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3-D Geomechanical Modeling for Field Development of a Colombian Shale Play
Leonardo Arias Medina, Azra N. Tutuncu
3D Driven Rock Quality Mapping and Landing Target Selection in the Wolfcamp Formation: A Case Study on How to Combine Geologic, Geophysical, and Engineering Data to Produce Better Well Results, Midland Basin, Texas
Aaron Fisher, F.X. O'Keefe, Chris Niedz, Brian Wehner, Nick Kramer, Paul Heuermann, Scott Patrick
A Cationic Friction Reducer Fully Compatible with Produced Water
Lingjuan Shen, Shafeeq Khan, David Heller, Dan Fu
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Mark McClure, Vidya Bammidi, Craig Cipolla, Dave Cramer, Lucas Martin, Alexei Savitski, Dave Sobernheim, Kate Voller
A Comparative Study of Organic Richness and Maturity Impact on Anisotropic Geomechanical Properties in Shale Reservoirs
Azra N. Tutuncu, Binh Bui
A Data-Driven Modeling Methodology to Support Unconventional Reservoir Development Decisions: Application to the STACK Play in Oklahoma
Mac Burton, Sebastien Matringe, Trevor Atchison, Marion Houser, Andrew Munoz, Mo Taing
A Direct Method for Short-Term Forecasting of Multi-Phase Production Rates Using Flowback Data
Matthew R. Jones, Thomas A. Blasingame
A Dynamic Fractal Permeability Model for Heterogeneous Coalbed Reservoir Considering Multiphysics and Flow Regimes
Jianwei Tian, Jishan Liu, Derek Elsworth, Yee-Kwong Leong, Wai Li, Jie Zeng
A Geomechanical Approach for Evaluating Hydraulic Stimulation in Complex Stratigraphies
William Dershowitz, Hooman Hosseinpour, Mark Cottrell
A Geomechanics-Driven Facies Model to Reconcile Production, Inform Completion Strategies, and Determine Landing Zones in the Green River Basin
Joel Mazza, Jesse Havens, Torrey Mullen
A High-Frequency NMR Investigation of Eagle Ford Shale Cores
Jyoti Swarup Singh Kanwar, Azra Tutuncu, Yuan Yang
A Methodology for Selecting Optimal Pipe Rocking Regimes during Slide Drilling
Ian Rostagno, Michael Yi, Pradeepkumar Ashok, Eric van Oort, Ben Potash, Chris Mullin
A Methodology for Unstructured Damped Stress Inversion of Microseismic Focal Mechanisms
Bing Q. Li, Jing Du
A Methodology to Quantify the Volume-of-investigation in DFIT Design for Shale Gas Wells
Zhiming Chen, Hongyang Chu, Xuefeng Tang, Lingyu Mu, Peng Dong, Jiali Zhang, Haoshu Chen
A Methodology Using Triple-Combo Well Logs to Quantify In-Place Hydrocarbon Volumes for Inorganic and Organic Elements in Unconventional Reservoirs, Recognizing Differing Reservoir Wetting Characteristics—An Example from the Niobrara of the Denver-Julesburg Basin, Colorado
Michael Holmes, Antony Holmes, Dominic Holmes
A New Approach to Controlling Barite Scaling in Unconventional Systems
Adam D. Jew, Qingyun Li, David Cercone, Gordon E. Brown Jr., John R. Bargar
A New Method for Production Forecasting: Predictive Analytics vs. Conventional Methods in the Montney
Melanie R. Popp, Alex M.D. Renaud, Joshua WY. Lee
A Novel approach to Monitor Proppant Consolidation during Hydraulic Fracturing using Dynamic Measurement: Experimental Study
Mohammad H. Alqam, Adnan H. Al-Makrami, Edwin T. Caliboso
A Novel Enhanced Oil Recovery Approach to Water Flooding in Saskatchewan’s Tight Oil Plays
Mojtaba Kiani, Tzu-Ping Hsu, Alireza Roostapour, Mahdi Kazempour, Eric Tudor
A Novel Non-Destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-Low Permeability Rocks
Andreina Guedez, William Mickelson, Samuel Aldin, Deepak Gokaraju, Abhijit Mitra, Akshay Thombare, Robert Patterson, Munir Aldin
A Pore-Scale Mechanistic Investigation of Shale Gas Condensate at Near Saturation Pressure on Fluid Flow in Shale
Shu Pan, Jingsheng Ma, Julian Youxiang Zuo, Nejib Hamed
A Powerful and Practical Workflow for a Naturally Fractured Reservoir with Complex Fracture Geometries from Modeling to Simulation
Feng Xu, Xianbing Li, Yiwen Gong, Cheng Lei, Xiangling Li, Wei Yu, Jijun Miao, Yutao Ding,
A Rapid Evaluation Technique of Sweep Efficiency for Tight Oil Reservoirs Recovered with Gas Flooding
Lingyu Mu, Xinwei Liao, Xiaoliang Zhao, Jingtian Zhang, Jiandong Zou, Hongyang Chu, Xiongtao Shang
A Set of Successful Chemical EOR Trials in Permian Basin: Promising Field and Laboratory Results
Mehrnoosh Moradi Bidhendi, Mahdi Kazempour, Uwana Ibanga, Duy Nguyen, Justin Arruda, Mike Lantz, Cooper Mazon
Abiotic Transformation Kinetics of Surfactants used in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid
Brandon McAdams, Lauren Burrows, J. Alexandra Hakala
Accurate Pore Size Measurement Via NMR On Unconventionals
Draga Veselinovic, Michael Dick, Derrick Green
Accurate Rock Mineral Characterization with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Haijing Wang, Boqin Sun, Zheng Yang, Scott Seltzer, Marcus Wigand
Advanced Flowback in the Powder River Basin: Securing Stimulation Investments
Mario Campos, Dmitriy Potapenko, Katharine Moncada, Jayanth Krishnamurthy
Advanced Simultaneous Formation Evaluation and Completion-Oriented Rock Classification in the Midland Basin Using Integrated Analysis of Well Logs, Core Measurements, and Geostatistical Data
Ameneh Rostami, Archana Jagadisan, Laura M Hernandez, Zoya Heidari, Bill Fairhurst, Inessa Yurchenko, Svetlana Ikonnikova, Scott Hamlin
An Advanced Nanopermeameter: Transformation from a Point-by-Point Method to the Direct Measurement of Permeability-Pressure Function
Hui-Hai Liu, Huangye Chen, Jilin Zhang, Gary Eppler
An Artificial Intelligence Decision Support System for Unconventional Field Development Design
Naser Tamimi, Shirin Samani, Mohsen Minaei, Farshad Harirchi
An Effective Physics-Based Deep Learning Model for Enhancing Production Surveillance and Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs
Yuewei Pan, Ran Bi, Peng Zhou, Lichi Deng, John Lee
An Efficient Method for Modeling Discrete Fracture Networks in Geomechanical Reservoir Simulations
Ashish Kumar, Kaustubh Shrivastava, Ripudaman Manchanda, Mukul M. Sharma
An Efficient Three-Dimensional Multiphase Particle-in-Cell Model for Proppant Transport in the Field Scale
Shaowen Mao, Zhi Shang, Seunghwan Chun, Jiawei Li, Kan Wu
An Experimental Investigation of Proppant Transport in High Loading Friction-Reduced Systems Utilizing a Horizontal Wellbore Apparatus
Faraj A. Ahmad, Jennifer L. Miskimins
An Experimental Investigation of the Anisotropic Dynamic and Static Properties of Eagle Ford Shales
Yang Wang, De-Hua Han, Luanxiao Zhao, Abhijit Mitra, Samir Aldin
An Integrated Deep Learning Solution for Petrophysics, Pore Pressure, and Geomechanics Property Prediction
Ehsan Zabihi Naeini, Sam Green, Marianne Rauch-Davies
An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Optimizing Unconventional Resources Development
Hui Zhou, Benjamin Lascaud
An Integrated Pore-Scale Characterization Workflow for Hydrocarbon Gas Huff-and-Puff Injection into the Lower Eagle Ford Shale
Sherifa Cudjoe, Reza Barati, Robert Goldstein, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Brian Nicoud, Kyle Bradford, Amanda Baldwin, David Mohrbacher
An Integrated Workflow to Detect and Avoid Shallow Karst Drilling Hazards in the Delaware Basin
Phuong Hoang, Khalid Soofi, Patrick Boyle, Benjamin Lascaud
An Integrated, Multiscale Geomodel of the Northern Delaware Basin
Robin Dommisse, Xavier Janson, Frank Male, Buddy Price, Simon Payne, Andrew Lewis
Analysis and Interpretations of Pressure Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS)
Tianyu Li, Weichun Chu, Paul A. Leonard
Analysis of a Drained Rock Volume: An Eagle Ford Example
Kevin T. Raterman, Yongshe Liu, Logan Warren
Analytical and Numerical Studies of Sand Erosion in Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) Systems
Saúl Gómez Díaz de Bonilla, Her-Yuan Chen
Analytical Approach for Injectivity Profiling Through Warm-Back Analysis in Multilayer Reservoirs
Refaat Hashish, Mehdi Zeidouni
Analytical Model to Estimate the Fraction of Frac Hits in Multi-well Pads
Oscar M. Molina
Anisotropic Borehole Stability Analysis for the UK's First Horizontal Shale Gas Well in the Bowland Basin
Huw Clarke, Hamed Soroush
Anomalous Diffusion or Classical Diffusion in an Anomalous Reservoir? Evaluation of the Impact of Multi-Phase Flow on Reservoir Signatures in Unconventional Reservoirs
