A quantitative probabilistic framework for estimating the critical moment in a petroleum system

Adewale Amosu, and Yuefeng Sun

AAPG Bulletin

... for estimating the critical moment and quantifying the associated uncertainty in such cases. We define a probabilistic early bound and late bound...

Seal Mechanisms In Shallow Sediments: Implications For Shallow-Water Flow And Gas-Hydrate Hazards, by T.J. Katsube, K. O. Horkowitz, I.R. Jonasson, D. Piper and D. Issler, #40160 (2005).

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Reservoir Modeling, Fault Seal Analysis and Volume Uncertainty Estimation Using Experimental Design and Monte Carlo Technique of a Prospect Within Attaka Field

Yuniyanto, Mark Feit, Lothar Schulte

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... It is located 12 miles offshore in the East Kalimantan PSC in 180 feet of water. The Attaka closure is a N-S trending four-way dip closure cut by a five...

Notes on Compaction

George V. Chilingar

CSPG Bulletin

...., and that removal of bound water starts at the following pressures: The results obtained by the writer (Chilingar, 1960, p. 104, Fig. 3), however, shed doubt...

Oil According to Hoyle: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

Wallace E. Pratt

AAPG Bulletin

... not be elaborated here, postulates that light fluids--the water of the oceans and even the granitic magmas of the continental platforms among others--have been...

ABSTRACT Establishing Baselines and Predictive Geochemical Modelling of a Depleted Gas Reservoir Carbon Storage Site, Otway Project, Australia, #90103 (2010)

Dirk Kirste, Ernie Perkins, Ulrike Schacht

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... bound structure where the Waarre C reservoir dips at a shallow angle towards the southwest. The injector well (CRC-1) is located 300 m distant and 15 m...

Integrated Petrophysical Evaluation Applied to the Characterization of Shaly-Sand Reservoirs in the Santonian Gas Field, Santos Basin, Brasil; #50503 (2011)

Thamy da Silva and Marcio Coutinho

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... clay), called bound water (Swb) and a mobile water that can be displaced by hydrocarbons (free water). Swt = Total water saturation; Swb = Bound water...

The Application of a Non-Inundation Approach of Paleoflood Hydrology for the Assessment of Extreme Flood Hazards on the Ogden River, Utah

D.A. Ostenaa, D.R. Levish

Utah Geological Association

... through time. Causey Dam impounds water in the mountainous upper 210 km2 of the South Fork Ogden River basin. The failure of Causey Dam during...

Up-Scaled Petrophysical Analyses Using Micro-Level Field-Of-View Petrographic Images for the Kapuni Group, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, #10953 (2017).

Aamer Alhakeem, Kelly Liu, Waleed H. Al-Bazzaz

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... are then processed to study the pore networks in the space domain between a lower bound of 50 μm and an upper bound of 4 mm. Then, petrophysical parameters...

Development and Validation of an Acid Mine Drainage Water Treatment Process for Source Water

Ann Lane, Todd Beers, Rick Peterson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... will be optimized to achieve required water purity while minimizing chemical use. Previous testing has been conducted to bound the pH range at which...

Impact of Seasonal Changes on the Formation and Accumulation of Soft Siliceous Sediments on the Discharge Apron of Geysir, Iceland

Brian Jones, Robin W. Renaut

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... part of water column. A) Opal-A spheres of various diameters, pool A. B) Single and double opal-A spheres, pool C. C) Opal-A spheres bound by EPS...

Sediment with Porous Grains: Rock Physics Model and Application to Marine Carbonate and Opaline Rocks

Franklin Ruiz, Jack Dvorkin

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... and are filled with sea water. Then the elastic moduli of a pack of these spherical grains are calculated using a modified (scaled to the critical porosity...

Increasing Reserves Through the Characterization and 3D Static Model of Thin Beds in a Middle Burgan Reservoir, Raudhtain Field, North Kuwait; #20330 (2015)

Sabry Abd El-Aziz, Mariam Taqi, Saleh Al-Rashdan, Saleh Al-Rasheedi

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.... With this more accurate estimation of water saturation, resources previously qualified as “wet” in normal clastic reservoirs, can now be exploited as producible...

