Material-Balance Approach for Determining Drainage Volume of Multifracture Unconventional Oil Wells

S. Amin Gherabati

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is enhanced by creation of a network of failed natural and induced fractures through hydraulic stimulation. They developed a methodology involving...

Structural Geology and Tectonism Influence in Predicting Coalbed Methane Potential of Seam Pangadang-A, in "Dipa"Field, South Sumatera Basin

Ragil Pratiwi, Hadi Nugroho, Dian Agus Widiarso, Rana Lesmana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and quality of coal, structural geology influences which control fracture permeability from tectonism processes. Methane gas is stored in the natural...

Successful Implementation of High Viscosity Friction Reducers from Laboratory to Field Scale: Middle Bakken Case Study

Mohammed Ba Geri, Abdulaziz Ellafi, Bruce Ofori, Ralph Flori, Huosameddin Sherif

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... gel. Introduction In designing and evaluating hydraulic fracturing fluids, understanding fluid viscosity has long been regarded as important...

Application of Liquid Nanofluid during Hydraulic Fracturing in Tight Reservoirs

Xingyuan Liang, Fujian Zhou, Tianbo Liang, Rui Wang, Hang Su, Xinglin Wang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the shut-in period, the pressure in the hydraulic and connected natural fractures is so high that that fracturing fluid would lose into the rock matrix...

A Multi-Domain Approach to Completion and Stimulation Design in the Marcellus Shale

Courtney MacDonald, James Brewer, Mahmut D. Cakici, David Rampton, Karan Dick, Abhijit Mookerjee, Brian D. Clark, Utpal Ganguly

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... All three are landed in the lower part of the Marcellus. All three also have approximately 300 foot hydraulic fracturing stages pumped with slickwater...

Role of Natural Fracturing in Production from the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, by Stephen D. Sturm and Ernest Gomez, #50199 (2009)

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Invasion and Reservoir Damage in Tight Reservoirs: Options of Avoiding and Stimulation Based on Damage Mechanisms; #42252 (2018)

Wael El Sherbeny, Robert Kennedy, Jean F. Aly Madkour, Johannes Vossen, William Bryant, Haq Minhas, Ali E. Farag

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...-off into the formation during hydraulic fracturing. Formation damage may also result from physical, chemical or biological conditions, i.e., plugging...

Artificial Fracturing of Carbonate Rocks of the Miocene and Its Effect on the Results of Geophysical Investigations of Wells

A. Z. Beccher, A. A. Valuyskiy, Ye. A. Kislitsyna

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., the natural fractures of the brittle carbonate rocks are opened farther and new fractures develop. In the zone of artificial fracturing the resistivity...

Application of Assisted History Matching Workflow to Shale Gas Well Using EDFM and Neural Network-Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm

Sutthaporn Tripoppoom, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Jijun Miao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fractures only and hydraulic fractures with natural fractures. The uncertain parameters for history matching consist of fracture geometry, fracture...

Natural Fractures in the Niobrara Formation, Boulder to Lyons, Colorado

Michael D. Collins, Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... in the deeper parts of the basin and requires horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. The Niobrara Petroleum System is present...

Developments in Pennsylvania, 1963

William S. Lytle

AAPG Bulletin

... evaluated. 1963 was the first big year for shallow-sand reservoir stimulation by hydraulic fracturing in the state. The Youngsville area in Warren...

Pressure Compartments in the Mesaverde Formation of the Green River and Washakie Basins, as Determined from Drill Stem Test Data

Henry P. Heasler, Ronald C. Surdam

Wyoming Geological Association

... States Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 63-75, 44 p. Krueger, M.L., 1968, Occurrence of natural gas in the Green River Basin, Wyoming...

Evaluation of a Superior Shale EOR Application in the Eagle Ford Shale

Kiran K. Venepalli, Robert A. Downey, James C. Erdle, Jack Nohavitza

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... The modeling assumed pre-existing fractures, due either to natural geologic stresses or from hydraulic fracture stimulation, were reactivated as high...

Fracture characterization in shale and tight reservoirs using horizontal well sonic logging data

Peng Liu, Ning Li, Hongliang Wu, Hao Zhao, Mengsheng Zhang, Huajun Fan, Kai Jiang, Kewen Wang, Yongjian Zeng

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... in increasing reservoir permeability, and on the other hand, they may cause accidents such as casing deformation during hydraulic fracturing (Thomas et al...

PTTC Network News - Vol. 15, No.3 - 2009

Darby Witt

PTTC

... and hydraulic fracturing for the very active shale gas plays. High coverage in the “production and operations” realm confirms that coverage of technology...

Abstract: Shearing vs Shear-tensile Failures in Unconventional Plays and Their Potential Impact on Stimulation Effectiveness

Sheri Bowman-Young, Ted Urbancic

West Texas Geological Society

... Urbancic 2015 29 30 Microseismic monitoring has been a well-established practice in the hydraulic fracturing industry for over a decade now, allowing...

ABSTRACT: Addressing Environmental Concerns in Shale Gas Development: Baseline Groundwater Sampling, Monitoring, and Other Mitigation Strategies

Anthony W. Gorody

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... of groundwater contamination directly related to hydraulic fracturing operations. In contrast, impacts to groundwater quality resulting from accidental...

Simulation Study of Geomechanics Effect for Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs

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Cold War Geology: Lessons From Nuclear Fracture Simulation; #41735 (2015)

Neil Suneson

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...-frac'ing movement of the 1960s and 70s can we learn from today? Selected References Howard, G.C., and C.R. Fast, 1970, Hydraulic Fracturing: Society...

Evaluating the Effect of Formation Properties and Completion Design parameters on Cluster Efficiency Using Advanced Modeling

Varahanaresh Sesetty, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...r, the complex stress interactions between the natural and hydraulic URTeC 5290 12 fractures can result in strong variation of widths betwee...

Multidisciplinary Approach in Tight Oil Appraisal: A Case Study from Barmer Basin, India; #11173 (2021)

Chandan Saha, Shubhodip Konar, Ajoy K. Bora, Prem Kumar, Archana Dhanasetty, Pinaki Majumdar, Pranay Shankar

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... resources. The reservoir rocks are thinly laminated siliceous units of medium to high porosity, low permeability, and require hydraulic fracturing...

Structure and geomorphology of the Duchesne graben, Uinta basin, Utah, and its enhancement of a hydrocarbon reservoir

Alicia Groeger, Ronald Bruhn

AAPG Bulletin

... and structural traps in the limbs of the Uinta basin syncline (Fouch et al., 1992). Swarms of gilsonite dikes were also injected by hydraulic fracturing...

Dilation Brecciation…A Proposed Mechanism of Fracturing, Petroleum Expulsion and Dolomitization in the Monterey Formation, California

P. O. Roehl

Pacific Section SEPM

...: dilatancy, fluid expulsion, natural hydraulic fracturing, brecciation, hydroplastic flow, injection, and dolomite precipitation. Development is most...

Compartmentalization of the Codell and Terry (Sussex) Formations Using Clay Smear Technology, Wattenberg Field Area, Denver Basin, Colorado

Thomas J. Birmingham

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... of the hydraulic fracturing process on fault seal integrity. Close proximity well "pairs" as is the case in Figure 9, "pairs" indicate that seal integrity...

Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis (GPFA): A Texas/Gulf Coast Case Study; #80746 (2024)

Kevin McCarthy, Will Pettitt, Ole Engels, Rich Priem

Search and Discovery.com

... reaches required thermal maturity to produce hydrocarbons which are then produced through hydraulic fracturing (artificial permeability network...