Christopher Clarkson, Bin Yuan, Zhenzihao Zhang, Farshad Tabasinejad, Hamid Behmanesh, Hamidreza Hamdi, Dave Anderson, John Thompson, Dylan Lougheed
Anomalous Fluid Distribution Due to Late Stage Gas Migration in a Tight Oil and Gas Deltaic Sandstone Reservoir
Per Kent Pedersen
Application of Artificial Intelligence for Depositional Facies Recognition - Permian Basin
Randall Miller, Skip Rhodes, Deepak Khosla, Fernando Nino
Application of Assisted History Matching Workflow to Shale Gas Well Using EDFM and Neural Network-Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm
Sutthaporn Tripoppoom, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Jijun Miao
Application of Machine Learning for Production Forecasting for Unconventional Resources
Cheng Zhan, Sathish Sankaran, Vincent LeMoine, Jeremy Graybill, Didi-Ooi Sher Mey
Application of Miscible Ethane Foam for Gas EOR Conformance in Low Permeability Heterogeneous Harsh Environments
Mohamad Salman, Konstantinos Kostarelos, Pushpesh Sharma, Jae Ho Lee
Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Investigating the Effect of Source and Temperature on the Maturity of the Organic Matter Exposed to Hydrocarbon Gas Injection
Sherifa Cudjoe, Reza Barati, Craig Marshall, Robert Goldstein, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Brian Nicoud, Kyle Bradford, Amanda Baldwin, David Mohrbacher
Applied Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation and High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of La Luna Formation, Venezuela: Integrating for Finding the Unconventional Sweet Spots
Andreina Liborius, Roger Slatt, R. Paul Philp
Applying Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) to Assist Fracturing Technique Selection in Unconventional Wells in Saudi Arabia
Jose Rueda, Jose Valbuena, Ali Al-Momin, Nayef Al-Mulhim
Assessing Drainage Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Using Produced Water Geochemistry
Jason Jweda, Travis Deptola, Ben Gross, Eric Michael, Kristie McLin, Robert Hofer
Assessing The Stratigraphic Variations In Geomechanical Properties Of The United Kingdom Bowland Shale Using Wireline And Seismic Data: How Could These Guide The Placement Of Lateral Wells?
Iain Anderson, Jingsheng Ma, Xiaoyang Wu, Dorrik Stow, John R. Underhill
Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery by Osmotic Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone
Ozan Uzun, Hossein Kazemi
Assessment of the Reliability of Reserves Estimates of Public Companies in the US and Canada
Diana Gomez, W. John Lee, Duane McVay
Automated Surface Measurements of Drilling Fluid Properties: Field Application in the Permian Basin
Sercan Gul, Eric van Oort, Chris Mullin, Doug Ladendorf
Azimuthal Gamma Imaging and Continuous Inclination Applications to Spatial and Stratigraphic Wellbore Placement in the Southern Midland Basin
Christopher Viens
Bayesian Probabilistic Analysis to Quantify Uncertainties in Hydraulic Fracture Geometry - Application to Laminations and their Impact on Fracture Height
Mohit Paryani, Ahmed Ouenes
Bulk Data Sharing Process Improves Collaboration and Saves Time While Increasing Trust in Data Accuracy
Philip Neri
Calibration of Double-Ended Distributed Temperature Sensing System for Production Logging
Ge Jin, Kyle Friehauf, Baishali Roy
Case History Study of Seismic-Driven 3-D MEM Calibrated with 1-D MEMs and Petrophysics in Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma
Vivek Swami, Julio Tavares, Vishnu Pandey, Tatyana Nekrasova, Dan Cook, Jose Moncayo, David Yale
Cenomanian Shilaif Unconventional Shale Oil Potential in Onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE
Pierre Van Laer, Karl Leyrer, Magdalena Povstyanova, Muhammad Zeeshan Baig, Gennady Makarychev, Hassan Al-Marzooqi
Characterization of Subsurface Bedding-Parallel Shear Fractures and Their Influence on Shale Gas Enrichment in Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, SiChuan Basin, China.
Li-Wei Jiang, Yong He, Dong-Chu Shu, Wei Niu, Feng Pan, Yue Wang, Kai-Xuan Li, Hai-Peng Zhao, Yu Tang
Characterizing Quartz Phases in the Meramec and Osage of the STACK Region Using X-Ray Diffraction
Haleigh Howe, Brittany Hollon, Rose Schulze, Mark King, Nathan Rasmussen
Chemical Blend-CO2 Huff-n-Puff for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Shales
Tongzhou Zeng, Chammi S. Miller, Kishore K. Mohanty
Cloud-Based ROP Prediction and Optimization in Real-Time Using Supervised Machine Learning
Kriti Singh, Sai Sharan Yalamarty, Mohammadreza Kamyab, Curtis Cheatham
CO2-Shale Reactivity at the Matrix-Fracture Interface
Sean Sanguinito, Patricia Cvetic, Angela Goodman, Barbara Kutchko, Sittichai Natesakhawat
Combined Inversion Recovery and CPMG NMR Interpretation Method for More Accurate Quantification of Liquid Saturations in Organic Rich Mudstones
Robert Krumm, James Howard
Comparative Laboratory Scale Reservoir Study on Geomechanical Property Alterations Arising from Osmosis Pressure Distribution Within Clay Rich Shales
Olawale Adekunle, Azra N. Tutuncu
Compositional Controls on Micro-Scale Fluid Distribution in Tight Rocks: Examples from the Montney Formation (Canada)
David Cronkwright, Amin Ghanizadeh, Chris DeBuhr, Chengyao Song, Hanford Deglint, Chris Clarkson, Omid Ardakani
Compositional Tracking of a Huff-n-Puff Project in the Eagle Ford
Mathias Carlsen, Curtis Whitson, Mohamad Majzoub Dahouk, Bilal Younus, Ilina Yusra, Erich Kerr, Jack Nohavitza, Matthew Thuesen, John Drozd, Ray Ambrose, Stian Mydland
Comprehensive Study of Elasticity and Shear-Viscosity Effects on Proppant Transport Using HFVRs on High-TDS Produced Water
Mohammed Ba Geri, Ralph Flori, Huosameddin Sherif
Confined Behavior of CO2/Hydrocarbon System in Nanopores of Tight and Shale Rocks
Xiaohu Dong, Huiqing Liu, Keliu Wu, Yishan Liu, Jiaji Qiao, Yanling Gao, Zhangxin Chen
Confinement Facilitates Wetting Liquid Slippage through Mixed-wet and Heterogeneous Nanoporous Shale Rocks
Dian Fan, Wendong Wang, Amin Ettehadtavakkol, Yuliang Su
Continuous Mineral Mapping of Core Using Hyperspectral Imaging: Example from the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Marathon 1 Robert Todd Core, Central Louisiana
Tobi Kosanke, Robert G. Loucks, Toti Larson, James Greene, Paul Linton
Continuous Mineralogical Characterization of the Bakken-Three Forks Formations: New Geological Insights from Hyperspectral Core Imaging
Brigette A. Martini, Jerome Bellian, David Katz, Lionel C. Fonteneau, Ronell Carey, Mary Guisinger, Stephan H. Nordeng
Correlation of TOC CoreMeasurements to Wireline Logs across the Delaware Basin
Ian Deighton, Dave Smith, James Keay
Cybersteering: Automated Geosteering by Way of Distributed Computing and Graph Databases in the Cloud
Tristan Arbus, Steven Wilson
Data-Driven Approach to Optimize Stimulation Design in Eagle Ford Formation
Francisco Herrero Clar, Agustin Monaco
Data-driven Approach to Quantify Oilfield Water Lifecycle and Economics in the Permian Basin
Akash Sharma, Ian Thomasset
Decline Curve Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs Using a Variable Power Law Model: A Barnett Shale Example
Uchenna Odi, Sarah Bacho, Johan Daal
Delaware Basin Horizontal Wolfcamp Case History: HTI Fracture Analysis to Avoid H2S and Extraneous Water Linked to Graben Features
Scott Cook, Mike McKee, Sid Bjorlie
Delaware Basin Horizontal Wolfcamp Case Study: Mitigating H2S and Excessive Water Production Through Isolating Densely Fractured Intervals Correlative to Seismically Mapped Shallow Graben Features in the Delaware Mountain Group
Katarzyna Charzynski, Kristi Faith, Zachary Fenton, Ahmed Shedeed, Michael McKee, Sid Bjorlie, Michael Richardson
Demystifying Data-Driven Neural Networks for Multivariate Production Analysis
Ayush Rastogi, Karn Agarwal, Ely Lolon, Mike Mayerhofer, Oladapo Oduba
Design of High Pressure CO2-in-Mineral Oil Emulsions, CH4-in-Mineral Oil Foams and N2-in-Mineral Oil Foams Stabilized by Novel Oil-soluble Surfactants for Waterless Hydraulic Fracturing and Proppant Transport
Shehab Alzobaidi, Gianfranco Rodriguez, Peter Lemaire, Congwen Lu, Jason Lee, Keith Johnston, Robert Enick
