Pressure Regime in the Upper Cretaceous Shales and Sandstones in the Washakie Basin, Wyoming

Ronald C. Surdam, Zung S. Jiao, Jie Liu

Wyoming Geological Association

.... The calculated results are shown in Table 5. Figure 25. Plots of mercury injection pressure (capillary pressure in pounds per square inch atmosphere...

Seepage of biogenic natural gas in the Intermontane Belt of the Canadian Cordillera

K.G. Osadetz, C.A. Evenchick, F. Ferri, B. Mayer, L.R. Snowdon

CSPG Bulletin

... capillary column with a column head pressure of 34.4 p.s.i., and Column B (Table 1) was a Poraplot Q 4 m column with a column head pressure of 19.8...

Gas Province in the Deepwater Southern Gulf of Mexico

Leonardo E. Aguilera Gomez, Enrique Guzman Vera, Javier Contreras Trejo, Marco A. Arreguin Lopez, Arturo Escamilla Herrera

GCAGS Transactions

... varying from 1.8 to 1.9, and a low to medium irreducible water saturation (20-40%) according to the capillary pressure test results, which are influenced...

Effects of Biodegradation on Crude Oils: Section II. Characterization, Maturation, and Degradation

D. E. Miiller, A. G. Holba, W. B. Hughes

AAPG Special Volumes

... Fig. 9. See caption on page 238. End_Page 239------------------------ hydrocarbon group type determination by automated medium pressure liquid...

Seal bypass systems

Joe Cartwright, Mads Huuse, Andrew Aplin

AAPG Bulletin

... of sealing capacity based exclusively on the flow properties (capillary entry pressure and hydraulic conductivity) of the bulk rock can potentially be negated...

A New Approach to Sediment Diagenesis: Part II: A Revised Concept of Sediment Diagenesis

J. N. Van Elsberg

CSPG Bulletin

... and start sealing off the pore throats. As a consequence, the permeability of the argillaceous sediment is strongly reduced and a capillary seal is created...

Mickelson Creek Field Extension: A Mesaverde Unconformity Trap

Peggy Williams

Wyoming Geological Association

.... The relatively low permeabilities are a result of the poor interconnection between individual pores. Capillary pressure tests indicate the average pore throat...

Rock Type, Productivity and Reserves of the Falher F, Cutbank Area, Alberta

Steven R. VanSickle

CSPG Special Publications

...) found that pore throat radius, as determined by capillary pressure at a mercury saturation of 35%, correlates best to the ambient porosity...

Rock Impregnation Trials Using Monomers, Epoxide, and Unsaturated Polyester Resins: NOTES

J. A. Franklin

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of rock material. Pores transmit fluids, and, in so doing, they control the nature of pore pressure dissipation in the rock; also, since pores are by far...

Modeling Methane-hydrate Formation in Marine Sediments

Lili Zheng, Hui Zhang, Mingyu Zhang, Prasad Kerkar, Devinder Mahajan

AAPG Special Volumes

... of water molecules surrounding individual methane molecules is only stable under certain temperature (20C [68F]) and pressure (2 MPa [290 psi]) conditions...

Petroleum Geology of Cameia Field, Deepwater Pre-Salt Kwanza Basin, Angola, West Africa; #20275 (2014)

Edward C. Cazier, Connie Bargas, Lino Buambua, Severino Cardoso, Hercinda Ferreira, Kerry Inman, Alpio Lopes, Tim Nicholson, Christopher Olson, A. Saller, John Shinol

Search and Discovery.com

... through hydrocarbon charge. Petrographic study, as well as visual inspection and capillary pressure data, indicate that a number of pore types...

Formation Evaluation in Shale Prospects Experience in Argentina Vaca Muerta Formation, #51082 (2015).

Martin Paris

Search and Discovery.com

... Conventional Reservoirs Shales Total/effective porosity Permeability Sw Capillary pressure … TOC / %Ro / S1 Fracturability Brittleness Natural...

