A Coupled Geomechanics-Reservoir Properties Workflow for Unconventional Play Landing Zone Optimisation

Jinying Zhou, Taixu Bai, Qingguang Qu, Biwen Gui

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the written consent of URTeC is prohibited. Abstract Optimized landing zone has been proven the critical decision for successful unconventional play...

Carbonate Pore Types and Wettability from Well Logs

G. B. Asquith

West Texas Geological Society

...Carbonate Pore Types and Wettability from Well Logs G. B. Asquith 2004 59 67 In the well log analysis of carbonate reservoirs it is critical...

Net Pay Cutoffs from Capillary Pressure; #120008 (2009)

Andy May

Search and Discovery.com

... are not equal Provides a profile of the hydrocarbon/water transition zone for accurate reservoir simulation – Sw is not a constant or a simple function...

The Influences of Biological Activity and Consolidation Time on Laboratory Cohesive Beds

Valeria da S. Quaresma, Carl L. Amos, Mogens Flindt

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... Processes in the Intertidal Zone: Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 139, p. 25-43. End_Page 189------------------------ AMOS...

Structural Model of Bukit Bajangan Deformation of Halang Formation in Kebumen, Central Java

Aldo Febriansyah Putra, Salahuddin Husein

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the tectonic history of Central Java has long been recognized as critical to successful petroleum exploration over the area. Most of the geologic setting...

Nonhazardous Oil Field Waste Disposal into Subpressured Zones

S. A. Marinello, W. T. Ballantine, F. L. Lyon

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

.... The problem of nonhazardous oil field waste disposal is a critical cost consideration in the oil and gas industry. The problem becomes even more critical...

Role of Geopressure in the Hydrocarbon and Water System

Paul H. Jones

AAPG Special Volumes

... in deep sedimentary basins can be described in terms of the depth-pressure gradient, as (1) the hydropressure zone, (2) the geopressure zone, and (3...

Relating Directional Current Structures of Modern Sediments to the Direction and Velocity of Tidal Current Systems, Five Islands Tidal-Flat Complex, Nova Scotia

George DeVries Klein

Atlantic Geology

... of a larger study relating directional properties of modern sediments to depositional current systems was undertaken in the Five Islands intertidal zone...

Geological Problems at Corral Canyon on the Malibu Coast

L. C. McFarland, Edward A. Hall, Robert N. Hacker, Henry H. Neel, Richard B. Haines, Burdette A. Ogle, Ronald G. Heck, John N. Truex

Pacific Section SEPM

... Zone at the mouth of Corral Canyon has had a long history. Briefly, DWP did extensive engineering work on this project starting in 1961 and submitted...

Geological Problems at Corral Canyon on the Malibu Coast

Pacific Section of AAPG

... segment of the California geological profession concerning the location of an atomic power plant in the Malibu Coast Fault Zone at the mouth of Corral...

Abstract: Deglaciation of the inner Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia: correlation of land-sea events

R. R. Stea, D. B. Scott, G. B. J. Fader

Atlantic Geology

... formed at the margin of the Scotian Ice deep ocean and the land, is a critical region for land-sea correDivide located across the axis of the Nova Scotia...

AAPG Memoir 76, Chapter 4: Critical-Porosity Models

Jack Dvorkin, and Amos Nur

AAPG Special Volumes

...AAPG Memoir 76, Chapter 4: Critical-Porosity Models Jack Dvorkin, and Amos Nur 2001 33 41 AAPG Memoir 76: Pressure Regimes in Sedimentary Basins...

ABSTRACT: 3D post stack data enhancement -SE Darien, Trinidad

Garossino, P., Scheet, R., Farmer, S., Marfurt, K, Gutowski, P., Sharp, J. and Bailey, J.

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

... and, if possible, improve imaging below the shallow gas zone. Application of various 3D post stack image enhancement processing techniques resulted in noticeable...

Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation, Southeastern Saskatchewan

Dan Kohlruss and Holly Shoulak

Williston Basin Symposium

.... The zone of most interest is the siltstone to fine sandstone, unit A, which represents a shallowing-up-ward succession deposited as part...

Abstract: Appraisal Strategy in the Mangala, Aishwaryia and Bhagyam Fields (Rajasthan) from Pore Size to Seismic Scale

Laura Robertson, Paul Compton

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... with a detailed well test campaign to evaluate potential deliverability. This focused activity allowed Cairn to reduce the critical uncertainties in a timely...

Abstract: Potential for long term uses of Anthropogenic CO2 in the Permian Basin

Bob Trentham

West Texas Geological Society

.... With the addition of Residual Oil Zone EOR projects and the long term potential for Greenfield CO2 EOR ROZ projects, significant additional supplies...

Limestone Facies and Stratigraphic Traps: Abstract

Ralph W. Edie

Tulsa Geological Society

... field extensions (most critical during early development drilling) and prospects in strictly wildcat areas. In most cases, drilling locations to test...

Mississippian Production Within the Kansas Portion of the Hugoton Gas Field With Special Emphasis on the Pleasant Prairie and Eubank Pools: Abstract

F. O. Bennett

Tulsa Geological Society

... on a prominent Winfield structure exhibiting 69' of critical west dip and 87' of north dip. Subsequent drilling by the same company, of nearby Winfield...

Abstract: Seal Controls on Trap Capacity and Migration

William T. Shea, Jr. and Susan Haggerty

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... as those measured on common top seals. These results show that fault zone material can provide an effective hydrocarbon seal, but may trap only limited...

Abstract: Utilizing stress transfer processes from microseismic analysis to increase production: A paradigm shift in completion strategies for the Permian

D. Cannon, T. I. Urbancic

West Texas Geological Society

... an increase in deformation of the pre-stimulated zone was observed, suggesting reactivation of induced fabric occurred. We suggest that stress transfer...

Abstract: Minimum Target Thickness For Horizontal Wells: A Case Study from the Gulf of Mexico

Barry Gidman, Lane RB Hammons, and Martin D. Paulk

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... be a relatively easy task if the target zone is a homogeneous sand body 100 feet or more thick. But what happens if the target reservoir is only a few feet...

Abstract: 4-D Seismic Interpretation Technologies and their Application to the Eugene Island 330 Field, Offshore Louisiana

Roger N. Anderson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... temperature monitoring, repeated 3-D seismic imaging of producing fields promises to identify missed hydrocarbon zones and to provide the critical production...

Abstract: Structural Arrays and Depositional Geometries in Hydrocarbon Provinces: A View from Orbit

Patricia Wood Dickerson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... and complexly deformed regions, the challenge becomes one of discriminating among superposed patterns-critical for evaluating trap integrity...

Recent Research in Western Indonesia: A Critical Look at Some Major Events in the Tertiary: Abstract

I. R. Cloke, R. Hall, N. Harbury, R. Holt, C. Howells, A. McCarthy, J. Milsom, S. J. Moss, A. Ngakan, J. Noad, M. J. Wilson

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Recent Research in Western Indonesia: A Critical Look at Some Major Events in the Tertiary: Abstract I. R. Cloke, R. Hall, N. Harbury, R. Holt, C...

ABSTRACT: Life in the Cosmos

Richard B. Hoover

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

...) These discoveries greatly extended the “Habitable Zone” of our Solar System and suggest that biology may be a cosmic imperative rather than restricted...