Destructive vs Non-destructive: Establishing an Empirical Relationship between Impulse Hammer and Triaxial Test - Derived Rock Mechanical Properties
Maaruf Hussain, Arqam Muqtadir, Abduljamiu Amao, Khalid Al-Ramadan, Lamidi Babalola
Developing New Soaking Correlation for Shale Gas Wells
Ahmed Farid Ibrahim, Mazher Ibrahim, Pieprzica Chester
Development and Application of a Real-Time Drilling State Classification Algorithm with Machine Learning
Yuxing Ben, Chris James, Dingzhou Cao
Developments Relating Total Organic Carbon Conversion in Unconventional Reservoirs to 3D Seismic Attributes
Nancy House, Janell Edman
Diagnosing Multi-Cluster Fracture Propagation Using Dynamic Poroelastic Pressure Transient Analysis
Puneet Seth, Ripudaman Manchanda, Brendan Elliott, Shuang Zheng, Mukul M. Sharma
Does Depletion Matter? A Child Well Workflow
Dylan Lougheed, Hamid Behmanesh, David Anderson
Drill Bit Geomechanics and Fracture Diagnostics Optimize Completions in the Powder River Basin
Ellen Scott, Claudio Ramos, Eric Romberg
Eagle Ford - Introducing the Big Bad Wolf
Scott Malo, Jimmy McNamara, Nick Volkmer, Ehsan Amirian
Eagle Ford Fluid Type Variation and Completion Optimization: A Case for Data Analytics
Fahd Siddiqui, Ali Rezaei, Birol Dindoruk, Mohamed Y. Soliman
Effect of Nanoparticles and Surfactants on Oil/Water Interfacial Tension: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Chuncheng Li, Hui Pu, Shaojie Zhang, Julia Zhao
Effect of Proppant Design on Production Decline of Shale Wells
Alex Yang, Ryan Carbrey, Artem Abramov, Alexandre Ramos-Peon
Effects of Temperature and Gas Pressurization on the Interpretation of NMR Hydrocarbon Measurements in Organic-Rich Shale
Son T. Dang, Carl H. Sondergeld, Chandra S. Rai
Elastic Mechanical Properties from SEM Imaging in Tight Formations
Joel Walls, Jack Dvorkin, Gabriela Davalos
Elastic Properties of Propped and Unpropped Eagle Ford Shale and 3D-printed Fractured Models Under Iso-static Stress
Suresh Dande, Robert R. Stewart, Michael T. Myers, Lori Hathon, Nikolay Dyaur
Embedded Discrete Fracture Model Assisted Study of Gas Transport Mechanisms and Drainage Area for Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs
Wei Yu, Kan Wu, Lihua Zuo, Jijun Miao, Kamy Sepehrnoori
Empowering Completion Engineers to Calibrate Petrophysical Facies Models to Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Responses
Carrie Glaser, Joel Mazza, John Frame
Enhanced Oil Recovery of Shale Oil: A Molecular Simulation Study
Mohammad Kazemi, Ali Takbiri-Borujeni, Jesse R. Hansel, Manuel Valera
Enhanced Reservoir Characterization for Optimizing Completion Decisions in the Permian Basin Using a Novel Field-Scale Workflow Including Wells with Missing Data
Artur Posenato Garcia, Laura M Hernandez, Archana Jagadisan, Zoya Heidari, Brian Casey, Rick Williams
Ensemble Learning: A Robust Paradigm for Data-Driven Modeling in Unconventional Reservoirs
Jared Schuetter, Srikanta Mishra, Luan Lin, Divya Chandramohan
Estimating Reserves and Tracking the Classification of Reserves and Resources Other Than Reserves (ROTR) in Unconventional Reservoirs
Nefeli Moridis, W. John Lee, Valerie Jochen, Wayne Sim, Thomas Blasingame
Estimating Residual Fracture Pore Volume by Analyzing Post-Flowback Water Production: An Eagle Ford Black-Oil Case
Sabbir Hossain, Obinna Ezulike, Hassan Dehghanpour
Estimation of 3D Distribution of Pore Pressure from Surface Drilling Data - Application to Optimal Drilling and Frac Hit Prevention in the Eagle Ford
James Kalinec, Mohit Paryani, Ahmed Ouenes
Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Height and Pressure Deflation Using a Pulsed Vertical Seismic Profile and a DAS Fiber in the Midland Basin
Robert Meek, Robert Hull, Kevin Woller, Brian Wright, Mike Martin, Hector Bello, James Bailey
Estimation of the Permeability of an Unconventional Formation Core by History-Matching the Saturation with CO2
Zeliang Chen, Xinglin Wang, Guoqing Jian, Leilei Zhang, Pengfei Dong, Philip M. Singer, George J. Hirasaki
Estimation of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Content of Shale from AVO Inversion: A New Crossplot Approach Based on Zoeppritz Equations
Un Young Lim, Richard Gibson Jr., Nurul Kabir
Evaluating the Ellenburger Reservoir for Salt Water Disposal in the Midland Basin: An Assessment of Porosity Distribution Beyond the Scale of Karsts
Taylor Sanchez, Donny Loughry, Vince Coringrato
Evaluation of Water Hammer Analysis as Diagnostic Tool for Hydraulic Fracturing
Xiang Ma, Fuping Zhou, Jose Alberto Ortega Andrade, Shekhar Gosavi, Damian Burch
Experimental and Mechanism Study of CO2 and Bakken Oil Interactions at Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Conditions
Yuhao Yang, Qinwen Fu, Xiaoli Li, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Reza Barati, Shahin Negahban
Experimental and Molecular Insights on Sieving of Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Niobrara Shale
Ziming Zhu, Chao Fang, Rui Qiao, Xiaolong Yin, Erdal Ozkan
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Diffusion-Based Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection into Lower Eagle Ford Shale Samples
Qinwen Fu, Sherifa Cudjoe, Reza Barati, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Xiaoli Li, Karen Peltier, David Mohrbacher, Amanda Baldwin, Brian Nicoud, Kyle Bradford
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Slippage of a Natural Fracture Resulting from an Approaching Hydraulic Fracture
Lianbo Hu, Behzad Hemami, Ahmad Ghassemi, Spencer Riley, Dan Kahn, David Langton
Experimental and Numerical Study of Shale Oil EOR by Surfactant Additives in Fracturing Fluid
Jiawei Tu, James Sheng
Experimental Investigation of Propped Fracture Conductivity and Proppant Diagenesis
Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Chandra S. Rai, Carl H. Sondergeld
Experimental Investigation on the Application of Biological Enzymes for EOR in Shale Formations
Shadi Salahshoor, Sergio Gomez, Mashhad Fahes
Experimental Study of Fracture Permeability With or Without Proppants on Vaca Muerta Gas Shale
Kun Su, Martin Santacoloma, Sebastian Estrada, Pierre Barlet, Hamid Pourpak
Experimental Study of Proppant Transport in Complex Fractures with Horizontal Bedding Planes for Slickwater Fracturing
Troy Chun, Zhuo Zhang, Shaowen Mao, Kan Wu
Experimental Study of the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Fluids in Porous Media at Atmospheric and Elevated Pressures
Teresa Regueira, Diego R. Sandoval, Erling H. Stenby, Wei Yan
Facies-Calibrated Petrophysical and Geocellular Property Modeling Using Data Analytics and Multi-Point Statistics in the Delaware Basin, USA
Margaret Lessenger, Tad Gladczenko, James Hardt, Matt Houston
Far-Field Proppant Imaging Offsetting Depletion: A STACK Case History
Kyle Haustveit, Mouin Almasoodi, Wadhah Al-Tailji, Souvik Mukherjee, Terry Palisch, Rusty Barber
Faster Tight Oil Decline Rates Could Mean Growing Project Spend and More Deals
Ryan Dunman, Robert Clarke
Fault Risk Assessment Using Quantitative Structural Geology Techniques
Nathan Eichelberger, William B. Hawkins
Fiber Optic Sensing-Based Production Logging Methods for Low-Rate Oil Producers
Ge Jin, Kyle Friehauf, Baishali Roy, Jesse J. Constantine, Herbert W. Swan, Kyle R. Krueger, Kevin T. Raterman
Field Pilots of Unconventional Shale EOR in the Permian Basin
Xiaochun “Jacob” Jin, Michael Pavia, Michael Samuel, Subhash Shah, Rixing Zhang, James Thompson
Field-Wide Equation of State Development
Bilal Younus, Curtis H. Whitson, Ahmad Alavian, Mathias L. Carlsen, Sissel Ø. Martinsen, Kameshwar Singh
First Ever Polymer Flood Field Pilot to Enhance the Recovery of Heavy Oils on Alaska's North Slope—Polymer Injection Performance
Samson Ning, John Barnes, Reid Edwards, Kyler Dunford, Kevin Eastham, Abhijit Dandekar, Yin Zhang, Dave Cercone, Jared Ciferno
Flow Regimes-Based Decline Curve for Unconventional Reservoirs: Generalization to Anomalous Diffusion and Power Law Behavior
Vincent Artus, Olivier Houzé, Chih-Cheng Chen
Flow Regulation in Horizontal Wells: Evaluating a Tailpipe System Designed to Optimize Artificial Lift Performance in Horizontal Wells
Natasha Dye, Dave Kimery, Courtney Gallo
Formation Stabilization: Is Bigger Better in Cationic Polymers?
