Exploration-Scale Predrill Reservoir-Quality Prediction Strategies for Gulf of Mexico Basin Sandstones and Carbonates

Brown, Alton A.

GCAGS Transactions

... modeling: AAPG Memoir 49, 175 p. Megill, R. E., 1988, An Introduction to Exploration Economics, third edition: Pennwell Press, Tulsa, 238 p. Scherer...

Numerical modeling of shear deformation measurements from distributed fiber optic strain sensing for detection and mitigation of induced seismicity

Aishwarya Srinivasan, Kan Wu, Ge Jin, George Moridis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Numerical modeling of shear deformation measurements from distributed fiber optic strain sensing for detection and mitigation of induced seismicity...

Basin Architecture and Marcellus Resource Potential in the Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania

M. Soledad Velasco, Horace Snyder, Emmanuel Schnetzler, Maggie Baber

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... profiles. These results, combined with the magneto-telluric and electromagnetic data provided insight of the basement depth and lithological variation...

Optimizing Well Spacing to Maximize Horizontal Well Performance and Recovery

Ahmed Alzahabi, Alexander Trindade, Ahmed Kamel, Kiran Sathaye

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fluid and proppant per foot, formation characteristics (e.g., depth, thickness, and clay content), water saturation, total organic content, and spatial...

Advanced VSP modeling for efficient data acquisition in deepwater subsalt well

Manish Lal Khaitan, Rafael Guerra, Francesco Miranda, Emmanuel Spadavecchia

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... via both 3D TTI ray tracing and 3D TTI acoustic finite-differences modeling (Hobro et al. 2016) followed by 3D TTI RTM depth imaging. With raytracing...

Forward stratigraphic modeling and uncertainty analysis of presalt source rock thickness in the southern Campos Basin, Brazil: An investigation of the impact of the main geological controls

Anderson G. de Almeida, Gustavo Garcia, André Luiz D. Spigolon, Maria P. Ramos Clavijo, Samer Bou Daher

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Forward stratigraphic modeling and uncertainty analysis of presalt source rock thickness in the southern Campos Basin, Brazil: An investigation...

De-Risking Exploration Well in A Mature Basin, Jabung Block, South Sumatra Basin: Application of Avo Analysis in A Sub-Unconformity Play

Lucky Kriski Muhtar, Mawar Indah Nursina, Iman Suripto Suyatno, Henri Heru Prasetijo, Hendra Niko Saputra

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... AVO Class Figure 3 (1) shows Well-Ext-1 LTAF reservoir that is filled with oil and has a similar depth to the NEBPre-TAF reservoir. AVO Forward modeling...

Lesson Learned From Static Model Uncertainty Analysis

Ivan Teguh Andhika Praja, Kosdar Gideon Haro, Fikri Yunus

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... modeling workflow include geostatistical parameters, statistical bias, time to depth relations, structural model, petrophysical cutoffs and hydrocarbon...

Building high-resolution models and synthetic seismic data to evaluate interpretation scenarios

Tiago Santos Cabral, Rodrigo Lopes Fernandes, Daina Popic Bendoraitis, Josair Estrela Gonalves Junior, Luiz Alberto Santos

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the model and to determine which interpretation is more likely to be closer to the truth. Introduction Over the years, seismic modeling has proven...

Simultaneous Auto-Calibrations of Complex Fracture Configurations in Multi-Well Development Scenario in Uinta Basin with Embedded Discrete Fracture Model and Multivariate Gaussian Distributions

Yuchen Xiao, Chuxi Liu, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Corwin Zigler

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fracture model (EDFM) along with a reservoir simulator to obtain the modeling result. A multi-objective loss function is used to compute the global error...

Seismic diffractions separation and imaging based on convolutional neural network

Jiaxing Sun, Jidong Yang, Zhenchun Li, Jianping Huang, Jie Xu

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... seismic modeling and Gaussian beam depth migration to compute the total DACIGs and stacked image. Figure 4d shows the migration section. Figure 4...

Improved subsalt imaging in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea with converted wave attenuation

Monica Hartmann, Jana Caskey, Benjamin Cole, James McLeman, Tom Rayment, Ares Ouzounis

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... attenuation workflow is designed to address this noise. A dual-leg 3D visco-acoustic forward modeling approach with separate background...

