Best Practices in Designing and Executing a Comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site in the Permian Basin

James Courtier, Karen Chandler, Danny Gray, Shaun Martin, Randy Thomas, Joe Wicker, Jordan Ciezobka

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... initial microseismic data, acquired during the completion of the adjacent Upper Wolfcamp (AUWC) and adjacent Middle Wolfcamp (AMWC) wells. Cored...

Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Activity in the Wolfcamp Shale of Midland Basin, Texas

Abhash Kumar, Hongru Hu, Alex Bear, Richard Hammack, William Harbert

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the interconnectivity of pore spaces and enhance the flow of oil and gas within the stimulated volume. The distribution of microseismic earthquakes...

Feeling the Pressure on Infill Development

Sam Young, Ellen S. Williams, Rachel Stocking, Peter Morton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... monitored the infill well stimulations with microseismic, which measures the acoustic response of fracturing, and electromagnetic (EM) fluid tracking. EM...

Case History of Drainage Mapping and Infill Well Performance in the Bakken

Michael McKimmy, Craig Cipolla, Carlos Miranda, Seth Rudolph, Khalid Shaarawi, Bryan Baca

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...(s), distributed strain sensing (DSS) in the observation well(s), and microseismic, provide a comprehensive dataset to characterize hydraulic fracture...

Maximizing EUR with Fracture Monitoring Using Geophysical Methods

Jonathan P. McKenna

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... Geophysical Methods Jonathan P. McKenna*1, 1. MicroSeismic, Inc. Copyright 2025, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) DOI...

A Microseismic Case Study: Cotton Valley Taylor Sandstones, Overton Field, Texas

Nick B. Pollard, Nicole Elhaj

GCAGS Transactions

...A Microseismic Case Study: Cotton Valley Taylor Sandstones, Overton Field, Texas Nick B. Pollard, Nicole Elhaj 2018 429 444 Vol. 68 (2018) Tanos...

Analysis and Integration of the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site-2 (HFTS-2) Comprehensive Dataset

Venkateswaran Sriram Pudugramam, Yu Zhao, Fadila Bessa, Jake Li, Nancy Zakhour, Tim Brown, Jichao Han, Iwan Harmawan, Vinay Sahni

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and advanced modeling results. HFTS-2 diagnostics included microseismic (MS), pre- and post-stimulation logs and cores, bottomhole gauges, and fiber optic...

Pushing the Boundaries „ Deployment of Innovative Drilling, Completion and Production Technology to Advance a Deep Coal Seam Play

Romi Branajaya, Peter Archer, Andrew Farley

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... the proppant pumping, diagnostic tools (tiltmeter and microseismic) and chemical tracers were utilised. The realtime microseismic confirmed...

An Analytic Approach to Optimizing Well Spacing and Completions in the Bakken/Three Forks Plays

Michael Roth, Murray Roth

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and Three Forks are a complex and intertwined production system. Well stimulated reservoir volumes can be estimated with microseismic data using...

Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Height and Pressure Deflation Using a Pulsed Vertical Seismic Profile and a DAS Fiber in the Midland Basin

Robert Meek, Robert Hull, Kevin Woller, Brian Wright, Mike Martin, Hector Bello, James Bailey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to monitor the hydraulic stimulation of several horizontal wells. In the vertical well we conducted microseismic recordings using geophones, tiltmeter...

The Use of Seismic Technologies in Different Reserve Standards: Applications of 3D Seismic and 4D Seismic to the SEC, NI-51 and PRMS Reserve Categories, #41865 (2016).

Jeffrey B. Aldrich, Brandy M. Butler, John P. Seidle

Search and Discovery.com

... and unconventional fields. Microseismic data is a 4D passive seismic method used on a limited areal scale to map detailed microseismic events triggered...

Geomechanical and Flow Simulation of Hydrofracs Using High-Resolution Passive Seismic Images

Alfred Lacazette, William Dershowitz, Jan Vermilye

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... faster and farther through a fracture network than frac fluid. For these reasons, microseismic activity at great distances from a wellbore can indicate...

