Abstracts: Full Waveform Inversion Using One-way Migration and Well Calibration; #90173 (2015)

Gary F. Margrave, Robert J. Ferguson, and Chad M. Hogan

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... geophysicists. For clarity, we present the central theoretical result behind FWI as a mathematical theorem stating that a linear update to a migration velocity...

Modification of the petroleum system concept: Origins of alkanes and isoprenoids in crude oils: Discussion

Clifford C. Walters, David J. Curry, Gary H. Isaksen

AAPG Bulletin

... COMPOSITIONSThe mathematical procedure (polytopic vector analysis) used by Collister et al. has the ability to extract end-member spectra from mixed...

Development of Sediment Overpressure and Its Effect on Thermal Maturation: Application to the Gulf of Mexico Basin

Ulisses T. Mello , Garry D. Karner

AAPG Bulletin

... overpressures have been created (and dissipated) at various times within the Gulf basin and track, in general, the west to east migration of sediment loads...

The SDP Dip Plotter

W. S. Hawes

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... for such resolutions are derived through mathematical equations from observed seismic data. Many forms of equations have been developed, but in each...

Quantifying multiple source rock contributions to petroleum fluids: Bias in using compound ratios and neglecting the gas fraction

Andrew P. Murray and Kenneth E. Peters

AAPG Bulletin

..., A mathematical calculation model using biomarkers to quantitatively determine the relative source proportion of mixed oil: Acta Geologica Sinica–English...

Pore-scale electrical numerical simulation and new saturation model of fractured tight sandstone

Qian Wang, Maojin Tan, Chengwen Xiao, Siyu Wang, Chuang Han, and Lingtan Zhang

AAPG Bulletin

... fractures can enhance reservoir permeability and plays an important role in oil–gas migration and accumulation. However, they also bring many challenges...

Seismic Modelling in 3D for Migration Testing

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...Seismic Modelling in 3D for Migration Testing Seismic Modelling in 3D for Migration Testing Gary Margrave* University of Calgary, Calgary, AB...

Oil Migration Limitations Suggested by Geological and Geochemical Considerations

James A. Momper

AAPG Special Volumes

... Rocks and Source Rocks: Mathematical Geology, v. 3, no. 2, p. 183-192. Snarskii, A. N., 1970, The Nature of Primary Oil Migration: Neft Gag 13, no. 8, p...

Seismic Modeling and Imaging - Making Waves, by Phillip Bording and Larry Lines, #40066

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Introduction

AAPG Special Volumes

... and expressions of everyday language in that they are precisely defined and carry a fixed connotation, almost like mathematical symbols. If this were...

Possible Mechanism for Concentration of Brines in Subsurface Formations

J. D. Bredehoeft , C. R. Blyth , W. A. White , G. B. Maxey

AAPG Bulletin

... concentrated in the aquifer. The mathematical model presented here predicts the distribution of ions within a particular formation under ideal conditions...

Size distribution and dynamics of oil and gas field discoveries in petroleum basins

Alexey E. Kontorovich, Viktor I. Dyomin, Valery R. Livshits

AAPG Bulletin

... the application of simulational mathematical modeling for assessing the resource structure of a petroleum basin. The exploration filter model, which is a formal...

Abstract: Technology Integration for Reservoir Characterisation and Optimized Well Planning at Larut Field „ Offshore Malay Basin (Poster 11)

Melanie J. Ryan, Christopher E. Harris

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... survey was acquired over the field in 1991. The original processing through 3-D post-stack migration yielded a data set that was moderate to good qUality...

Abstract: A Mathematical Model to Predict Estimated Future Recoverables, by C. Kennedy; #91006 (1991)

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Abstract: Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Applied to Wireline Log Interpretation, by K. Amin Khan; #90956 (1995).

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Injectivity Formation Damage Due to Fines Migration

Larissa Chequer, Mohammad Bagheri, Abbas Zeinijahromi, Pavel Bedrikovetsky

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... projects. Experimental and mathematical modelling of fines migration in porous media have been performed in numerous studies (Bedrikovetsky et al. 2011...

Porosity Reduction in Sandstone by Quartz Overgrowth: DISCUSSION

Jeffrey S. Hanor

AAPG Bulletin

...., Geochemistry of hydrothermal ore deposits: New York, John Wiley, p. 137-172. Hanor, J. S., 1988, Origin and migration of subsurface sedimentary brines: SEPM...

Chapter 7: Subsurface Structural Interpretation: The Significance of 3-D Structural Frameworks

Bob Krantz, Thomas Neely

AAPG Special Volumes

... at their foundation. Geologic maps or models that are not built within a 3-D environment commonly contain errors that misrepresent the degree or complexity...

Extended Abstract: Advances in Interpretation & Imaging

P. Beale

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... of inverting the data in order to get back to a model of the real Earth which we started with. Depth migration (compared to Time migration) – the main...

The Mechanics of Secondary Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment

Tim T. Schowalter

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

...The Mechanics of Secondary Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment Tim T. Schowalter 1976 1 43 Vol. 9 (1976) No. 4. (December) Arps, J. J., 1964...

Adventures in groundwater monitoring: Why has it been so difficult to obtain groundwater data near shale gas wells?

Daniel J. Soeder

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

..., no. 3, p. 107–126, doi:10.1306/eg.04231414004. Flewelling, S. A., and M. Sharma, 2014, Constraints on upward migration of hydraulic fracturing fluid...

Eikonal equation-based adjoint-state characteristic reflection traveltime tomography: Method and application in real dataset

Jianming Zhang, Liangguo Dong, Jianhua Wang, Yilin Wang, Chao Huang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... is superimposed and enhanced for the subsurface reflectors. Picking a characteristic reflector from the post-stack migration section is relatively easy. Therefore...

Reflections on Geostatistics and Stochastic Modeling

D. E. Myers

AAPG Special Volumes

... development are also addressed. Actuarial Foundation, 2003, Stochastic modeling Symposium, September 45, Toronto: http://www.actuaries.ca/meetings/archive...

AAPG Studies in Geology No. 50, (Section Title: Reservoir Permeability, Modeling, and Simulation Studies) Chapter 16: 3-D Fluid-Flow Simulation in a Clastic Reservoir Analog: Based on 3-D Ground-Penetrating Radar and Outcrop Data from the Ferron Sandstone, Utah

Craig B. Forster, Stephen H. Snelgrove, Siang Joo Lim, Rucsandra M. Corbeanu, George A. McMechan, Kristian Soegaard, Robert B. Szerbiak, Laura Crossey, and Karen Roche

AAPG Special Volumes

... provides an unusually detailed foundation for simulating fluid flow through the three-dimensional permeability structure of a channel sandstone reservoir...

Claude Shannon Versus Gus Archie: Information Theory as a Guide to Log Evaluation Without Petrophysics, #41480 (2014).

Paul E. Devine

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...) Abstract Around 1950 Gus Archie, working at Shell Oil, changed petroleum exploration by developing a theoretical foundation for e-log interpretation based...