Denise N. Benoit, Kristina Henkel-Holan, Michele Brown, Ron Morgan, Mike McCabe
Frac Hit Prevention and Engineered Treatment Design in the Permian Basin Using In-Situ Stress from 3D Seismic
Michael Shoemaker, James Hawkins, John Becher, Veronica Gonzales, Sandeep Mukherjee, Reza Garmeh, David Kuntz
Fracture Analysis Before and After Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Using the Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criteria
Kaitlin Evans, Randy Toth, Tobi Ore, Jarrett Smith,Natalia Bannikova, Timothy Carr, Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi
Fracture Modeling for Cap Rock Integrity and Completion Evaluation in Produced Water Re-injection Wells
Suat Bagci
Fracture Surface Area Estimation from Main Hydraulic Fracture Treatment Pressure Falloff Data
Tong Zhou, Guoqing Liu, Fengxia Li, Yuanzhao Li, Christine Ehlig-Economides
Fully 3-D Simulation of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests with Application in Depleted Reservoirs
Shuang Zheng, Ripudaman Manchanda, HanYi Wang, Mukul M. Sharma
Gas Injection EOR in Eagle Ford Shale Gas Condensate Reservoirs
Reza Ganjdanesh, Wei Yu, Mauricio Xavier Fiallos, Erich Kerr, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Raymond Ambrose
Gas Relative Permeability and Evolution During Water Imbibition in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks: Direct Laboratory Measurement and a Conceptual Model
Sheng Peng
Geochemical Modeling of Iron (Hydr)oxide Scale Formation During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Qingyun Li, Adam D. Jew, David Cercone, John R. Bargar, Gordon E. Brown Jr., Katharine Maher
Geochemical Perspectives on Cuttings-Based Chemostratigraphy and Mineral Modeling in the Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico
Harold D. Rowe, Pukar Mainali, Michael Nieto, John D. Grillo, Harry B. Rowe Jr.
Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Lithological Linkages in a Thick, Early Permian, Siliciclastic Succession, Midland Basin, West Texas, USA
Helen Hammon, Timothy Prather, Harry Rowe, Pukar Mainali, Mei Matheny, Robert Krumm
Geomechanical Effects on IOR in the Bakken Formation
Sheng Yang, Linyang Zhang, Xinran Yu, Zhangxing Chen
Geomechanical, Geological, and Engineering Controls of Hydraulic Fracturing
Gang Han, Kirk Bartko, Uno Mutlu
Geophysical Monitoring with Seismic Metamaterial Contrast Agents
Quin R. S. Miller, H. Todd Schaef, Satish K. Nune, Ki Won Jung, Jeffrey A. Burghardt, Paul F. Martin, Matthew S. Prowant, Kayte M. Denslow, Chris E. Strickland, Manika Prasad, Mathias Pohl, Piyoosh Jaysaval, B. Peter McGrail
Haynesville Midstream: Capacity Constraints and Differential Pressures
Stephanie Kainz, Jen Snyder, Amber McCullagh, Thomas Kirk-Pearson
Height Growth in Layered Unconventional Reservoirs: The Impact of Formation Moduli, Interfaces and In-situ Stress
Qian Gao, Ahmad Ghassemi
Heterogeneity of STACK/SCOOP Production in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma—Geochemistry of Produced Oils
Carl Symcox, R. Paul Philp
High Performance Fracturing Fluid Diverters with Broad Spectrum Applicability
Daniel Dreyer, Pious Kurian, Thomas Hu, Peng Tonmukayakul, Ronald Calaway, Clint Hodges, Kevin Peoples
High Resolution Fluid Tracking from Verticals and Laterals Using Subsurface DNA Diagnostics in the Permian Basin
Luke Ursell, Michael Hale, Eli Menendez, John Zimmerman, Brian Dombroski, Kyle Hoover, Zach Everman, Joanne K. Liu, Hasan Shojaei, Elizabeth M. Percak-Dennett, Thomas Ishoey
High-frequency (20 MHz) NMR and Modified Rock-Eval Pyrolysis Methods as an Integrated Approach to Examine Producibility in Kerogen-Rich Source-Reservoirs
Humberto Carvajal-Ortiz, Thomas Gentzis, Harry Xie
High-resolution Measurements of Elasticity at Core Scale. Improving Mechanical Earth Model Calibration at the Vaca Muerta Formation.
Anton Padin, Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot, Alain Lejay, Hamid Pourpak, Jean-Philippe Mathieu, Atef Onaisi, Gregory Boitnott, Laurent Louis
Highly Productive Zones Characterization through an Integrated Electrofacies-Core Workflow in Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
Franco Vittore, Carolina Bernhardt, Federico Gonzalez Tomassini, Gastón Manestar
Horizontal Targeting Strategies and Challenges: Examples from the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin, USA
David R. Blood, Gary G. Lash, Thomas E. Cahill
How Organic Carbon Content and Thermal Maturity Affect Acoustic Properties (and Ultimately Seismic Response) in a Shale Gas/Oil Formation: Woodford Shale, Permian Basin
Nicholas B. Harris, Al Moghadam, Tian Dong
HPHT Horizontal Multistage Completion Operations Planning and Execution
Jubran Mohammed, Kenechukwu Ufondu, Ramon Rodriguez Rico, Kurt Keam
Huff-and-Puff Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Liquids-Rich Portion of the Montney: Applications for Gas Condensates
Jose A. Rivero, Majid M. Faskhoodi, Giselle Garcia Ferrer, Herman Mukisa, Alexey Zhmodik
Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Innovative Fracturing Treatment Design to Optimize Perforation Cluster Efficiency, Lateral Placement, and Production Results in a Mancos Shale Gas Appraisal Well
Samuel French, Ivan Gil, Kay Cawiezel, Chengwu Yuan, Ahmed M. Gomaa, David Schoderbek
Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation Monitoring with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing and Microseismic in the Permian Wolfcamp Shale Play
Vikram Jayaram, Robert Hull, Jed Wagner, Shuang Zhang
Identification and Quantification of Parasequences Using Expectation Maximization Filter: Defining Well Log Attributes for Reservoir Characterization
Saurabh Sinha, Raj Kiran, Javier Tellez, Kurt Marfurt
Imaging Microcrystalline Quartz in a Sandstone Reservoir to Understand the Formation of Microcrystalline Quartz in the Wolfcamp A Siliceous Mudstones, Southern Delaware Basin
Marsha French, Jacquie Colborne
Impact of Geology and Geomechanics on Stimulated Rock Volume and Productivity in a Multi-Landing Zone Development: A Case Study on the Vaca Muerta
Roberto Wagner, Hamid Pourpak, Sandrine Vidal-Gilbert, Sonny Parsonage
Impact of Natural Fracture Induced Elastic Anisotropy on Completion and Fracturing Design in Different Shale Reservoirs
Emre Can Dundar, Aymen Alhemdi, Ming Gu
Impact of Natural Fractures on the Shape and Location of Drained Rock Volumes in Unconventional Reservoirs: Case Studies from the Permian Basin
Aaditya Khanal, Kiran Nandlal, Ruud Weijermars
Impact of Parent Well Depletion on Stress Changes and Infill Well Completion in Multiple Layers in Permian Basin
Anusarn Sangnimnuan, Jiawei Li, Kan Wu, Stephen A. Holditch
Impact of Polymer or Surfactant Flooding on Permafrost Stability
Dongmei Wang, Shane Namie, Chunxiao Li
Impact of Pore Pressure on Modeled Hydraulic Fracture Geometry and Well Spacing in the East Duvernay Shale Basin, Canada
Farhan Alimahomed, Eric Wigger, Matthew Drouillard, Gabriel Garcia Rosas, Christen Kolbeck
Impact of Thermal Maturity on Water Production in Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Archana Jagadisan, Laura M. Hernandez, Zoya Heidari
Implementing an Integrated Production Surveillance and Optimization System in an Unconventional Field
Diego Molinari, Sathish Sankaran, Dave Symmons, Michael Perrotte, Edward Wolfram, Ilsa Krane, Jichao Han, Neha Bansal
Improving Field Development Decisions in the Vaca Muerta Shale Formation by Efficient Integration of Data, AI, and Physics
Hector Klie, Arturo Klie, Adolfo Rodriguez, Jorge Monteagudo, Alejandro Primera, Maria Quesada
In Situ Logs of Gas Composition of CO2-ECBM Trial in Buchanan County, Virginia, with Downhole Reservoir Raman System
