I. Lathrop Gas Field, San Joaquin County, California: Occurrence of Natural Gas in Mesozoic Rocks of Northern California

Robert A. Teitsworth

AAPG Special Volumes

... productive drill-stem tests were run, and pressures indicated that the sands, though separated by shale, were in pressure communication in the gas phase...

Tank Development in the Midland Basin, Texas: A Case Study of Super-charging a Reservoir to Optimize Production and Increase Horizontal Well Densities

Jill Thompson, Nick Franciose, Marc Schutt, Kate Hartig, Jon McKenna

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... completion operations at the pressure sink and drill laterally away from sink. Prior to our two tank case studies discussed in detail below, we...

Relationship of Porosity and Permeability to Various Parameters Derived from Mercury Injection-Capillary Pressure Curves for Sandstone (1)

EDWARD D. PITTMAN

AAPG Bulletin

...Relationship of Porosity and Permeability to Various Parameters Derived from Mercury Injection-Capillary Pressure Curves for Sandstone (1) EDWARD D...

Abstract: Nano-Petrophysical Studies of Avalon-Bone Spring-Wolfcamp and Dean-Sprayberry-Wolfcamp Shale Systems;

Qinhong Hu, Samuel Becker, Jordan Bevers, Ashley Chang, Nabil Mzee, Ben Rogers

Search and Discovery.com

... the past several years. The research on nano-petrophysics, namely the study of rock properties, fluid (gas, liquid hydrocarbon, and formation water...

Geoscientists Provide Critical Needs for Optimal Frac Design

Larry Cunningham, Mike Smith, Bill Miller, Larry Britt, and Ron Vandersypen

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... The most important reservoir information to know is permeability. This can be obtained from pressure build-up (PBU) tests, nodal analysis matches...

ABSTRACT: Advances in Hostile Formation Testing: A Case Study from Gulf of Thailand, by Banerjee, Somnath; Puttanarakul, Rassamee; Osman, Kamal; Rongsayamanon, Nopphon; Muangsuwan, Atip; #90155 (2012)

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East Mallet Unit CO2 Flood Log Monitoring Program Slaughter Field, Hockley County, Texas

Jeri Wackler Drozd, John Gould

West Texas Geological Society

... metal casing. The wells were then drilled to a total depth of 5200’. Drill stem tests were run on the first three wells to collect water samples...

Formation of Oil and Gas Reservoirs that are not in Capillary Pressure Equilibrium1

Monty Hoffman

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... as drilling fluid or water is imbibed into the formation from the well bore. Figure 3. Capillary Pressure Curve Nugget Sandstone, 1 Champlin 224, Amoco...

Developments in East-Central States in 1968

Jacob Van Den Berg , G. L. Carpenter , H. C. Milhous , Edmund Nosow

AAPG Bulletin

... of California recovered 10 ft of oil on a drill stem test of the Knox in Clay City Consolidated field, the first oil recovery from this zone in the central...

HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS OF CAMBRIAN TO DEVONIAN FORMATION WATERS, MIDALE AREA, SASKATCHEWAN

B. J. ROSTRON, C. HOLMDEN, L. K. KREIS

Williston Basin Symposium

... 1998 267 273 Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of formation waters from the Williston Basin are reported from drill stem tests...

Hydrocarbon-charge history of hydrothermally altered reservoirs: The Tailai gas field, eastern Sichuan Basin, China

Yanxian Zhu, Zhiliang He, Xiaowen Guo, Tiago M. Alves, Xuesong Lu, Sheng He, Jian Gao, Ze Tao, Huili Li, and Shuangjian Li

AAPG Bulletin

... from drill-stem tests show that the average geothermal gradient for the Tailai gas field is 23.2°C/km, for an average present-day surface temperature...

Successful Slim Hole Drilling by Asamera - South Sumatra

Alfred Almendingen, Achmad Boytizen, Memet Rachmat, J. A. Thomson, Ben Seay

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... drilling methods were used to drill to the intermediate casing point which was approximately 50% of the total depth. From this point onward the hole...

Pressure Detection: Part 3. Wellsite Methods

Parke A. Dickey

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the drill pipe will equal the pressure in the formation minus the weight of the column of mud. This is the excess pressure that must be balanced...

Benefits of HT-Hostile Environments on Wellbore Stability: A Case Study From Geothermal Fields in Central Australia

Fermín Fernández-Ibáñez, David Castillo, Doone Wyborn, Dean Hindle

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and formation will temporally reduced the collapse pressure in the wellbore allowing the use of lower mud weights to drill the well. This will be possible...

Whistle Creek, Park County, Wyoming: ABSTRACT

P. S. Kistler

AAPG Bulletin

..., productive elsewhere in the basin, had oil or gas shows; but only the Tensleep and a thin sand in the Morrison gave commercial drill-stem tests. The well...

Field Summary: South Baxter Pass

John Albanese

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... and lenticular sandstones within Morrison Fm. of Jurassic age. Other Shows Drill stem tests recovered gas from Dakota Fm. a t rates less than 1000 MCFG/D. Oil...

Well Testing and Analysis in Indonesian Reef Reservoirs

B. A. Ziara, M. J. Felkovich

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the formation skin factor resulted from acidization S = -3.64. Plots of drawdown followed by a buildup pressure data of an oil well 1, Field B, are shown...

Modeling the evolution of pore pressure from deep wastewater injection in the Midland Basin, Texas

Jun Ge, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Katie M. Smye, Amanda Z. Calle, Peter Hennings, Elizabeth A. Horne, and Jianqiao Leng

AAPG Bulletin

... initial shut-in pressure measurements (198 and 33 data points, respectively) obtained from drill-stem tests (DST) collected from across the MB from...

North Knox City (Canyon) Field, Knox County, Texas

H. S. Edwards

Abilene Geological Society

... fractures. The water table is estimated at approximately minus 2825 feet on the basis of cores, drill stem tests and well completion data. The oil-water...

Field Summary: Craig Dome Field

Vail Kinsey

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Mesaverde sand flowed some oil with much water. Oil show in samples and on pits from Niobrara. Gas on drill stem test of Frontier. Small gas flow...

Drilling of the Meridian, Hayden Creek and Summit Springs Structures

G. S. McJannett, E. W. Clark

Utah Geological Association

... of fair oil staining, slight bleeding and oil fluorescence. Two formation tests were made to evaluate the shows: one taken from 2244 to 2338 feet...

How Oil Wells are Made in the Paradox Basin

R. S. MacAlister Jr.

Utah Geological Association

... operators drill 9″ hole and set 7″ production casing or drill 7″ hole and set 5″ production casing. The principal drilling problem arises from artesian...

The Davis-Joyce Field - A Cretaceous Riverine Deltaic "D" Sand System in Western Nebraska

A.P. Geyer, R.W. Pritchett

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... Successful drill-stem tests of a thin “D” sand bounded by incompetent shales are dependent upon; 1) the sand-tototal depth distance, determined from...

Field Study: Pendleton-Many-Ft. Jesup Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

L.G. Cameron

Shreveport Geological Society

... from 10-12 months on allowable wells. [ bottom of page 161] Open hole drill stem tests furnish the most decisive information to the operator...

Temperature Insulation Design for Deepwater Gas Well Test, Abadi Field

Masato Okuno, Ken Makishima

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... condition and a hydrate formation problem during deepwater gas well tests (Abadi-D and Abadi-E) conducted at Abadi gas field. Steady state and dynamic...