Shear Reactivation of Fractures In Deep Frontier Sandstones: Evidence From Horizontal Wells In The Table Rock Field, Wyoming

John C. Lorenz, Lee F. Krystinik, Thomas H. Mroz

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... the length of the core. North is toward the top of the figure and the orientation of the core axis approximates that of the azimuth of the deviated...

A Comparative Study of the Effects of Clay Content on the Fracture Conductivity of the Eagle Ford Shale and Marcellus Shale Formations

Jesse Guerra, Ding Zhu, A Daniel Hill

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... orientation (Figure 2), given that the downhole core was obtained in the vertical section of the well. Figure 2: Schematic of bedding plane orientation...

Paleotopography on the Sub-Mesozoic Unconformity, and Reservoirs of the Mississippian Midale Beds in the Pinto Pool of Southeast Saskatchewan

Arden Marsh

Williston Basin Symposium

... Beds in the Pinto pool in southeast Saskatchewan (Figure 2). The location, shape and orientation of Mississippian oil pools in southeastern...

New Exploration Concept in Salawati Basin; Identification of Naturally Fractured Reservoir Using Fracture Prediction Supported by Triaxial Rock Mechanics

Rochmad, Ananto Wibisono, Al Hafeez, M.Dian Wasugi, Sutha Negara, Pradika Gustaf P, Chairul Syafri

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... by the subsequent fault event. From core descriptions of Sal-K wells, the basement is Granit. Presently, the Salawati Basin is bounded to the north by Sorong...

Using Microseismicity to Identify and Verify Increased Fracture Complexity during Hydraulic Fracture Stimulations; #41501 (2014)

Ted Urbancic, Adam Baig, Ken Kocon, Krystal Tremblay

Search and Discovery.com

... TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada, 6-12 May 2013, AAPG/CSPG©2014 1 ESG, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ([email protected]...

Halite as Cementing Mineral in Sandstones: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

W. A. Waldschmidt

AAPG Bulletin

... End_Page 871------------------------------ Table YATES (PERMIAN) Producing zone core from Shell Oil Company well in Shafter Lake field, Andrews...

ABSTRACT: Understanding Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, by J. Stowell, S. Laubach, R. Marrett, J. Olson, and J. Holder; #90906(2001)

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Mechanical Characterization, Anisotropy, and Failure Pattern of Unconventional Reservoirs for Wellbore Stability and Fracture Enhancement

Aly Abdelaziz, Kareem Aboayanah, Matthew G. Adams, Giovanni Grasselli

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... intact samples at 0°, 45°, and 90° inclination to natural bedding orientation. Rather than conventionally plugging the whole diameter core...

Shell Accumulations in Underwater Sediments and Their Relation to the Thickness of the Traction Zone

Maurice C. Powers, Blair Kinsman

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... a core passed through this layer into a different sediment. All of the cores suggest a shell orientation in situ ranging from random to possibly...

Ungani Oil Field, Canning Basin - Evaluation of a Dolomite Reservoir

David Long, Lionel Esteban, Amy Millar, Anne Forbes, Stuart Weston, Martin Kennedy

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... broken nature of the reservoir section and to retain original orientation and depth, scanning was conducted using the full core tray (i.e. 4 cores...

Laboratory-Based Characterization of Pore Network and Matrix Permeability in the Montney Formation: Insights from Methodology Comparisons

Amin Ghanizadeh, Christopher R. Clarkson, Atena Vahedian, Omid H. Ardakani, James M. Wood, Hamed Sanei

CSPG Bulletin

.... Detailed information for these core plugs, including the depth, orientation with respect to the bedding (parallel/perpendicular), dimensions...

Abstract: Automated Scanning of Fine-scale Geological, Petrophysical and Geomechanical Rock Properties and Its Application in Reservoir Characterization

Ramil S. Ahmadov, Greg N. Boitnott

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... of the Impulse Hammer Technique for Core Mechanical Properties Profiling, International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Snowmass, Colorado...