Grant A. Myers, Alec Cookman, Nino Ripepi
Industry-First Hydrocarbon-Foam EOR Pilot in an Unconventional Reservoir: Design, Implementation, and Performance Analysis
Amit Katiyar, Pramod D. Patil, Neeraj Rohilla, Pete Rozowski, Jay Evans, Tim Bozeman, Quoc Nguyen
Innovative Deep Autoencoder and Machine Learning Algorithms Applied in Production Metering for Sucker-Rod Pumping Wells
Peng Yi, Xiong Chunming, Zhang Jianjun, Zhang Yashun, Gan Qinming, Xu Guojian, Zhang Xishun, Zhao Ruidong, Shi Junfeng, Liu Meng, Wang Cai, Chen Guanhong
Integrated Approach to Assess Storage and Productivity Potential of a Frontier Unconventional Shale Oil Play in a Rift Basin, Lower Barmer Hill Formation, Barmer Basin, India
Sandipan Dutta, Utpalendu Kuila, B.N.S. Naidu, Raj Kumar Yadav, John Dolson, Arpita Mandal, Soumen Dasgupta, Premanand Mishra, Pinakadhar Mohapatra
Integrated Geomechanical Interpretation of Hydraulic Stimulation Operations Using Distributed Vibration Sensing
Michael Williams, Joel Le Calvez, Colin Wilson, Adrian Rodriguez-Herrera
Integrated Natural and Hydraulic Fracture Modeling: A Permian Basin Wolfcamp Case Study
Fadila Bessa, Vinay Sahni, Shunhua Liu, Jiasen Tan, Manfred Frass, James Kessler
Integrating Elemental Concentration Logs and Electrical Images Logs to Map Sedimentary Facies Distribution for Black Shale: A Case Study from WuFeng-LongMaxi Shale in SiChuan Basin, China
Xing Liang, Gao-Cheng Wang, Feng Pan, Yun Rui, Yue Wang, Lei Zhang, Jue Mei, Kai-Xuan Li, Hai-Peng Zhao
Integrating Geostatistical Modeling with Machine Learning for Production Forecast in Shale Reservoirs: Case Study from Eagle Ford
Alexander Bakay, Jef Caers, Tapan Mukerji, Yan Dong, Arnulfo Briceno, Devery Neumann
Integration of Microfacies Analysis, Inorganic Geochemical Data, and Hyperspectral Imaging to Unravel Mudstone Depositional and Diagenetic Processes in Two Cores from the Triassic Shublik Formation, Northern Alaska
Katherine J. Whidden, Justin E. Birdwell, Julie A. Dumoulin, Lionel C. Fonteneau, Brigette A. Martini
Interpreting Inter-Well Poroelastic Pressure Transient Data: An Analytical Approach Validated with Field Case Studies
Brendan Elliott, Ripudaman Manchanda, Puneet Seth, Mukul M. Sharma
Intra-Well Interference in Tight Oil Reservoirs: What do We Need to Consider? Case Study from The Meramec
Mouin Almasoodi, Ravi Vaidya, Zulfiquar Reza
Investigation of Micro-Seismicity and Permeability Evolution in Shale Fractures During Stimulation
Zhi Ye, Ahmad Ghassemi
Investigation of Time-series Clustering to Forecast Wells with a Short Producing Life
Reza Khaksarfard, S. Hamed Tabatabaie, Louis Mattar
Is It in the Water? Elucidating Mineral Scale Precipitation Mechanisms on Unconventional Production String Components
Justin Mackey, James Gardiner, Barbara Kutchko, Meghan Brandi, James Fazio, J. Alexandra Hakala
Kerogen-Bitumen-Porosity Nexus: Insights from Multi-Basinal Collocated SEM-Optical Light Petrography
Shaina Kelly, Michelle Johnston, Bernard Lee, Richard San Martin
Khalij Al Bahrain Basin: An Emerging Uncoventional Play of the Middle East
Yahya Alansari, Ahmed Alrumaidh, Ahmed Fateh, Ali Shehab
Laboratory Investigation of CO2 Injectivity and Adsorption Potential Within the Bakken Formation
Steve A. Smith, Bethany A. Kurz, James A. Sorensen, Christopher J. Beddoe, Blaise A.F. Mibeck, Alexander Azenkeng, Steven B. Hawthorne, Charles D. Gorecki
Laboratory Investigation of Leakoff During Hydraulic Fracturing into Bedding Interfaces
Bradley C. Abell, Pengju Xing, Andrew Bunger, Egor Dontsov, Roberto Suarez-Rivera,
Laboratory Studies of Rich Gas Interactions with Bakken Crude Oil to Support Enhanced Oil Recovery
Steven B. Hawthorne, James A. Sorensen, David J. Miller, Charles D. Gorecki, John A. Harju, Gordon Pospisil
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): An Emerging Spectroscopic Technique for Shale Rock Characterization
Jinesh Jain, Daniel Hartzler, Dustin McIntyre, Johnathan Moore, Dustin Crandall
Leak Detection in Wet Natural Gas Transportation Within Hilly Terrain Pipelines
Taylor Lunger, Hamidreza Karami
Learnings from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) #1, Midland Basin, West Texas - A Geomechanics Perspective
Shugang Wang, Yunhui Tan, Anusarn Sangnimnuan, Shahzad Khan, Baosheng Liang, Peggy Rijken
Let's Combine Well Testing and Logging: A Pre- and Post-Frac Gas Shale Case
Antoine Jacques, Benoit Brouard, Sivaprasath Manivannan, Pierre Berest, Vincent Jaffrezic
Leveraging Regional Geology and Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts at Field and Reservoir Scales: Building More Reliable Earth Models Under Sparse Data
Kate C.S. Evans, Jeffrey M. Yarus, Elham Mohsenian, Jose Montero, Jiazuo Zhang,, Alex Bromhead
Lithologically Controlled Pore Pressure Prediction and Geomechanical Modeling Using Probabilistic Multivariate Clustering Analysis and an Expert System
Alan A. Curtis, Eric Eslinger, Randy Nickerson, Siva Nookala, Francis Boyle
Machine Learning Applied to 3-D Seismic Data from the Denver-Julesburg Basin Improves Stratigraphic Resolution in the Niobrara
Carolan Laudon, Sarah Stanley, Patricia Santogrossi
Machine Learning for Estimating Rock Mechanical Properties beyond Traditional Considerations
Yiwen Gong, Mohamed Mehana, Ilham El-Monier, Feng Xu, Fengyang Xiong,
Machine Learning Regressors and their Metrics to predict Synthetic Sonic and Brittle Zones
Ishank Gupta, Deepak Devegowda, Vikram Jayaram, Chandra Rai, Carl Sondergeld
Making Frac Hits History with Computational Physics
David Cotrell, Tobias Hoeink, Sachin Ghorpade, Elijah Odusina
Making the Connection Between Conventional and Unconventional
Nabeel Masood, Omar Ishteiwy, William Dawson, Stevanus Kurniadi, Martin Rylance, Sultan Al Harrasi,, Daniel White
Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) Results and Plans: Improved Subsurface Reservoir Characterization And Engineered Completions
Timothy R. Carr, Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, BJ Carney, Jay Hewitt, Robert Vagnetti
Maximizing Asset Value by Full Field Development—Case Studies in the Permian Basin
Hongjie Xiong, Raja Ramanthan, Khang Nguyen
Measurement of Gas-Oil Relative Permeability in Unconventional Rocks
Shreerang S. Chhatre, Amy L. Chen, Muhammed Al-Rukabi, Daniel W. Berry, Robert Longoria, Kyle B. Guice, Daniel R. Maloney
Mechanistic Analysis of Shale Permeability Evolution Data
Rui Shi, Jishan Liu, Derek Elsworth
Mesozoic Unconventional Potential of the Burgos Basin, Mexico
Grant Zimbrick, Michael Dolan
Micromodel Study of the Impacts of Fracture Connectivity and Wettability on Matrix Sweep Efficiency
Yujing Du, Ayaz Mehmani, Ke Xu, Matthew Balhoff, Carlos Torres-Verdin
Microseismic Bedding-Plane Slip Theory— [Requires] a Very Slippery Slope or a Very Large SHmax
Orlando J.Teran, Michael P. Thornton
Modeling and Analysis of Proppant Transport and Deposition in Hydraulic/Natural Fracture Networks
Dharmendra Kumar, Ahmad Ghassemi
Modeling Dense-Arrays of Hydraulic Fracture Clusters: Fracture Complexity, Net Pressure and Model Calibration
Varahanaresh Sesetty, Ahmad Ghassemi
Modeling Frac-hits Using Dynamic Microseismicity-Constrained Enhanced Fracture Regions
Peyman M. Moradi, Doug Angus
Modeling Mineralogy and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Elemental Data for Improved Formation Evaluation in the Powder River Basin
Nicole R. Hart, Michael C. Dix, Pukar Mainali, Harold D. Rowe, Austin Morrell, Mei Matheny
Modeling the Effect of Maturity on the Elastic Moduli of Kerogen Using Atomistic Simulations
Abishek Kashinath, Michael L. Szulczewski, Ali H. Dogru
Models for Headspace Isotope and Compositional Analysis: Gas in Place, Permeability and Porosity Prediction and Completions Planning