Construction of Geological Model Scenarios in a Highly Faulted Reservoir: Finding the Appropriate Model That Best-Fit Reservoir Simulation Objectives; #42340 (2019)

Jacobus M. Neethling, K.C. Nyapule, Abdullah Jawoodien, Joerg F. Feddersen, Sbonelo Ngcongo

Search and Discovery.com

... height function relating water saturation to height above free Log water level, based on relationship of capillary pressure to Lambda function...

Coupling Geomechanics and Petrophysical Measurements for Production Enhancement in Organic-Rich Shales

Azra N. Tutuncu, Daisuke Katsuki, Binh T. Bui, Anton Padin, Bryan McDowell

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... binding, the alteration of wettability from being oil to mixed wet to water-wet and the change of the relative permeability and capillary pressure...

The Influence of Stratigraphy and Rock Mechanics on Mesaverde Gas Distribution, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Stephen P. Cumella, Jay Scheevel

AAPG Special Volumes

... in the pore system exceeded the capillary pressure of the water-wet pores, and water was expelled from the pore system, resulting in the development...

Modeling the DEW Plot [Rt/Rw versus Rxo/Rmf] in Vuggy Reservoirs using the Maxwell-Garnett Equation and the Lucia (1995) Petrophysical Classes

George B. Asquith

West Texas Geological Society

... (1995) water saturation equations are based on the observation that different grain or crystal sizes of matrix porosity have different capillary...

Optimizing Field Development Strategy Using Time-Lapse Geochemistry and Production Allocation in Eagle Ford

Jason Jweda, Eric Michael, Olufemi A. Jokanola, Robert Hofer, Victoria Parisi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... logs, pressure gauges in vertical and horizontal wells, and permanently-installed fiber optic cables) to optimize ConocoPhillips Eagle Ford development...

Late Pleistocene Shelf-Edge Deltas and Growth Faulting in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico: The Early Development of Shelf Margin Reservoir Systems, by Richard H.Fillon and Harry H. Roberts,#30051 (2007).

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Hydraulic Fracturing--New Developments

Gerald R. Coulter

GCAGS Transactions

... this restriction to production. The extent of wellbore damage may be determined by production tests, pressure testing, and production history...

Geomechanical Modeling of Flowback Scenarios to Establish Best Practices in the Midland Basin Horizontal Program

Kurt Wilson, Ibraheem Ahmed, Kirk MacIvor

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... drawdown scenarios are applied. The different drawdown scenarios used in the model were based on hourly bottomhole pressure declines that are typically...

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Evaluating Development Strategies in the Marcellus to Address Well Spacing, In-fill Timing and Operational Sequencing

Bilu Cherian, Habib Guerrero, Richard Pratt, Tracy Lombardi, Zach Swanson, Olubiyi Olaoye, Santhosh Narasimhan, Yulia Faulkner

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and permeability degradation. Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) was utilized to generate Corey parameters for relative permeability. Rate-transient...

Analysis of Pre-Production Well Testing Data From North Belut Gas Condensate Reservoir

Andrew Leishman, Eky Saputra, Paul Kim, Mahmud Bazed

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... illustrates the current coarse reservoir model. Water saturations have been defined using capillary pressure curves (via J curves) and a number...

Factors Involved in Segregation of Oil and Gas from Subterranean Water

Jan Versluys

AAPG Bulletin

... point of the earth's crust the water has a hydrostatic pressure approximately equal to the pressure exerted by a column of water from that point...

Ephemeral-Fluvial Deposits: Integrated Outcrop and Simulation Studies Reveal Complexity

Colin P. North , Katy S. Taylor

AAPG Bulletin

... that needed in this study. Samples were returned to the laboratory where porosity and capillary pressure attributes were measured by means of a mercury...

Agents for Primary Hydrocarbon Migration: A Review

Kinji Magara

AAPG Special Volumes

... other possible causes of primary migration, such as capillary pressure, buoyancy, diffusion, and generation of hydrocarbons (especially gas). Most...