Evolution of fracture and fault-controlled fluid pathways in carbonates of the Albanides fold-thrust belt

Brita R. Graham Wall, Radu Girbacea, Agim Mesonjesi, Atilla Aydin

AAPG Bulletin

... and V2. Rotated data show PS1s (mechanical layers) are horizontal, PS2s strike northwest-southeast (orthogonal to PS1s), V2s strike northeast-southwest...

Acoustic Log Measurements in the Lower Eagle Ford Formation in Brazos and Robertson Counties, Texas and Their Implications on Completion Design

Richard Reischman, Scott Brooks, Trevor Willms, Tony L. Albrecht, John J. Walsh, Edgar Arteaga

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... vertical or horizontal wellbores need to be complemented by other models and rock physics relationships. The most crucial parameter that is not measured...

The Study of Natural Fractures in a Reef Complex Norman Wells Oil Field Canada

J. P. R. Irish, R. H. Kempthorne

Special Publications of SEPM

... and production and one horizontal well intersecting 4 000 ft 1 200 m of reservoir rock from the Mainland to the central pool area under the river A line...

Depositional Setting of the Permian (Guadalupian) Rocks of the Shafter Mining District, Texas

Leverett Bogle

West Texas Geological Society

... not have been exactly horizontal to begin with, and a certain amount of undulation within the different layers was probably always present...

Enigma of Colorado Plateau Eolian Sandstone: ABSTRACT

William M. Jordan

AAPG Bulletin

.... Colorado Plateau eolian sediments represent combinations of four environmental models: mainly eolian, mainly marine, mixed alluvial-eolian, and mixed...

Facies Relations in Holocene-Pleistocene Coastal Sediments: Model for Interpretation of Ancient Transgressive-Regressive Sequences: ABSTRACT

J. C. Kraft

AAPG Bulletin

... transgressive vertical and horizontal sequence pattern. These transgressive coastal environments are directly adjacent to and over a mid-Wisconsin...

ABSTRACT: Tectonic Stresses Facilitating Natural Fracturing in Overpressured Reservoirs - Inferences from Numerical Modelling, by Fred Beekman and Tore Skar; #90913(2000).

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Abstract: Uncertainty – Wellbore Stability from Logging Information, by Gemma M Keaney and Martin D. Matthews; #90039 (2005)

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Using Sequence Stratigraphy to Optimize Target Selection in Tight Sandstone Reservoirs of the Rockies (and Beyond)

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ABSTRACT: Optimizing Fracture Contributions from a Matrix-dominated Reservoir, Tiguentourine - La Reculeé Field, Southeastern Algeria; #90017 (2003)

Thomas L. Patton, Chuck F. Bateman

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... suggests a permeability assist from natural fractures. Core descriptions, image logs and dynamic data argue for two conceptual models to explain open...

ABSTRACT: Development Well and Execution Planning in a Complex Subsurface Environment … the Impact of Large and Small Scale Modeling on Well Deliverability; #90061 (2006)

Giles Philip, Steve Twartz, and Jeromy E. DePledge

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... and shale. The Thylacine development required a low cost, high efficiency development concept to tap these difficult reservoirs. The horizontal wells...

ABSTRACT: Three Dimensional Shear Data to Design Effective Completions in Unconventional Reservoir; #90108 (2010)

Jim Bray, Eli Menendez, and Charles H. Smith

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... of horizontal drilling in these reservoirs. Dipole Sonic logs have been used for many years to establish rock mechanical properties for conventional...

Abstract: Are the Foothills Slipping?; #90211 (2015)

George Thomson and Lisa Dell'Angelo

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... is therefore a “fossil” thrust belt. Image logs and other well data from the Central Alberta Foothills have been used to create geomechanical models...

Abstract: Understanding Unconventional Reservoirs Through Data Integration; #90224 (2015)

Neda Boroumand, Alick Cheng, Jonathan Shaffner, and Eric E. Hards

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... understanding of the reservoir in order to optimize production. Multiple horizontal well and hydraulic fracture programs have become a normal method of completion...

Abstract: Characterization of Fine Scale Geological Heterogeneities Using Borehole Images and Their Impact on Steam Chamber Growth of Oilsands Reservoirs. A Case Study from Leismers LDP Oilsands Project; #90224 (2015)

Nader Gerges

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... the SAGD process. Capturing the effects of the fine scale geological heterogeneities in the reservoir models is crucial to accurately predict the rate...

Bridging the gap: Deep learning on seismic field data with synthetic training for building Gulf of Mexico velocity models

Stuart Farris, Robert Clapp

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Bridging the gap: Deep learning on seismic field data with synthetic training for building Gulf of Mexico velocity models Stuart Farris, Robert Clapp...

Wall-and-Basin Structure: An Intriguing Tectonic Prototype in the Central Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

J.T. Van Berkel, W.M. Schwerdtner, J.G. Torrance

CSPG Bulletin

... horizontal tectonic stress (cf. Dixon and Summers, 1983). AVAILABLE STRUCTURAL MODELS Buckling of soft, multilayered models can lead to trains of narrow...

Uncertainty quantification for full-waveform inversion with a mini-batch gradient-based sampling method

Zeyu Zhao, Mrinal K. Sen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach. INTRODUCTION Seismic surveys are conducted routinely to obtain subsurface maps of rock layers...

Pattern and Origin of the Present-Day Tectonic Stress in the Australian Sedimentary Basins

Mojtaba Rajabi, Mark Tingay

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) that is not parallel to absolute plate motion. The last prior release of the Australian Stress Map (ASM) project...

Rock Physics Inversion: A Montney Case Study, #41295 (2014)

James Johnson, Lisa Holmstrom, Satwant Diocee, Rob Tilson, Sean Johnson

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... models, and also to other wells present in the study area that were not included in the analysis. The good match between the inversion and the well...

Sedimentation and Plate Tectonics, Ouachita Mountains and Arkoma Basin

Garrett Briggs, Dietrich Roeder

Dallas Geological Society

... of subduction. Other details, such as the quiescence implied by the Devonian/Mississippian cherts, are not fully explained by present plate models...

Stress State Derived from Microseismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing: Downhole and Surface Monitoring

Zuzana Jechumtálová, František Stanĕk, Leo Eisner, G.Randy Keller

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... models such as discrete fracture network, stimulated rock volume, or propped volume. The idea of estimating stress field orientation from source...

Neoproterozoic Carbonate Shrubs: A New Cap Carbonate Facies

Margaret L. Fraiser, Frank A. Corsetti

Pacific Section SEPM

..., typically indicative of warm environments, conformably overlying glacial sediments (e.g., Kirschvink, 1992; Hoffman et al., 1998). Several models have...

Genesis of Early Tertiary Exotic Metaquartzite Conglomerates in the Absaroka-Bighorn Region, NW Wyoming

Mary J. Kraus

Wyoming Geological Association

... and glaciolacustrine sedimentation: Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Pub., no. 23, p. 238-245. Rust, B. R., 1979, Facies Models 2. Coarse alluvial...

ABSTRACT: 3-D Characterization of Fractures in Mesaverde Reservoirs, or Why the Sugar Cube Reservoir Model Doesn't Always Work, by John C. Lorenz and Kris L. Smock; #91043 (2011)

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