Sheng Wu, Andrew Sneddon
Modified Fetkovich Type Curve Enhances Type Well Construction for Horizontal Wells with Multiple Fractures
Alexander C. Eleiott, W. John Lee, Nefeli Moridis
Monetizing Growing Permian Basin Supply: A Holistic Midstream Approach to Understanding Potential Bottlenecks
Eugene M. Kim
Monitoring Hydraulic Fracture Flowback in the Permian Basin Using Surface-Based, Controlled-Source Electromagnetics
Drew Jones, Chester Pieprzica, Oscar Vasquez, Justin Oberle, Peter Morton, Santiago Treviño III, Mark Hickey
Multi-Resolution Grid Connectivity-Based Transform for Efficient History Matching of Unconventional Reservoirs
Hyunmin Kim, Feyi Olalotiti-Lawal, Akhil Datta-Gupta
Multi-Scale Integration of Mudstone Properties in Interbedded Reservoirs, Insights into Additional Criteria for Evaluating Unconventional Reservoirs: Examples from the Duvernay Formation (Alberta, Canada) and the Woodford Shale (Oklahoma, USA)
Henry Galvis-Portilla, Daniela Becerra-Rondon, Per Kent Pedersen, Roger M. Slatt
Multigeneration Section Development in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin
Raj Malpani, Farhan Alimahomed, Cyrille Defeu, Larrez Green, Adnan Alimahomed, Laine Valle, David Entzminger, David Tovar
Multilaterals: An Unconventional Approach to Unconventional Reservoirs
David Wilcox, Stefano Cappiello, Mauricio Sevilla, Eric Shafer, Greg Gill, Ian Kress, Nestor Sanchez
Multiphase Production Data Analysis for Shale and Tight Reservoirs Using the Diffusive Diagnostic Function
Yanbin Zhang, Changdong Yang, Jincong He, Zhenzhen Wang, Jiang Xie, Xian-Huan Wen
Natural Fracture Characterization in the Wolfcamp Formation at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS), Midland Basin, Texas
Julia F. W. Gale, Sara J. Elliott, John Z. Li, Stephen E. Laubach
Naturally Occurring Isotopic Tracers Provide Insight into Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Horizontal Well Clean-Up Dynamics
Patrick Travers, Ben Burke, Aryn Rowe, Stephen Hodgetts, Michael Dolan
New 4¾-in. High-Resolution Ultrasonic Borehole Imaging for Unconventional Reservoir Evaluation
Peng Li, Jonathan Lee, Ahmed Taher, Richard Coates, Rodney Marlow
New Low-Density Cement Technology Overcomes Limitations for Improved Well Design in the Williston Basin
Brandon RoIlins, Travis Lauer, Andrew Jordan, Lucas Albrighton, Matthew Spirek, Roderick Pernites
NMR Signature and Quantification of Bitumen in Unconventional Source Rocks
Stacey Althaus, JinHong Chen, David Jacobi, Joshua Brothers
NMR Wettability Index Measurements on Unconventional Samples
Michael Dick, Dragan Veselinovic, Derrick Green, Aimee Scheffer-Villarreal, Ronald Bonnie, Shaina Kelly, Kathleen Bower
Novel Oil Flow Enhancement Chemistry for Unconventional Formations Evaluated and Optimized by Cutting-Edge Methodology
Elizabeth Cambre, Ali Abedini, Xinyue Zhang, Kirstie Boyle, Edward Hughes
Novel Wettability Modifiers for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Mingyuan Wang, Gayan A. Abeykoon, Francisco J. Argüelles Vivas, Ryosuke Okuno
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Estimation of Petrophysical Properties and Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Huff-and-Puff Gas Injection in Lower Eagle Ford Shale Oil Samples
Sherifa Cudjoe, Iman Oraki, Reza Barati, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Chi Zhang, Brian Nicoud, Kyle Bradford, Amanda Baldwin, David Mohrbacher
Numerical Investigation of Key Factors on Successful Subsequent Parent Well Water Injection to Mitigate Parent-Infill Well Interference
Ning Li, Kan Wu, John Killough
Numerical Investigation of Water Blockage in Secondary Fractures and Apparent Permeability Modeling in Shale Gas Production
Chuanyao Zhong, Juliana Y. Leung
Optimization of Coalbed Methane Multi-Lateral Drilling in the San Juan Basin via Wellbore Stability Modeling and Data Analytics
Juan Escobar Gomez, Heather LaReau, John Hornbuckle, Jesse Melick, David Schoderbek
Optimizing Completions in Tank Style Development
Peter Kaufman, Mark McClure, Nick Franciose, Sean Owens, Fabiano Srur, David Russell
Optimizing Perforating Schemes to Achieve Uniform Proppant Distribution
Matt Fry, Adam Altieri
Optimizing Proppant Placement in Rough-Walled Rock Fractures
Min Zhang, Maša Prodanović
Optimizing Unconventional Completion Designs: A New Engineering and Economics Based Approach
Stephen Schubarth, Russell Chabaud, Stephen Holditch
Origin of Shale Gases from Around the World: Implications for Exploration
Alexei V. Milkov, Giuseppe Etiope
Outcrop to Subsurface Reservoir Characterization of the Mississippian Sycamore/Meramec Play in the SCOOP Area, Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA
Benmadi Milad, Roger Slatt
Part 1: Empirical Workflow for Predicting Infill Performance in the Marcellus
Adam Chin, Adam Staruiala, Hamid Behmanesh, David Anderson, Christopher Alonzo, David Jones, Saul Rivera Barraza, Leo Lasecki, Kyle McBride
Permeability Enhancement in Gas Shale Due to Nitrogen Flooding
Brandon Schwartz, Derek Elsworth
Permian Produced Water: Impact of Rising Handling Costs and Larger Water Cuts on Wolfcamp Growth
Ryan Duman
Petroleum Geology of the Turner Sandstone, Finn-Shurley Field, Powder River Basin Wyoming
Stephen Sonnenberg
Petroleum System Analysis Using Unconventional Gas Geochemistry: Examples from the Montney Play of Western Canada
Tristan Euzen, Neil Watson, Jean-Yves Chatellier, Andy Mort, Xavier Mangenot
Petrophysical Evaluation of Geomechanical Data in a Horizontal Well to Predict Problem Stages Using Process Zone Stress
Taylor Levon, Carrie Glaser
Petrophysical Rock Typing in Unconventional Shale Plays: The Niobrara Formation Case Study
Asm Kamruzzaman, Manika Prasad, Stephen Sonnenberg
Pore Pressure Estimation in Complex Lithologies: A Novel Approach in Delaware Basin Wolfcamp
Andy Popielski
Pore-Pressure Prediction in the Permian Basin Using Seismic Prestack Inversion
Colin Sayers, Lennert den Boer
Pore-Scale Study of Non-Aqueous Foam for Improving Hydrocarbon Miscible Flooding in Water-Sensitive Tight Oil Formations
Chao-Yu Sie, Quoc P. Nguyen
Post-Fracture Pressure Decay: A Novel (and Free) Stage-Level Assessment Method
Michael Sullivan, Behnam Zanganeh, Austin Springer, Christopher Clarkson
Powder River Basin Production Review from 2011 Through 2018: How Refinements in Completions and Operations Have Led to Increasing Production in the Upper Cretaceous Formations of Campbell and Converse Counties, Wyoming
Jason Kegel, Ted Mirenda, Nathan Lenz, James Keay, Cian O'Reilly
Practical Reservoir Simulation for Small Development Teams - Customizing Stimulation Designs by Landing Zone in the Midland Basin
Tony Tran, Ryan Miller, Bradley Pottebaum, Bryan McDowell, Alan Yoelin, Lee Steinke
Probing Impact of Chemical Diagenesis on the Evolution of Migration Pathways in Unconventional Resources Using Multi-Physics Multi-Scale Modeling: Woodford Shale
Yuliana Zapata, Kathryn N. Garrett, Richard D. Elmore, Zulfiquar Reza
Process-Based Microfluidics: Tools for Quantifying the Impact of Reservoir Quality on Recovery Factor
Lucas Mejia, Ayaz Mehmani, Matthew Balhoff, Carlos Torres-Verdin
Production Diagnostic Type Curves for Performance Evaluation: An Extension of the Universal Type Curve Approach
Krunal Joshi, Vivek Muralidharan, Depesh Patel
Production Effects From Frac-Driven Interactions in the Southeastern Midland Basin, Reagan County, Texas
Bryan McDowell, Alan Yoelin, Bradley Pottebaum
Production Fractionation and Efficiency Indicators from Phase Snapshots
Brian Horsfield, Nicolaj Mahlstedt, Eric Michael, Neil McMahon, Mark Tobey
Production Modeling for Velocity String Applications in Unconventional Wells
Suat Bagci, Tina Chang