Mechanisms for Forming Discontinuity Surfaces Within Shoreface–shelf Parasequences: Sea Level, Sediment Supply, or Wave Regime?

Joep E.A. Storms, Gary J. Hampson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and simulated discontinuity surfaces form predominantly in lower shoreface deposits and bound meter-scale stratigraphic cycles. Simulations show that wave...

Reservoir Characteristics of the Codell Sandstone Tight Oil Play, Northern DJ Basin, Wyoming and Colorado: Extension of Wattenberg into the Oil Window, #20262 (2014).

Kevin H. Smith, Richard J. Bottjer, Robert H. Sterling, Henry C. Nowak, Daniel R. Wheat

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.... Clay content 15-25% with abundant microporosity as imaged with epifluorescent microscopy, accounting for high bound water content and explaining...

Codell Sandstone, Northern DJ Basin, Wyoming and Colorado: Reservoir Characteristics in a Tight Oil Play, #10761 (2015).

Kevin H. Smith, Richard J. Bottjer, Robert H. Sterling, Henry C. Nowak, Thomas A. Berkman

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... with epifluorescent microscopy account for high- bound water content and explains low formation resistivity. The Codell thins from north to south due...

Geological Controls on Formation Water Salinity Distribution Southeastern Greater Natural Buttes Field, Uinta Basin, Utah; #20213 (2013)

Tuba Evsan, Matthew J. Pranter, and Marc Connolly

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... in petrophysical workflow is to find the shale volume and bound-water associated with clays that help to further calculate effective porosity, free-water...

Recovery Factor Geo-Cellular-Tool: A Simple Digital Testing Workflow; #42431 (2019)

Olamide Dada, Sebastian Bayer, Venkataramanan Muralidharan, Jeff Stewart, Elliot Rosen

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... reservoir to be drained. While this technique is applicable to many reservoir types, it is especially useful in reservoirs with prolonged high water cuts...

The Sand-Silt-Clay (SSC) Model: An Advanced Petrophysical Analysis and the Essential Applications to Lithology Computation, Permeability Estimation and Saturation Modeling, #42489 (2020).

Yudiyoko Ega Sugiharto, Gamal Ragab Gaafar

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... desaturation power exponent Swb = clay bound water saturation (v/v) Sw.cap = capillary water saturation (v/v) References Cited Anwar, T, 2011, Petrophysics...

Nitrate Contamination of the Moroni, Utah Municipal Water Supply and Hydrologic Control on Nitrate Contamination

Daniel M. Horns

Utah Geological Association

...Nitrate Contamination of the Moroni, Utah Municipal Water Supply and Hydrologic Control on Nitrate Contamination Daniel M. Horns 1995 431 442...

Formation Evaluation and Fluid Identification Derived from Formation Chlorine of Carbonate Reservoir in China

YUE WANG, YU ZHANG, XIAO XING WANG, BAO YAN JIANG, JIN LONG WU, XIAN RAN ZHAO, DAI GUO YU, FENG PAN, KAI XUAN LI, FAN LEI

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... carbonate reservoirs reduce the accuracy of formation water saturation estimation from Archie’s equation, which then introduces uncertainties...

Bitumen Accumulation in Grosmont Platform Complex, Upper Devonian, Alberta, Canada

C. F. Hoffmann , O. P. Strausz

AAPG Bulletin

... to the Athabasca deposit, but it has been subjected to a greater degree of biodegradation and water washing, possibly as a result of its reservoir rock...

SEQUATCHIE ANTICLINE

Richard G. Stearns, Robert C. Milici

Alabama Geological Society

... pressure water zones in compacting sediment. Bedding slippage in Cambrian consolidated shales was probably by some other process, perhaps plastiC...

ABSTRACT: Sulfur and Organic Carbon Relationships within the Mississippian Stanley Formation, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas

E. R. Elswick

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

.... The formation reaches a maximum thickness of 3.7 'krn and is characterized by synorogenic sedimentation in a deep water basin. Bedded barites occur near...

Ice-Cemented Sand Blocks in the Pilcher Quartzite, Western Montana

H. A. Illich , F. W. Hall , D. Alt

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the resulting ice-bound blocks is suggested as a mechanism for the development of this novel conglomeratic lens. DILLON, W. P., WITH CONOVER, J...