Geological and Borehole Features Described by the Circumferential Acoustic Scanning Tool

Joseph F. Goetz, Douglas D. Seiler, Charles S. Edmiston

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... of fractures. Fracture detection by wireline logs has long been an elusive goal. In fact, detection of fractures falls short of the real goal which...

Multi-scale three-dimensional distribution of fracture- and igneous intrusion-controlled hydrothermal dolomite from digital outcrop model, Latemar platform, Dolomites, northern Italy

Carl Jacquemyn, Marijke Huysmans, Dave Hunt, Giulio Casini, and Rudy Swennen

AAPG Bulletin

..., photo-realistic virtual outcrops are a digital copy of the real-world exposure, used for virtual field trips, safety reviews, and client meetings. Second...

Geologic Model for the Assessment of Technically Recoverable Oil in the DevonianMississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin

Richard M. Pollastro, Laura N. R. Roberts, Troy A. Cook

AAPG Special Volumes

... or continuous), structural control, fracture occurrence and prediction, lithology and petrophysical properties, formation thickness, underlying salt movement...

Abstract: Hydraulic Fracturing as a Global Cascade in Networked Systems; #90187 (2014)

David Cho and Gary F. Margrave

Search and Discovery.com

... hydraulically induced fractures propagate in various rock types. These simplifications allow us to discard the complex fluid flow and fracture mechanics...

Microseismic Case Study: A deeper look into the microseismic events. What events are really related to stimulated reservoir; #41446 (2014)

Michael Doerksen, Don Poruchny, Michael d'Entremont

Search and Discovery.com

... density and the number of frac stages employed using multi stage fracture stimulation was questioned. To answer this, Yangarra contracted Reservoir...

An Appraisal of Fracture Porosity

James M. Drummond

CSPG Bulletin

..., the United States and other parts of the world show that fracture porosity is widely distributed. More than ten percent of world reserves occur...

Seismic lineaments characterization using independent component analysis

Abdulmohsen AlAli, Yazeed Altowairqi, Constantinos Tsingas, Ali AlSultan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... to understanding the regional evolution of the basin. Introduction The world is actively seeking hydrocarbon in increasingly challenging areas...

Pressure Window Analysis for Aerated Drilling Success in Geothermal Wells,

Ghifari Yoga Pradhana, Isnani Agriandita

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...: Aerated Drilling, Fracture Reservoir, Pressure Window. INTRODUCTION Optimization of drilling costs has a significant impact in geothermal field...

Ramsay 1 and Ramsay 2, learnings from the first natural hydrogen exploration wells in Australia

Josh Whitcombe, Neil McDonald, Roger Cressey, Billy Hadi Subrata, Steve Falloon, Neil Carr, Frank Glass

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... real time mud gas analysis), Gold Hydrogen has shown that exploration for natural hydrogen resources can be done safely and cost effectively. The main...

The Role of Natural Fractures (Joints) In the Marcellus Shale during Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Using Full 3D Modeling

Leonardo Cruz, Pengcheng Fu, Ghazal Izadi, Daniel Moos, Judith Sheridan, Randolph R. Settgast, Frederick J. Ryerson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...The Role of Natural Fractures (Joints) In the Marcellus Shale during Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Using Full 3D Modeling Leonardo Cruz, Pengcheng...

3-D Seismic Attribute-Assisted Analysis of Microseismic Events Within the Marcellus Shale

Search and Discovery.com

Fractures in Sedimentary Rocks: ABSTRACT

Vincent C. Kelley

AAPG Bulletin

... zones. Fracture thresholds are reached at various times and places for the various rock components, and withal the fracture pattern in its...

ABSTRACT: Predicting Shale Characteristics with Integrated, Multi-Variate Statistics; #90122 (2011)

Murray Roth and Bill Bashore

Search and Discovery.com

... will break and how rocks will break. Estimates of total organic carbon, thermal maturity, lithofacies and threshold thickness are some attributes...

Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Real Time Pore Pressure Prediction: 3-D Earth Model in the Gulf of Mexico

Search and Discovery.com

Start to Finish: Optimizing Completions from the Bit to the Perforation Cluster

Stephen Drylie, Carl Merkt, Buddy Woodroof, Tanner Wood

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... coefficients Under constant conditions, the empirical coefficients should remain the same, but real-world scenarios rarely maintain constant conditions. However...

Integrating seismic fracture lineaments into geologic-scale models: A fractal approach

Debasis Chaudhuri, Ankur Roy, Rayaan Biswas

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... is visible. Figure 2b is a depth slice at 7040ft. (representative of the reservoir interval) from the fracture-lineament cube. A threshold is put...

Study of Fracturing Fluid Imbibition Impact on Gas-Water Two Phase Flow in Shale Fracture-Matrix System

Guanglong Sheng, Wendong Wang, Hui Zhao, Zengmin Lun, Yufeng Xu, Qian Zhang, Wenfeng Yu, Di Chai, Xiaoli Li, Yi Lou

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Study of Fracturing Fluid Imbibition Impact on Gas-Water Two Phase Flow in Shale Fracture-Matrix System Guanglong Sheng, Wendong Wang, Hui Zhao...

Rate Transient Effects of Various Complex Fracture Network Topologies in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: A Numerical Simulation Study

Jiamin Jiang, Rami M. Younis, Leslie Thompson, Zhe Liu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...ion of the compressible real-gas flow described by Eqn.(8), the system will become nonlinear, which could be solved by Newton method. For fracture-fracture intersect...

Real-time hydraulic fracturing monitoring using deep learning clustering of microseismic data

Chenglong Duan, Lianjie Huang, Michael Gross, Michael Fehler, David Lumley

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... during hydraulic fracturing, thus providing the means for real-time tracking of fracture opening and fluid flow inside the growing fracture network...

The Exploration, Appraisal and Development of Unconventional Reservoirs: A New Approach to Petroleum Geology; #41115 (2013)

Richard K. Stoneburner

Search and Discovery.com

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

Validation of Fracture Height and Density from Rapid Time-Lapse DAS VSP for use in Calculating Stimulated Rock Volume: A Case Study from Hereford Field, Colorado

T. L. Inks, X. Zhao, M. E. Willis, E. Jenner, B. Burke

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Validation of Fracture Height and Density from Rapid Time-Lapse DAS VSP for use in Calculating Stimulated Rock Volume: A Case Study from Hereford...

Real-Time Borehole-Based Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Adjacent Horizontal Wells in the Barnett Shale: Example of a Faulted Reservoir, #40576 (2010)

Jerry S. Stokes, Horacio Moros, H. Le Calvez, Kimberly Brosnan, Joe Greer

Search and Discovery.com

...Real-Time Borehole-Based Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Adjacent Horizontal Wells in the Barnett Shale: Example...

AAPG/Datapages Discovery Series No. 7: Multidimensional Basin Modeling - Abstracts

AAPG Special Volumes

... bafflesEnable the modeling of migration through highly detailed fracture modelsTrack backbones of high fluid fluxes, critical for accurate...

Saratoga Chalk Update II: Bias in Petroleum Economic Evaluation

Donald W. Downey

GCAGS Transactions

... Saratoga Chalk wells, four subsequent non-commercial wells resulted in project shut-down. The extremely high initial flow rates associated with fracture flow...

Seepage pathway assessment for natural gas to shallow groundwater during well stimulation, in production, and after abandonment

Maurice Dusseault and Richard Jackson

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... and Richard Jackson 2014 107 126 21 3 Hydraulic fracture stimulation (HFS) of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs is of public concern with respect...