Microseismic Monitoring and Structural Interpretation of Reactivated Laramide Fractures North-Central New Mexico, #10575 (2014)

Carley M. Freer, Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Michael A. Murphy

Search and Discovery.com

... & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada, 14-18 May 2012, AAPG/CSPG©2014 1 MicroSeismic, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA ([email protected]...

Structural heterogeneity and permeability in faulted eolian sandstone: Implications for subsurface modeling of faults

Zoe K. Shipton, James P. Evans, Kim R. Robeson, Craig B. Forster, Stephen Snelgrove

AAPG Bulletin

... in orientation than at the surface. In general, the drill core orientation data contain a dominant set subparallel to the main fault; however, a significant...

Directions and Frequency of Natural Jointing in the Royal Gorge Arch, Fremont County, Colorado

Timothy L. Clarey, Ronald B. Chase

Four Corners Geological Society

... within the arch to determine possible relationships between joint orientation, joint frequency, lithology, and basement fabric. Outcrops were...

Automatic Fracture Identification using X-ray Images

Ankita Singh, Xiao Lu, Ryan Armstrong, Peyman Mostaghimi

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and orientation which cannot be directly resolved using micro-CT images. We aim to present an automated fracture identification technique using grayscale images...

Textural and sequence-stratigraphic controls on sealing capacity of Lower and Upper Cretaceous shales, Denver basin, Colorado

Sally J. Sutton, Frank G. Ethridge, William R. Almon, William C. Dawson, Kimberly K. Edwards

AAPG Bulletin

...-developed bedding-parallel preferred orientation of flattened organic matter particles strongly favor high sealing capacity. High degrees of bioturbation...

Abstract: Silt in Mudrocks as a Paleoenvironmental Indicator and Characteristic Fabric Element; #90283 (2016)

Nicholas W. Hayman, Kitty L. Milliken

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..., and orientation is directly connected with both the geological nature of a mudrock formation, and the hydrogeology and geomechanics of the pore-grain system...

State of Stress in the Illinois Basin and Constraints on Inducing Failure, #10889 (2016).

R.W. Lahann, J.A. Rupp, C.R. Medina

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... and potentially induce seismicity. Data were collected to determine the magnitude and orientation of a three-component stress field: vertical (Sv), minimum...

Geobody Modelling and Reservoir Characterization of Siliciclastic Wara Formation in Khashman Field, Kuwait, #41005 (2012)

Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Meshal Al-Wadi, Lin Ye, Jalal Dashti

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... of Wara Formation (around 200 ft thick) are interpreted by integrating core and well logs and envisaged fluvio-deltaic deposits within a Lowstand...

Full Use of Dipmeter Data for Geocellular Property Modeling in the McMurray Formation, Alberta; #41586 (2015)

Gregory S. Benson

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... of the coherent bed orientation signal of the co-planar IHS beds. Once the dipmeter data has been high-graded, it can be upscaled into a model framework...

Cardium and Viking Sandstone Cores

R. G. Walker

Special Publications of SEPM

... from Ricinus and Caroline tion. Sandstone core from Stettler Field is discussed. A single Viking Fields. Three shelf sandstone cores GULF RICINUS...

Natural Fractures on the Pinedale Anticline as Seen in Cores and on Image Logs

Mark Longman, Erika Davis, Randy J. Koepsell

AAPG Special Volumes

... by increasing permeability. To assess the abundance and orientation of natural fractures along the northern third of the Pinedale anticline, a suite of 14...

Quantitative variability of burrow percentage estimated from 2D views: example from Thalassinoides-bearing strata, central Saudi Arabia

Hassan Abdalla Eltom, Abdullah Mohammed Alqubalee

PALAIOS

...- orientation, Fig. 2D) perpendicular to both I and J slices was extracted from the cropped scans of the Hanifa core. 2D Quantification of Burrow Percentage...

ABSTRACT: Genesis of mass wasting seismic facies deduced by CAT-scan analysis; #90013 (2003)

MATHIEU JACQUES DUCHESNE, BERNARD FRANCOIS LONG

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.... Seismic line positioning accuracy was 1 m (DGPS) and core positioning accuracy was between 2 and 12 m (Track Point II). The Upper Saguenay Fjord basin...