COAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA, MONTANA, AND WYOMING

Gordon H. Gronhovd and Wayne R. Kube

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... production patterns and recovery methods are summarized, and estimates of future production levels presented. Problem areas in mining and land reclamation...

Triaxial Direct Shear Fractured Marcellus (MSEEL) Shale „ Peak and Residual Shear Strength, Permeability, and Hydroshear Potential

Nathan J. Welch, Luke P. Frash, Anne H. Menefee, J. William Carey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of stimulation efforts in the Marcellus formation providing a more accurate description of how fractures behave in the subsurface. Methods Subsurface...

-- no title --

Search and Discovery.com

... the straddle packers, which use a low-frequency Electromagnetic (EM) signal to propagate formation pressures through the surrounding overburden...

Standard Interpretation: Part 4. Wireline Methods

Mark Alberty

AAPG Special Volumes

...Standard Interpretation: Part 4. Wireline Methods Mark Alberty 1992 180 185 ME 10: Development Geology Reference Manual Standard interpretation...

Caprock integrity determination at the Christina Lake Thermal Recovery Project, Alberta

Gary L. Prost, James Newsome

CSPG Bulletin

... Cretaceous (Albian); McMurray Formation is Early Cretaceous (Late Barremian to Aptian). The CLP B-02 pad is typical of reservoir operating pressures (Figs...

Underground Gas Storage in Oil and Gas Reservoirs

J. V. Goodman

AAPG Special Volumes

... of compressors, methods of acquiring storage rights, etc. They are related directly to development and operation of the storage and are determined on the basis...

Quantifying Nanoporosity: Insights Revealed by Parallel and Multiscale Analyses

Amanda C. Reynolds, Ron J.M. Bonnie, Shaina Kelly, Robert Krumm, James Howard

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Fluid-saturation methods of determining porosity (helium, nitrogen, brine, decane, mercury) and SEM all have the potential to give a total porosity...

Relative Permeability: Part 5. Laboratory Methods

Jeffrey T. Hawkins

AAPG Special Volumes

...Relative Permeability: Part 5. Laboratory Methods Jeffrey T. Hawkins 1992 226 228 ME 10: Development Geology Reference Manual Relative...

Shear Induced Matrix Damage and Micro-fracturing in Oil Shale

Nathan J. Welch, Meng Meng, Wenfeng Li, Luke P. Frash, Marcus Wigand, J. William Carey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... This surrounding damage zone allows for the deep penetration of the hydraulic stimulation fluid into the target formation enhancing hydrocarbon production...

Simulations of the Origin of Fluid Pressure, Fracture Generation, and the Movement of Fluids in the Uinta Basin, Utah

J. D. Bredehoeft , J. B. Wesley , T. D. Fouch

AAPG Bulletin

... of abnormal formation pressure is a seal; without a seal, pressures would equalize to hydrostatic." The static school would explain anomalous fluid pressures...

Using High Resolution Geomechanical Data and Machine Learning to Inform Drilling Decisions and Completions Operations in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin

Jason Edwards, Carrie Glaser, Eric Romberg

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... minimum horizontal stress. Mechanical quality correlates to production and fluid type. The geologic heterogeneity in the Wolfcamp formation...

Subsurface Formation Pressure Gradient vs. Slope: Perception and Pitfalls

Selim S. Shaker

GCAGS Transactions

... between subsurface pressure gradient and slope of the formation fluid data is essential for reservoir characteristic evaluation and pore pressure...

Geopressure and Diagenetic Modifications of Porosity in the Lirette Field Area, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Leigh Anne Flournoy , Ray E. Ferrell, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

... in the petroleum industry. Many authors have related the abnormally high fluid pressures to temperature and salinity anomalies, clay mineral...

Effect Rule and Mechanism of Bedding Fractures on the Fluid Flow in Tight Reservoir with Extremely High Pressure

Yongqiang Tang, Maolei Cui, Pufu Xiao, Zengmin Lun, Rui Wang, Shuxia Zhao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Effect Rule and Mechanism of Bedding Fractures on the Fluid Flow in Tight Reservoir with Extremely High Pressure Yongqiang Tang, Maolei Cui, Pufu...

The Effects of the Petrophysical Properties of Calcareous Mudstones and Limestones on Capillary Pressure Values, #41453 (2014).

Kieva Watson, Constantine Cranganu

Search and Discovery.com

... the current warming trend of the earth’s surface. Methods Fifteen calcareous mudstone and limestone samples were broken into smaller pieces. They were...

Fault Compartmentalization in a Mature Clastic Reservoir: An Example from Elk Hills Field, California; #40907 (2012)

Alan P. Morris, Kevin Smart, David A. Ferrill, Nathaniel Reish, and Peter F. Cowell

Search and Discovery.com

... pore-fluid pressures (Figure 1). If initial production decreases the pore-fluid pressure and drives the ambient stress state away from the critical...

Hydrocarbon Generation as a Mechanism for Overpressuring in Rocky Mountain Region

Charles W. Spencer

AAPG Bulletin

... and source-rock data to exploration in Williston basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 58, p. 1253-1262. Fertl, W. H., 1976, Abnormal formation pressures: New York...

Geothermal Exploration from Deep-Well Data

William F. Tanner

GCAGS Transactions

... to be relatively small. Radioisotope anomalies, from shallow water sources, also confirmed the two anomalies. One of these was explored further by gravity methods...

The Effects of Diagenesis on Reservoir Properties in the Lobo Sandstones, Webb County, Texas

Steven C. Alexander , Thomas T. Tieh , Robert R. Berg

GCAGS Transactions

... of sandstone diagenesis appears to be in response to the generation of abnormally high fluid pressures in surrounding shale sections. Alexander...

Testing Hydrocarbon Saturation Models For Use in Original Oil-in-Place Estimation: South Dome of Oregon Basin Field, Park County, Wyoming: Chapter 9

Michael J. Heymans, Douglas A. Steed, David E. Hamilton, Barbara A. Pavlov

AAPG Special Volumes

... used for the Tensleep Formation. Sw from Multiple Water Saturation Curves A porosity grid, top and base structure grids, constant value for fluid...

Distribution of Hydrocarbons Between Oils and Associated Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks--Physical Chemistry Applied to Petroleum Geochemistry, II

Allen Young, Richard D. McIver

AAPG Bulletin

... to be in better agreement. Additionally, both the Gallup and the Viking rock samples are associated with reservoirs that have fluid pressures substantially below...

Interpretation and Application of Side Wall Core Analysis Data

F. O. Reudelhuber, J. E. Furen

GCAGS Transactions

... a continuing increase in the practice of obtaining formation samples through the use of percussion type side wall coring tools. Concurrently with this increase...

Petroleum Geology, Volume 15 Issue 5; Frontmatter

James W. Clarke, Grace Carrington

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., No. 5 1. Oil productivity of the Verey “incision” in southeastern Tataria p. 181 2. Distribution of paleo-pressures in Upper Jurassic...

Gas Lift Simulation Using Dynamic and Static Models

Harun Kurnianto, Suryatmoko

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... (Pt) and casing pressures (Pc). This performance may be obtained from gaslift manufacturers based on the actual passage performance test. Due...

Comparison of Wireline Formation Testing and Drill Stem Testing in Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs

Iain Paton, Peter Westaway, Tan Chi Ying

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Testing (IFO), Drill Stem Testing (DST) and Wireline Formation Testing (WFT) are the common well testing methods carried out in CBM reservoirs. In some...