Through-Casing Formation Tester Provides Answers for Rejuvenation of a Mature Oilfield

Sameer Joshi, Htun Aung Kyaw, Troy Fields, Warren Johnston, Solechuddin, Kosim Kosasih, Ermawan Maulana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... it drilled 19 holes (12 left unplugged on operator's request) and recovered 2 fluid samples. Formation pressures were accurately measured...

Abnormal Formation Pressure and Shale Porosity

Halfdan Carstens , Henning Dypvik

AAPG Bulletin

... Bull., v. 60, p. 1127-1128. Carstens, H., and H. Dypvik, 1979, Prediction, detection and evaluation of abnormal formation pressures in virgin areas...

Rapid S&T Reservoir Pressure Estimation Workflow and Its Application to Drilling in Shale and Tight Reservoirs

Yuzhe Cai, Brandon Geddie, Yunhui Tan, Zizhong Liu, Shihao Wang, Kainan Wang, Yuguang Chen, Evan Gross, Xinghui Liu, Saeid Khorsandi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., the mud weight used during drilling may be overestimated. Excessive mud weight can cause fluid loss into the formation. resulting in additional costs...

Experimental Study of the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Fluids in Porous Media at Atmospheric and Elevated Pressures

Teresa Regueira, Diego R. Sandoval, Erling H. Stenby, Wei Yan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the tight formation will be dramatically changed. In principle, the phase behavior of confined fluid can be altered due to large capillary pressure...

ABSTRACT: Induced and Natural Fractures in Shales - A Geomechanical Perspective, by Couples, Gary D.; #90135 (2011)

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Conducting a Reservoir Simulation Study: An Overview: Part 10. Reservoir Engineering Methods

Scott K. Laudeman

AAPG Special Volumes

... expresses the fluid's volumetric (formation volume factor and solution gas-oil ratio) and flow (viscosity) Fig. 1. Typical models used in reservoir...

Hydrocarbon Pseudo-Inclusions in Barite: How to Recognize and Avoid Artifacts

A. Dutkiewicz, J. Ridley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of hydrocarbon migration. We observed brightly fluorescing, mostly two-phase, oil-bearing fluid inclusions in and near microfractures in a sample...

Subsurface Fluid Pressures from Drill-Stem Tests, Uinta Basin, Utah

Phillip H. Nelson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...Subsurface Fluid Pressures from Drill-Stem Tests, Uinta Basin, Utah Phillip H. Nelson Subsurface Fluid Pressures from Drill-Stem Tests, Uinta Basin...

Numerical RTA for Dry Gas Wells

Mathias L. Carlsen, Curtis Hays Whitson, Mohamad M. Dahouk

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... formation volume factor. Numerically Assisted RTA: Relationships between LFP’, OGIP and Well Performance For a given fluid initialization (PVT and Swi...

Reply to Kinji Magara Including a Discussion of the Concept and Phenomenon of the "Tensiometer Effect" in Cross-Formational Gravity-Flow Systems of Formation Fluids: REPLY

Jozsef Toth

CSPG Bulletin

..., Patterns of dynamic pressure increment of formation-fluid flow in large basins, exemplified by the Red Earth region, Alberta, Canada: Bulletin...

Origin of Oil: ABSTRACT

A. L. Kidwell, Parke A. Dickey

AAPG Bulletin

... for a great many years. The relative complexity of crude oil as a substance and its fluid and migratory nature all add to the difficulty of obtaining...

Origin of Oil: Abstract

A. L. Kidwell, Parke A. Dickey

Tulsa Geological Society

... for a great many years. The relative complexity of crude oil as a substance and its fluid and migratory nature all add to the difficulty of obtaining...

Core-Analysis Practices--Basic Methods and New Developments

T. A. Pollard , Paul P. Reichertz

AAPG Bulletin

... methods. Examples of the degree to which rock samples may have their pore volumes filled with mercury by the application of reasonably high pressures...

Integrated Reservoir Fluid Characterization in Thinly Laminated Formations … A Case Study from Deepwater Sabah

Smail Chouya, John Jong, Janice Boay, Shota Nakatsuka, Samie Lee, Pascal Millot

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... Introduction Reservoir properties such as fluid compositions, formation pressures, and fluid contacts are critical in the early phase of the well life...

ABSTRACT: Geologic Controls on Subsurface Pore Pressure Distribution, by D. R. Converse, G. G. Gray, P. H. Nicholson, G. T. Cayley; #91020 (1995).

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Bayesian Probabilistic Analysis to Quantify Uncertainties in Hydraulic Fracture Geometry - Application to Laminations and their Impact on Fracture Height

Mohit Paryani, Ahmed Ouenes

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... dimensions. Further considering the fluid rheology and fluid losses in the formation provides the net pressure at the fracture face, frac half length and width...

Arun Core Analysis: Special Procedures for Vuggy Carbonates

Eve S. Sprunt

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., require modification of standard core analysis procedures. The best procedures for vuggy carbonates may not be the methods of choice for other types...

Aspects of Vertical Multiphase Flow Determination and Calculation Procedure in South Palembang District Oil Wells

Okti Barmi, M. Assegaf

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... be directly obtained from the proper use of vertical flow calculations. A simple and time saving procedure is presented for obtaining flowing gradient...

Thermal and Pore Pressure History of the Haynesville Shale in North Louisiana: A Two-Dimensional Numerical Study; #50857 (2013)

William Torsch and Jeffrey A. Nunn

Search and Discovery.com

... Limestone has resulted in abnormally high fluid pressures on the Sabine Uplift. Model results including lateral pressure transfer are consistent with present...

Applications of Pressure Analysis and Hydrodynamics to Petroleum Exploration in Indonesia

P. J. Cockroft, G. A. Edwards, R. S. K. Phoa, H. W. Reid

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... 1987 1 40 The study of reservoir, fluid and capillary pressures can be very rewarding to the explorationist as well as to the engineer. This paper...

ABSTRACT: IDENTIFYING GAS … WATER CONTACTS FROM SONIC LOGS (IN SUPPORT OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS)

Clive Sirju

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

...ABSTRACT: IDENTIFYING GAS … WATER CONTACTS FROM SONIC LOGS (IN SUPPORT OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS) Clive Sirju THE 4TH GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE...

Advanced Mud Gas Detection System Improves Formation Fluid Characterization While Drilling in Challenging Indonesia Deepwater: A Case History

Graziano Capone, Lilik Budi Riyanto, Carlo Carugo, Gionata Ferroni

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Advanced Mud Gas Detection System Improves Formation Fluid Characterization While Drilling in Challenging Indonesia Deepwater: A Case History...

Determination of Fracture Geometry Using Field Data Coupled with a Fracture Simulator

Alex D. Martinez, Carlos W. Pardo, Patrick D. Ellis, R. Wayne Pittman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a commercial pseudo-3D fracture simulator. This simulator allows the treatment data, as well as reservoir and fluid properties, to be incorporated...

Material Balance & Modeling - Reservoir Engineering Tools Past, Present, and Future - Workshop Summary

John McMullen, Dave Bergman, Rob Sutton, Toddy Guidry

PTTC

.... Modeling tools can provide cost-effective alternatives when it is not possible to obtain important fluid flow data. Case histories with real data are used...

To Increase the Quality of Initial Technical Geological Data

A. L. Kozlov А. Л. Козлов, E. S. Sosnina Е. С. Соснина

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

.... Savchenko, V. P., 1957, Determination of the position of the gas-water, water-oil, and gas-oil contact according to data of formation pressure: Gazovaia...