Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations, Delaware Basin, Ward County, West Texas

April Bievenour, Stephen Sonnenberg

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...-porous. Source rock pyrolysis data, visual kerogen analysis, and qualitative observations from backscatter electron (BE) and secondary electron (SE) images...

Validation of Fracture Height and Density from Rapid Time-Lapse DAS VSP for use in Calculating Stimulated Rock Volume: A Case Study from Hereford Field, Colorado

T. L. Inks, X. Zhao, M. E. Willis, E. Jenner, B. Burke

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fiber in the well. Rayleigh backscatter, from very small perturbations in the refraction index of the single mode fiber core, causes light...

Comparison of Wireline Log and SEM Image-Based Measurements of Porosity in Overburden Shales

Christopher J. Landry, Bruce S. Hart, Maša Prodanović

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...”) identified using energy dispersive x-ray (EDX-SEM) elemental mapping to assess mineral composition and secondary/backscatter electron (BSE/SE-SEM...

New Fracture Diagnostic Tool for Unconventionals: High-Resolution Distributed Strain Sensing via Rayleigh Frequency Shift during Production in Hydraulic Fracture Test 2

Gustavo A. Ugueto, Magdalena Wojtaszek, Somnath Mondal, Artur Guzik, Dana Jurick, Ge Jin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...) uses Rayleigh backscatter in a nonengineered single mode fiber (SM) to measure strain changes along the fiber. The principle of the DSSRFS method...

Influence of Mineralogy and Rock Fabric on Geochemical Alteration of Pores in North American Unconventional Reservoir Materials

Alexandra Hakala, Sean Sanguinito, Brandon McAdams, Lauren Burrows, Mengling Stuckman, Wei Xiong, Gita Bhandari, Johnathan Moore, Gary L. Hunter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... backscatter montage (bottom row) of the HA:LC-1, HA:LC-2, and HA:LC-3 reservoir samples before and after exposure to HFF in the autoclave experiments. Figure 7...

10 Petrographic Characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas: Mineralogy, Common Constituents, and Distribution of Nanometer-scale Pore Types

Debra S. Jennings, Jonathan Antia

AAPG Special Volumes

... with organic matter, some were open pores. Both organic matter and open pores displayed a low backscatter intensity (black). (B) Most interparticle pores (IP...

9 Porosity Characterization of Various Organic-rich Shales from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

Raphael A. J. Wüst, Brent R. Nassichuk, R. Marc Bustin

AAPG Special Volumes

...-milled backscatter SEM methods: Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas/Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Unconventional Resources...

Chapter 16 - Diagenesis: Sulfate & Halide Cements and Authigenic Precipitates

Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, Peter A. Scholle, Juergen Schieber, Robert J. Raine

AAPG Special Volumes

.... The image was taken with a mix of SE and BSE detectors, and so the barite is not as bright as it can look under purely backscatter imaging (normally almost...

Chapter 6: Correlative X-ray and Electron Microscopy for Multi-scale Characterization of Heterogeneous Shale Reservoir Pore Systems

Jan Goral, Ilija Miskovic, Jeff Gelb, Mike Marsh

AAPG Special Volumes

... with the secondary electron secondary ion (SESI) detector and the backscattered electron signal was simultaneously acquired with the energy-selective backscatter...

Chapter 2: High-Resolution Multispectral Analysis of Organic-Rich Mudstones

T. Dawn Jobe, Sebastian Csutak, Shannon L. Eichmann, Jordan Kone

AAPG Special Volumes

... samples. In addition, SEM backscatter and energy dispersive X-ray microscopy were used to calibrate fluorescence signals to mineralogy and provide submicron...

In-Depth Study of the Interactions Between Wet Sand and Fracturing Fluids

Jarrett Kitchen, Sarkis Kakadjian, John Vu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... at a backscatter angle of 173°. For each sample, the average colloidal size was determined by averaging three readings, and the range of the average...

Petrographic Examination of Sedimentary Rocks in the Sem Using Backscattered Electron Detectors

Kenneth Pye, David H. Krinsley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... state backscatter electron detector capable of operating at TV scan rates. Scanning Electron Microscopy, 1978/I, p. 581-592. GOLDSTEIN, J. I., NEWBURY, D...