Properties Upscaling in Porosity Systems with Under-resolved Features Using Image-Based Rock Physics
Shawn Shuang Zhang, Alan P. Byrnes, James J. Howard
Proppant Placement in Perforation Clusters in Deviated Wellbores
Min Zhang, Chu-Hsiang Wu, Mukul Sharma
Quantification of Dynamic Sand Settling Velocity in High-Viscosity Friction Reducers and Correlation with Rheology
Y. Thomas Hu, Chris Popeney, Chad Gilmer, Pious Kurian
Quantifying Hydraulic Fracture Height Reduction in the Presence of Laminations and Weak Interfaces—Validation with Microseismic Moment Tensor Inversion in the Montney Shale
Matthew Ng, Nicholas Umholtz, Chad Hammerquist, Jian Wang, Yamina Aimene, Ahmed Ouenes
Quantifying the Impacts of Competitive Water Adsorption of Kerogen and Clay Minerals on Wettability of Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Archana Jagadisan, Zoya Heidari
Quantifying the Induced Stresses During Stacked, Multi-Stage, Multi-Well Completions, to Define Stimulation Sequencing and Optimize Pad Productivity
Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Egor Dontsov, Bradley Abell
Quantifying Total Apparent Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity and Its Significant Degradation from Systematic Bottom-Hole Pressure Measurements in Permian Wells
Lang Zhan, Adenike Tokan-Lawal, Phillip Fair, Robert Dombrowski, Xin Liu, Veronica Almarza, Alejandro Girardi, Zhen Li, Robert Li, Martin Pilko, Noah Joost
Quantitative Evaluation of Recovery Mechanisms for Huff-n-puff Gas Injection in Unconventional Reservoirs
B. Todd Hoffman, David Reichhardt
Quasi-dry CO2 Fracturing - A New Breakthrough of Liquid CO2 Fracturing
Liang Jin, Yan Zheng
Raman Spectroscopy Based Maturity Profiling of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Alberto Ortiz, Bastian Sauerer, Jean-Paul Lafournère, Pablo Saldungaray, Wael Abdallah
Rapid Development of a Smart Stimulation Fluid Additive
Antonio Recio III, Kristina Henkel-Holan, Denise Benoit
Rapid Modeling of Injection and Production Phases of Hydraulically Fractured Shale Wells Using the Fast Marching Method
Jaeyoung Park, Atsushi Iino, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Jackson Bi, Sathish Sankaran
Real Time Target Optimization and Geosteering Multi-Well Case Study Utilizing Onsite While-Drilling XRD, XRF, and Mass Spectrometry, Niobrara and Codell Formations, DJ Basin
Anne Grau, Robert Sterling, Ryan King, Gbenga Yemidale
Regional Geologic Characterization of the Grayburg-San Andres Reservoir for Salt Water Disposal Management, Midland Basin, Texas
Tawnya Wilson, Michael Handke, Donny Loughry, Lowell Waite, Brandon Lowe
Regional Sands and the Possible Impacts on Friction Reducer Performance
Matthew Sinkey, Michael Thompson, Caleb Drennon
Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations, Delaware Basin, Ward County, West Texas
April Bievenour, Stephen Sonnenberg
Reservoir Facies, Depositional Processes, and the Implications on Reservoir Characterization of the Wolfcamp A, Texas Delaware Basin
Jacqueline Colborne, Stephen Sonnenberg
Reservoir Fluid Data Acquisition Using Advanced Mud Logging Gas in Shale Reservoirs
Tao Yang, Ibnu Hafidz Arief, Martin Niemann, Marianne Houbiers
Resonance Frequencies in Passive Recordings Map Fracture Systems: Eagle Ford and New Albany Shale Examples
Charles Sicking, Jan Vermilye
Rigorous Modeling of Salt Transport During Frac, Shut-in, and Flowback to Constrain Hydraulic Fracture/Reservoir Property Estimates
Zhenzihao Zhang, Christopher Clarkson, Jesse Williams-Kovacs, Bin Yuan, Amin Ghanizadeh
Robust 3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Amirhossein Kamali, Ahmad Ghassemi
Salt Water Disposal Modeling of Dakota Sand, Williston Basin, to Drive Drilling Decisions
Saptaswa Basu, Ted Cross, Sergey Skvortsov
Saturation Isn’t What It Used to Be: Towards More Realistic Petroleum Fluid Saturations and Produced Fluid Compositions in Organic-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs
Andrew Pepper, Stephanie Perry, Lara Heister
Scale-Dependent Correlation to Improve Water Saturation and Permeability Estimates in Unconventional Reservoirs
Abdelrahman Kotb, Shannon L. Eichmann, Mita Sengupta
Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Controls on Reservoir Sweet Spots in Wolfcamp 'A,' Howard County, Midland Basin
Alyssa N. Flotron, Evan K. Franseen, Robert H. Goldstein
Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Activity in the Wolfcamp Shale of Midland Basin, Texas
Abhash Kumar, Hongru Hu, Alex Bear, Richard Hammack, William Harbert
Seismic Reflection Imaging with Active Sources and Microseismic Events Recorded on Horizontal DAS Cables
David Langton, Dan Kahn, Brian Fuller
Seismic Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations in the Delaware Basin with Efforts at Quantitative Interpretation - A Case Study
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, James Keay
Seismically Driven Estimation of Stress Rotation and Anisotropy and Its Impact on Well Performance
Chip Story, Vikram Sen, Mike Perz, Nicholas Umholtz, Ahmed Ouenes
Selection of Logging-While-Drilling Measurements for Geosteering of Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs
Joseph Gremillion, Mike Flowers, Nicholas Tvrdy, Michael Okoro, Zachary Newnam
Semi-Quantitative SEM Analysis of the Vaca Muerta Formation and Its Impact on Reservoir Characterization, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
Federico Gonzalez Tomassini, Langhorne (Taury) Smith, Maria Jimena Rodriguez, Diego Kietzmann, Ignacio Jausoro, Maria Alejandra Floridia, Mariano Cipollone, Alberto Caneiro, Bernarda Epele, Nicolás Santillán, Federico Medina, Guillermina Sagasti
Shale Gas Well Production Optimization using Modified RTA Method - Prediction of the Life of a Well
Seunghwan Baek, I. Yucel Akkutlu, Baoping Lu, Shidong Ding, Wenwu Xia
Shallow Velocity Model Building Considerations for Prestack Depth Migration in Unconventionals
Mike Perz, Josef Heim, Candace Bruins
Simulating Production from Complex Fracture Networks: Impact of Geomechanics and Closure of Propped/Unpropped Fractures
Shuang Zheng, Ashish Kumar, Deepen Gala, Kaustubh Shrivastava, Mukul Sharma
Simulating the Life of Hydraulically Fractured Wells Using a Fully-Coupled Poroelastic Fracture-Reservoir Simulator
Ripudaman Manchanda, Shuang Zheng, Deepen Gala, Mukul M. Sharma
Source(s) of Produced Water in the Permian Delaware Basin, West Texas: A Geochemical Analysis
L. Taras Bryndzia, Amie M. Hows, Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Anton Nikitin, Ozkan Huvaz
SRV Characterization and Optimum Lateral Well Spacing Study of a Two-well Pad in the Midland Basin
Jaeyoung Park, Candra Janova
Standardizing Offset Pressure Characterization for Infill Completion in Unconventional Reservoirs
Justin Mayorga, Erica Coenen
Starting Development in an Unconventional Play in Argentina: The Road to First FID
Holger Mandler, Yvonne Gonzalez, Ed Kruijs, Patricio Fita
Statistical Analysis of Unconventional Well Productivity Drivers with Particular Focus on Child Well Impact: Permian Delaware Example
Alexandre Ramos-Peon, Artem Abramov
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Bone Spring Formation (Leonardian), Delaware Basin, New Mexico and Texas: An Interim Report
David L. Carr
Stratigraphic Partitioning and Distribution of Reservoir Attributes Within the Late Devonian Duvernay Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Anna M. Thorson, Stacy C. Atchley, John A.W. Weissenberger, David W. Yeates, Elisabeth G. Rau
Stress Inversion using Microseismic Moment Tensors in the Vaca Muerta Shale
Yunhui Tan, Sergio Cuervo, Sahil Malhotra, Shugang Wang
Subseismic Fault Identification Using the Fault Likelihood Attribute: Application to Geosteering in the DJ Basin
