Abstracts: Anisotropic CSEM Inversion Near AC818 Well #1 in Alaminos Canyon Block 818, Gulf of Mexico; #90173 (2015)

Cam Kanhalangsy, Nikolay Golubev, and Jurgen Johann Zach

Search and Discovery.com

... published well, AC818-#1 (“Tiger”). We present anisotropic EM inversion results for different background models. The resulting resistivity sections...

Fluvial Response to Late Quaternary Climatic Fluctuations, Central Kobuk Valley, Northwestern Alaska

Gail M. Ashley , Thomas D. Hamilton

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., in Walker, R.G., and James, N.G., eds., Facies Models, Response to Sea Level Change: Geological Association of Canada, p. 73-100. FERNALD, A.T., 1964...

Three Dimensional Seismic Inversion and Neural Net Impedance Facies Map in Reservoir Characterization

Sunit K. Addy, Jim Hallin

GCAGS Transactions

... impedance layers from the 3D seismic data. The layered impedance data show increased vertical resolution, increased coherency and less noise as compared...

Thermal history of potential gas reservoir rocks in the eastern Parnaíba Basin, Brazil

Márcio Cardoso Jr., Farid Chemale Jr., Christie H. Engelmann de Oliveira, Carlos Emanoel de Souza Cruz, Carlos Jorge de Abreu, and Frederico Antonio Genezini

AAPG Bulletin

... layers (Mosquito and Sardinha Formations) that are nearly horizontal and continuous, which were intruded during the Mesozoic by two major magmatic...

Tectonics and Thermal Maturation of the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin, with Comments on Landsat Analysis Applications*

Warren Shepard

Montana Geological Society

..., probably being warmed by crustal radioactive decay to 100 to 130 T. Smectite conversion to mixed layers had hardly begun; oil generation had...

Oxygen Isotope Study of Diagenetic Quartz Overgrowths from the Upper Proterozoic Quartzites of Western Mali, Taoudeni Basin: Implications for Conditions of Quartz Cementation

Jean-Pierre Girard , Max Deynoux

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... for the formation of clay and carbonate cements. Several possible models of quartz cementation involving either seawater, meteoric water or diagenetically...

Limited ichnologic fidelity and temporal resolution in pelagic sediments: paleoenvironmental and paleoecologic implications

Charles E. Savrda

PALAIOS

... to burrow stratigraphy or substrate tiering. Marine hemipelagic–pelagic substrates can be divided into two main layers—the surface mixed layer...

Hydrocarbon Plays and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Distribution in Lacustrine Basins in China

Hongjun Wang, Zhaoming Wang, Guangyou Zhu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... development of multiple hydrocarbon-bearing layers (Zhao Wenzhi, et al, 2000); (2) fault systems of various scales cut the basin into fault blocks...

Classification of Geological Samples by Discriminant-Function Analysis

J. E. Klovan,, G. K. Billings

CSPG Bulletin

... & Co. Krumbein, W. C., and Graybill, F. A., 1965, An introduction to statistical models in geology: New York, McGraw-Hill. McGehee, R. V., 1963...

Sweet Spots in Vaca Muerta: Integration of Subsurface and Production Data in Loma Campana Shale Development, Argentina

Eliana Lovrincevich, Franco Vittore, Diego Licitra, Juan Ramón Quiroga, Pablo Oviedo, Veronica Montoya, Luciano Monti, Coleen Shannon

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... vertical and horizontal wells with a total production that exceeds 20,000 BOPD. The structural setting is characterized by a low dipping monocline...

Reservoir Simulation and Geological Modeling for Development Planning of the Natuna Gas Field

Didit Hadiatno, David J. Fenter

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of horizontal and vertical permeability on well completion strategies, as well as the number and location of producing platforms and wells. The reservoir...

Integrated Geomechanical Modelling for Successful Offshore Exploration Well Planning and Execution - A Case Study from Sebuku, Indonesia

Reynaldi Mikhael Chrislianto, Romi Sagita, Amitava Ghosh, Argha Hilman, Dedi Ariyono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... carbonates with interbedded layers of shale. The carbonate rock is mainly wackestone with common coral fragments. These rocks have high porosity...

