An Approach to Exploration for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, with Examples from the Austin Chalk

M. Friedman, D.V. Wiltschko

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... The chances of intersecting such fractures with a horizontal borehole are vastly greater, especially since it is now possible to control the azimuth...

Integrated Reservoir Characterization of a Carbonate Ramp Reservoir, South Dagger Draw Field, New Mexico: Seismic Data Are Only Part of the Story

Scott W. Tinker, Donald H. Caldwell, Denise M. Cox, Laura C. Zahm, Lis Brinton

AAPG Special Volumes

... Scott W. Tinker, Donald H. Caldwell, Denise M. Cox, Laura C. Zahm, Lis Brinton 2004 91 105 AAPG Memoir 81: Seismic imaging of carbonate reservoirs...

Numerical and physical simulations of borehole resistivity logging in high-resistance formation

Yizhi Wu, Zhentao Sun, Yiren Fan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Numerical and physical simulations of borehole resistivity logging in high-resistance formation Yizhi Wu, Zhentao Sun, Yiren Fan Numerical...

What will it take to improve the characterisation of deep mineral deposits in order to assess economic valueŽ early in the discovery process?

Joe Cucuzza

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... that permit robust assessment of uncertainty. Key words: mineral deposits, economic value, geophysics, mining geophysics, borehole geophysics INTRODUCTION...

Borehole Stability and Field Stress Analysis with Azimuthal Logging-while-Drilling Technology: A Case History, #41775 (2016).

Saikh A. Azim, Sankar Chowdhuri, Salah Al-Anezi, Anar Abdulkarim, Ahmet Aki, Mohamed Samie

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...Borehole Stability and Field Stress Analysis with Azimuthal Logging-while-Drilling Technology: A Case History, #41775 (2016). Saikh A. Azim, Sankar...

Electrical and flow properties of highly heterogeneous carbonate rocks

Charlotte Garing, Linda Luquot, Philippe A. Pezard, Philippe Gouze

AAPG Bulletin

... these heterogeneities occur at scales smaller than those of the integration volume of the borehole geophysical methods. However, associated with specific data...

Problem of Crooked Holes

Frederic H. Lahee

AAPG Bulletin

... names. FOOTNOTE 5. Personal communication. FOOTNOTE 6. John I. Hoffman, "Recent Practice in Diamond Drilling and Borehole Surveying," Bull. Inst...

A Machine-Learning-Based Workflow for Drilling Risk Prediction of Wellbore Instability and Trajectory Optimization in Ultra-Deep Formation

Hanqing Wang, Ruxin Zhang, Ziyan Deng, Jin Meng, Han Wang, Yujie Zhou, Fan Yang, Ji Chang, Yitian Xiao, Huiwen Pang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of drilling data, significant distances between wells, and suboptimal imaging from seismic profiles contribute to uncertainties when utilizing seismic...

Early Surface and Subsurface Investigations of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Chapter 5

J. W. Porter

AAPG Special Volumes

... McDonald down the Red River to Fort Garry, but was placed on a barge and towed by the steamboat. The first borehole was spudded on August 14, 1873...

Influence of Lithofacies and Diagenesis on Norwegian North Sea Chalk Reservoirs

J. E. Brasher , K. R. Vagle

AAPG Bulletin

... descriptions. Where core data are lacking, dipmeter and borehole imagery logs have proven useful in making lithofacies assessments. Criteria...

New Developments in Acoustic Logging

J. Zemanek, D. M. Williams, R. L. Caldwell, C. L. Dennis, F. A. Angona

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... under difficult borehole conditions, shear velocities in unconsolidated formations and estimates of in situ formation permeability can now be obtained...

Comprehensive Fracture Evaluation Using Wireline Borehole Imager and Array Acoustic Tools

Cahyo Nugroho, Gunawan Sucahyo, Adriaan Bal, Pipin Ariyanto, Wilfred Samosir, Edison Nadeak

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Comprehensive Fracture Evaluation Using Wireline Borehole Imager and Array Acoustic Tools Cahyo Nugroho, Gunawan Sucahyo, Adriaan Bal, Pipin Ariyanto...

Extended Abstract: A Geological 3D Velocity Model in Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico

Sharon Cornelius, Pete Emmet

GCAGS Transactions

..., sonic logs from 92 wells, 19 vertical seismic profiles (VSP) or borehole seismic velocity surveys, and 38 calculated time versus depth tables derived...

Abstract: Horizontal Wells and the Barnett Shale Play-Borehole Images Provide a Different Perspective; #90063 (2007)

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Abstract: Design and Execution of Horizontal Wells in Gas Shales Using Borehole Images and Geochemical Data; #90063 (2007)

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Structural Style and Fracture Development in a Tight-Gas Sandstone Reservoir from the Canadian Foothills, by Patrick Fothergill, Dragan Andjelkovic, Lloyd Murray, Steve Vadnai, Paul MacKay; #40457 (2009)

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Modeling secondary oil migration with core-scale data: Viking Formation, Alberta basin

Elise B. Bekele, Mark A. Person, Benjamin J. Rostron, Randal Barnes

AAPG Bulletin

... migration were conducted using the highest core-plug measurement of permeability from each borehole to obtain an upper bound on oil migration velocities...

Chapter 120: Sand Injectites in Deep-water Clastic Reservoirs: Are They There and Do They Matter?

Andrew Hurst, Mads Huuse, Joe Cartwright, Davide Duranti

AAPG Special Volumes

... depositional systems. Many sand injectites are routinely overlooked and/or misinterpreted in subsurface studies, although detectable on seismic or borehole...

Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Dabei tight-gas reservoirs, Kuqa Subbasin, Tarim Basin, northwest China

Xiaowen Guo, Keyu Liu, Chengzao Jia, Yan Song, Mengjun Zhao, Qingong Zhuo, and Xuesong Lu

AAPG Bulletin

...: A new approach to investigate microstructures from mm- to nm-scale combining argon beam cross-sectioning and SEM imaging: Journal of Petroleum...

Revealing New Hydrocarbon Potential in Mature Basin, A Case Study From North Madura Platform, East Java Basin, Indonesia

Aditya Kusuma Wijaya, Mohd. Hilman B Roslan, Miftah Mazied, Hendra Iriansyah Darmawan, Rosli B. Ismail

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... area and the addition of better imaging in both shallow and deeper targets (Pre-Tuban Formation: Kujung and Ngimbang) allowed to have seismically...

Applying State-of-the-Art Completion Techniques in Vaca Muerta Formation

Pablo A. Crespo, Marcelo Pellicer, Henry Jacot

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and borehole imaging. The downhole cameras and imaging show large perforation erosion and varied erosion among the perforation clusters. Much of the work...

2010 AAPG Annual Convention "Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Productio", April 11-14, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, #90104 (2010)

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Abstract: A fuzzy logic approach for detecting fractured zones with conventional well logs

Z. Huang, J. Shimeld, M. Williamson

Atlantic Geology

... logs, often exhibit abnormal values in response to fractured zones within a borehole. However, no single log response is completely diagnostic...

Study of Sub-Salt Sediments in the Bayram-Ali Gas Region

V. A. Teplitskiy, I. P. Belozerov, B. M. Geyman, V. P. Lupanosov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... horizons were found in the sub-salt sediments. A different method was needed to trace the reflected waves from the sub-salt interfaces. Borehole seismic...

Abstract: The Role of Geophysics in the Development of Malaysia's Petroleum Industry

Ahmad Said

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of aircraft (fixed wing and helicopter), remote and inaccessible areas can be explored cost-effectively. Borehole geophysics is one of the major tools...