GeoSiphon groundwater remediation system hydraulics

Mark A. Phifer, Ralph L. Nichols, Frank C. Sappington, John L. Steimke, William E. Jones

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... Carolina, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, 188 p. A GeoSiphon system is established by connecting a location of higher pressure head...

Attributes of a Large Underpressured Gas System, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Philip H. Nelson, Steven M. Condon

AAPG Special Volumes

... migrated back after removal. Some buoyancy effect must be present, but not enough to re-equilibrate the gas pressure throughout the Dakota Sandstone...

Case History for a Major Alberta Deep Basin Gas Trap: The Cadomin Formation

Robert M. Gies

AAPG Special Volumes

... buoyancy in water. Low transmissibility throughout most of the gas reservoir tends to retard updip gas flow and thereby allows gas pressure to build up...

A Modelling Study on the Application of the Bentonites in Plugging Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

Hossein Dashti, Mohammad Sedaghat, Mahshid Firouzi, Suzanne Hurter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pressure and/or fluid buoyancy (Watson and Bachu, 2009). Plugging wells has been conducted for many years from when initially the wells were filled...

Damaging Relative Permeability by Drilling, Completion and Production Operations

Monty Hoffman

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... column height and corresponding increase in capillary injection pressure due to buoyancy, the hydrocarbons, the non-wetting phase in a water wet...

Developments in Deep Water Drilling from Floaters

J. D. Simmons

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

..., to drill two deep water prospects; one in 1340 feet of water and one in 1386 feet of water. In both prospects, abnormal pressure was expected...

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Overpressured Sediments of the Rio Grande Embayment, Gulf of Mexico Basin

Thomas E. McKenna

GCAGS Transactions

...), Fluid pressure, temperature, and formation-water salinity mapped in the Rio Grande Embayment are consistent with the conceptual model of episodic fluid...

An experimental study of secondary oil migration in a three-dimensional tilted porous medium

Jianzhao Yan, Xiaorong Luo, Weimin Wang, Renaud Toussaint, Jean Schmittbuhl, Guy Vasseur, Fang Chen, Alan Yu, Likuan Zhang

AAPG Bulletin

... at the base of an initially water-saturated porous model. With buoyancy as a primary driving force, a vertical cylindrical shape of an oil migration...

Geopressure Compartmentalization in Keathley Canyon Deep Water, Gulf of Mexico

Selim S. Shaker

GCAGS Transactions

... pressure profile with depth and can be divided into five mini-compartments (C1, C2, C3, C4, & C5). Four of these mini-compartments show effective seals...

Nature of the Cenozoic-Mesozoic Contact in Sevier Valley and Tectonic Implications

Eric J. Cline, John M. Bartley

Utah Geological Association

... to reflect the Sevier unconformity, surficial gravity gliding, salt diapirism, large-volume pressure solution, and a rolling-hinge normal fault. Field...

Real-Time Geomechanics Modeling for a Challenging Deepwater Exploration Southern Basin Exploration (SBE) Well

Hendri Harsian, Leo Anis, Ade Surya Setiawan, Ricki Marbun

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the prediction for 8-1/2” hole. Gas buoyancy is included in pore pressure calculation in Prupuh/Kujung/Ngimbang Fm. LOT at 9-5/8” casing gives EMW...

Geothermal Drilling … An Overview

Bonar Marbun, Samuel Zulkhifly, Irfan Hariz, Dita Khairina

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... (Figure 3) (Teodoriu et al., 2009). The development of geothermal technology has picked up since the 1970s (Figure 4), adopted from high pressure high...

Tension Pile Foundation — Current Design Practices and Load Tests

Jack H. C. Chan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...., and Matlock, H., "A Model Study of Axialy Loaded Pile Segments, Including Pore Pressure Measurements," Report to the American Petroleum Institute, University...

A New Efficient Scheme to Model Hydrocarbon Migration at Basin Scale: A Pressure-Saturation Splitting

Sylvie Wolf, Isabelle Faille, Sylvie Pegaz-Fiornet, Franoise Willien, Bernard Carpentier

AAPG Special Volumes

..., the latter is essentially driven by buoyancy forces. This motivates us to separate the calculation of pressure and porosity from that of oil saturation...

Geostatistical Models of Secondary Oil Migration Within Heterogeneous Carrier Beds: A Theoretical Example

Lee Rhea , Mark Person , Ghislain de Marsily , Emmanuel Ledoux , Alain Galli

AAPG Bulletin

... outward in a radial fashion by buoyancy. The effects of vertical permeability variations on secondary oil migration were not considered in the study...

Simulation Model for Petroleum Exploration

Kazuo Nakayama , Dewitt C. Van Siclen

AAPG Bulletin

...) exerted by the interfacial forces in the largest pore throats must at least equal the buoyancy pressure (Pb) generated by the density difference...

Oil Mining and Tar Sands: United States Potential and Priority

Ralph Avellanet

Grand Junction Geological Society

... reservoirs without any natural pressure or other drive present (or left, in the case of a depleted reservoir). Surface deposits, such as the tops of most...

Mechanism for Emplacement of Piercement Diapirs

Richard S. Bishop

AAPG Bulletin

...Mechanism for Emplacement of Piercement Diapirs Richard S. Bishop 1978 1561 1583 62 9. (September) The buoyancy model long has been regarded...

Well Control 101 - Workshop Summary

Wild Well Control

PTTC

... from a wellbore caused by an unrecognized or uncontrolled kick, or sudden surge in pressure and flow. To prevent kicks and blowouts the operator must...

Fault Seal Prediction and Uncertainty Estimation of a Water Wet Fault, #41029 (2012)

Tan Chun Hock, Lothar Schulte

Search and Discovery.com

... pressure. The first part of the paper discusses the estimation of the shale/clay content of the fault. Based on the upscaled well data the shale...

Estimating Pore Throat Size in Sandstones from Routine Core-Analysis Data; Edward D. Pittman; Search and Discovery Article #40009 (2001)

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Evaluating Seal Capacity of Caprocks and Intraformational Barriers for the Geosequestration of CO2

R. F. Daniel, J. G. Kaldi

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... (Yang and Gu 2004; Hildenbrand et al. 2004; Chiquet et al. 2007; Chalbaud et al. 2006; Bennion and Bachu 2006). Buoyancy pressure drives CO2 (non-wetting...

Pore Pressure Prediction Based on High Resolution Velocity Inversion in Carbonate Rocks, Offshore Sirte Basin - Libya; #40551 (2010)

Robert M. Gruenwald, Javier Buitrago, Jack Dessay, Alan Huffman, Carlos Moreno, Jose Maria Gonzalez Munoz, Carlos Diaz, Khaeri Segayer Tawengi

Search and Discovery.com

...Pore Pressure Prediction Based on High Resolution Velocity Inversion in Carbonate Rocks, Offshore Sirte Basin - Libya; #40551 (2010) Robert M...

A New Pore Pressure Prediction Model for Naturally Fractured Shales and Stacked Plays: The Effect of Active Hydrocarbon Generation - A Powder River Basin Case Study

Daniel Orozco, Roberto Aguilera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...A New Pore Pressure Prediction Model for Naturally Fractured Shales and Stacked Plays: The Effect of Active Hydrocarbon Generation - A Powder River...

Hydrocarbon Trap Types and Deformation Styles Modeled Using Quantified Rates of Salt Movement, Louisiana Margin

Allen Lowrie , Zhihuai Yu , Ian Lerche

GCAGS Transactions

...; Lowrie, 1986) sediment confining pressure salt tectonics (Nettleton, 1934) salt tectonics along Louisiana margin lateral flow, buoyancy, isostacy...