Beyond TMAX Thermal Maturity: Introducing an Original Method for Analyzing Source-Rock Pyrolysis Data to Predict Transformation Ratio and Retention Ratio in Resource-Play Evaluations

Paul E. Devine

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... URTeC 1922839 11 However, the example of offset wells from the Piceance Basin with detailed pyrolysis sampling of the Niobrara interval provides...

Identifying mass transport deposits using image logs and core in Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations, Delaware Basin: Implications for mapping, facies distribution, reservoir properties, and unraveling subsurface chaos

Joshua J. OBrien, Jarret M. Borell, Chris Bowie, Erik P. Kvale

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... that comprise elements (e.g., source rock, seal, reservoir, frac baffle/barrier, carrier beds) of deep-marine unconventional petroleum systems (e.g....

Why Brazil? Some Insights into the Future Petroleum Potential of Offshore Brazil

Bob Fryklund and Steve Edrich

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

..., but let's examine some of the petroleum system elements that might influence their perception of the geotechnical risk. We will start...

Lower Tertiary Submarine Fan Deposits in Southern Belize

Jason D. Fisher, David T. King, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

..., depositional lobe, and sheet architectural elements. Fisher, J. D., and King, D. T., Jr., 2015, Stratigraphy of the Toledo formation, Belize basin...

FRONTMATTER: Abstracts of the 38th Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology

Tim A. Moore, Carme Huguet, Ofentse M. Moroeng, Carol I. Sule

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... of critical elements to carbon isotopes in palaeoclimate studies; from evaluation of lead contamination at mine sites to organics in shales. Keeping...

Optimization in U.S. Shale Plays: Emerging New Techniques and Technologies, #110214 (2015).

Susan Smith Nash

Search and Discovery.com

... geochemistry is critical, particularly when targeting an ideal mix of gas and liquids. A few of the “must have” elements and the “best practices...

Operational and Business Efficiency in Unconventional Projects, Haskett, William J.; Jenkins, Creties; Walls, Joel D., #90100 (2009)

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Application of Salt Tectonics Concepts to Hydrocarbon Exploration in Mexico

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CLIMATO-TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SILICICLASTIC SANDSTONES ON PUERTO RICO: FROM LITHIC ARENITES TO QUARTZ-ARENITIC SANDS IN AN OCEANIC ISLAND-ARC SETTING

David K. Larue, Kimberly Mendez Mendez, José L. Corchado Albelo, Lauryn N. Martinez, K. Stephen Hughes, Thomas Hudgins, Hernan Santos, Alan L. Smith, Chris Osterberg

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... However, the quartz-arenitic sands plot incorrectly in the passive-margin field when considering major elements, and correctly in or near the oceanic...

Implementation of cloud-ready technology designed to address longstanding data interoperability and accessibility issues through the use of a comprehensive semi-automated seismic interpretation workflow

Marion Barr, Stuart Walley, Vianney Savajol, Jie Deng, Christine Rhodes, Aurelien van Welden, Paul Endresen, Marius Storm-Olsen, Andy James

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... when migrating IT infrastructure to the cloud where data interoperability becomes a critical consideration. The purpose of this study is to test...

ExxonMobils Project Approach to Safety - Nobody Gets Hurt

Zainul Bahri, Ryan A. Klue, Joey Tucker, Robi Nugraha, James David Smith

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... environment is a significant challenge, particularly in new operating areas. Most importantly, this requires commitment by Senior Management. Also critical...

Towards A More Effective Training Program to Develop A Skillful National Geophysicist

Stephen Scott, Agus Wijiastono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... work assignment is critical to the new geophysicist's development. Often, the first work assignment establishes the strength of the tie between the new...

Basin Scale Typing of Deepwater Sediments; #10484 (2013)

Paolo Dattilo

Search and Discovery.com

... flow and the global distribution of the depositional elements between slope and basin floor. Practical experience suggests however...

Competency Framework: Environmental Approval Specialists

Petrina Raitt, Stacey Fidgeon

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... stage is critical. Providing quality environmental support to the oil and gas industry requires not only an understanding of the range of petroleum...

Breaking Up is Never Easy: The Complexities That Create Opportunities in the Distal Domain

Helen Doran, Gianreto Manatschal

GEO ExPro Magazine

... observations made at proximal margins into the distal domain. Holding a model on margin evolution is critical for play-based exploration. Historic rifting...

Understanding the Spacing, Completions, and Geological Influences on Decline Rates and B Values

Dillon Niederhut, Alexander Cui, Connor Macalla, Jason Reed

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... curve is critical for understanding and optimizing the financial implications of well placement, pad design, and completions designs. However, the direct...

Geophysical Data for Geologic Study

R. C. Dunlap, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

..., we should keep in mind that certain elements have been recognized for a number of years. For example, Frank Rieber (1937) presented a method...

Using Mass-Balance Organic Geochemistry to Spatially Delineate the Spectrum of Hybrid Unconventional Plays in the Lower Green River Formation, Uinta Basin; #51716 (2025)

William R. Drake

Search and Discovery.com

... of self-sourcing and hydrocarbon migration are critical for spatially characterizing the variability of hybrid systems. The primary horizontal drilling...

ABSTRACT: IDENTIFYING GAS … WATER CONTACTS FROM SONIC LOGS (IN SUPPORT OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS)

Clive Sirju

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

... is critical in the determination of hydrocarbon volumes. Traditionally a change from high to low resistivity from induction logs as well as fluid...

Abstract: Use of Well Logs in Seismic Reservoir Characterization

Joel Walls

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... as reservoir geophysics, has evolved over the past several years into a multi-disciplinary, business-critical function in most ED&P organizations. Sheriff...

ABSTRACT: Reservoir Characterization Guided by Seismic Attributes; Successes, Pitfalls and Best Practices from the Niger Delta; #90017 (2003)

Steve D. Jenkins, Michel F. Bee, Stan P. Franklin, John Garrity

Search and Discovery.com

... for the Niger Delta. These practices improve predictions of porosity, saturation and reservoir performance used to make critical business decisions...

Seismic interpretation workflows for deep-water systems: A practical guide for the subsurface

Mike Mayall and Ben Kneller

AAPG Bulletin

... Interpretation If the data allow for mapping all of these elements, a comprehensive characterization can be achieved. Figure 8A shows an example...

Characterizing Stress Sensitive Fracture Apertures in Discrete Fracture Network Representations: A Stress Based Method to Represent Fracture Aperture Heterogeneity as an Input for Fluid Flow from Realistic, Outcrop Derived DFN Fracture Representations, #42357 (2019).

Rahul Prabhakaran, Pierre-Olivier Bruna, Giovanni Bertotti, Silvia Mittempergher, Andrea Succo, Andrea Bistacchi, Fabrizio Storti,

Search and Discovery.com

..., fracture apertures and fluid flow sensitivities using a folded ‘box-type’ anticlinal structure example from the Pag Island, Croatia. Fractured folds...

Determination of Formation Organic Carbon Content Using a New Neutron-Induced Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Service that Directly Measures Carbon

Jorge Gonzalez, Richard Lewis, James Hemingway, Jim Grau, Erik Rylander, Iain Pirie

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... tool using a very highresolution scintillator and a new type of pulsed neutron generator allows us to measure new elements which, in turn, increases our...

Improved geostatistical models of inclined heterolithic strata for McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada

Mehran M. Hassanpour, Michael J. Pyrcz, Clayton V. Deutsch

AAPG Bulletin

... in this article is general and could be applied to any scale of modeling, including lithofacies and elements. In many settings, facies are the critical constraint...