The Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Gippsland Basin: Results from 2D Section Balancing and 3D Structural Modelling

M. R. Power, K. C. Hill, N. Hoffman, T. Bernecker, M. Norvick

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... depth converted for structural modelling purposes. Layer-cake depth conversion of the interpretation was done using average interval velocities...

Chapter 13: Outcrop Gamma-Ray Logging Applied to Subsurface Petroleum Geology

Roger M. Slatt, James M. Borer, Brian W. Horn, Hisham A. Al-Siyabi, Sarah R. Pietraszek

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... The correlation that is likely to be made is one where similar log responses are correlated in a layer-cake fashion (Fig. 2A). After visiting...

Distribution of the Permian Blaine Formation Salt in the Subsurface of the Hugoton Embayment Area of Baca County, Southeast Colorado

Robert L. Askew

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... pattern and en echelon type faulting mapped in the Ordovician by Askew (2012). Location of wells A, B, and Cross-section C-C’. Discussion Cross...

Radar Structure of Earthquake-Induced, Coastal Landslides in Anchorage, Alaska

Walter A. Barnhardt, Robert E. Kayen

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... of coarsegrained outwash overlying thick clay deposits of Bootlegger Cove Formation, the same layer-cake stratigraphy present at Government Hill. Hansen (1965...

Munn Formation (Permian, Guadalupian) Depositional Setting, Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy, Apache Platform, West Texas

Robert F. Lindsay, Robert C. Trentham, Robert F. Ward, Alvin H. Smith

West Texas Geological Society

... using a “layer cake” ramp model instead of utilizing a series of prograding clinoforms on a distally steepening carbonate ramp model. Best examples...

Fusuline Correlations: Oquirrh Formation and Durst Group

Walter Sadlick

Utah Geological Association

... in terms of “layer-cake” stratigraphy, then the logical interpretation is that unconformities are present. That is, both the Hell’s Canyon and Morgan...

Case Histories in South Louisiana Salt Dome Geology

New Orleans Geological Society

... uniform or layer-cake deposition, i.e., internal convergence is minor or absent. Usually the plug and core/mound-stages are separated by an unconformity...

Integrating Geology and Engineering: Implications for Production in the Bakken Play, Williston Basin

Cosima Theloy, Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...., 1991). The strata in the Williston Basin are characterized by a draping, layer-cake geometry, interrupted only by few structural features...

Clues to the Structural History of the Rankin Trend, from 3-D Seismic Data

Steve Newman

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... to this basin. The cause of this uplift though is still unanswered. Precise timing of the movement is also hard to determine. Conformable, 'layer-cake...

Resolving Production Trends in Shale Reservoirs„An Eagle Ford Case Study from Localized Reservoir Characterization to Basin Understanding

Katharine Moncada, Keith Atwood, Rapahael Altman, Raj Malpani, Shirley Indriati, Richard Clayton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... layer cake model was created. The average matrix permeability (kmatrix) and hydrocarbon porosity was obtained from the petrophysical model...

Introduction to Subsurface Groundwater Studies

Eric Eslinger, Uriel Oko, Jacqueline A. Smith, G. H. Holliday

Special Publications of SEPM

... or inferred. If the stratigraphy is likely to be layer-cake, the intervals to be split-spooned can be varied among the wells so that the entire...

Using Reservoir Engineering Workstations to Improve Duri Steam Flood Simulation Predictions

Josef H. Blunschi, Cedric C. Cease, Charles A. VanAllen

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and water saturation data from that well were used as a layer cake description for the history match model. A 4 × 7 areal grid (shown in Fig. 10) was used...

The Challenges and Opportunities in Belanak Zone-3 Development

Dong Chao

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... wells connected with an overly optimistic drainage area. As a result, the forecast based on the layer-cake model is too optimistic. In channel belt...

Enhancing Production in High Angle and Horizontal Wells Through An Integrated Workflow: Examples from The Western United States

Iain Pirie, Randy Koepsell, Alisher Yunuskhojayev, Mi Zhou, Brian Dupuis, Gabriela A. Martinez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... layer-cake models. When calibrated, these 1D models may be used for wellbore stability analysis and provide inputs to stimulation design. However...

Evaluation of the Steamflood Potential of the Rindu Reservoirs in the Duri Field

Agus Sulistyo, S. J. Gross, L. J. Lederhos

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... that conventional "layer cake" model with homogeneous layers would not be sufficient to reflect the verticil and areal variations in the Rindu reservoir properties...

Potential Field Data Guided Seismic Forward Modelling of Basement Structures: A Case Study from Offshore Nile Delta Basin

Said Hanafy, Shastri L. Nimmagadda, Sharaf Eldin Mahmoud

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of cross-sections obtained from unreliable seismically derived depth data. The analysis of errors observed in the seismic data due to younger layer-cake...

Integrated Reservoir Description and Flow Performance Evaluation: Glenn Pool Field — Self Unit Study

Asnul Bahar, Leslie Thompson, Mohan Kelkar

Tulsa Geological Society

... that is commonly used in the conventional approach is known as layer-cake model. The geologists involved in this project, Kerr and Ye, have established...

Geomechanical Modeling of Flowback Scenarios to Establish Best Practices in the Midland Basin Horizontal Program

Kurt Wilson, Ibraheem Ahmed, Kirk MacIvor

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 200 ft and 300 ft in gross thickness. The dimensions of the model are outlined in Figure 2. For this model, a generalized layer-cake stratigraphy...

Waveland Field: An Analyses of Facies, Diagenesis, and Hydrodynamics in the Mooringsport Reservoirs

Lawrence R. Baria

GCAGS Transactions

... examined and thin sectioned. Two of these wells, one north of and one within the field, are shown in Figures 6 and 7. Without exception, a near layer...

Trans-Pecos Tectonism and Its Effect on the Permian Basin

Ralph L. Horak

West Texas Geological Society

... consisted of extensive shallow-water shelf deposits resulting in a “layer-cake” stratigraphy dominated largely by carbonates but with occasional influxes...

A. Occurrence of Natural Gas in Kansas: Natural Gas in Kansas

Daniel F. Merriam , Edwin D. Goebel

AAPG Special Volumes

... of many thin beds has been compared to a layer cake (Merriam, 1963). The Precambrian basement complex consists of End_Page 1548...

Understanding Wolfcamp Well Performance „ A Workflow to Describe the Relationship between Well Spacing and EUR

Jared Pettegrew, Jiale Qiu, Lang Zhan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... quickly gas (and thus energy) escapes when the reservoir drops below bubble point pressure. Layer cake sector models are non-unique and represent...

Altamont-Bluebell--A Major, Naturally Fractured Stratigraphic Trap, Uinta Basin, Utah

Peter T. Lucas, James M. Drexler

AAPG Special Volumes

.... No doubt the reason for these views was the layer-cake stratigraphic concept whereby basin-margin redbed clastic units were correlated across the basin...

Implications of Sub-Woodford Geologic Variations in the Exploration for Silurian-Devonian Reservoirs in the Permian Basin

Louis J. Mazzullo

West Texas Geological Society

.... Porosity zone symbols same as on structure map (D=dolomite, L=limestone). The carbonate strata in the field create a “layer cake” reservoir system...

Quantifying Geohazards Through Advanced Visualisation and Integration in the Terang-Sirasun Development, Kangean PSC, Indonesia

Peter Cook, Daniel Jayson, Susana Yunita Ritha, Paul J. Nichols, Doug W. Ellis, Jonathan Zwaan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... deposition in many of these provinces has led to the development of a layer cake stratigraphy. The Terang Field is located at the crest...