Ron Harris, Kyle Bracken, Bill Miller, Steve Angelovich, Thomas O'Toole
Successful Downhole Microfracture, and PVT-Quality Formation Fluid Sampling from an Unconventional Reservoir
Jairo Corredor, Erek Hutto, Farrukh Hamza, Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Bill Grieser
Successful Implementation of High Viscosity Friction Reducers from Laboratory to Field Scale: Middle Bakken Case Study
Mohammed Ba Geri, Abdulaziz Ellafi, Bruce Ofori, Ralph Flori, Huosameddin Sherif
Tailoring Completion Design to Reservoir and Geologic Quality Changes Across the Uinta Basin
Tee Suan Ong, Joshua Reamer, John Lassek, Mark Quakenbush
Textural Characteristics of Shale Deformations, and Associated Distribution Models: Implications for Shale Reservoir Fluid Flow
Jim Buckman, Gary Couples, Helen Lewis
The Effect of Microwave Irradiation on Coal for Enhanced Gas Recovery of Coalbed Methane
Jingyi Zhu, Zhaozhong Yang, Xiaogang Li, Yang Li
The Effect of Surface-Gas Interaction on Mean Free Path for Gases Confined in Nanopores of Shale Gas Reservoirs
Yanling Gao, Keliu Wu, Sheng Yang, Xiaohu Dong, Zhongliang Chen, Zhangxing Chen
The Effects of the Maness Shale on Eagle Ford Water Production
Richard A. Denne, Samantha Patterson
The Impact of Fracture Surface Area to Rock Volume Ratio on Spontaneous Imbibition in Tight Rocks
Wattana Chaisoontornyotin, Abdelhalim I. A. Mohamed, Shixun Bai, Samuel Asante Afari, Vahideh Mirchi, Antonio Recio III, Megan Pearl, Mohammad Piri
The Influence of Micro-Fabric Heterogeneity on Sheared Rock Properties
Dustin Crandall, Magdalena Gill, Johnathan Moore, Sarah Brown, Paige Mackey
The Sensitivity of Well Performance to Well Spacing and Configuration—A Marcellus Case Study
Arman Khodabakhshnejad, Asal Rahimi Zeynal, Andrew Fontenot
Time-Lapse Seismic Monitoring of Individual Hydraulic Frac Stages Using a Downhole Distributed Acoustic Sensing Array
Gary Binder, Aleksei Titov, Diana Tamayo, James Simmons, Ali Tura, Grant Byerley, David Monk
Time-Lapse WAW VSP Imaging of an Unconventional Reservoir Using DAS Fiber Optics
J. Andres Chavarria, Dan Kahn, David Langton, Steve Cole, Xinyang Li
Tracer Eluting Proppants for Shale Fracturing
Bochao Zhao, Krishna Panthi, Kishore K. Mohanty
Triaxial Direct Shear Fractured Marcellus (MSEEL) Shale — Peak and Residual Shear Strength, Permeability, and Hydroshear Potential
Nathan J. Welch, Luke P. Frash, Anne H. Menefee, J. William Carey
Two Inversion Case Studies from the SCOOP and STACK Area of Oklahoma
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, James Keay
Ultrafast Hydraulic Fracturing Model for Optimizing Cube Development
Egor Dontsov, Andrew Bunger, Bradley Abell, Roberto Suarez-Rivera
Uncertainties in Step-down Test Interpretation for Evaluating Completions Effectiveness and Near Wellbore Complexities
Somnath Mondal, Gustavo Ugueto, Paul Huckabee, Magdalena Wojtaszek, Talib Daredia, Sanjay Vitthal, David Nasse, Felix Todea
Unconventional Advanced High Performance Micromaterial for Enhancing Drilling Mud Cleaning Performance of Spacer Fluids in Horizontal Wells: From Laboratory Development to Field Applications
Roderick Pernites, Jason Brady, Felipe Padilla, Jordan Clark, Caitlin McNeilly, Waqas Iqbal, Juan Lacorte, Eduardo Gonzalez, Mark Embrey
Unconventional Reservoir Microstructural Analysis Using SEM and Machine Learning
Amanda S. Knaup, Jeremy D. Jernigen, Mark E. Curtis, John W. Sholeen, John J. Borer IV, Carl H. Sondergeld, Chandra S. Rai
Unconventional Rock Requires Unconventional Analysis: Methods for Characterization
Shane K. Butler, Alexander Azenkeng, Blaise A.F. Mibeck, Bethany A. Kurz, Kurt E. Eylands
Understanding 3-D Distribution of Organic-Rich Units in the Vaca Muerta Formation
Ricardo Fabián Dominguez, Matias Di Benedetto
Understanding Dynamic Production Contribution from Hydraulically Fractured Middle Bakken and Three Forks Wells in the Williston Basin, ND Using Time-Lapsed Geochemistry
Shawn Wright, Stephen Franks, John Pantano, Margie Kloska, Jennifer Wolters
Understanding the Impact of Sampling Resolution on the Efficacy and Utility of Elemental Datasets in the Delaware Basin
Milly Wright, Brian Driskill, Nahysa Martinez, Eliza Mathia
Understanding the Spatial Geological Heterogeneity of the Delaware Basin from Pre-Stack Seismic Inversion
Simon Payne, Andrew Lewis, Ben Hardy, Venkatesh Anantharamu, Iestyn Russell-Hughes
Unraveling the Secrets of the Eaglebine
Arthur D. Donovan, Scott Gifford, Aris Pramudito, Melissa Meyer, Mike Pope
Unsupervised Machine Learning Applications for Seismic Facies Classification
Satinder Chopra, Kurt J. Marfurt
Use of Petroleum Geochemical Data to Assess the Presence of Conventional Migrated Oil in Produced Shale Oil—Example from the Midland Basin
Richard Patience, Geir Hansen, Stephen Secrest, Bret McDaniel
Using a Metamodel-Based Approach for Optimization of Stimulated Rock Volume Geometry, Hydrocarbon Production, and Related Field Development Costs
Hamid Pourpak, Johannes Will, S. Eckardt, Nicolas Mottet
Using Dynamic Modeling to Correct Decline Curve for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoir
Chaohui Chen, Xin Liu, Alejandro Girardi, Adam McMullen, Guohua Gao, Srimoyee Bhattacharya, Richard Cao, Nitin Chowdhury
Using High Resolution Geomechanical Data and Machine Learning to Inform Drilling Decisions and Completions Operations in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin
Jason Edwards, Carrie Glaser, Eric Romberg
Using Solvent Extracts to Estimate the Amount of Producible Oil in Cores Selected from the Lower Eagle Ford Formation
Alan Kornacki
Vaca Muerta Unconventional Oil Study—Insights from Organic Geochemistry
Nicolaj Mahlstedt, Brian Horsfield, Harald Karg, Petra David, Thorsten Uwe Garlichs
Variability in Oil Generation and Migration with Thermal Maturity: Wolfcamp and Spraberry Formations, Northern Midland Basin, Texas
William R. Drake, Aaron Bazzell, John B. Curtis, John E. Zumberge
Variability in Results from Mineralogical and Organic Geochemical Interlaboratory Testing of U. S. Geological Survey Shale Reference Materials
Justin E. Birdwell, Stephen A. Wilson
Visualization of Pore Connectivity Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure Measurements, Micro X-ray Computed Tomography, and Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy
Mark E. Curtis, Carl H. Sondergeld, Chandra S. Rai
Water/Oil Displacement by Spontaneous Imbibition Through Multiscale Imaging and Implication on Wettability in Wolfcamp Shale
Sheng Peng, Yijin Liu, Lucy Tingwei Ko, William Ambrose
Well Spacing Optimization in Shale Reservoirs Using Rate Transient Analytics
Chigozie Aniemena, Cameron LaMarca, Allen Labryer
What Do Hydraulic Fractures Look Like in Different Types of Reservoirs: Implications from a Series of Large-Scale Polyaxial Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments from Conventional to Unconventional
Peng Yi, Fu Haifeng, Cui Mingyue, Liu Yunzhi, Xu Yun, Lu Yongjun, Wang Xing, Wang Yonghui
Why Most Models Fail: The Importance of Blind Validation
Kerstan Wallace, Chad Gourgues, Carl Bernet, Angela Dang Atkinson, Timothy Yotter
Workflow Development and Sensitivity Investigation of Offset Well-to-Well Interference Through 3-D Fracture Modeling and Reservoir Simulation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
Taylor Levon, Jennifer Miskimins
Workflow for Nonlinear AVO Inversion to Estimate Seismic Anisotropy and Geomechanical Properties of Shale
Un Young Lim, Richard L. Gibson Jr., Nurul Kabir
X-Ray Fluorescence and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Advanced Rock Elemental Analysis
Heyleem Han, Son Dang, Juan C. Acosta, Jing Fu, Carl Sondergeld, Chandra Rai