From the Geologists’ Eyes to Synthetic Core Descriptions: Geological Log Modeling Using Well-Log Data, by Benoit Mathis, Jean Pierre Leduc, and Thibault Vandenabeele, #40109 (2004).

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Seismic modeling in the analysis of deep-water sandstone termination styles

Kristina Bakke, Ian A. Kane, Ole J. Martinsen, Steen A. Petersen, Tor A. Johansen, Steinar Hustoft, Frode Hadler Jacobsen, Audun Groth

AAPG Bulletin

.... 382.Petersen, S. A., 1999, Compound modeling, a geological approach to the construction of shared earth models: 61st European Association of Geoscientists...

Micromechanical Modeling of Multi-Cluster Hydraulic Fracturing in Horizontal Well

Yi Fang, Yanhui Han

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Micromechanical Modeling of Multi-Cluster Hydraulic Fracturing in Horizontal Well Yi Fang, Yanhui Han URTeC: 2900577 Micromechanical Modeling...

3D inversion of electromagnetic logging-while-drilling data

David Marchant, Nigel Clegg, Luke Rawsthorne, Jari Kunnas

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... the inversions to be performed in real time. Key words: inversion, electromagnetic, geophysics, three-dimensional borehole INTRODUCTION Electromagnetic...

Time-lapse full-waveform inversion by model order reduction using radial basis function

Haipeng Li, Robert G. Clapp

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for Bayesian inference. INTRODUCTION Time-lapse seismic monitoring is an important method for detecting and characterizing subsurface...

Case History Study of Seismic-Driven 3-D MEM Calibrated with 1-D MEMs and Petrophysics in Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma

Vivek Swami, Julio Tavares, Vishnu Pandey, Tatyana Nekrasova, Dan Cook, Jose Moncayo, David Yale

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... seismic driven 3D geological model was built and calibrated to a petrophysical and geomechanical analysis, 1D-MEM (Mechanical Earth Model), on chosen...

AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, September 7-10, 1997, Vienna, Austria, - Abstracts, #90942 (1997).

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Geophysical Investigation Using Resistivity and GPR: A Case Study of an Oil Spill Site at Seberang Prai, Penang

Zaw Win, Umar Hamzah, Mohd Azmi Ismail, Abdul Rahim Samsudin

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... the propagation paths introduces significant absorptive losses which limit the depth of penetration into earth formations and is primarily dependent...

Challenges of Sub-Thrust Imaging Using Broadband Three-Dimensional Seismic Data: a Case Study in the Outer Banda Arc, Indonesia

Masamichi Fujimoto, Yonghe Guo, Anky Fatwa, Yuki Sasaki

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... prestack depth migration (PrSDM) velocity modeling and imaging were utilized for the study. The paper will describe the benefits of broadband seismic...

Impacts of Fold-Thrust Belt Forming on Hydrocarbon Occurrence in Seram Trough: Outer Banda Arc Foreland System

Qi Adlan, Asep H. P. Kesumajana, Edin A. Syaripudin

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... declared as dry holes. Basin modeling was used for the investigation of petroleum systems in the Seram Fold-Thrust Belt (SFTB) and Seram Trough foreland...

Using Mud Weights, DST, and DFIT Data to Generate a Regional Pore Pressure Model for the Delaware Basin, New Mexico and Texas

Sarah Rittenhouse, Jason Currie, Raleigh Blumstein

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... help to explain the differences in pressure regimes across the Delaware Basin. Introduction This paper looks at using predictive modeling...

Chapter 17: Controls on Thrusts Spacing: An Example from the Sub-Andean Fold-and-Thrust Belt of Southern Bolivia

Emilio Rocha, Ernesto Osvaldo Cristallini

AAPG Special Volumes

...-Puna Plateau of the Central Andes: Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 25, p. 139–174. Allmendinger, R. W., 1999, Introduction...

Coal Maturation and the Potential for Natural Gas Accumulation in Western and Central Washington State

T.J. Walsh, W.S. Lingley Jr.

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... depth for selected wells in the Puget and Columbia Basins. Data are from Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources files. bidite sequences...