Application of three-dimensional seismic texture analysis with special reference to deep-marine facies discrimination and interpretation: Offshore Angola, west Africa

Dengliang Gao

AAPG Bulletin

... samples, and it indicates how much amplitude changes from one location to the next. The textural randomness measures the predictability of amplitude from...

Abstract: Quantifying the Uncertainty of Elastic Facies Classification; #90319 (2018)

Keith Edwards, Muneera F. Al-Awadhi, Abdelrahman Abdeltwab

Search and Discovery.com

... of a certain facies falls within the elastic region that maps to that facies. Another criteria would be to measure how many of the points within...

The Geology of the Fractured Austin and Buda Formations in the Subsurface of South Texas

Wilford Lee Stapp

GCAGS Transactions

..., and sidewall cores of Austin Chalk. End_Page 228------------------------ demonstrated how these data fit together to evaluate the pay section...

Stratigraphy and static connectivity of braided fluvial deposits of the lower Escanilla Formation, south central Pyrenees, Spain

Richard Labourdette

AAPG Bulletin

... then be superposed onto the defined stratigraphic framework and local tectonic scheme. The aim of the study was to establish how channel evolution...

Diagenesis of Iron in Proglacial Sand Deposits of Late- and Post-Weichselian Age

Dieke Postma, B. Sine Brockenhuus-Schack

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...., 1970, Geochemistry of color genesis in red-bed sequence, Juniata and Bald Eagle Formations, Pennsylvania: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 40, p. 599-615. TURNER...

The Transfer of River Load to Deep-Sea Fans: A Quantitative Approach

Andreas Wetzel

AAPG Bulletin

..., the sediment volumes transported by rivers to the sea during falling or low sea level stands are unknown. Hence, one must evaluate just how much climatic changes...

Abstract: Tree ring studies in Labrador: investigating spatial and temporal patterns in climatic and ecological factors affecting tree growth

Trevor Bell, C. Kennedy, A. D. Dumeresq, P. H. Nishimura, P. Trindade, C. P. Laroque, A. B. Young

Atlantic Geology

... this relationship will help us better understand how the boreal forest will respond to changing climatic conditions. In addition to the regional networks...

Abstract: Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Optimization Algorithms and Large Parameter Spaces for Reservoir Geoscience and Engineering; #90174 (2014)

Elisa Amorim, Yasin Hajizadeh, Long Nghiem, and Mario Costa Sousa

Search and Discovery.com

... matches. This work presents techniques that allow the engineers to analyze and compare different possible models and help the asset teams in decision...

Risk Analysis: Is it Really Worth the Effort?

Paul D. Newendorp

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... profitability and risk. The methods provide a consistent procedure to evaluate and compare the degree of risk and uncertainty of each decision choice...

Can Sparse OBN Equal Savings and Data Quality?

Yannick Cobo, Rodrigo Felicio, Carlos Calderon, Paul Farmer, ION

GEO ExPro Magazine

... to compare how different geometries might impact the ability to build accurate velocity models. Geology The study area is in ultradeep waters (2 km...

Microseismic Quality Control Using Synthetic Seismograms

M. C. Smith, S. D. Goodfellow, J. Huang, S. C. Maxwell, J. Teff, B. Kennedy, B. Bayliss

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the velocity model, including QC of the sonic logs, method for calibrating the model, and calibration shot relocations. 2. Evaluate waveform...

High-Energy Carbonate-Sand Accumulation, the Quicksands, Southwest Florida Keys

Eugene A. Shinn , Barbara H. Lidz , Charles W. Holmes

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Survey Second Ann. Rpt., p. 175-231. SCHOLLE, P. A., 1978, A color illustrated guide to carbonate rock constituents, textures, cements and porosities...

Oolite-Bar Progradation, San Andres Formation, Midland Basin, Texas

Robert G. Todd

AAPG Bulletin

... as a series of oolite bars and associated intertidal and supratidal facies. Paleogeographic maps utilizing a regionally extensive bentonite as a datum show...

Alabama Ferry Field--U.S.A. East Texas Basin, Texas

Lawrence Bruno, Dana L. Roy, Gary S. Grinsfelder, Anthony J. Lomando

AAPG Special Volumes

.... The wide range in ultimate recovery estimates reflects differing opinions of how successfully secondary recovery methods can be employed. Secondary recovery...

Integration of Depth Conversion, Seismic Inversoin and Modeling Over The Belida Field, South Natuna Sea Block "B", Indonesia

Patrick Jonklaas

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... such a broad structure and the presence of velocity variations, depth conversion of the reservoir horizons seismic time maps is a key component of accurate...

Understand the Early Indicators for Long-term Performance of Unconventional Wells

Richard Cao, Chunlei Liu, Coleman Brennan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and PVT envelopes are linked to the production. RTA is used to compare relative productivity of different wells. A carefully calibrated reservoir model...

Hybrid Expandable Liner System: A Performance-enhancing, Cost-effective Alternative to Bullhead Refracturing

Kevin Eichinger, Sam French, Ken Day, Jared Brady, Ryan Epperson, Richard Leonard, Brad Leonard

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... were pumped in each stage to quantify individual stage production, compare bullhead to plug & perf production performance, and evaluate the hybrid...

Incorporation of Geology, Wells, and Rock Physics into Anisotropy Estimation for Seismic Depth Imaging Enables True Earth ModelŽ, #40828 (2011)

Huyen Bui, Peck-Hwa David Ng, Jenny Zhou, Chih-Wen Kue, Mart Smith

Search and Discovery.com

... to compare how we can improve with tilted transverse isotropy (TTI). Case Study The well under consideration is located in the Green Canyon area...

Field Study of South Pass 60 Field, Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS): An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach

Craig Davis, John Tubb, Jr., Cecil H. Truss, Jr., Robert Ostrander, Drayton Prator, Gary Janik, Ed Langhetee, Dennis Giovanetti, and Steve Buckert

GCAGS Transactions

... depth (MD) logs were digitized and used with 3D seismic depth maps to create true vertical thickness (TVT) logs. TVT factor and true stratigraphic...

Abstract: Plate Tectonic and Paleogeographic Mapping: State of the Art, by Christopher Scotese; #90078 (2008)

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Detrital-Zircon U-Pb Paleodrainage Reconstruction and Geochronology of the Campanian Blackhawk–Castlegate Succession, Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs, Utah, U.S.A.

Bridget S. Pettit,, Mike Blum, Mark Pecha, Noah McLean, Nicolas C. Bartschi, Joel E. Saylor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and facies: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Methods in Exploration, Series 7, p. 1–55. Vermeesch, P., 2004, How many grains are needed...

APPLIED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION FOR INDEPENDENT OPERATORS - Workshop Summary

Roger Slatt, Sandra Mark

PTTC

...-compartmentalized reservoirs it is often useful to compare net sandstone maps with the seismic amplitude map to get an idea about the distribution of the main...

Fluvial–Eolian Interactions In Sediment Routing and Sedimentary Signal Buffering: An Example From the Indus Basin and Thar Desert

Amy E. East, Peter D. Clift, Andrew Carter, Anwar Alizai, Sam VanLaningham

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... provenance relations among the fluvial and eolian components of the Thar–Indus system. We use the resulting provenance relations to evaluate how...

Response of the Oligo…Miocene bivalve fauna of the Kutch Basin (Western India) to regional tectonic events

Saurav Dutta and Devapriya Chattopadhyay

PALAIOS

... period to evaluate if there was a taxonomic and body-size related response to the regional tectonic shifts that reconfigured the seaway and influenced...

A phosphatic coprolite lacking diagenetic permineralization from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, northeastern Montana: Importance of dietary calcium phosphate in preservation

Kurt T. Hollocher, Thomas C. Hollocher, J. Keith Rigby, Jr.

PALAIOS

..., and mineralogical analyses. In the case of phosphatic coprolites, one would like to infer when and how rapidly dietary calcium and phosphate precipitated...