Feasibility Study Methodology for Fracture Analysis Studies Using Seismic Azimuthal Amplitude Variation: Application in Southern Mexico

Alexis Ferrer Balas, Nahum Campos, Jesus Garcia Hernandez

GCAGS Transactions

...Feasibility Study Methodology for Fracture Analysis Studies Using Seismic Azimuthal Amplitude Variation: Application in Southern Mexico Alexis Ferrer...

Outcrop-behind Outcrop (Quarry): Multiscale Characterization of the Woodford Gas Shale, Oklahoma

Roger M. Slatt, Nichole Buckner, Younane Abousleiman, Rafael Sierra, Paul R. Philp, Andrea Miceli-Romero, Romina Portas, Neal O'Brien, Minh Tran, Robert Davis, Timothy Wawrzyniec

AAPG Special Volumes

... autopicked. Of these, only planes with high dips were considered as real fracture planes (number used in analysis [n] = 280), the most of which fell...

ABSTRACT: Positive Versus Negative Thickness: Implications toward Reservoir Navigation

James J. Willis

GCAGS Transactions

... upsection into roof strata. Integration of dip data, including from real-time image log analysis, with standard depth logs allows for quantitative full log...

Importance of Radar Look Direction in Petroleum Exploration: ABSTRACT

P. Jan Cannon

AAPG Bulletin

..., and/or pattern. The discontinuity of tone, shape, texture, or pattern is created by differential erosion of the terrain on one side of a fracture...

ABSTRACT: Positive Versus Negative Thickness: Implications toward Reservoir Navigation; #90117 (2010)

James J. Willis

Search and Discovery.com

... the target upsection into roof strata. Integration of dip data, including from real-time image log analysis, with standard depth logs allows...

ABSTRACT: Geosteering Horizontal Wells into the Sweet SpotŽ of Thin Non-Conventional Reservoirs, Examples from the Cardium Sand of the Alberta Deep Basin; #90108 (2010)

Andrew Newson

Search and Discovery.com

... the stratigraphic position of the borehole during drilling and relate it to the locally developed structure and fracture pattern. Using a close offset gamma...

Abstract: Utilizing High Resolution LWD Images to Improve the Well Productivity by Maximizing Reservoir Contact and Optimizing Completion Design in Carbonate Reservoirs; #91204 (2023)

Hesham Elmasry, Ahmed Fateh, Husain Alnajrani, Ahmed Taher

Search and Discovery.com

..., Observations, Conclusions This innovative workflow was implemented for achieving optimum reservoir contact by using the real-time image and at-bit resistivity...

PTTC Network News - Vol. 12, No.2 - 2006

Dwight Rychel, Steve Holditch

PTTC

... is increasingly recognizing that the real world is not that neat. There can be multiple fractures, multiple planes, branching, fractures growing erratically...

Predicting Stress and Fracture Orientations with Geomechanical Reservoir Models - Lessons Learned from a Case Study, by A. Frischbutter and A. Henk, #40596 (2010).

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Increase Net Present Value and Reduce Completion Cost by Using an In-House Automated Fracture Design, Reservoir Simulator and Optimization Workflow for Well Spacing and Completions Design

Srimoyee Bhattacharya, Ed Lake, Xin Liu, Robert Dombrowski, Richard Cao, Alejandro Girardi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Increase Net Present Value and Reduce Completion Cost by Using an In-House Automated Fracture Design, Reservoir Simulator and Optimization Workflow...

Abstract: Array Analysis of Surface Microseismic Data from the Rolla Microseismic Experiment; #90174 (2014)

Katarina Seckarova and David W. Eaton

Search and Discovery.com

... a hydraulic fracture treatment of the Montney Formation in northeastern BC. Four days of continuous recording provided over 3600 potential events, from...

How Can We Use Tectonic Reactivation to Control Stress Distribution at Reservoir and Basin Scale? Learning from Paleopiezometry and Analogues; #41402 (2014)

Jean-Marc Daniel

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... how the reactivation of fractures by folding can control the properties of fracture network. The chosen outcrop analogue shows striking similarities...

Microseismic Case Study: Monitoring of a Multi Well Completion in the Muskwa & Evie Shale Play in Northeastern British Columbia; #120171 (2014)

Peter Morton, Jane Ling, William Barker, Paige Snelling

Search and Discovery.com

... with a dominant fracture azimuth of 70°. The maximum horizontal stress orientation in this region from the World Stress Map Project (Heidbach et al...

