Improved Wireline Density Acquisition in Elongated, Directional Boreholes Drilled Through Stressed Formations of Western Canada

Search and Discovery.com

... to improve density data acquisition, but deviated wellbores can render standard tactics ineffective. This paper addresses methodology for improvement...

Abstract: Case Studies from Fort Mc Murray, Horn River Basin and Manitoba Displaying Advances in Technology, New Approach and Updated Interpretation of AEM Data for Unconventional Hydrocarbons and Groundwater Mapping; #90224 (2015)

Andrea Viezzoli and Vincenzo Sapia

Search and Discovery.com

... for improvement in the rendering of the shallowest layers. It was found that the description of the waveform used was not accurate. The modelling was therefore...

Modeling and Validation of Fluid Flow-Geomechanics of Mauddud Reservoir in Sabriya Field; #41052 (2012)

I. Hossam, P. Ashok, K. Rajive, J. Al-Kandari, M. Yaser, A. Mohamad-Hussein, K. Khaqan, D. Press, G. Xi, K. Lee, and C. Tan

Search and Discovery.com

... showed significant improvement of the reservoir production history match using coupled geomechanics. 3D mud weight cube was then constructed for field...

Integrating Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy in Characterizing Unconventional Reservoirs in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas

Seth J. Workman, G. Michael Grammer

GCAGS Transactions

... and cannot be correlated between wells, likely due to a combination of allocyclic and autocyclic controls. Reservoir quality poroperm correlates...

Innovative Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Natural Fractures, Optimize Well Spacing and Increase Productivity in the Marcellus Shale

Farid Mohamed, Dolapo Otulana, Ivan Salazar, Han Xue, Li Fan, Dan Shan, Jim Bennett, Kabiru Abubakar, Kyle Barrie, Bryce Yeager, Marcia Simpson, Creties Jenkins

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... management due to commodity price fluctuations. The changes to these drilling and completion practices made it challenging to understand which...

Life-of-Field monitoring for CO2 storage … an effective solution for validating containment and analysing storage performance

Max Watson, Hadi Nourollah

Australian Energy Producers Journal

.... Offshore, particularly for seismic acquisition, M&V approval is challenging due to concerns about inter­ ference with marine ecosystems and existing...

Fractures in Cretaceous Rocks from Selected Areas of San Juan Basin, New Mexico--Exploration Implications

Frank D. Gorham, Jr. , Lee A. Woodward , J. F. Callender , Albert R. Greer

AAPG Bulletin

... to areas of (1) maximum convex curvature, (2) abrupt change in strike direction along the monocline from generally northeast to due east and back...

Advanced Downhole Measurements and 3D Model Based Geosteering Improves Wellbore Placement Accuracy

Christopher Viens, Mark Tomlinson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the wellpath onto a plane where the geological character may be different due to structure adjacent to the vertical section line. Utilizing azimuthal...

Is GOR Truly Affecting Recovery? A Multi-variate Case Study in the Delaware Basin

Riteja Dutta, Sam Dawson, Michael Maler

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... than expected. GOR variations, both temporal and spatial, can be due to processes that occur on both production and geologic scales: reservoir...

Impact of High-Performance Water Based Mud (HPWBM) Usage to Geological Data Acquisition: Case Study Suban Field South Sumatra

Budi R Permana, Isa Boga, Fadia Hamid, Ratih Widyaningsih, Miftahul Firdaus

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to improve drilling performance. However, the costs of SOBM are high and cuttings handling is more environmentally risky. For continuous improvement...

Measurement of Independent Variables - Composition

Peter T. Stanton, Michael D. Wilson

Special Publications of SEPM

... of Independent Variables - Composition character due to illness, or if the user does not clearly enunciate similar sounding words. The sys­ tem can be programmed...

Thermal Shock in Reservoir Rock Enhances the Hydraulic

Saeid Enayatpour, Tad Patzek

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... activated Percent Improvement in Recovery 0 30 Time (year) (c) Recovery improvement due to thermal cracks Figure 9: Pressure distribution and recovery...

Waterflood in a Tight, Heterogeneous, Water-Sensitive, and Massively Fractured Reservoir

Richard Arnold, Febrian Asrul

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... due to insufficient reservoir pressure are brought back to production after the threshold bottomhole pressure is exceeded. To date, recovery factor...

