An Integrated Field and Numerical Study of the Impact of Formation Anisotropy on Stage Spacing in Horizontal Wells

Varahanaresh Sesetty, Ahmad Ghassemi, Ivan Gil

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., 2018b) irrespective of fracture propagation regime. According to Sesetty and Ghassemi (2017a) toughness asymptote can provide sufficiently accurate...

Numerical Study of Stress Shadowing Effect on Fracture Initiation and Interaction Between Perforation Clusters

Branko Damjanac, Shawn Maxwell, Atena Pirayehgar, Maurilio Torres

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the fracture. For given conditions, including the use of slick water at an injection rate of 60 bpm, the fractures propagate in the toughness-dominated regime...

An Integrated Approach to Determining 4D Stress Development at Castle Cove

Hugo B. Burgin, Khalid Amrouch, Philippe Robion, David Kulikowski

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... of the plane of bedding, allows for the prediction of the most likely regime of paleostress responsible for fracture nucleation (Bellahsen et al. 2006...

An Experimental Investigation into Surface Roughness of a Hydraulic Fracture

Abbas Movassagh, Manouchehr Haghighi, Dane Kasperczyk, Mohammad Sayyafzadeh, Xi Zhang

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... regime may change from toughness dominant to Journal compilation Ó APPEA 2018 viscosity dominant for a penny-shaped hydraulic fracture (Detournay...

New Methodology for Fracture Attributes Determination Based on Petrographic Analyses, and Its Application in Two Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs of Southeastern Mexico, #40922 (2012)

Clotilde Prieto-Ubaldo, Faustino Monroy-Santiago, Norma Oláez-Ahedo

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...New Methodology for Fracture Attributes Determination Based on Petrographic Analyses, and Its Application in Two Naturally Fractured Carbonate...

Rock physics-based characterization of tertiary hydrocarbon migration: Seismic de-risking of false positive DHIs related to residual gas

Mario A. Gutierrez

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... with expected trap failure mechanisms. Top seal failure, where the buoyancy force is sufficient to force hydrocarbons into and through the caprock...

Evaluating the Effect of Formation Properties and Completion Design parameters on Cluster Efficiency Using Advanced Modeling

Varahanaresh Sesetty, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (3)). 𝑤 𝑥 𝑤 𝑥 → Where 𝐸 √ → 1 (2) √ 2 𝐸 𝑣 / , 𝜇 3 / / ’ ’ 12𝜇 𝑥 / (3) URTeC 5290 3 The regime of the fracture...

Fracture Characterization and Flow Profiling with Distributed Temperature Sensing

He Sun, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Fracture Characterization and Flow Profiling with Distributed Temperature Sensing He Sun, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori URTeC: 2737 Fracture...

Abstract: Dynamics of Fluid Flow through Fracture Networks: A Numerical Approach to Simulate Fluid-Controlled Opening and Closing of Fracture Permeability, by Enrique Gomez-Rivas and Paul D. Bons; #120034 (2012)

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Structural Geology and Fracture Analysis of Grotto Canyon, Alberta

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...Structural Geology and Fracture Analysis of Grotto Canyon, Alberta Structural Geology and Fracture Analysis of Grotto Canyon, Alberta Melissa Newton...

Abstract: Fractured Well: A Case Study of a Tight Silt Reservoir in Cambay Basin, by Sanat Mohanty and Mohit Srivastava; #90081 (2008)

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Geomechanical Characterization for Secure CO2 Storage in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Storage Complex in the Midcontinent Region, USA

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Integration of Conventional and Unconventional Exploration Techniques in Block 12, Kura Basin, Republic of Georgia, by John R. Everett, Ronald J. Staskowski, Reginal Spiller, Arif Yukler, and Bacho Glonti; #90052 (2006)

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Structural Geology: Fractures

Mike Shepherd

AAPG Special Volumes

.... In certain situations, such as extensively fractured basement rocks, all the porosity and permeability may reside in the fracture system. The storage...

Factors controlling petroleum accumulation and leakage in overpressured reservoirs

Fang Hao, Weilin Zhu, Huayao Zou, and Pingping Li

AAPG Bulletin

... optimally oriented, preexisting faults before pore pressure at the top of the trap reaches the fracture pressure of the seal . A fault slips when...

ABSTRACT: In Situ Stress and Fracture Characterisation in the Victorian Otway Basin, South-eastern Australia: Implications for the Unconventional Plays, by Tassone, David; Holford, Simon P.; King, Rosalind; Backe, Guillaume; #90155 (2012)

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Digital Outcrop Modelling of a Fractured Crystalline Basement: A Potential Unconventional Reservoir Outcrop Analogue

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An Efficient Workflow for Geological Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs From a New Through-the-Bit Logging Electrical Micro-Imaging Tool

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ABSTRACT: Spatially Variable Natural Fractures and Enhanced Shale Gas Production: A Case Study from the Pierre and Niobrara Formations, Raton Basin, CO; #90122 (2011)

Colin R. O’Farrell, Sarah J. Hawkins, William R. Drake, Hadi P. Soetrisno, and Todd W. Peters

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... stress regime (~70-110º rotation of principal horizontal stress) has induced at least three identifiable fracture families with characteristic...

Relating Fracture Type to Natural Gas Production Rates in the Folded Triassic Carbonate Reservoirs of the B.C. Foothills

Craig C. Rice, R. Yeo

CSPG Special Publications

... Columbia. The wells penetrate large asymmetric or box-folded anticlinal structures, which trap gas in fracture-enhanced carbonate reservoirs...

Origin of Subsurface Fracture Systems--Example from Altamont Field, Uinta Basin, Utah: ABSTRACT

Wayne Narr, John B. Currie

AAPG Bulletin

...Origin of Subsurface Fracture Systems--Example from Altamont Field, Uinta Basin, Utah: ABSTRACT Wayne Narr, John B. Currie 1980 755 755 64 5. (May...

Miscible Fluid Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test Design Enabling Permeability Estimation from Before-Closure Linear Flow

Christine Ehlig-Economides, Mariia Bychina, Guoqing Liu, Jie Wang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... a field example illustrating apparent before closure linear flow regime and associated it with fracture linear flow. Liu and Ehlig-Economides 2015...

Seismic Fracture Detection in the Second White Speckled Shale: Anisotropic Perspectives on an Isotropic Workflow; #41289 (2014)

David Cho, Craig Coulombe, Scott McLaren, Kevin Johnson, and Gary F. Margrave

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...Seismic Fracture Detection in the Second White Speckled Shale: Anisotropic Perspectives on an Isotropic Workflow; #41289 (2014) David Cho, Craig...

Tectonic Fractures Analysis of Carbonate Baturaja Formation, Pondok Tengah Field Using Coherence Attributes

Joko Padmono, Endro Hartanto, Adang Sukmatiawan, Arif Prasetyo, Anom Prasetya, Arief Krisnandya, Tommy Hendriansyah, Nuli Yudhandono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... or by analyzing multi-component P- and S-wave data. An alternative method for fracture reservoir detection using post-stack 3D seismic is coherence attributes...

The North West Shelf Stress Map

Richard Hillis, Scott Mildren, Chris Pigram, Don Willoughby

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... field has implications for: CARNARVON BONAPARTE NORTH NORTH SOUTH SOUTH • wellbore (thus log) quality and stability; • hydraulic fracture...