Key Lessons in Planning for Proactive Decommissioning - A Review of the Thevenard Island Decommissioning Project

Christopher M. Jones, Michael B. Boisvert, Shannon L. Dolbel, Richard P. Langsford, George N. Farag, Kellie A. Rinaldi, Jennifer D. Brauhart, Paul Y. Hoffman, Grant A. Brunsdon

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... of this activity was approximately 6 months. The 38 m communications tower was demolished via induced collapse, utilising cut and pull techniques...

Physics Informed Data-driven Models for Discovery of Flow Physics and Forecasts in Unconventional Reservoirs

Hardikkumar Zalavadia, Utkarsh Sinha, Prithvi Singh, Zhenyu Guo, Sathish Sankaran

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...). Utilizing recent developments in machine learning and sparsity techniques, hybrid SNR is a novel framework for determining governing equations...

Predicting Hydrocarbon Generation and Expulsion in the Southern Apennines Thrust Belt by 2-D Integrated Structural and Geochemical Modeling: Part IStructural and Thermal Evolution

Simone Sciamanna, William Sassi, Roberto Gambini, Jean-Luc Rudkiewicz, Fausto Mosca, Carlo Nicolai

AAPG Special Volumes

... the latter, three different maturity trends exist that follow the structural domains as shown in Figure 4a. In the internal trend, only one...

Strike Oriented, Swath Seismic and Its Potential Application to Exploration and Development in the Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt

William F. Robinson IV

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... cross between compartments the raypaths deviate and reflect from different structural elevations which can vary by up to 200 metres. A full 3D travel-time...

Application of Quantitative Seismic Geomorphologic Techniques to Understanding Uncertainty in Clastic Depositional Systems

Lesli J. Wood, Lorena Moscardelli

West Texas Geological Society

...Application of Quantitative Seismic Geomorphologic Techniques to Understanding Uncertainty in Clastic Depositional Systems Lesli J. Wood, Lorena...

Improving fault resolution from multiple angle stacks by latent feature analysis with deep learning

Fan Jiang, Konstantin Osypov

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... interpreted in the same location but using different techniques or resources, e.g., predictions of multi-azimuth faults. To further assist in registering...

Applying Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) to Assist Fracturing Technique Selection in Unconventional Wells in Saudi Arabia

Jose Rueda, Jose Valbuena, Ali Al-Momin, Nayef Al-Mulhim

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (SRV). Different fracturing techniques are commonly tested during the appraisal phase, to find the best technique to maximize hydrocarbon recovery...

Subsurface temperature from seismic reflections: Application to the post-breakup sequence offshore Namibia

Arka Dyuti Sarkar and Mads Huuse

AAPG Bulletin

... the subsurface temperature field is how heat is transferred (i.e., heat flow and thermal conductivity) (Sclater et al., 1980). Often there is limited...

ABSTRACT: Leveraging Success from Onshore North America to Frontier and International Areas; #90017 (2003)

William H. Smith

Search and Discovery.com

... cover up to present day sediments. This structure is located between two areas with different stratigraphy and Andean structural styles: the E-vergent...

An Integration of Fault Rock Properties through Time with Basin Modeling, by Marek Kacewicz, Russell K. Davies, Michael Welch, and Rob J. Knipe, #40349 (2008)

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AVO and Inversion Contribute to Makassar Exploration Efforts

William L. Soroka, Herry Andiarbowo, Anung Widodo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... respects. The unique aspects include deep water, a slope rather than shelf environment and structural complexity. Rock physics was used to quantify...

Aiding self-supervised coherent noise suppression by the introduction of signal segmentation using blind-spot networks

Sixiu Liu, Claire Birnie, Tariq Alkhalifah, Andrey Bakulin

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... As such, the final joint scheme is the combination of a self-supervised, blind-spot denoising procedure and a supervised segmentation procedure. We illustrate how...

Using Super Basins as Analogues

Charles A. Sternbach

GEO ExPro Magazine

... from understanding and analysis to creative thinking and long-term strategy? How can geoscience attributes like structural setting and source, timing...

Value in Visualization, by Tracy J. Stark, #40133 (2004).

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Screening Techniques: Chapter 9

Myron K. Horn

AAPG Special Volumes

... EXAMPLE MAPPING ST-17 MAPPING TECHNIQUES: FRACTURE POROSITY RESULTING FROM STRUCTURAL CURVATURE ST-18 MAPPING TECHNIQUES: SANISH SANDSTONE EXAMPLE ST-19...

Geothermics in North America: Present and Future

W. K. Summers, Sylvia H. Ross

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

.... Techniques used in exploration include geologic mapping, fluid dynamics studies, and physical and chemical measurements, in addition to test drilling. New...

Reservoir Management a Key to Rejuvenation of Mature Fields, #20104 (2011)

Shyamal Bhattacharya, N. S. Rao

Search and Discovery.com

... to control individual reservoir performance. Segmented completion was used to control water production (Figure 3). The present paper will discuss mainly how...

Exploring the Thai and Malaysian Decommissioning Landscapes - Identifying Opportunities and Challenges for Australia

Aaron Tung

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... variety of different stake­ holders, including regulators, contractors, environmental non-for-profit organisations, recreational anglers, marine...

Challenges and Lessons Learnt from Northern Territory (NT) Orphan Well project

Shaun Hingerty

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... as to how the Orphan Well team developed its processes in both desktop study and site investigations. Keywords: fugitive methane gas, GPS, laser...

Geomechanics of hydraulic fracturing microseismicity: Part 1. Shear, hybrid, and tensile events

Seth Busetti, Wenjie Jiao, and Ze’ev Reches

AAPG Bulletin

... of microseismicity. In this series we present an approach to combine seismological and geomechanical techniques to investigate how microseismicity relates...

Identification of Vuggy Zones in Carbonate Reservoirs from Wireline Logs Using Machine Learning Techniques; #51237 (2016)

Erica Howat, Srikanta Mishra, Jared Schuetter, Benjamin Grove, Autumn Haagsma

Search and Discovery.com

..., how can we find the vugs? Use machine learning techniques to determine the key log indicators 7 Machine Learning Phase 1 • Identify vugs...

Subsurface Fault Throw: A Reply

Luis M. Banks

Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo (AVGMP)

... of my colleagues which are not any different from the ones I made, am making, and will make in the future. To err is human. I simply point out...

Eagle Ford Well Spacing: A Methodology to Integrate, Analyze and Visualize Multisource Data in Solving a Complex Value-Focused Problem

Philip Lindner, Hector Bello

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... being addressed by focusing on a combination of optimizing completions techniques and determination of optimum well spacing configurations; this study...

Deriving Subsurface Insight from Seismic

Gregory Partyka

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to local subsurface insight. At larger scales, it reveals morphology related to the structural and stratigraphic context. At smaller scales, it can detect...

Use of global analogues to improve decision quality in exploration, development, and production

Shaoqing Sun, David A. Pollitt, Shengyu Wu, and David A. Leary

AAPG Bulletin

... reasoning algorithms in reservoir analogue techniques in field development: Society of Petroleum Engineers Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition...