High resistivity reservoirs (causes and effects): Sahara Field, Murzuq Basin, Libya

Abubaker AlAnsari, Ahmed Salem, Abdul Hadi Abd Rahman, Nuri Fello

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... water level and capillary pressure have their highest values in the exact areas where extreme deep resistivity readings were recorded, around 120 ft...

Abstract: Means Field Residual Oil Zone Study – Extending the Life of a 75 Year Old Field, by Richard J. Wachtman, Prabodh Pathak, Dale E. Fitz, Jon Meissner, and Lizbeth Guijarro; #120034 (2012)

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A Quantitative Pore-Scale Investigation on the Paragenesis of Wilcox Tight Gas Sandstone

Ayaz Mehmani, Kitty Milliken, Masa Prodanovic

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the drainage capillary pressure and relative permeability-wetting phase saturation curves at early cementation, final cementation and feldspar dissolution...

Petroleum charge history in the Baiyun depression and Panyu lower uplift in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea: Constraints from integration of organic geochemical and fluid inclusion data

Hongwei Ping, Honghan Chen, Puqiang Zhai, Junzhang Zhu, and Simon C. George

AAPG Bulletin

... as follows if the pressure coefficient (Pc) of the reservoir during the hydrothermal activity is known. where Pr is the reservoir pressure (MPa), Ps...

Entrapment of Petroleum in Isolated Porous Bodies

Caswell Silver

AAPG Bulletin

... that precludes water when the supply of oil and gas is adequate. Water is precluded by capillary displacement pressure in the preferential occupation...

Improving Oil Recovery Using Integrated Evaluation Techniques - Workshop Summary

Tim Carr, John Doveton, Lynn Watney, Marty Dubois, Alan Byrnes, Rodney Reynolds, Bill Johnson

PTTC

... spreadsheet capabilities. The rock catalogue provided by GEMINI includes extensive petrophysical data: porosity, permeability, capillary pressure...

Energized and Foam Fracturing Fluids for Liquids-Rich Organic Shale Reservoirs; #80388 (2014)

James McAndrew, Rong Fan, and Robert Barba

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... transport. They also significantly reduce gel volumes (or even completely eliminate them if a gel-free foam is used) and capillary phase trapping...

Abstract: Scaling of Co-Current and Counter-Current Capillary Imbibition for Surfactant and Polymer Injection in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, by T. Babadagli; #90911 (2000)

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Triassic Seals in the Cooper Basin

R. Dragomirescu, J. Kaldi, N. Lemon, E. Alexander

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... geometry (thickness and lateral extent of the seal) and seal integrity. Seal capacity was evaluated by mercury injection capillary pressure analyses...

Anomalous Gas - Water Contact Study Arun Field, Offshore North Sumatra

Budiono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., permeability, scanning election microsopy, capillary pressure and microporosity have so far been inconclusive. Further study of reservoir parameters below...

Novel Wettability Modifiers for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Oil Reservoirs

Mingyuan Wang, Gayan A. Abeykoon, Francisco J. Argüelles Vivas, Ryosuke Okuno

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and pressure drop along the core were recorded periodically. Once the water cut reached 100%, the injection rate was increased to reduce the capillary end...

Investigation of Flow and Imbibition Processes in Spraberry Fracture Systems Using a Hyper-Threaded Reservoir Simulator

Kyle D. Scott, Michael A. Quinn, Gene D. Monson, Paul A. Leonard

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of water-filled fractures imbibing and displacing oil in the low-permeability matrix. It was also concluded that capillary pressure, matrix permeability...

Drilled Sidewall Cores Aid in Interpretation of the Tertiary Wasatch Formation, Natural Buttes Field, Utah

Michael E. Shade, Diana K.T. Hansen

Utah Geological Association

... JJJ, 19 p. Goetz, J.F., 1985, Geological application of logging measurements: Halliburton Logging Services Internal Memorandum, p. 103–123. Harris, P.C....

A Note on the Fluid Level Traps in the San Joaquin Valley

Charles D. Foss

Pacific Section of AAPG

... and permeable sands l’ttle capillary pressure is involved. The San Joaquin Valley has had an increasingly arid climate since the ice age, thereby...

Standardizing Offset Pressure Characterization for Infill Completion in Unconventional Reservoirs

Justin Mayorga, Erica Coenen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pressure is necessary to overcome any present capillary pressure within the natural fracture network within tight rock. As pumping comes to an end...

Comparison of gas, Klinkenberg, and liquid permeability of sandstone: Flow regime and pore size

Tobias Orlander, Harald Milsch, and Ida Lykke Fabricius

AAPG Bulletin

... (Hg) injection capillary pressure (MICP) data through Washburn’s equation:where d Hg is pore-throat diameter assuming a circular cross section, P c...

Theoretical Investigation of Water Blocking in Unconventional Reservoirs Due to Spontaneous Imbibition and Water Adsorption

Lichi Deng, Michael J. King

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and Sharma, 2013). But there are more researches focused on the imbibition theory associated with capillary pressure and its role in sucking the water...

Biogenic Gas Systems in the Qaidam Basin, NW China, #50377 (2011)

Haiping Huang, Shuichang Zhang, Xiaobao Zhang, Aiguo Su, Olufemi Jokanola, Yanhua Shuai, Steve Larter,

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... the migrating gas/oil and the capillary entry pressure respectively. rCap θ σ AAPG ICE 2010 is the critical capillary entry radius and inversely...

WFT Data and Pressure Profile Analysis: Applications, Complexities, and Challenges

J. V. C. Howes

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...), with the gas-water contact lying at a distance above the FWL controlled by rock quality (capillary pressure). Figure (b) shows a two phase hydrocarbon column...

Gas Condensate Reservoir Simulation, E-xy Reservoir, Badak Field

R. Sudibjo, D. Hadiatno, C. Soemarso

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was described with values for grid dimensions, elevation, thickness, porosity, permeability, initial saturation, capillary pressure, relative...

Top Seal Potential of Tertiary Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico Shales

Dawson, William C. and Almon, William R.

GCAGS Transactions

... for Exploration and Production: Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication 7, p. 165-174. Jennings, J. J., 1987, Capillary pressure techniques...

Practical Uses of Pressure Gradients from the Formation Tester

K. Wali

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... lines through the pressure vs depth data in the dif­ ferent phases defines the level where the capillary pressure between the two phases in contact...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Overpressure Determination from Sonic and Resistivity Log Anomalies, Jonah Field, Northern Green River Basin, Wyoming

Robert M. Cluff, Suzanne G. Cluff

Wyoming Geological Association

... with depth as the underlying source of the gas is approached, following some sort of generalized capillary pressure function vs. height of the gas column...

Laboratory Measurements on Core-scale Sediment and Hydrate Samples to Predict Reservoir Behavior

Timothy J. Kneafsey, Yongkoo Seol, George J. Moridis, Liviu Tomutsa, Barry M. Freifeld

AAPG Special Volumes

... relationships, and capillary-pressure-saturation relationships. We have developed a technique to make hydrate-bearing samples, ranging in scale from...

Reservoir Modeling for CO2 EOR in Mississippian Carbonate Reservoir at Wellington Field in South-Central Kansas, #80621 (2017).

Yevhen Holubnyak, Willard Watney, Jason Rush, Mina Fazelalavi, Dana Wreath, Tandis S. Bidgoli

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... and permeability, relative permeability, and capillary pressure. The Drill Stem Test (DST) was also conducted to estimate injection interval permeability...