Abstract: Towards Modelling Three-Dimensional Oil Sands Permeability Distribution using Borehole Image Logs; #90187 (2014)

Kris Vickerman, Paul Heffernan, Sue-Rose Read, and Richard Surtees

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... are reliably qualifiable from borehole images and the suggestion is to study the link between these parameters and reservoir permeability anisotropy...

Fracturing of Flat-Topped Carbonate Platforms: Implications for Platform-Scale Flow, #120038 (2012)

G. Bertotti, H. Boro

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... be formed under these conditions. Fractures will be aligned with the tectonic stress, neglecting the map-view anisotropy of the platform. At depths below...

New Interpretations for the Deposition of Mississippian Limestones in the Mid-Continent: A Reflection of Sequence Stratigraphy and Associated Migration of Facies Belts, #51225 (2016).

Miranda Childress, G. Michael Grammer

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... Miskimins, and C.A. Mnich, 2011, Mechanical Anisotropy in the Woodford Shale, Permian Basin: Origin, Magnitude, and Scale: The Leading Edge, v. 30/3, p...

Using Geomechanical Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Faults on Multiple Phases of Unconventional Resource Production, #80522 (2016).

Nicholas Umholtz

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... Regional Stress • Orientation • Magnitude • Anisotropy Effect of Natural Fractures on J Integral Stress J Integral ∆J Integral ∆J Integral A higher...

AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2015

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Learnings from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) #1, Midland Basin, West Texas - A Geomechanics Perspective

Shugang Wang, Yunhui Tan, Anusarn Sangnimnuan, Shahzad Khan, Baosheng Liang, Peggy Rijken

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... was applied to the fracture. The initial horizontal stress anisotropy is 300 psi. Figure 3 shows that GMRS® and the one-way coupled model yield similar...

Regional Fractures II: Fracturing of Mesaverde Reservoirs in the Piceance Basin, Colorado (1)

JOHN C. LORENZ and SHARON J. FINLEY

AAPG Bulletin

..., 1987). Fractures may increase reservoir permeability, but they also commonly cause a marked horizontal permeability anisotropy. Moreover, they may...

Abstract: The Effect of Decrease in Porosity with Depth on Oil and Gas Reserves in Sandstone Reservoirs

Gordon I. Atwater

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Abstract: The Effect of Decrease in Porosity with Depth on Oil and Gas Reserves in Sandstone Reservoirs Gordon I. Atwater 1966 20 20...

Tectonic Evolution of the Boomerang Hinge in Bolivia and its Effect on Trapping Mechanism

P. Brown

CSPG Special Publications

...Tectonic Evolution of the Boomerang Hinge in Bolivia and its Effect on Trapping Mechanism P. Brown 1997 47 47...

Impact of Organic Fabrics, Thermal Maturity, Saturation and Diagenesis on Shale Rock Properties

Claudio Delle Piane, Ben Clennell, Matthew Josh, Dave Dewhurst

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... values of electrical anisotropy, with horizontal conductivity often more than ten times higher than vertical conductivity in the same small rock...

Optimised 3D Land Geophysical Survey Design - A Case Study

P. van Baaren

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... seismic methods such as AVO and time-lapse seismic monitoring will work in every case. Analysis of previously recorded seismic data and theoretical...

Integrating Rock Physics and Borehole Seismic to Understand the Elastic Changes Associated with CO2 Injections: a REAL-LIFE Example from Southwestern Wyoming

Gabriela D’Aubeterre

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 11. A subtle class III AVO effect can be observed on the Weber Sandstone top (blue line) whereas a class IV can be observed on the top of the Madison...

Machine learning-driven rock classification to optimize completion and hydraulic fracturing design in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale

Jamal Ahmadov, Cristina Mariana Ruse

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... methods neglect the effect of anisotropy on completion and hydraulic fracturing design. In this paper, a new machine learning-based approach for rock...

Modeling of Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Complexity

Christopher Sherman, Joseph Morris, Scott Johnson, Alexei A. Savitski

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Moving forward we are investigating the effect of heterogeneity and anisotropy in the reservoir rock, the far-field stress state, and fluid flow rate...

ABSTRACT: INFLUENCE OF TECTONIC-THERMAL PROCESS ON COALIFICATION

Daiyong Cao, Xiaoming Li, Wenfeng Zhan

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

..., and the effect of tectonic stress only increases the evolution velocity of sedimentary organic matter. 1 Energy exchange Energy exchange contains thermal...

Oil-Base Micro-Resistivity Borehole Image Log Applications in Deep-Water Exploration

Mitch D. Pavlovic

GCAGS Transactions

... conductive shales as a result of the "resistors-in-parallel" effect. Thus thinly laminated sand-shale reservoirs result in the classic low-contrast, low...

A Survey of the Production Time-Scale Compaction Behavior of Unconsolidated Sands

Lori A. Hathon, Michael T. Myers

GCAGS Transactions

... effective stress, and the observation of azimuthal acoustic anisotropy, taken together with the shape of the compressibility curve, suggest the influence...

AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting

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Integrated Geosciences for Optimal Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Reservoirs; #80351 (2014)

Minh H. Tran and Younane N. Abousleiman

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... t = 20 mins 42 Pore Pressure (MPa) t = 30 mins Center x=0 40 Donnan’s effect (clay fixed charges) 38 Hydraulic P 36 34 32 30 0.9 1...

Pacific Section AAPG, SEPM&SEG, May 9-12, 2004, Bakersfield, California, U.S.A.; S&D #90028 (2004)

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Laboratory Determination of the Continuous Stress-Dependent Permeability of Unconventional Oil Reservoir Rocks

Daisuke Katsuki, Marte Gutierrez, Azra N. Tutuncu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... anisotropy of microstructure attributed to the planar clay minerals aligned in a specific direction. Such structural anisotropy is also related...

A Novel approach to Monitor Proppant Consolidation during Hydraulic Fracturing using Dynamic Measurement: Experimental Study

Mohammad H. Alqam, Adnan H. Al-Makrami, Edwin T. Caliboso

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... on the effect of shut-in time required for compressive strength development. This study introduces a new criterion to determine the shut-in time necessary...

Chapter 8: Impact of Depositional and Diagenetic Heterogeneity on Multiscale Mechanical Behavior of Mancos Shale, New Mexico and Utah, USA

Hongkyu Yoon, Mathew D. Ingraham, Joseph Grigg, Benjamin Rosandick, Peter Mozley, Alex Rinehart, William M. Mook, Thomas Dewers

AAPG Special Volumes

..., and high-resolution backscattered electron images show the effect of composition, texture phases, and interfaces of phases on mechanical properties...

A Geomechanics and Pore Pressure Informed Stage Level Optimization Case Study for Unconventional, Infill Development in the Powder River Basin

Joel Mazza, Justin Kegel, Steve Van Delinder, Tom Hewett, Beth Emborsky, Scott Patrick

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pilot well if an acceptable mineralogy model cannot be generated. 2. The effect of HTI anisotropy is included so that the measured YM and expected YM...

Integration of Vertical Seismic, Surface Seismic, and Well-log Data at the Mallik 2L-38 Gas-hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Canada

M. W. Lee, T. S. Collett, W. F. Agena

AAPG Special Volumes

... 600900 m (19682953 ft) are about 20% slower than the sonic-log-derived velocity, implying seismic anisotropy. The spectral ratio of downgoing waves...