Future of Geology in Petroleum Exploration

Robert J. Cordell

AAPG Bulletin

..., and many of these geologists are not an integral part of the organizational machinery leading to the exploration decision-making. INTERGROUP EXPERIENCE...

Assessment of Rate Normalization and Pressure Deconvolution Techniques to History-Match and Forecast Production of Tight-Oil Reservoirs Using a Physics-Based Rate-Time Model

Leopoldo M. Ruiz Maraggi, Larry W. Lake, Mark P. Walsh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... a method in which that uses the pressure normalized Arps’ relations: loss-ratio D(t), and the derivative of the loss-ratio b(t). The first step is to compute...

Abstracts: Application of CSP Gather Modeling for Determination of Velocity Smoothing Operator for Prestack Kirchhoff Depth Migration; #90173 (2015)

Hassan Khaniani and John C. Bancroft

Search and Discovery.com

... velocity derivative of less than 50, and a horizontal one of less than 20 for depth migrations. In both of the above approaches, optimum amount of velocity...

Application of New Type Curves Using Fractal Concept for Analyzing the Interference Test Data in Dieng Geothermal Reservoir

Doddy Abdassah, I. Nengah Suabdi, Leksono Mucharam, R. Sumantri

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... derived in a derivative form as: Where: PD(rD) is the Laplace transformation of PD(rD,tD) on the formation where Kv+1(ξ) and Kv(ξ...

Analysis and Interpretations of Pressure Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS)

Tianyu Li, Weichun Chu, Paul A. Leonard

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and 17 are log-log plots of the integral of rate-normalized pressure (IRNP) and its corresponding derivative (IRNP΄), and Chow pressure group (CPG...

National Academy of Sciences Report on Energy Resources: REPLY

M. King Hubbert

AAPG Bulletin

..., the curve of cumulative production, QP, which is the integral of the rate of production, must begin at zero, increase with continuously increasing slope...

South Belut Data Acquisition: Leveraging Real Time Production Data from IWS Wells for Reservoir Characterisation

Adam Beck, Afif, Budi R. Permana, Retno Wijayanti

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... engineer, who is responsible for providing guidelines to the field operators on day-to-day changes to well and field production and for short-term...

Analysis of Well Interference Tests in the Bakken Shale, a Fully Communicated System

Carlos Miranda, Craig Cipolla, Mark Murray

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the Middle Bakken formation (MB-MB, 900 ft). O Delta pressure O Press. derivative X CPG derivative O Delta pressure O Press. derivative X CPG derivative...

Diving wave tomography: Velocity modelling using first arrival traveltime

Amatul Syafi Abdul Basit, Abdul Rahim Md Arshad, Arulini Permalu

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of the subsurface is an integral part of successful velocity model building. Diving wave tomography (DWT) is one of the tools for shallow velocity assessment...

The Gas Hub in Asia

Bradley Farrell, Ajit Sandilya

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... Corporation (CNPC), and provincial grid operators, limiting market transparency. Markets Three NOCs (CNPC, China National Offshore Oil Corporation...

Section Five: Use of Gravity Methods on Diapiric Structures

New Orleans Geological Society

... and weighting factors, interpreters can apply this method to more complex calculations, such as second vertical derivative and upward continuation techniques...

Gravity's Role in a Modern Exploration Program

Gene Greene

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... filter) method to more complex calculations such as second vertical derivative and upward continuation techniques. Swartz (Geophysics, 1954) used two...

An Analytic Approach to Sweetspot Mapping in the Eagle Ford Unconventional Play; #80406 (2014)

Murray Roth, Michael Roth, Ted Royer

Search and Discovery.com

...-to-well production variability confounds a “factory” approach to field development, as preferred by many operators. Greater insight into sweetspot...

Combining Pressure-Based Fracture Maps and Post-Stimulation Leak-Off Analysis Lead to Informed Unconventional Development

David Lerohl, Justin Mayorga, Brent Vering, Erica Coenen, Sean Spicer

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... operators need the knowledge to improve completion performance and reduce capital expenditure. Diagnostic measurements provide information before...

GEOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE DEAD SEA RIFT ZONE, ISRAEL: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

L. Eppelbaum, M. Modelevsky, Jr. and A. Pilchin"

Journal of Petroleum Geology

.... The second temperature versus depth derivative is used as an index of the thermal state of the sedimentary cover. Average vertical gradients are low...

New CGG Data Technology Initiatives - Pseudo 3D Technology and Interpretation Results for Indonesia Datasets

Jarrad Grahame, Yanling Yin

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... derivative products, through the application of high-end reprocessing technology and interpretation. A key focus area for these initiatives is Indonesia...

Recent Developments in Anthropology

H. R. Gale

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...------------------------ Australopithecus and its relatives in southeast Asia by similar grotesque forms may be an extreme derivative from the Pithecanthropus branch, with which...

Memoir 71, Chapter 9: Well Test Imaging--A New Method for Determination of Boundaries from Well Test Data

Bruce A. Slevinsky

AAPG Special Volumes

... test imaging and shows examples of application of the technique to a number of reservoirs. Clark, D. G., Van Golf-Racht, Pressure-Derivative Approach...

Abstract: Analysis of Integrated Satellite, Land, Marine and Airborne Gravity Surveys using Euler Deconvolution and Horizontal Derivative Processes, by W. G. Dickson and J. D. Fairhead; #90933 (1998).

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Estimating Drilling Direction for Optimum Production in a Fractured Reservoir: ERRATUM

Richard C. Nolen-Hoeksema, J. H. Howard

AAPG Bulletin

... for P (equation 2) when ^Thgr equals ^kgr, the second derivative of ^Rgr being negative." In final form, the expression "^dgrv^Rgr/^dgrv^kgr...

Abstract: Case Study: Maximizing Seismic Input in Geomodelling by Using PP-PS Pre-Stack Joint Inversion, Birch, N.E. Alberta; #90224 (2015)

Justin A. Humenjuk and Tom J. Podivinsky

Search and Discovery.com

... that by incorporating PS data in the inversion, the density volume product is improved as are subsequent derivative products incorporated...

Abstract: Prestack Seismic Data Inversion for Shale Gas Reservoir Characterization in China; #90254 (2016)

Gang Yu, Yusheng Zhang, Uwe Strecker, Maggie Smith

Search and Discovery.com

... and intensity in the area and deriving such reservoir rock properties as data quality allows. The inversion for P and S impedance and derivative...

Regional Groundwater Studies Using Aeromagnetic Technique; #41948 (2016)

E. S. Joel, P. I. Olasehinde, D. K. De, O. Maxwell

Search and Discovery.com

... such as analytical signal, first and second vertical derivative, source parameter imaging, etc. In this present work, processed aeromagnetic data was subjected...

The Developing Role of Analysis in the Design of Floating Production Systems

D. B. Melver, D. Cash

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... value problem as defined above is transformed by this technique into an integral equation over the wetted surface of the body. The unknowns...

Greater Bangkanai Prospectivity: The Application of Full Tensor Gravity and Magnetic Survey, Onshore Central Kalimantan

Ari Subekti, Krishna Pratama Laya, Elly Guritno, M.N. Krisnayadi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... rich with short wavelength signal. A different set of operators are used to analyze the magnetic data. (ATD) depth estimation method (Salem, et. al...