Underbalanced Drilling

C. Hoyer, T. Morgan, P. Cook

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... drill cuttings and keep the weight down of the drill fluid. The liquid from pressure vessel was transferred to the 1500-barrel capacity tank farm...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Geological Perception of Pore and Fracture Prediction: Case Histories from the Gulf of Mexico

Shaker, Selim S.

GCAGS Transactions

.... Kelly, 1967, How to predict formation pressure and fracture gradient: The Oil & Gas Journal, February 20 Issue, p. 92-106. Prather, B.E., J.R....

Geologic and Oil-Field Controls on Earthquakes in the War-Wink Field, Delaware Basin: (Reprinted from WTGS September 1991, V. 31, No. 1)

Mark R. Baker, Diane I. Doser, Ming Luo

West Texas Geological Society

.... Earthquake frequency, velocity model for earthquake locations, and fluid pressures from drill stem test (1 bar = 0.1 MPa = 14.7 psi). Fluid pressures...

Church Buttes Gas Field, Wyoming

Victor B. Gras

AAPG Special Volumes

... drill-stem test was completed over the interval 18,060-18,167 ft in the Amsden Formation; 3,000 ft of water cushion was run in the drill stem. From...

Extended Abstract: The Namarah-Parknook Gas Field - Largest in the Surat Basin

Dennis Morton

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the Showgrounds Sandstone and Rewan Formation. 4. Drilling Warroon No. 3 northeast of Warroon No. 1, which flowed 8.08 MMCFD on drill stem test from...

Indian Creek Field, Fall River County, South Dakota: ABSTRACT

Louis C. Bortz, Edward J. Ackman

AAPG Bulletin

..., and it was abandoned without any drill-stem tests. Log calculations of the Missourian age 2nd Leo sand (3,644 to 3,659 ft; 1,111 to 1,115 m) indicated low...

Variations in Sour Gas Concentrations in the NSB 'A' Field, Offshore North Sumatra

Christopher M. Reaves

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... properties. Drill stem test (DST) rate and volume data suggest that variations in sour gas concentrations are controlled by the production of gas from...

How an Integrated Team Turned a 5 BCF Pool into a 1 TCF Field: Integrated Field Studies

Nick Wemyss, Murray Grigg, Janelle Davidson

AAPG Special Volumes

... at b-62-I. This pressure chart from a drill stem test (Figure 20) shows a low gas recovery at 226 MCF/D and high liquid recovery of 404 feet of gas cut...

Nicholas Wash (Gas), T. 44 N., R. 18 W., NMPM, San Miguel County, Colorado

Ronald Belak

Four Corners Geological Society

... and 41,200 gallons gelled water Initial Potential: 453 MCFGD Bottom Hole Pressure: Extrapolated shut-in pressure 3,069 psig at 7,998 feet (drill-stem...

Evolution of overpressure in the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale reservoirs of the Jiaoshiba area, Sichuan Basin, southwestern China: Implications for shale gas preservation

Tao Luo, Xiaowen Guo, Zhiliang He, Kamaldeen O. Omosanya, Ze Tao, and Sheng He

AAPG Bulletin

... temperature and pressure of fluid inclusions, (2) burial and maturation models, and (3) present pressure conditions from drill-stem test data...

Logging Wells Drilled by the Rotary Method

Edgar Kraus

AAPG Bulletin

.... Any slowing of the speed, or laboring of the pump, shows a gumminess or stickiness in the formation. For example, feeding the drill stem as rapidly...

The Petrel Gas Field, Bonaparte Basin Australia, Development Plan and Potential Upside Resource Following Recent Broad Band 3D Seismic Survey Acquisition and Interpretation

Janet Hann, Dave Wheller, Phil Woods, Francois Renard, Maylis Dupouy, David Ginger, Gilang Airlangga, Eko Lumadyo

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... distribution, structural closure and GWCs. An extensive review of the well drill stem tests and on the 17-month Petrel-1 well blowout provided...

Sabetha Field

Toby Elster

Kansas Geological Society

...: Hunton - 1,000# (drill stem test) Viola -1,180# (drill stem test) Geological Conditions and Nature of Trap Anticlinal dome. There is a possibility...

The Cadomin Formation: A Model for the Deep Basin Type Gas Trapping Mechanism

C. J. Varley

CSPG Special Publications

... from -1550 to -1950 m sub-sea in elevation. Drill stem tests in this zone also recover water and gas; the mean fluid recovery is 347 m of water and gas...

Permeability Estimations for Arbuckle Formation in South Central and Southwestern Kansas

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Investigation of permeability change in ultradeep coal seams using time-lapse pressure transient analysis: A pilot project in the Cooper Basin, Australia

Alireza Salmachi, Erik Dunlop, Mojtaba Rajabi, Zahra Yarmohammadtooski, and Steve Begg

AAPG Bulletin

... inefficient. Coal permeability can be obtained directly by well-test measurement techniques such as pressure drawdown and buildup tests, drill-stem...

Comparing Overpressure in the West and East Natuna Basins

Julianta Parlindungan Panjaitan, Bobby Siswanto, Rizki Perdana Putra, Heru Putranto, Rita Achdiat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Formation pressure information from MDT (Modular Dynamic Tester) and DST (Drill Stem Tests) sources were also used for pore pressure calibration...

Development and Production, East Texas District: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

Wallace Ralston

AAPG Bulletin

.... Several drill-stem tests were made, all of them showing salt water in the Woodbine section. The well was then plugged back to the sub-Clarksville...

Geology of Wagon Wheel Nuclear Stimulation Project, Pinedale Field, Wyoming

Jack Shaughnessy , R. H. Butcher

AAPG Bulletin

... the groundwater aquifers and the gas-bearing reservoirs. Hydrologic tests and drill-stem-test data indicate that the aquifers are independent of each other...

Rotary Air-Drilling of Phosphate Deposits in Southeastern Idaho

H. D. Harris

Utah Geological Association

... with the down-hole percussion tool are mounted with compressors developing from 100 psi to 250 psi and a minimum capacity of 500 cfm. If the drill being...

Carbon storage and CO2-enhanced oil recovery potential in the Temblor Formation, northeast McKittrick oilfield, San Joaquin Valley, California

Kelly J. Harrington and Janice M. Gillespie

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... structurally and stratigraphically.Figure 12.(A) Bar graph showing the individual fractional hydrostatic pressure values for each drill stem test (DST) (blue...

Abstract: Concurrent In-Situ Measurement of Permeability, Gas Content and Gas Saturation; #90234 (2015)

Quentin Morgan

Search and Discovery.com

... of their measurement modes. Drill Stem Testing (DST) technology is used to determine flow capacity based on monitoring of fluid behaviour as it is drawn from...

Grimes Gas Field, Sacramento Valley, California: Case Histories

Frank E. Weagant

AAPG Special Volumes

... of Denver and the writer made a detailed fluid-pressure study of the Grimes field. The basic data were from multiple drill-stem tests run on most...

Influence of Pore Geometry and Structure on Capillary Pressure J-Function Prediction: An Applicable Technique for a Case Study of the Baturaja Formation in the Jabung Block

Catur Kristiawan, Hilmy Khairi, Aldi Fathurrahman, Sesilia Nandya

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... The Drill Stem Test data in the Baturaja formation is also used in this study. Production test data is only available for the Tiung Utara-2 well...

Field Summary: Four Mile Creek Field

Donald I. Foster

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... 91 W. Tests: This well tested gas in apparent commercial volumes on two drill stem tests: DST 3261-97', open 1 hour 45 minutes. flowed Eas a t rate...