Flow Regulation in Horizontal Wells: Evaluating a Tailpipe System Designed to Optimize Artificial Lift Performance in Horizontal Wells

Natasha Dye, Dave Kimery, Courtney Gallo

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... bottomhole pressures. This realistic case assumed a fluid level of 600 ft above the pump which had a resulting pump intake pressure of 200 psi, as given...

Early Devonian Gas in Northern West Virginia and Pre-Devonian Oil Prospects: DISCUSSION

Stanley C. Herold

AAPG Bulletin

... indicate fluid confinement. Remarkable cases in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have been recorded in the history of development. How are we...

Geological Interpretation of Mass-Transport Deposits in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Integrating Borehole Geology, Borehole Geophysics, and Reservoir Engineering

Eric Zimmermann, Carlos Guzman, Mike Vercher, Stan Hewitt, Anish Kumar, Michael Mahnke, Vinay K. Mishra, Elizabeth Ruiz, Nellyana Charmelo

GCAGS Transactions

... the geological interpretation and the connectivity and types of fluids present in the reservoir. Pressure and fluid analysis from formation testing data...

EVALUATION OF BOREHOLE SAMPLING METHODS APPLICABLE TO LIGNITE RESOURCE EXPLORATION

J.A. Irvine, S.H. Whitaker, P.L. Broughton, and T.E. Tibbets

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... to evaluate borehole sampling methods was conducted during the fall of 1972 and the spring of 1973 in areas underlain by nonmarine Ravenscrag Formation...

Abstract: Oil Characterisation in Heavy Oil Systems; #90254 (2016)

Sarah J. Porter, Luca Caracciolo

Search and Discovery.com

... accumulations provides critical information regarding the temporal and spatial controls on their formation. Obtaining a high-resolution compositional...

Reservoir vs. Seal Pressure Gradients: Calculations and Pitfalls; #41298 (2014)

Selim Simon Shaker

Search and Discovery.com

... the pressures in a hydraulically connected formation could be calculated based on the difference in the heights of fluid columns, i.e.: p2 = p1 + ρfg*Z2...

Improve Well Performance by Reducing Formation Damage

Brian Goldstein, Kanth Josyula, Alan VanZeeland, Moustafa Aboushabana, Tuan Tran, Lisa O'Connell, Michael Conway

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... with various combinations of frac fluid systems. Results show a complete removal of the water-soluble polymer coating, preventing formation damage...

The rate of pressure dissipation from abnormally pressured compartments

Ann Muggeridge, Yafes Abacioglu, William England, Craig Smalley

AAPG Bulletin

..., 2002, Hydrology and hydraulic properties of a bedded evaporate formation: Journal of Hydrology, v. 259, p. 6688.Berg, R. R., 1975, Capillary pressures...

Regionally Interpolated Pore Pressure Model Utilizing Multiple Empirical Methods in the Delaware Basin

Yamin Li, Jon Roberts

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pore pressure gradient is equal to hydrostatic pressure gradient. This gradient is dependent on formation fluid salinity and typically ranges between...

Abstract: The Ultra-Deep Water Petroleum System in the Neptune Field Area, Gulf of Mexico: Abstract

Gary A. Cole, Alan Yu, Julye Nugent, Michael Moore, Gary Grubitz

GCAGS Transactions

... Jurassic (Tithonian) section which in the Neptune area consist of clastic-enriched marls. By applying modeling techniques such as 2D TemisPack fluid flow...

ABSTRACT: Rock Physics based Overpressure Detection; #90007 (2002)

Nader C. Dutta, Mike Zimmer, Manika Prasad

Search and Discovery.com

... drilling costs. We investigate the sensitivity of seismic methods for this purpose. Using P-wave information alone can be ambiguous, because a drop in Vp...

Grain Size Controls on the Internal Structure of Sediment Gravity Currents and Their Implications for Depositional Properties; a Novel Application of CT imagery

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Applying Numerical RTA to Public Data: Enabling Field-Wide Property Calibration and Improved Public Data EUR Forecasts

Braden Bowie, Jordan Bowie, Mathias Lia Carlsen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... considered. All 300 wells were horizontal wells with greater than 3 years of history, in the same area, formation (Wolfcamp B), and fluid window. Methods...

