Geologic Framework of Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

Michael A. Fisher, Leslie B. Magoon

AAPG Bulletin

.... Stacking velocities were converted to interval velocities by use of the Dix formula (Dix, 1955). Horizontal and planar reflectors are required...

Reducing Reservoir Characterization Uncertainties and Improving Field Recovery through Four-Dimensional Seismic Technology: An Integrated Four-Dimensional Seismic Interpretation Workflow

Jie Zhang, Dez Chu, Ganglin Chen, Kelly Wrobel, William L. Soroka

AAPG Special Volumes

... interpretation workflow is based on fundamental rock physics analysis. The primary inputs are sonic logs and ultrasonic laboratory-measured velocities...

Kilometer-scale upward migration of hydrocarbons in geopressured sediments by buoyancy-driven propagation of methane-filled fractures

Jeffrey A. Nunn, Peter Meulbroek

AAPG Bulletin

... through geopressured sediments with velocities of hundreds of meters per year or higher. As methane-filled fractures increase in volume and decrease...

A Test of Initiation of Submarine Leveed Channels by Deposition Alone

Joel C. Rowland, George E. Hilley, Andrea Fildani

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the flow, however, high streamwise velocities and bed shear stresses promote sediment entrainment (Edmonds and Slingerland 2007; Rowland et al. in press...

Extending the Resolution of Seismic Reflection Exploration

L. R. Denham

Pacific Section of AAPG

... be considered together. There is no advantage in using a 15 m group interval where the highest frequency which can be recorded at the target depth is 30 Hz...

Using Sonic and Resistivity Effective Medium Theories to Quantify the Influence of Rock Fabric on the Mechanical Properties of Organic Mudrocks

Paul Sayar, Carlos Torres-Verdín

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... properties. Phase velocities of compressional- and shear-wave propagation are then calculated using the estimated stiffness of the rock. The rock physics...

Tectonic and Geodynamic Evolution of the Northern Australian Margin and New Guinea

Joanna Tobin, Sabin Zahirovic, Rakib Hassan, Patrice Rey

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... reasonable trench retreat velocities for intermediate (~3000 km) subduction zone lengths. This work highlights the role of numerical experiments...

Seismic Refraction Measurements in the Summit Basins of the New Hebrides Arc

Mark L. Holmes

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... 23 34 23 24 30 22 26 26 17 27 25 25 12 23 26 31 24 28 26 24 29 26 SEISMIC REFRACTION MEASUREMENTS Table 2* Refraction interval velocities (V...

Modeling secondary oil migration with core-scale data: Viking Formation, Alberta basin

Elise B. Bekele, Mark A. Person, Benjamin J. Rostron, Randal Barnes

AAPG Bulletin

... migration were conducted using the highest core-plug measurement of permeability from each borehole to obtain an upper bound on oil migration velocities...

South Halfway 3D: An example of a challenging onshore acquisition and subsequent processing and a unique way of performing a prestack elastic inversion on a difficult dataset

Marianne Rauch, Doug Brost, Hassan Odhwani, Aravind Nangarla, Adriana Gordon

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... Figure 2 shows the dominant frequencies around the main target interval. The lower frequencies are observed over the boggy area where they don...

Significant Erosion during Development of the Middle Miocene Unconformity and Its Effect on Hydrocarbon Generation in the Gulf of Thailand; #20084 (2010)

Masahi Fujiwara

Search and Discovery.com

... is estimated to be approximately 4500 feet based on the shale compaction trend analysis using sonic log data. Interval velocities at the Erawan-1 well...

Organically-Rich Sweet Spot Determination in Utica Shale; #42137 (2017)

Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Hossein Nemati, James Keay

Search and Discovery.com

.... In this article, we demonstrate the identification of organically rich sweet spots within the Point Pleasant interval using 3-D seismic data, and the available...

