Development of the Kutubu Project Reservoirs: Petroleum Development Licence Through to First Oil

W. I. McKay, M. V. Langston, T. N. Magner

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... of initial production from a well. Thereafter, wells are typically tested twice monthly, and more frequently if unexpected results or trends are noted...

A Workflow For Success in Shales

Ted Holden, John Pendrel, Fred Jenson, Peter Mesdag

GEO ExPro Magazine

...; arrow length indicates magnitude of fast velocity. Arrow directions represent azimuths. Initial production from Well Y was three times that from Well X...

Statewide assessment of CO2 storage resources for the lower Paleozoic strata, Oklahoma: Simpson Group, Viola Limestone and Hunton Group

Anna M. Turnini, and Matthew J. Pranter

AAPG Bulletin

... from well logs, and the total porosity model was constrained to the lithology model. To determine the CO2 storage resources, the US Department of Energy...

Main Problems of Prospecting the Markovo Oil Field in Eastern Siberia

A. A. Trofimuk, V. G. Vasil’yev, I. P. Karasev, S. P. Kosorotov, M. M. Mandel’baum, A. N. Mustafinov, V. V. Samsonov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., yielded a flow of oil at 30-40 tons per day from the 2559-2606 m interval, which is the base of the Mot formation. Thus, with oil showings in well 9...

The Use of Seismic Technologies in Different Reserve Standards: Applications of 3D Seismic and 4D Seismic to the SEC, NI-51 and PRMS Reserve Categories, #41865 (2016).

Jeffrey B. Aldrich, Brandy M. Butler, John P. Seidle

Search and Discovery.com

... and Discovery Article #41865 (2016)** Posted August 22, 2016 *Adapted from oral presentation given at AAPG 2016 Annual Convention and Exhibition, Calgary...

Delivering a Geological Service for Europe

Kris Piessens, Gregor Götzl, Klaus Hinsby, Jørgen Tulstrup, Antje Wittenberg, Serge van Gessel, Joop Hasselman

GEO ExPro Magazine

... resources in the North Sea as well as the resources from deep energy related activities and provides a presence and potential risks related to gas...

Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Attributes: Using 3-D Seismic to Identify New Opportunities in Old Fields-Riverton Dome Field, Wyoming

Jane E. Estes-Jackson, Daniel W. Shewmake, Steven G. Siguaw

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... on the anticline. smaller faults, as well as to help with the mapping of sand body geometries. A detailed velocity analysis technique was used...

Geothermal Energy Cordilleran Hingeline - West

B. Greider

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... body to a cooler body. This is not a function of being above or below a reference point of depth. Gravity surveys are useful in determining faults...

Multiple Stratigraphic Indicators of Major Strike-slip Movement along the Eola Fault, Subsurface Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma

Jerry Glen McCaskill Jr.

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... in most well bores, 3) consist of a number of sub-units that could be easily distinguished from one another, 4) have sub-units that pinch out...

Main Results of Geological Exploration and Tasks of Regional Investigations in the North Caucasus

M. S. Burshtar, K. A. Belov, G. G. Gasanguseynov, V. A. Znamenskiy, M. S. L’vov, M. R. Pustil’nikov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... be accomplished by carrying out the most effective exploration program, determining the geology of the entire territory as a whole from regional...

Efficient Ratio of Reserves of Oil and Gas of Different Categories and Method of Planning Their Growth

A. A. Trofimuk

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... problems in the planning of increases in reserves and in determining the effectiveness of exploration. Proving of reserves should be planned to meet...

Recommendations for the Proper Handling of Cores and Sedimentological Analysis of Core Sequences

Charles T. Siemers, Roderick W. Tillman

Special Publications of SEPM

.... Most information loss results from improper handling and labeling of the core at the well site and in commercial laboratories that make measurements...

Geothermal gradient and heat flow maps of offshore Malaysia: Some updates and observations

Mazlan Madon, John Jong

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... datapoints from heat flow probe measurements at the seabed in the deep-water areas off Sarawak and Sabah. The heat flow probe surveys also provided...

The Discovery of the Bumblebee and Grapple Mineralisation and Impacts on Exploration at the Lake Mackay Project

Mike Whitford, Doug Winzar

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... Soil sampling initially provided the target areas with subsequent EM surveys delineating basement conductors. Bumblebee returned sub economic...

Improving Reservoir Characterisation

Lucy Macgregor

GEO ExPro Magazine

... be improved through the integrated analysis of CSEM, seismic and well log data. LUCY MACGREGOR, RSI Inc. Determining reservoir geometry and properties from...

Determination of Basinwide Paleocurrent Patterns in a Shale Succession from Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (Ams): A Case Study of the Mid-Proterozoic Newland Formation, Montana

Jurgen Schieber, Brooks B. Ellwood

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...) are presented so that the angle given in Table 1 points in the interpreted paleoflow direction. Data from hand-specimen cores typically show well...

Abstract: Novel Technologies for Determining the Charge History and Bio-degradative Losses in Heavy-oil Oilfields, by Moldowan, John M. and Denisevich, Peter; #90166 (2013)

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Lithofacies Evolution from Transgressive to Highstand Systems Tracts, Holocene of the Alabama Coastal Zone

David J. Davies, Richard L. Hummell

GCAGS Transactions

..., surface sediment samples, and shallow seismic surveys. Facies range from silty clay (bay muds) to orthoquartzitic sand (shelf sand ridges) and shell...

Abstract: Oil Sands Reservoir Characterization A Case Study at Nexen/Opti Long Lake, by Laurie Weston Bellman; #90075 (2008)

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Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature

AAPG Bulletin

... and bottom of the new unit or mine level where it is exposed. If all the data needed to establish a type section cannot be furnished from one well, two...

Hydrocarbon gases in the shallow section of the Mohe permafrost, northeastern China: Source for potential gas-hydrate formation

Xingmin Zhao, Jian Deng, Zhigang Wen, Zhu Rao, Li Yi, Chen Liu, and Cheng Lu

AAPG Bulletin

... of very low salinity for gas-hydrate formation. Based on well-logging results from 12 wells, the groundwater table of the Mohe area ranges from 0 to more...

Gulf of Mexico overpressure and clay diagenesis without unloading: An anomaly?

Richard W. Lahann

AAPG Bulletin

... assemblages in terms of velocity–density crossplots (Figure 2) based on data from the General Crude Oil–Department of Energy 1 Pleasant Bayou well from...

Technique of Testing Large Cores of Oil Sand: ABSTRACT

F. B. Plummer, Paul Tapp

AAPG Bulletin

..., methods, and techniques for determining permeability, porosity, and fluid content of large slices of rock cores obtained from core drills from 20...

Abstracts: State-of-the-Art Oil Field Geobiology: Implications for Exploration and Production; #90210 (2015)

Bruce W. Fouke

Search and Discovery.com

.... We will evaluate the most recent advances in: 1. extracting microbes from core and subsurface fluids; 2. determining the biodiversity and metabolic...

Question of Oil-Gas Potential of Central Regions of Russian Platform

N. V. Nevolin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of eleveted activity: Eifelian-lower Frasnian, Famennian-Tournaisian, Yasnopolyan, Bashkirian, Kashir-Myachkov, and Permian. These are separated from...