Applying Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) to Assist Fracturing Technique Selection in Unconventional Wells in Saudi Arabia

Jose Rueda, Jose Valbuena, Ali Al-Momin, Nayef Al-Mulhim

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... In unconventional reservoirs, the main factor impacting well production is the generation of long effective fractures and large stimulated reservoir volumes...

A Revolutionary Workflow for Precise and Fast Calibration of Hydraulic and Natural Fractures Geometries in Sichuan's Shale Gas Basin, Southwest China

Chuxi Liu, Xuefeng Yang, Shengxian Zhao, Deliang Zhang, Dongchen Liu, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pressure matches. Second, the calibrated effective fracture geometry is approximately ranging from 40 to 80 meters for halflength and 5 to 10 meters...

Drained shear strength parameters of saprock from a weathering profile over porphyritic biotite granite at Km 31 of the Kuala Lumpur - Karak Highway, Peninsular Malaysia

John Kuna Raj

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of 0.152 mm/min under confining pressures of 138 kPa, 207 kPa and 276 kPa. The tests yielded effective cohesions (c’) of 30.6 kPa, 9.5 kPa, and 20.2 kPa...

A New Pore Pressure Prediction Model for Naturally Fractured Shales and Stacked Plays: The Effect of Active Hydrocarbon Generation - A Powder River Basin Case Study

Daniel Orozco, Roberto Aguilera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the Biot principle of effective stress. The key aspect of the new methodology is the determination of the in-situ Biot coefficient using well logs...

Fluid and pressure effects on seismic dispersion and attenuation of Berea sandstone: Experimental investigations

Qianqian Wei, Jinmiao Zhang, Jianjun Chen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...’s ratio as a function of frequency for Berea sample under dry and varying fluidsaturated conditions at effective pressure of 7 MPa. For dry rock, both...

An Integration of Fault Rock Properties through Time with Basin Modeling, by Marek Kacewicz, Russell K. Davies, Michael Welch, and Rob J. Knipe, #40349 (2008)

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Bed-load Movement Experiments: Dry Creek, California: NOTES

E. A. Keller

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... diameter times specific gravity for bed-load particles. Shape--a subjective value ranging from 0.1 for angular to 0.9 for well rounded. Effective...

Reservoir Characterization for Gas Production and CO2 Sequestration

Adriana Gordon, Raul Cova, Evan Mutual, Bill Goodway, Scott Leaney, Wendell Pardasie, Matt Ng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and effective stress in the Montney formation, along with the application of a direct probabilistic inversion to identify facies. These two workflows...

Geology of Karachaganak Field and Tasks for Bringing it Onstream

V. A. Grigor’yeva, N. T. Zul’pukarova, M. M. Ivanova, A. F. Kolesnikov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of porosity and permeability and maximum effective thickness are present in the first production zone (Lower Permian): north, central and south. See...

Reservoir Aspects

Volkmar Schmidt, David A. McDonald

AAPG Special Volumes

... effective interconnection with pore systems beyond the grain boundary. Rarely do intragranular pores function as important throats of an effective...

Experimental Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks Under Confining Pressure: Pore Pressure Tests

John Handin , Rex V. Hager, Jr. , Melvin Friedman , James N. Feather

AAPG Bulletin

... shortening. The ultimate strength and ductility of porous rocks are found to depend on effective confining pressure--the difference between external...

Prediction of Reservoir Rock Permeability Reduction by Using Laboratory Acoustic Measurement

Bambang Widarsono, Fakhriyadi Saptono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in effective overburden stress), it is a common practice to assume the parameter as constant throughout the reservoir lifetime. Lack of information...

Facies and Porosity Relationships in the Mississippian Elkton Carbonate Cycle of Southwestern Alberta

G. E. Thomas, R. P. Glaister

CSPG Special Publications

..., in southwestern Alberta. Effective reservoir material of this cycle was found to consist mainly of the dolomitized equivalent of an originally coarse...

Quick-Look Deterministic Approach for Evaluating Shale Distribution in Sandstone Reservoirs: Progress Report

James J. Willis, Duncan S. McIntosh, Jr., Gregory J. Ferguson, Jesse W. Zwennes, James Pasley, Garrett M. Goettel

GCAGS Transactions

... shale volume, effective porosity versus shale volume, and density porosity versus neutron porosity. Use of conventional triple combination log data...

Permeability Evolution during Deformation of Siliciclastic Sandstones from Moab, Utah

O. Kwon, B. T. Ngwenya, I. G. Main, S. C. Elphick

AAPG Special Volumes

... sandstones from the Moab area to investigate the effect of total axial strain and effective confining pressure on the evolution of bulk permeability...

Unpropped/Propped Fracture Permeability and Proppant Embedment Evaluation: A Rigorous Core-Analysis/Imaging Methodology

A. Ghanizadeh, C. R. Clarkson, H. Deglint, A. Vahedian, S. Aquino, J. M. Wood

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... effective stress during production, resulting in reduced propped fracture conductivity. The impacts of proppant embedment and effective stress on propped...

A Single Core Test for Fracability, Breakdown Pressure and Conductivity

Zhengwen Zeng, Abdalah Harouaka

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... sample is placed under simulated reservoir conditions of pressure and temperature. Depending on the in-situ stress combination, effective stresses...

The West Mission Valley Field: Victoria and Goliad Counties, Texas

Kemp D. Solcher

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... generally contain thinner sections of effective sand within the correlative interval. At the crest, for example, is a minimum estimated effective sand...

Well Abandonment Methods and Regulations - Workshop Summary

John Rogers Smith

PTTC

... on the surroundings long after that. The goal of an effective abandonment is to insure there is no future negative impact on the environment and land use...

The West Mission Valley Field: Victoria and Goliad Counties, Texas

Kemp D. Solcher

South Texas Geological Society Special Publications

... Wilcox I, Corr. Top of Sand, West Mission Valley Field, Goliad and Victoria Cos., TX Figure 2. Isopach Map, Massive Wilcox I, Net Effective Sand, West...

Poplar Field pools Montana

J. R. Hamke, L. C. Marchant, C. Q. Cupps

Bureau of Mines

...Poplar Field pools Montana J. R. Hamke, L. C. Marchant, C. Q. Cupps 134 OILFIELDS IN THE "WILLISTON BASIN Poplar, East-Kibbey Pool Effective date...

ABSTRACT: Public attitudes about Caribbean Coastal Area Management

Oostdam, B.

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

... prevention of coastal erosion, intensified by destruction of such effective natural barriers as coral reefs and mangrove swamps; hazards to coastal...

Life-of-Field monitoring for CO2 storage – an effective solution for validating containment and analysing storage performance

Max WatsonA and Hadi NourollahA

Australian Energy Producers Journal

...Life-of-Field monitoring for CO2 storage – an effective solution for validating containment and analysing storage performance Max WatsonA and Hadi...

ABSTRACT: Comparison of pore size distribution on crushed and whole-rock coal samples using nuclear magnetic resonance

Yanhai Chang, Yanbin Yao

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... the NMR is effective and reasonable. Especially in the microporous range (<0.1 μm), the RSD (relative standard deviation) is less than 5%. In addition...

Abstract: “Frozen-In” Hydrocarbon Accumulations or Diagenetic Traps-Exploration Targets

H. Hugh Wilson

Abilene Geological Society

... derived cements. The depth at which all effective porosity and permeability is lost in water-bearing reservoir rocks varies according to their mineral...