Origin of Dolomite in the Eocene Castle Hayne Limestone, North Carolina

Gerald R. Baum , W. Burleigh Harris, Paul E. Drez

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...): A) Backscatter image illustrating zeolite (Z), dolomite (D), pyrite (P), and quartz (?) inclusions (arrows) within the dolomite. B) K map of Na. C) K...

Sedimentary Processes on the Northwestern Iberian Continental Margin Viewed by Long-range Side-scan Sonar and Seismic Data

James V. Gardner , Robert B. Kidd

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...------------------------ relative to the ship's track, and the facies of the sediment, all are important in determining whether or not a feature will backscatter enough...

Petrography, Geochemistry, and Evolution of Barite Concretions in Eocene Pelagic Chalks from Israel

R. Bogoch, B. Buchbinder, H. Nielsen

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...) SEM backscatter image of Figure 4A. Dark areas are calcite; remainder is barite. Barite fills foram chamber and replaces most of the matrix but does...

References

Joann E. Welton

AAPG Special Volumes

... by backscatter electron microscopy: Nature, v. 301, p. 412-413. Sarkisyan, S.G., 1971, Application of the SEM in the investigation of oil and gas reservoir rocks...

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Fabric Evolution and Mechanisms of Diagenesis in Fine-Grained Sediments from the Kita-yamato Trough, Japan Sea

Achim Kopf, Jan H. Behrmann

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., AND BEHRMANN, J.H., 1990b, Backscatter SEM imagery of fine-grained sediments from site 671, ODP Leg 110: Preliminary results: Proceedings of the Ocean...

Structure, Stability, and Transformation of Contaminated Lacustrine Surface Fine-grained Laminae

Ian G. Droppo , Carl L. Amos

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Concentrations of suspended solids (S), within and outside of the flume, are measured using optical backscatter sensors (OBS) calibrated with the sediment...

Anomalous Porosity and Permeability Preservation in Deeply Buried Tertiary and Mesozoic Sandstones in the Cusiana Field, Llanos Foothills, Colombia

Edward A. Warren , Andrew J. Pulham

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by CL. Quartz cement is more abundant in fine-grained sandstones than coarse-grained sandstones. Kaolinite was recognized in BSE by its lower backscatter...

Petrographic Observations of Iron, Copper, and Zinc Sulfides in Freshwater Canal Sediment

D.J. Large , N.J. Fortey , A.E. Milodowski , A.G. Christy , J. Dodd

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., and film-coating iron sulfides. The values on the graph are the atomic ratios of S to Fe. FIG. 6. Backscatter electron microscope images of zinc...

High-Resolution Particle Size Analysis of Naturally Occurring Very Fine-Grained Sediment Through Laser Diffractometry: RESEARCH METHODS PAPERS

Michael Sperazza, Johnnie N. Moore, Marc S. Hendrix

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by backscatter (BS), forward angle (FA), and large angle (LA) detectors. Other labeled components are the focal plane detector (FP), obscuration detector (TR...

Iron(III)-Reduction in a Low-Organic-Carbon Brackish–Marine System

L.K. Adams, J.H.S. Macquaker, J.D. Marshall

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., exhibiting lower backscatter coefficients in the outer regions and higher coefficients at their centers. This relates to the outer layers containing...

Radar Geology--Petroleum Exploration Technique, Eastern Panama and Northwestern Colombia

Richard S. Wing , Harold C. MacDonald

AAPG Bulletin

..., texture, shape, and pattern. Tone is the intensity of signal backscatter recorded on film as shades of gray, from black to white. Texture, in simplest...

Facies-independent reservoir characterization of the micropore-dominated Word field (Edwards Formation), Lavaca County, Texas

S. Van Simaeys, B. Rendall, F. J. Lucia, C. Kerans, and S. Fullmer

AAPG Bulletin

... in foraminifers and peloid grains. Porosity: 6.7%. Permeability: 0.072 md. Figure 7. Backscatter scanning electron microscopy image of a grain-dominated...