U.S. Warned about Energy Chaos

Dr. John J. McKetta

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... may be as high as 100 billion-plus barrels of recoverable fluid. Again, this sounds like a tremendous amount. It is, but with our present requirements...

A Comprehensive Review of Fracture-Driven Interaction in Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays: Characterization, Real-Time Diagnosis, and Impact on Production

Harpreet Singh, Peng Cheng, Yuewei Pan, Chengxi Li, Yu Liu, Xi Wu, Mary Van Domelen, Samuel Rogers, Arash Dahi Taleghani, Meng Cao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... may lead to increased FDI, as larger volumes of fluid and proppant are injected into the formation. Conversely, shorter stages may reduce the potential...

Abstract: Laboratory Studies of the Seismic Properties of Bitumen Saturated Grosmont Carbonates; #90224 (2015)

Arif Rabbani, Douglas R. Schmitt, Randolf Kofman, and Jason Nycz

Search and Discovery.com

... Ltd., Canada Summary The variations in pore fluid pressure, temperature, saturation state, and confining stress during enhanced oil recovery...

Large-Scale Fluid Migration Driven by Salt Dissolution, Bay Marchand Dome, Offshore Louisiana

R. Stephanie Bruno,, Jeffrey S. Hanor

GCAGS Transactions

... of Mexico sedimentary basin. Data on fluid pressures, temperatures, and salinities derived from 20 wireline logs from a 24 km2 area on the southeast flank...

Coupling Geomechanics and Petrophysical Measurements for Production Enhancement in Organic-Rich Shales

Azra N. Tutuncu, Daisuke Katsuki, Binh T. Bui, Anton Padin, Bryan McDowell

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and the significant amount of water usage besides the low flowback recovery. The interaction of the fracturing fluid with the formation and its URTeC 2461986 2...

Hydrodynamics of Bivalve Shell Entrainment and Transport

Amalia M. Olivera , William L. Wood

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 5-31. JOHNSON, R.G., 1960, Models and methods for analysis of the mode of formation of fossil assemblages...

Abstract: Using Fluid Inclusion Salinity Data to Reduce Uncertainty in Petrophysical Sw Calculation – New Application of an Old Technique in Unconventional Reservoirs

Benedek Gál, Zsófia Poros, Edwin Ortega

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... in the calculation of fluid saturations. During early-stage exploration, formation water salinity in the target reservoir is typically unknown, which brings...

Defining the geomechanical operating limits for subsurface CO2 storage

Simon Holford, Mojtaba Rajabi, Scott Mildren, Rosalind King, Adam Bailey

Australian Energy Producers Journal

...-fluid pressures) to minimise deformation of reser­ voirs and seals represents a key challenge in the selection of safe and effective sites for CCS...

An evaluation of the seal capacity and CO2 retention properties of the Eau Claire Formation (Cambrian)

Richard Lahann, John Rupp, and Cristian Medina

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

.... Evaluation of structural settings, lithostatic and existing formation aquifer pressures in the Eau Claire, in conjunction with the height of columns stored...

Mercury Capillary Pressure Curves and the Intepretation of Pore Structure and Capillary Behaviour in Reservoir Rocks

N. C. Wardlaw, R. P. Taylor

CSPG Bulletin

... capillary pressure data in the study of pore structure and fluid distribution: Soc. Petroleum Engineers J., Mar. issue, p. 55-61. Purcell, W. R., 1949...

Computer Program to Determine Casing Setting Depth from Seismic Interval Velocity

Faried Rudiono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to determine the casing setting depths, sufficient knowledge of the formation fluid (pore) and fracture pressures is required. The information can...

Large-Scale Underpressuring in the Mississippian-Cretaceous Succession, Southwestern Alberta Basin

Stefan Bachu, J. R. Underschultz

AAPG Bulletin

... of subnormal fluid pressures: AAPG Bulletin, v. 72, p. 1334-1359. Bradley, J. S., 1975, Abnormal formation pressure: AAPG Bulletin, v. 59, p. 957-973...