The Use of Time-Lapse Seismic Attributes for Characterizing Hydraulic Fractures in a Tight Siltstone Reservoir

N. Riazi, C.R. Clarkson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... treatment. Time-lapse seismic offers advantages over more conventionally-used microseismic because surveys can be collected before, during, and after...

An Efficient Model to Simulate Reservoir Stimulation and induced Microseismic Events on 3D Discrete Fracture Network for Unconventional Reservoirs

Matthieu Delorme, Jean-Marc Daniel, Chakib Kada-Kloucha, Nina Khvoenkova, Sylvie Schueller, Christine Souque

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...An Efficient Model to Simulate Reservoir Stimulation and induced Microseismic Events on 3D Discrete Fracture Network for Unconventional Reservoirs...

Microseismic Data Analysis Using Matlab 2010 for the Determination of Hydrocarbon Presence in the Field LCYŽ Ombilin Basin

Lucy W. Sari, Moh. Sarkowi, Suharno, Rahmat C. Wibowo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Microseismic Data Analysis Using Matlab 2010 for the Determination of Hydrocarbon Presence in the Field LCYŽ Ombilin Basin Lucy W. Sari, Moh...

Automated processing development at a CO2 site: Phase detection, location, magnitude

Jian Zhang, Kevin D. Hutchenson, Elige B. Grant, Paul A. Nyffenegger, Mark A. Tinker

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... In the microseismic world, however, small differences in time can still lead to differences in position. Thus, the small differences in Figure 2...

Microseismic Event Spectrum Control and Strain Energy Release in Stressed Rocks; #40897 (2012)

Alexander O. Rozanov

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...Microseismic Event Spectrum Control and Strain Energy Release in Stressed Rocks; #40897 (2012) Alexander O. Rozanov PS Microseismic Event Spectrum...

Using Multiple Downhole VSP Arrays for Monitoring and Locating Passive Microseisms in the Oil Reservoirs; #41561 (2015)

Zuolin Chen

Search and Discovery.com

... hypocenter location method, which depends only on the first arrival times, the uncertainties of the hypocenter location as determined by a microseismic...

Novel Methods to Overcome Micro-Seismic Limitations in Estimating Hydraulic Fracture Geometry in Unconventional Reservoirs

Shubham Mishra, Vinil Reddy

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... For unconventional horizontal wells, far-field hydraulic fracture diagnostics such as Microseismic and tiltmeter methods are the only applicable...

Marcellus Well Spacing Optimization … Pilot Data Integration and Dynamic Modeling Study

Deniz Cakici, Chris Dick, Abhijit Mookerjee, Ben Stephenson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Downhole pressure and temperature, DTS, chemical tracer, microseismic, and PLT data were collected during hydraulic fracturing and production...

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)

... with the completion optimization step. The geomodel can also be integrated with microseismic data. Microseismic Monitoring Microseismic monitoring during stimulation...

Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) … Project Overview and Summary of Results

Jordan Ciezobka, James Courtier, Joe Wicker

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... open and cased-hole petrophysical, production and image logs, as well as whole cores and sidewall cores. Additionally, microseismic and tilt-meter...

A Montney Field Study Measuring the Impact of Completion Designs on Near and Far Field Fracture Geometry

Kristyn O'Byrne, Michael de Groot, David Bonar, Jerry Tkachyk, Scott Thiessen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... mapping in addition to microseismic and the permanent fiber measurements of cross well strain were used for far field measurements. Near field...

CSPG/CSEG/CWLS GeoConvention 2012, May 14-18, 2012 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; - Abstracts, #90174 (2014).

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Understanding Dynamic Behavior of Reservoirs During Microseismic Monitoring

Maria A. Krasnova, Jamie P. Rich, Evgeny M. Chesnokov

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Understanding Dynamic Behavior of Reservoirs During Microseismic Monitoring Maria A. Krasnova, Jamie P. Rich, Evgeny M. Chesnokov URTeC 1619217...