Critical Interrelated Geologic, Economic, and Political Problems Facing the Geologist, Petroleum Industry, and Nation

Lewis G. Weeks

AAPG Bulletin

... in 1972 dollars at $4.00 and $6.00 per barrel for the 2 years, respectively. Current world prospects for oil indicate that there will be little choice...

Comprehensive Workflow for Lab to Field-Scale Numerical Simulation to Improve Oil Recovery in the Eagle Ford Shale by Selective Testing and Modeling of Surfactants for Wettability Alteration

I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, David S. Schechter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the oil transfer between matrix and fracture system. URTeC:2884598 2 As stated before, numerous study has been published on the laboratory-scale...

Hydraulic fracture stage identification and size estimation using distributed strain and temperature sensing

Jaewon Saw, Linqing Luo, Julia Correa, Kenichi Soga, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Erich Kerr, Robert Bohn

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Hydraulic fracture stage identification and size estimation using distributed strain and temperature sensing Jaewon Saw, Linqing Luo, Julia Correa...

Application of Microseismic to Assess Hydraulic Fracture Behavior in Relation to Completion Design and Landing Zone

Stacy Trowbridge, Joe Wicker, James Courtier, Ryan Fairfield, Tammy Campbell

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the perforations, and any structural features that influence fracture propagation. Although a detailed stage-level real-time analysis of microseismic...

Geosteering through Challenging Fractured Limestone Reservoir Becomes Achievable Utilizing High Definition Multi-Layer Boundary Mapping Technology … Case Study from a Deep Gas Reservoir; #41828 (2016)

Saad A. Al-Ajmi, Chinmaya Pattnaik, Ahmed E. Al-Dawood, Qasem Dashti, Abdul Aziz H. Al-Failakawi, Sandeep Chakravorty, Chandan J. Keot, Khaled M. El-Derini

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.... They are uniquely characterized by a dual porosity nature where natural fracture network systems are the primary flowing mechanism. The foremost challenge...

Application of a Sparse Hybrid Data-Driven and Physics Model in Unconventional Reservoirs for Production Forecasting

Hardikkumar Zalavadia, Sathish Sankaran

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... with finite conductivity in closed boundary reservoir This case is a representation of a complex fracture network that reflects a real-life situation where...

Characterizing Natural Fractures and Sub-seismic Faults for Well Completion of Marcellus Shale in the MSEEL Consortium Project, West Virginia, USA

Bingjian Li, B.J. Carney, Tim Carr

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... consent of URTeC is prohibited. Abstract The Middle Devonian Marcellus shale play has emerged as a major world-class hydrocarbon accumulation...

Integrated Shale Gas Reservoir Modeling

C. Mike Du, Xu Zhang, Y. Zee Ma, Peter Kaufman, Brad Melton, Sherif Gowelly

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Cipolla, C. L., N. R. Warpinski, and M. J. Mayerhofer, 2008, Hydraulic fracture complexity: Diagnosis, remediation, and exploitation: SPE Asia Pacific Oil...

Quantifying the Induced Stresses During Stacked, Multi-Stage, Multi-Well Completions, to Define Stimulation Sequencing and Optimize Pad Productivity

Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Egor Dontsov, Bradley Abell

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... for hydraulic fracture modeling, are taken from a real field case example in the Midland basin. However, as requested by the owners of the data, detail field...

Dynamic Micro-CT Imaging of Diffusion in Unconventionals

Andrew Fogden, Terri Olson, Michael Turner, Jill Middleton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... viability in all shale plays. Understanding controls on transport properties and the connection between matrix and fracture storage and flow would...

Abstract: “Stealth” Exploration and Serendipitous Exploitation for the Texas Woodford

Bill Fairhurst

West Texas Geological Society

... an excellent regional source rock and economic resource play in Oklahoma it is one of the true world-class source rocks in Texas and Oklahoma...

ABSTRACT: Evaluating Risk Factors and Exploration/Development Strategies in Stratigraphic and Subtle Traps; #90017 (2003)

Jack Allan, S. Qing Sun

Search and Discovery.com

... plays are perceived as having lower risk. More than 80% of the world's discovered stratigraphic and subtle traps are located in the USA and Canada...