Maximizing Project Value in Vaca Muerta Shale Formation „ Part 1: Optimizing High Density Completions „ Case of Study

Alejandro Lerza, Sergio Cuervo, Sahil Malhotra

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... Completions (HDC), and its objective is to improve project’s Net Present Value (NPV) per acre, by maximizing the amount of fracture area generated per...

Asia Pacific Unconventionals: Where to Next?

Kim Morrison, Andrew Cullen

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... and fracture stimulation across wide ranging regions and a variety of plays in the United States. Although North American tight gas plays extend back...

Modeling of Proppant Flowback to Quantify and Predict Its Impact on Shale Gas Production Under Different Drawdown Strategies … A Vaca Muerta Case Study

Agustin G. Garbino, D. Nicolas Espinoza, Mark McClure, Marcelo Pellicer, Iñaki Barrangu, Sebastian Olmos, Raul Varela

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., this porosity is inputted as the porosity of the proppant pack in each fracture element. The outcome of this model is the stability threshold...

Well Stimulation Seismicity in Oklahoma: Cataloging Earthquakes Related to Hydraulic Fracturing

Julie E. Shemeta, Colin Edward Brooks, Charles Clifford Lord

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to well completions beginning in 2016, that were further refined through 2018. In near real-time, the OCC cross-references Frac Notices with seismic...

The Facies Development and Reservoir Properties in Late Jurassic Carbonate Sediments in the Central Carpathian Foreland

P. Gliniak, R. Laskowicz, A. Urbaniec, G. Lesniak, P. Such

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the values of threshold diameter. Samples with values of threshold diameters lower than 3 m were grouped as being characterized by fracture-type...

Well Log Evaluation of the Wolfcamp Sandstones, Terrell County, Texas

Lee Sanders

West Texas Geological Society

... Brown, Inc. and Conoco, Terrell County has become a real hot spot of drilling activity not only for the Wolfcamp but also the deeper objectives...

Uncertainty Analysis on Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing

Abbas Movassagh, Elaheh Arjomand, Dane Kasperczyk, James Kear, Tess Dance

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... the integrity of sub-surface geological strata or might initiate unexpected potential risks to the environment when the created fracture extends beyond its...

Characterization of Fracture Length and Conductivity from Tracer Test and Production Data with Ensemble Kalman Filter

Siavash Hakim Elahi, Behnam Jafarpour

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 1a demonstrates this concept, where for Stage 3 fracture the MEQ data overestimate fracture length (the real fracture length is shown with rectangle...

The Role of Hypogenic Karst in Formation of Carbonate Reservoirs and Development of Oil Deposits; #42361 (2019)

Alexander V. Petukhov

Search and Discovery.com

... that the world's largest oil and gas fields in carbonate reservoirs are located in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America...

Abstract: Characterization and Modelization of the Geometrical and Flow Properties of Fractured Carbonates: Application to Amellago Outcrop Data, by I. Malinouskaya, P. M. Adler, J.-F.Thovert, and V. Mourzenko; #120034 (2012)

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Modeling strain across mechanical sedimentary lithologic interfaces: geomechanical models derived from outcrop analysis

Elizabeth S. Petrie, James P. Evans

CSPG Bulletin

... appropriate mechanical properties and real-world stratigraphy. Study Area and Geological Setting The top of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone...

Abstract: Achieving Increased Net Reservoir Contact Using High Resolution LWD Resistivity Imaging; #90269 (2016)

Wael Fares

Search and Discovery.com

... fracture formation evaluation and characterization. In comparison to more traditional imaging tools, such as LWD density images, which utilize chemical...

Dynamic Characterization of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: Field Cases

Jorge A. Arevalo, Francisco Castellanos, Francisco Pumar-Martínez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the fracture system, bilinear in the matrix-fracture system, linear in the matrix, and boundary-dominated) and the reservoir parameters were calculated...

Tectonic joint size, abundance, and connectivity: Examples from Woodford Shale and Hunton Limestone

Sayantan Ghosh, Roger M. Slatt

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... fractures even if the real (subsurface) fracture intensities were only 50% that of the quarry measured intensities. In the Hunton Group example...

Integrated Application of Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) Electrical Images to Drilling, Geosteering, and Real-Time Formation Evaluation: A Case Study from the Precambrian Dengying Formation, Central Sichuan Basin of China, #41939 (2016).

Feng Zhou, Jun Wang, Hua Zhang, Fu-Feng Guo, Da-Li Wang, Dong Liu, Jack Zhao, Xing-Yan Zhang

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...Integrated Application of Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) Electrical Images to Drilling, Geosteering, and Real-Time Formation Evaluation: A Case Study...

The Exploration, Appraisal and Development of Unconventional Reservoirs: A New Approach to Petroleum Geology, #110181 (2015).

Richard K. Stoneburner

Search and Discovery.com

.... In most cases in the conventional world this is a result of the interpretation of seismic data, either 2D and/or 3D, in order to identify the areal...

Comparative Experimental Investigation of Damage Variables for Sedimentary and Geothermal Rock Specimens Based on 3D-DIC

Fatick Nath, Eleazar Cabezudo, Nora Garcia Romero

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... provide valuable insights into how damage develops, and fractures occur, even though laboratory conditions may not fully replicate real-world scenarios...

Implementation of frequency-dependent fault identification by convolutional neural networks with uncertainty analysis

Fan Jiang, Alejandro Jaramillo, Steve Angelovich, Phill Norlund, Julianna Toms

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... a series of frequency-dependent ML models to evaluate the ability to enhance the fault identification process. We applied our technique to a real case study...

Ultrasonic Images - New Applications: Examples From Kalimantan

Aussie B. Gautama, Firmansjah, W. Scott Leaney, Steven M. Hansen

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and rotates at 7.5 rotations per second. In this way real time measurements can be acquired of the time it takes the acoustic pulse to travel...

Convolutional Neural Networks Forecasting for Unconventional Drilling Units in US Land

Francisco J. Parga Garcia, Jie Fang, Niven Shumaker

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the drilling unit altogether. Moreover, the model is not limited to real-world scenarios. It can also be used to evaluate synthetic scenarios, where...

Recent Advances and New Insights of Fiber Optic Techniques in Fracture Diagnostics Used for Unconventional Reservoirs

Fatick Nath, S M Shamsul Hoque, Md. Nahin Mahmood

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... well conditions in real-time and permit near-wellbore fracture quantification research is made possible by the glass crystals associated...

Bayesian artificial intelligence for geologic prediction: Fracture case study, Horn River Basin

S. M Agar, W. Li, R. Goteti, D. Jobe, S. Zhang

CSPG Bulletin

... terms: a Bayesian Belief Network (BN) is a probabilistic model (a real-world system) operating under uncertainty. A BN works by efficiently...

ABSTRACT: Interpreting Fractures Through 3-D Seismic Discontinuity Attributes and their Visualization; #90108 (2010)

Satinder Chopra

Search and Discovery.com

... of fractures is essentially the understanding of fracture patterns, so that appropriate ways can be devised for effectively draining out fractured...

Seal Capacity for Early Stage Exploration - multiple approaches reduces the uncertainty.

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Production Analysis and Forecasting of Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina: Case History-Based Approach

Leonardo Maschio, S. Maria, F. Herrero

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., geochemistry in cut samples and PVT fluid samples. Most of the wells were completed with two fracture stages while some others had only one stage in order...