From Reservoir to Microscopic Scales: What Do We Learn Through the Characterization of Tight Gas Reservoirs?, by Jiajie Chen, Mark E. Petersen, William Jamison, #90027 (2004)

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West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P - New Life for an Old Prospect

Lorraine Mitchelmore, Neville Smith

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... velocities to the Base Muderong Formation, makes discrimination of the Top Reservoir surface difficult. Large lateral velocity gradients and localised...

Stochastic model for migration and breakage of detrital and authigenic fines

Bryant Dang-Le, Abolfazl Hashemi, Cuong Nguyen, Grace Loi, Nastaran Khazali, Yutong Yang, Alexander Badalyan, Thomas Russell, Pavel Bedrikovetsky

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... particles only detach at small velocities, then follows a velocity interval where Table 2. Sensitivity coefficients for mean velocities...

Effect of Shape Upon the Settling Velocity of Regular Convex Geometric Particles

N. C. Janke

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... particles: Ph. D. dissertation, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 147 p. JANKE, N. C., 1965, Empirical formula for velocities and Reynolds' numbers...

Laboratory Experiment on Flow Characteristics at a Beach Step

Magnus Larson , Tsuguo Sunamura

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

....--Water flows down the entire beach face, and all velocities are offshore. Velocity is uniform through the water column at a given location...

Interpretation of 2-D Seismic Data

Bruce S. Hart

Special Publications of SEPM

... involving checkshots and/or other eans of deter ining interval velocities, in order to portray the seis ically derived structure in depth units...

PSBasement and Crustal Controls on Hydrocarbons Maturation on the Exmouth Plateau, North West Australian Margin, by A. Goncharov, I. Deighton, L. Duffy, S. McLaren, M.Tischer, and C.Heine, #10119 (2006).

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Middle and Upper Miocene Natural Gas Sands in Onshore and Offshore Alabama

Robert M. Mink , Ernest A. Mancini ,, Bennett L. Bearden , Charles C. Smith

GCAGS Transactions

... the 46 Miocene fields in the study area (Fig. 1). This production has been from upper Miocene sands in the Discorbis "12" Interval-zone (Fig. 2...

Application OF AVO Seismofacies Technique to Detect Undrained Prospects in Handil Shallow and Upper Zones, Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan

Sung Yuh, Ahmad Anshariy, Savanto Ariawan, Hilfan Khairy, Cepi M. Adam

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the reservoirs range from very shallow of 300 mSS down to 2,200 mSS. The focus of this AVO study is on the Handil Shallow interval between 500 to 1500 mSS...

Combined-Flow Processes and Sedimentary Structures on the Shoreface of the Wave-Dominated Grande-Riviere-de-la-Baleine Delta

Philip R. Hill, Samuel Meule, Hugues Longuepee

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... parameters (significant wave height, Hs; period, T; and direction) using spectral analysis and maximum near-bed orbital velocities, uo, using linear wave...

Continental Rise off Eastern North America

K. O. Emery , Elazar Uchupi , J. D. Phillips , C. O. Bowin , E. T. Bunce , S. T. Knott

AAPG Bulletin

... southeast of New England: Jour. Geology, v. 75, p. 598-611. Houtz, R. E., and J. I. Ewing, 1963, Detailed sedimentary velocities from seismic refraction...

4-D Seismic: A Powerful New Technology for Monitoring Steam Movements in Duri Field-Central Sumatra

S. D. Jenkins, M. F. Bee, J. H. Lyle, E. Murhantoro

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the Duri 4-D data. Raytracing techniques are being utilized to measure the change in interval velocities due to steam injection. Because of the large...

Unlocking Potential Reservoir of Pre-Parigi Carbonate to New Opportunity Gas Field; A Case Study of Belut Structure - Offshore North West Java

Lambertus Fransisco Yulianus, Yasinta Dewi Setiawati, Sandra Radiansyah, Prawoto I. Syuhada

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Pre-Parigi, Base Pre-Parigi, and Top Main. Using average or interval velocities allows spatial variation of velocity between well locations...