Fluvial Architecture of Reverse Directional Channels in the Irrawaddy Sandstone, Salin Basin, Central Myanmar; #50727 (2012)

Naing Maw Than

Search and Discovery.com

... (i.e. CH 1, OF, CH 2, CH 3, CH 4) (Figure 6) in turn capped by northward longitudinal bar (LB 2) with horizontal fine sediments laminations...

An Integrated Approach for Optimizing Vertical Wolfbone Wells in the Delaware Basin

Malcolm E. Yates, Anoop Sharma, Tarik Itibrout, Lance Smith, Kelvin Fisher, Randy Brown, Les Honeyman, Bradley Bates

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... stress models, derived from full waveform dipole sonic measurements, with detailed fracture simulation to determine perforating and staging strategies...

Chapter 4: Adding New Reserves and Production in Giant Fields

John S. Sneider, Michael A. Rosen, Dorothy E. Ballentine

AAPG Special Volumes

... layers commonly compartmentalize reservoirs. Connecting these compartments with infill or horizontal wells, as well as designing completions...

Summary and Conclusions: Chapter 16

Roger W. Macqueen, Dale A. Leckie

AAPG Special Volumes

... large horizontal scale for reservoirs, that make the Zagros setting as productive as it is. The basins are generally a few hundred kilometers wide...

Rapid Methods for Locating Existing Well Penetrations in Unconventional Well Development Areas of Pennsylvania

Garret A. Veloski, James Sams, Richard W. Hammack

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... with supplemental information from farmline maps, state well databases, historic air photos, and digital terrain models generated from LiDAR datasets- all...

AAPG RM Section Meetings

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Rejuvenation of the Billion-Barrel Weyburn Oil Pool

Andrew Graham, Geoff Burrowes, and Dave Cooper

Saskatchewan Geological Society

...-image logs. The dominant fracture orientation is parallel to the current SW -NE orientation of maximum horizontal stress. Secondary fracture trends...

Deriving Elastic and Petrophysical Properties From Small Sample Volumes Using Digital Rock Analysis

Vegar Ravlo, Pål-Eric Øren, Cathrine Ringstad

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... for rock characterization, followed by acquisition of 3D volumes with nanometer resolution for pore scale analysis and generation of digital 3D models...

Analyzing the impact of fracture complexity on well performance and wettability alteration in Eagle Ford shale

Jiawei Li, Wei Yu, Kan Wu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of hydraulically fractured horizontal wells is of great significance in terms of completion optimization and refracturing or infill well drilling. Much work...

A Fresh Look into The Mannar Basin Prospects, Sri Lanka

Ching Tu, O. Schenk, W. C. Ong, C. Kularathna

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... (2011) discovered hydrocarbon-bearing layers interbedded within Upper Cretaceous basalt layers. Dorado, also discovered in 2011, is related to a jack...

Extended Abstract: Exploring for Turonian Reservoirs within the Paleo-Assinie Fairway, Offshore Côte d’Ivoire as seen in the Albacore-1X and Capitaine East-1X Exploration Wells; De-risking with better Seismic Data and Geologic Models

Richard S. Dow

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... and Capitaine East-1X Exploration Wells; De-risking with better Seismic Data and Geologic Models Richard S. Dow 2015 29 33 Vol. 57 (2015) No. 6. (February) Figure...

One-Dimensional Prestack Seismic Inversion with Very Fast Simulated Annealing using Edge-Preserving-Smoothing Filter; #41576 (2015)

Somanath Misra, Mauricio Sacchi

Search and Discovery.com

... of the underlying earth layers are in the forefront of active research because of their importance in oil and gas exploration and reservoir...

Bakken Unconventional Well Production Interference Test Analysis

Maxim Kasumov, Yongshe Liu, Alisdair Farthing, Meredith Miller, Aya El Attar

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... layers. An additional two to three wells can be drilled in the DSU if the Middle Three Forks (MTF) is targeted with similar spacing between wells (Long...