Do Moment Tensors Flip During Hydraulic Completions?

Adam Baig, Sepideh Karimi, Benjamin Witten, Aaron Booterbaugh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...? Effectively, we assume that the microseismic event around the hydraulic fracture is responding to perturbations in the stress regime that do URTeC...

Methodology for Assessing Original Gas in Place and Estimated Ultimate Recovery from a Tight Marine Formation Using Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Modelling

Matthew Goldman, Raymond L. Johnson Jr

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... to determine key parameters such as total organic carbon (TOC), mineralogy and stress regime. Once the formation had been characterised, a fracture...

Passive Seismic Monitoring and Integrated Geomechanical Analysis of a Tight-Sand Reservoir During Hydraulic-Fracture Treatment, Flowback and Production

David Eaton, Mirko van der Baan, Larry Matthews, Enrico Caffagni

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Passive Seismic Monitoring and Integrated Geomechanical Analysis of a Tight-Sand Reservoir During Hydraulic-Fracture Treatment, Flowback...

Modified Fetkovich Type Curve Enhances Type Well Construction for Horizontal Wells with Multiple Fractures

Alexander C. Eleiott, W. John Lee, Nefeli Moridis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to the Fetkovich type curve. From a type curve match, we can estimate apparent or effective matrix permeability and an apparent average fracture half...

Flow Units in Shale Condensate Reservoirs

Roberto Aguilera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...) Reservoir rock. (3) Seal rock. (4) Overburden rock. The TPS includes two processes: (1) Trap formation. (2) Generation–migration–accumulation...

Petroleum geology of the giant Elm Coulee field, Williston Basin

Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Aris Pramudito

AAPG Bulletin

...-fracture stimulated. Initial production ranges from 200 to 1900 BOPD (31.8 to 302.1 m3/day). Initial potential rates for vertical wells are generally...

Modeling Production Performance of an Abnormally High Pressure Unconventional Shale Reservoir

Basak Kurtoglu, Benjamin Ramirez, Hossein Kazemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pseudo-steady state (PSS) regime is achieved at very long times (Torcuk, 2013). Matrix and Fracture Properties--Laboratory The measurement of matrix...

Integrated Well Performance Analysis Methodology to Understand Production Performance and Identify Refracturing Candidates in Barnett Shale

Eric Bryan, Rex Richard, Connor Holasek, Nima Hosseinpour-Zonoozi, Dilhan Ilk, Charles Melvin, Kevin Eichinger, Brian Rankosky, Brian Ingalls, Sam French, Ken Day

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is prohibited. Abstract This work presents the methodology of integrating hydraulic fracture modeling with RTA to understand flow regime characteristics within...

Geomechanical Modelling, Fracture Permeability Analysis and Fault Stability Assessment for a Fractured Basement Field, Offshore Viet Nam

Adrian White, David Castillo, Sanjay Thakur

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Geomechanical Modelling, Fracture Permeability Analysis and Fault Stability Assessment for a Fractured Basement Field, Offshore Viet Nam Adrian White...

Structure and Mesozoic Tectonics of the Southeastern Taimyr Fold and Thrust Belt; #30304 (2013)

D. A. Zastrozhnov, A. K. Khudoley, and V. E. Verzhbitsky

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... similar structural style. 5. Stress axes orientation estimated from the fracture study in Riphean rocks in the Central Taimyr and Permian up to Upper...

Optimization of Infill Well Development Using a Novel Far-Field Diversion Technique in the Eagle Ford Shale

Yuri Rodionov, Cyrille Defeu, Kush Gakhar, Kevin Mullen, J T. Mayo, Dan Shan, Dmitri Usoltsev, E.A. Ejofodomi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... causes negative fracture interference (“frac hits”), frequently resulting in irreversible production degradation on both parent and child wells...

Fracture Variability within the Tensleep Formation, Southeastern Wyoming

Scott P. Cooper, John C. Lorenz

Wyoming Geological Association

... compressive stress and would bisect the acute angle between conjugate shear fracture pairs formed in the same stress regime (Peng and Johnson, 1972; Long et al...

The Use of the Bimodal Production Decline Curve for the Analysis of Hydraulically Fractured Shale/Tight Gas Reservoirs

Christine Doughty, George J. Moridis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is important in determining fracture and matrix properties. Modelbased analysis of production can range from simple analytical solutions to complex...

Optimized characterization workflow for naturally fractured reservoirs using seismic anisotropy attributes in the Middle Magdalena Valley basin, Colombia

Oscar Moreno, Enrique Casaña, Luis Figuera, Iván Higuera, Diego García, Jorge Acosta, Benjamin Roure

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... suitable seismic fracture characterization methodology for Colombian Middle Magdalena Valley (MMV) cretaceous formations by comparing interpretations from...

3D Natural Fracture Prediction Using Integrated Method of Structural Restoration and Geomechanical Forward Modelling: Case Study in South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

Mohammad Risyad, Restio Brata, Muhtar, Iqbal Buldani, Agus Heru Purwanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., often serve as highly efficient pathways for fluid migration. Thus, the stresses regime acting in a reservoir and the orientations of any fracture...

Geologic Methods for Locating Stratigraphic Traps--Introduction: Geologic Exploration Methods

H. R. Gould

AAPG Special Volumes

... as a type of stratigraphic trap. However, fracture porosity which is related to lateral change in facies and which results from regional tectonic forces...

Pore pressure patterns in Tertiary successions and hydrodynamic implications, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Canada

Zhuoheng Chen, Kirk G. Osadetz, Dale R. Issler, Stephen E. Grasby

CSPG Bulletin

... 250 exploration wells were used to investigate the fluid pressure regime of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Four patterns of pore pressure variation...

Abstract: Indian Deepwater Exploration; Concepts, Technology and Challenges

Ravi Bastia

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... club as an emerging exploration frontier. More than 40% of the total Indian sedimentary basinal area lies under deepwater (W.D. > 400 M) regime...

Abstract: Petrogenetic Studies of the Burnthill Granite and Related Sn-W Mineral Deposits, Central New Brunswick

H. E. MacLellan, R. P. Taylor

Atlantic Geology

... been subsequently tilted toward the south. Brittle fracture of the cooling granite allowed escape of the fluids along fractures, leading...

Abstract: Preliminary geomatics analysis of the St. Marys basin, Nova Scotia

T. Webster

Atlantic Geology

... by northwest-trending lineaments representing fracture planes associated with dextral motion between the Meguma and Avalon terranes. Some lineaments appear...

ABSTRACT: Geology and Petroleum Potential of Seychelles, by Surya N. Khanna and George E. Pillay; #91038 (2010)

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ABSTRACT: Tectonism, Subsidence, and Fracturing of Mesaverde Reservoirs in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, by John C. Lorenz, Sharon J. Finley, and David I. Norman; #91030 (2010)

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ABSTRACT: Faulting, Fracturing, and Sealing in Foreland Thrust Belts: Examples from the Subalpine Chains, by Sue Bowler and Robert W. H. Butler; #91032 (2010)

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Mechanical and Chemical Effects of Pore Fluids on Rock Properties

H. S. Swolfs , M. Friedman

AAPG Special Volumes

..., can cause surface subsidence. At depths of 3-4 km, most rocks are brittle, and fracture and rigid-body rotation are the dominant mechanisms...

Abstract: Genetic Classification of Petroleum Systems, by G. Demaison and B. J. Huizinga; #91004 (1991)

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