacapan, R. Ruiz, R. Manceda, A. D’Odorico, E. Rocha, E. Rojas Vera, A. Medialdea, D. Cattaneo, O. Palma, H. A. Leanza, and O. Galland