Standardized Workflow for Aquifer Characterization in Neuquén Unconventional Oil & Gas Blocks

Lisandro G. Rodríguez, Juan M. Reynaldi, John B. Angel Alvarez, Sebastian María, Betina Laurenzano, Nadia Curetti, Jaime Faundes

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... that can be used by any company within any block of the basin that meets the legal requirements and standards for the preservation of the provincial water...

Hydrocarbon Potential of Bakken and Torquay Formations, Southeastern Saskatchewan

L.K. KREIS and A.L. COSTA

Williston Basin Symposium

... transgression of the middle Bakken sea depositing silt and clay in a quiet-water environment favouring preservation of abundant brachipods...

The Development and Status of the Mesozoic Palynostratigraphy of the North West Shelf, Australia

B. Ingram, R. Morgan

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... an indication of environment of deposition. Given the complications related to productivity and selective preservation, this guide usually must...

Vaca Muerta Formation: An Example of Shale Heterogeneities Controlling Hydrocarbon Accumulations

Luis P. Stinco, Silvia P. Barredo

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... such as the Neuquén basin. This deformation was favored by the relatively high geothermal gradient due to the magmatism of the arc that diminished...

A Milankovitch Climate Control on the Middle Miocene Mediterranean Intermediate Water

Mario Sprovieri, Franca Sgarrella, Bianca Russo, Adriana Bellanca, Rodolfo Neri

Special Publications of SEPM

... of marine sedimentary sequences. This is due to the complex structure of the benthic assemblage, from which it is generally difficult to infer...

The Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Canadian Sedimentary Basins — A Synthesis

R. G. McCrossan, J. W. Porter

CSPG Special Publications

... and/or Upper Cambrian in the south-central Arctic Archipelago indicates a physiographic silling, due possibly to a pre-Late Cambrian (Selwynian) orogeny...

The First 3 Re-Drill Drilling Wells Performances to be Utilized as Key References to Drill Another 4 New Wells of The Sapi Re-Activated Development Drilling Wells in East Kalimantan Area

Hendrazid Hendradiz, Made Allan Pribadi, Ramadhan Aristya, Jane Honey Susanta, Romadona Yoga P.

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... re-drills had been thoroughly evaluated. All similar potential drawbacks could be anticipated and avoided for better performance improvement. Therefore...

Converting Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel, the Successful Continuous Improvement in Tangguh LNG

Alief Bakhtiar, Ezhar Manaf, Imam Sardjono, Paramitha Prameswari, Wakid Yuniarto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Converting Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel, the Successful Continuous Improvement in Tangguh LNG Alief Bakhtiar, Ezhar Manaf, Imam Sardjono...

Responsive Drilling Performance Enhancement through Rigorous Measurements of Rig Activities - A Case Study from Oman

Yousuf Al-Aufi, AlSalt AlSalti, Arghad Arnaout, Gerhard Thonhauser

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a monitoring and improvement process for all drilling operations and following up drilling contractors through operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs...

High-Resolution Stratigraphy and Paleobiology of the Hartland Shale Member: Analysis of an Oxygen-Deficient Epicontinental Sea

B.B. Sageman

Special Publications of SEPM

..., or olive black. Due to high calcareous content, traced westward into the Mancos Shale is due to lateral facies changes associated...

In Situ Stable Isotopic Evidence for Protracted and Complex Carbonate Cementation in a Petroleum Reservoir, North Coles Levee, San Joaquin Basin, California, U.S.A

Mostafa Fayek , T. Mark Harrison , Marty Grove , Kevin D. Mckeegan , Chris D. Coath , James R. Boles

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... setting were ideal for the preservation of organic-rich rocks (Graham 1987). Two distinct stages of Cenozoic subsidence can be recognized in the San...

ESP Real-Time Data Enables Well Testing with High Frequency, High Resolution, and High Repeatability in an Unconventional Well

L. Camilleri, M. El Gindy, A. Rusakov

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... One will observe a lower frequency oscillation with 24hour cycles, which is due to variation between day and night time ambient temperatures and which...