CSPG/CSEG/CWLS GeoConvention 2012, May 14-18, 2012 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; - Abstracts, #90174 (2014).

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A case study of natural gas hydrates (NGH) in offshore NW Sabah: Identification, shallow geohazard implication for exploration drilling, extraction challenges and potential energy resource estimation

John Jong, Goh Hui Sin, Steve McGiveron, Jim Fitton

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... reflection. The BSR is a reflection interface between the high velocity NGH-bearing sediments and the underlying low velocity gas-bearing sediments...

Insights on Hydrocarbon-Generation Microfracturing in Organic-Rich Shales

Mohammed Al Duhailan, Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Lawrence D. Meckel

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in microfracturing is manifested by the change of rock tensile strength with angle (with respect to bedding). The anisotropic poroelastic behavior depends...

Seismic imaging in shallow water: where are we at and where might we be going?

Henry A. Debens, Robert Eliott-Lockhart, Jennifer Moss

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... W22GAL18. (c) Corresponding PreSTM full stack in TWT for A–A′ from a legacy 2D survey. with additional imaging complexities that include velocity...

Abstract: Incorporating Complex Geological Features into Geostatistical Property Modeling; #90174 (2014)

Jeff B. Boisvert

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...+3, segment 2 would have an anisotropic distance of ~0m. The anisotropic distance A-B (without fault) is effectively the same as the anisotropic...

Stress Inversion using Microseismic Moment Tensors in the Vaca Muerta Shale

Yunhui Tan, Sergio Cuervo, Sahil Malhotra, Shugang Wang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... events, the 30 largest magnitude events were selected to perform moment tensor inversion (Figure 3). The vendor used an anisotropic velocity model...

Ultrasonic Pulse Velocities and Elastic Moduli of Igneous Rock Materials from the Ajil Area, Terengganu Darul Iman

J. K. Raj

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

...). Such a ISSN 0126-5539 calculation procedure is possible in view of the fact that the existence and velocity of all body waves in an elastic medium...

Study on microscale mechanical properties of minerals and organic matter in shale based on atomic force microscopy

Zhuo Gong, Shangbin Chen, Hubert Ishimwe, Shaojie Zhang, Jamil Khan, Yang Wang, and Xiong Sun

AAPG Bulletin

... on fracture initiation and propagation in the majority of situations (Yang et al., 2005). The anisotropic elastic properties of shale make it impossible...

CSPG/CSEG/CWLS GeoConvention 2013, May 6-12, 2013 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; - Abstracts, #90187 (2014).

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Measurement and Analysis of Fractures in Core

John C. Lorenz, Robin E. Hill

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...Measurement and Analysis of Fractures in Core John C. Lorenz, Robin E. Hill Geological Studies Relevant to Horizontal Drilling: Examples from...

A scaling law to characterize fault-damage zones at reservoir depths

Madhur Johri, Mark D. Zoback, and Peter Hennings

AAPG Bulletin

..., A multiscale study of the mechanisms controlling shear velocity anisotropy in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth: Geophysics, v. 71, no. 5, p. F131–F146...

What Can Magnetic Susceptibility Do for Us in Shale Plays When Used as Part of an Integrated Workflow?

Milly Wright, Ken Ratcliffe, Mark Hounslow

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...) paleoflow determination. The first is carried out using data acquired from either small samples, measured in the laboratory, or by direct analysis...

Quantitative Fabric Analysis of Drammen Clay Using X-ray Diffraction Technique

A. Kazi

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...Quantitative Fabric Analysis of Drammen Clay Using X-ray Diffraction Technique A. Kazi 1975 Vol. 45 No. 4. (December), The Drammen clay...

Non-opaque and Opaque Grain Fabrics of Siltstones in Red Peak Member (Triassic), Central Wyoming: REPLY

M. Dane Picard, Douglas D. Beckmann

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... that fine-grained rocks contain two distinct fabrics (non-opaque and opaque). When these fabrics are anisotropic and show similar orientations...

Magnetic-Fabric Analysis As A Tool To Constrain Mechanisms of Deep-Water Mudstone Deposition In the Marnoso Arenacea Formation (Miocene, Italy)

Eleonora Dall'olio, Fabrizio Felletti, Giovanni Muttoni

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...Magnetic-Fabric Analysis As A Tool To Constrain Mechanisms of Deep-Water Mudstone Deposition In the Marnoso Arenacea Formation (Miocene, Italy...

Study of the Structure of Pore Space

A. F. Bogomolova, N. A. Orlova

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... bodies is the method of schematic representation by more simple systems (models) subject to mathematical analysis (6, 11). In the present work a method...

Applications of Coal Petrology in Coal Carbonization

John C. Crelling, Russel R. Dutcher

Special Publications of SEPM

.... Introduction The basic premise of the applications of coal petrology is that a maceral analysis and a reflectance analysis characterize a coal so well...

Natural Fracture Behavior Under Increasing Confining Pressure, Applying Helical CT Scanning Technology, #41240 (2013)

Laura Kennedy, David James

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... and effective aperture in the subsurface. Are all fractures closed under stress? -Not really. Reference Nelson, R.A., 2001, Geologic Analysis...

Child Well Fracture Sequencing for Improved Production

Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Barry Clark, Doug Sassen, Christopher Quinn

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... models (e.g., McCain, 1999), compositional models (e.g., Pedersen and Christensen, 2007) and rate transient analysis models (Fetkovich 1980, Cinco-Ley...

Permeability Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of a Sandstone Reservoir Analogue: An Estuarine to Shoreface Depositional System in the Virgelle Member, Milk River Formation, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Southern Alberta

Rudi Meyer, Federico F. Krause

CSPG Bulletin

... scale. Ainsworth, R.B. 2005. Sequence stratigraphic-based analysis of reservoir connectivity: influence of depositional architecture — a case study...

Chapter 7: Bounding Surfaces in Eolian Sediments

S. G. Fryberger

Rocky Mountain Section (SEPM)

... of textural segregation, followed by anisotropic permeability development, can occur in avalanche and grainfall strata. (Fig. 1). Some...

A Discussion of the Geology of the Southeastern Canadian Cordillera and its Comparison to the Idaho-Wyoming-Utah Fold and Thrust Belt

K.H. Hayes

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... velocity data. STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA The stratigraphic record preserved in the clastic wedge sequences suggests...

Microseismicity and Geomechanics: Modeling and Comparisons

Scott Johnson, Randolph R. Settgast, Pengcheng Fu, Stuart Walsh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., respectively; Dc is the nucleation length; is the shear velocity of the surface of the fracture; v∗ is a normalization coefficient of the shear velocity...

Horizontal Well Evaluation to Determine Geological Facies, Mechanical Properties, and Natural Fracture Changes Using Slim Through-the-Bit Dipole Sonic and Oil-Based Microimaging Tools

Edgar Velez, Elia Haddad, Firas Al Shaikh, Ghada Barbour, Kyle Barrie

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... variation of the anisotropic mechanical properties and minimum horizontal stress profile. Through Stoneley reflection analysis, it also complements...

Geochemical Signatures of Fluid Flow in Thrust Sheets: Fluid-inclusion and Stable Isotope Studies of Calcite Veins in Western Wyoming

Rasoul Sorkhabi

AAPG Special Volumes

... the west toward the east with a decrease in displacement and an increase in thrust velocity. The thrust sheets contain calcite veins of various styles...