Analyzing the impact of fracture complexity on well performance and wettability alteration in Eagle Ford shale

Jiawei Li, Wei Yu, Kan Wu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the natural of multiple stage fractured horizontal wells in naturally fractured formations and use the model to predict fractured well performance. Yu...

Structural Modeling Within the Sanga Sanga PSC, Kutei Basin, Kalimantan: Its Application to Paleochannel Orientation Studies and Timing of Hydrocarbon Entrapment

Angus Ferguson, Ken McClay

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... physical modeling involved testing five, previously proposed, tectonic models. A combined model of differential loading followed by contraction was also...

Section Two: Initiation and Development of Salt Diapirism and Growth Faulting Under the Continental Slope and Continental Shelf

New Orleans Geological Society

... mounds or mesas between steep-sided depositional troughs and basins, on the upper surfaces of laterally displaced salt tongues. Continuing differential...

A Dynamic Approach to Evolution of Low Permeability Gas Accumulations in the Greater Green and Wind River Basins, Wyoming, by Randal L. Billingsley and Maria Wood Henry

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A Dynamic Approach to Evolution of Low Permeability Gas Accumulations in the Greater Green and Wind River Basins, Wyoming, by Randal L. Billingsley and Maria Wood Henry; #90042 (2005)

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Damage and plastic deformation of reservoir rocks: Part 2. Propagation of a hydraulic fracture

Seth Busetti, Kyran Mish, Peter Hennings, Ze'ev Reches

AAPG Bulletin

.... Reducing differential stress increases the injection pressure required to fracture and promotes off-plane damage, which increases fracture complexity...

Three-Dimensional Structural Evolution of a Salt-Cored, Domed, Reactivated Fault Complex, Jebel Madar, Oman; #30180 (2011)

Johan S. Claringbould, J. Frederick Sarg, Brittney B. Hyden, and Bruce D. Trudgill

Search and Discovery.com

..., reservoir quality is highly dependent on fracture distribution. The northern Oman region has a complex tectonic history, and multiple major tectonic events...

Understanding Field Performance of Hydraulically Fractured Wells: Comparison of Pressure Front Versus Tracer Front Propagation Using the Fast Marching Method (FMM) and Complex Analysis Method (CAM)

Kiran Nandlal, Chen Li, Ching-Hsien Liu, Venkata Bala Krishnateja Chavali, Michael J. King, Ruud Weijermars

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is possible due to the imposed pressure differential between the bottomhole flowing pressure and the initial reservoir pressure. Once this pressure...

Interrogating Flowback Chemistry for Damage Markers in the Eagle Ford

Jesse Farrell, Ryan Williams, Rasika Prabhu, Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov, William Kreimeier

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... quantified and benchmarked with the clues provided in flowback water. Method The wells selected in this study were completed similarly with two primary...

Fracture Curving Between Tightly Spaced Horizontal Wells

Reza Safari, Xiaodan Ma, Richard E. Lewis, Uno Mutlu, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... multiple fractures from two horizontal wells curve and propagated towards each other. Fracture curving between tightly spaced horizontal wells and within...

Migration of Natural Gas Through Heterogeneous Sandy Soils Affected by Atmospheric Boundary Conditions

Ariel Esposito, Tissa Illangasekare, Kathleen Smits

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... for the homogeneous cases. However, as the elevation increased by only a few cm, the difference in measured concentration is much smaller between the homogeneous...

How Variable Is the Sun, and What Are the Links Between This Variability and Climate? #110055 (2008)

Judith Lean

Search and Discovery.com

...How Variable Is the Sun, and What Are the Links Between This Variability and Climate? #110055 (2008) Judith Lean AV How Variable Is the Sun...

Sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir characterization of the Permian White Rim Sandstone, southern Utah: Implications for carbon capture and sequestration potential

David Wheatley, Spencer Hollingworth, Peter Steele, and Marjorie Chan

AAPG Bulletin

... is a well-exposed, spectacular unit in Canyonlands National Park and has been of economic interest because of its multiple oil seeps, particularly...

CSD'S OF EASTERN UNITED STATES

James L. Coleman Jr.

Alabama Geological Society

... syncline between the Rising Fawn and Anniston CSD's, northeast Alabama. (1988) CSD'S OF EASTERN UNITED STATES by James l. Coleman, Jr. The term CSD...

Combining the Stochastic Earth Model with Geomechanical Modeling to Quantify Well Performance: Application to Mississippian Shale

Yamina E. Aimene, Jeffrey M. Yarus, Carlos Davila, Ron Dusterhoft, Shameem Siddiqui

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., the final stress field was driven by the interaction between different fractures sets, when present. Geomechanical analysis of Area A indicated many zones...

Inferring Stratigraphy from Seismic Data

R. E. Sheriff

AAPG Bulletin

... of profiler data may superimpose data from another shot or another arrival time. Multiple energy may obscure and confuse primary reflections. Many other...

4D Seismic and Rock Physics Modeling Responses to Reservoir Steam Flood

Muhammad Edisar, Lilik Hendrajaya, Gunawan Handayani, Umar Fauzi, Laode Ngkoimani, Yarmanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in the seismic parameters (Edisar, 2000). In this case rock physics relationships provide the bridge between the 11 primary reservoir properties...

Classification of sedimentary basins

Zhiqiang Feng, Gao Dengliang, Stephan A. Graham, Wu Gaokui, Duan Taizhong

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... crust down to produce foreland basins. Lateral shearing, caused by differential movement between plates at the border and in the interior...

Early Diagenetic Polyframboidal Pyrite, Primary and Redeposited, from the Wenlockian Denbigh Grit Group, Conway, North Wales, U.K.

Leonard G. Love

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...Early Diagenetic Polyframboidal Pyrite, Primary and Redeposited, from the Wenlockian Denbigh Grit Group, Conway, North Wales, U.K. Leonard G. Love...

Role of Quartz Type and Grain Size in Silica Diagenesis, Nugget Sandstone, South-Central Wyoming

W. C. James, Glenn C. Wilmar, Bruce G. Davidson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... primary permeability differential of approximately 65 times (average permeability for wet-packed sands--coarse = 356 darcys; very fine = 5.5 darcys...

Play Opportunities for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

H. E. Denman, J. A. Adamick

GCAGS Transactions

... are in Viosca Knoll 252, 114, and Mobile 991. Evaluation of multiple seismic attributes have proven useful for identification of porous zones along...

Limiting Pitfalls of 3-D Seismic Design and Interpretation in the Permian Basin

Louis J. Mazzullo

West Texas Geological Society

... as is necessary to make the best informed decisions on new well locations. Many exploration programs use 3-D seismic as a primary exploration tool. Shoots...

Abstract: Geology of Continental Shelf Off Eastern Indian Coastline

A. Chandra

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... shelf bordering the Indian peninsular region between Karikal and Calcutta are considered with particular reference to the geophysical surveys, well data...

The Relationship Between Internal and External Structure in Gulf Coast Salt Domes: ABSTRACT

Donald H. Kupfer

AAPG Bulletin

...The Relationship Between Internal and External Structure in Gulf Coast Salt Domes: ABSTRACT Donald H. Kupfer 1965 347 347 49 3. (March) Internally...

Frequency-dependent seismic-stratigraphic and facies interpretation

Hongliu Zeng

AAPG Bulletin

... events, in which the contact relationship between events is important.Single-Event FaciesA single-event facies is related to single or multiple...