Experimental and Numerical investigation of Fracture Toughness of Anisotropic Shale Rocks

Yu Suo, Zhixi Chen, Sheik Rahman

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and the clay contains varies from location to location significantly. In this paper, a series of laboratory and numerical experiments are carried out...

Prediction of Normal-Fault Geometries--A Sensitivity Analysis

Martha Oliver Withjack, Eric T. Peterson

AAPG Bulletin

... the folding, the footwall counterpart of the folded hanging-wall bed, and the dip and location of the fault segment between the hanging-wall...

A Test of Initiation of Submarine Leveed Channels by Deposition Alone

Joel C. Rowland, George E. Hilley, Andrea Fildani

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by the channel) basal reflector. Also note that in all images the levee crests are located on the channel margins and show no evidence of inward (toward...

Inferred Diagenetic History of a Weakly Silicified Deep Sea Chalk

Sherwood W. Wise, Jr. , Kerry R. Kelts

GCAGS Transactions

... because it was sufficiently thick at some sites to serve as an acoustical reflector. For this reason, it is designated as the "Maxwell Marker...

Seasat Orbital Radar Imagery for Geologic Mapping: Tennessee-Kentucky-Virginia

J. P. Ford

AAPG Bulletin

...-aperture radar (SAR) experiment aboard Seasat was designed primarily for imaging ocean-surface conditions and determining the distribution and movement...

Managing Escape, Evacuation and Rescue (EER) Risk on Aging Offshore Facilities

Nick Netscher, Jaime Thompson

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

.... When considering a TR Philosophy for these existing facilities, before determining the endurance time, an appropriate location for a TR...

Core-Analysis Practices--Basic Methods and New Developments

T. A. Pollard , Paul P. Reichertz

AAPG Bulletin

...), "The Electrical Resistivity Log as an Aid in Determining Some Reservoir Characteristics," Trans. A.I.M.E., Vol. 146, p. 54. 2. ARCHIE, G. E. (1950...

Factual and Simulation Data Characterization of Impact Area by Fires and Explosions of Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines to Evaluate the Safety Effectiveness of National Regulations with Comparative Method

Haryono Budi Santosa, Muhammad Tanzilul Alif Rahman Hariadi, Muhammad Rafi, Elvina Yulia Putri Siregar, Latifa Salsabila

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... (considerations) through determining * Universitas Gadjah Mada 2 minimum distances based on location class, pipe diameter and operating pressure...

2D Resistivity Imaging Investigation of Long Point, Katy-Hockley, Tomball, and Pearland Faults, Houston, Texas

Mustafa Saribudak

GCAGS Transactions

... and measuring the associated voltages at various locations along the survey line. This technique has been used widely in determining the locations...

Dynamic Porosity and the Possibility of Using it in Calculation of Oil Reserves

G. N. Pokrovskaya, Yu. Ya. Kalabin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

.... (April) 1. Orkin, K. G., 1949, Experimental apparatus for determining dynamic porosity of compact sand and methods of operation: Tr. GrozNII, Sb. 7...

Determining Ultimate Petroleum Potential of Sedimentary Basins by Hydrous Pyrolysis, by M. D. Lewan; #90986 (1994).

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Tectonic and Petrophysical Investigation of Williston Basin Strata around the Weyburn CO2 Sequestration Reservoir

Sandor Sule, Zoltan Hajnal, and Bhaskar Pandit

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... - 3D network presentation of all seismic sections (subhorizontal lines indicate the reflective horizons) and location of the 1000 boreholes used...

Measurement Environments Effect on DTS Surveys: A Case Study on Fiber Cable-Wellbore Coupling

Kagan Kutun, Ge Jin, Jennifer L. Miskimins

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... reports the temperature at its location, i.e. the cemented annulus. The location of the fiber in the radial cross section (i.e. cable location...

Using Interval Resistivity Data to Help Detect Ground-Water Contamination as a Function of Space and Time — A Case Study, Provo, Utah

Alvin K. Benson, Melissa A. Stubben

Utah Geological Association

... the hydrocarbon-contaminant plumes as a function of location. The plume at this site was delineated as an area of low apparent and low interval...

Method of Commercial Prospecting for Oil Pools in Platform Areas

V. S. Melik-Pashaev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... in the past, provides for locating a new well at the apex of an equilateral triangle, at the other corners of which are located producing wells. Location...

Simulation Studies on Aquifer Influence to Reservoir Production

Iskandarsyah, Aji Suteja, Prima Erfindo Manaf, Vernando Morena

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Efficient Rate (MER)); determining the number and location of wells in the stages of strategy field development; determining the direction of wells...

Structural Evolution of Grand Lake Field, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

David B. Johanson

GCAGS Transactions

... million barrels of oil and more than 108 billion cubic feet of gas. This paper presents the results of research aimed at determining what factors...

Effect of Source and Environment on Clay Minerals

I. H. Milne , J. W. Earley

AAPG Bulletin

... added by the presence of mixed-layer clays involving two or more of the main groups. In view of the many variables involved in determining the clay...

Factors Controlling Shape and Internal Facies Distribution of Organic Carbonate Buildups: GEOLOGICAL NOTE

Robert J. Stanton, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

... that the independent variables most important in determining form and internal facies, and therefore most useful as a framework for such a synthesis, are three...

Tertiary Carbonate Plays in the Papuan Basin

G. R. Leamon, G. L. Parsons

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

.... However the higher resolution seismic data indicate scattered groupings of patch reef development with over 100m of relief at the top of Eocene reflector...

Stability of Continental Shelf and Slope off Louisiana and Texas: Geotechnical Aspects: 4. Character of the Sediments

David J. Watkins , Leland M. Kraft Jr.

AAPG Special Volumes

... Technology Conf., Houston, Proc., v. 2, p. 721-730. Suhayda, J. N., 1974, Determining nearshore infragravity wave spectra, in International Symposium...

Laboratory Evaluation of a Real-Time Coaxial Cable Casing Imager for Wellbore Integrity Monitoring

Yurong Li, Runar Nygaard, Baokai Cheng, Wenge Zhu, Hai Xiao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... reflector due to the characteristic impedance discontinuity. The remaining wave transmitting through the first reflector is once again partially reflected...

Regional Stratigraphy and Correlation of Cretaceous and Paleocene Rocks, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana

W. R. Keefer, T. M. Finn, R. C. Johnson, C. W. Keighin

Wyoming Geological Association

... serves as a useful guide for determining the Frontier-Cody contact in many wells. Based on the correlations that were made within the outcrop belt...

Displacement Geometry in the Volume Containing a Single Normal Fault

Jim A. M. Barnett , John Mortimer , John H. Rippon , John J. Walsh , Juan Watterson

AAPG Bulletin

... by showing a 16 km2 area of the North Sea, in which four reflectors are identified. Apparent horizontal extension of reflector B is 1.3 times...

Structure and Stratigraphy of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Chapter 2: Part I. Type Basin: Gulf of Suez

Karsten I. Schutz

AAPG Special Volumes

... Plateau, WA = Wadi Araba, SG = Southern Galala Plateau. Fig. 2. Location map. A.R. = Abu Rudeis, A.S. = Ain Sukna, BEL = Belayim, G.A. = Gebel Araba...