Permeability of upper Wolfcamp lithofacies in the Delaware Basin: The role of stratigraphic heterogeneity in the production of unconventional reservoirs

Sebastian Ramiro-Ramirez, Athma R. Bhandari, Robert M. Reed, and Peter B. Flemings

AAPG Bulletin

... plug. Figure 4. Permeability test program consisting of a sample saturation stage followed by two loading-unloading confining pressure (Pc) cycles...

Effect of Brine Salinity on CO2 Plume Migration and Trapping Capacity in Deep Saline Aquifers

Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi, Stephanie Vialle, Ahmed Barifcani, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, Stefan Iglauer

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... Water saturation Fig. 2. Relative permeability curves used for the five different brine salinity scenarios for the (a) drainage process and (b...

Preliminary resource conceptual model and power capacity estimates for the Northern Granite Springs Valley blind geothermal prospect, Pershing County, Nevada

Kurt O. Kraal, Bridget F. Ayling, Nicole Hart-Wagoner, James E. Faulds, Jonathan M. G. Glen, Drew L. Siler, and Tait Earney

AAPG Bulletin

... to 546 m depth) show primarily warm (up to 600°C/km) conductive thermal profiles. However, evidence of convection is found in five TGHs with near...

Innovative methods for flow-unit and pore-structure analyses in a tight siltstone and shale gas reservoir

Christopher R. Clarkson, Jerry L. Jensen, Per Kent Pedersen, Melissa Freeman

AAPG Bulletin

.... P = equilibrium pressure; P = saturation pressure of nitrogen (89.6 kPa).For samples 4 and 5, we note that the adsorption and desorption curves do...

Experimental Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks Under Confining Pressure: Tests at Room Temperature on Dry Samples

John Handin , Rex V. Hager, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

...-three dry rocks at room temperature and at various confining pressures ranging from 0 to 2,000 atmospheres. Stress-strain curves and curves for ultimate...

Abstract: Oilfield Visualization on the PC Platform, by C. Buckalew and M. Mehdizaheh; #90911 (2000)

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Gas Lift Simulation Using Dynamic and Static Models

Harun Kurnianto, Suryatmoko

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... (Pt) and casing pressures (Pc). This performance may be obtained from gaslift manufacturers based on the actual passage performance test. Due...

The Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Characterizing Sediments Under Transient Flow Conditions

Michael B. Kowalsky, Yoram Rubin, Peter Dietrich

Special Publications of SEPM

... t  (8) where K and Pc, both functions of water saturation Sw , are the effective hydraulic conductivity [m/s] and the capillary pressure [pascals (Pa...

Application of Pore Throat Size Distribution Data to Petrophysical Characterization of Montney Tight-Gas Siltstones

Takashi Akai, James M. Wood

CSPG Bulletin

... ∫ 0 1 d S w / ( P c ) 2 where krw and Sw are the relative permeability and saturation of the wetting phase; Pc is the capillary...

ABSTRACT: The Role of Capillary Forces on the Strength of Rock: The Fracture Mechanics Approach; #90122 (2011)

Alexander Y. Rozhko

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... depends on relative saturation of wetting and non-wetting fluids (e.g. water & gas or water & oil). The strength of shales drastically decreases...

Geologic Modeling of Shaly-Sand Reservoirs in J-Group, Tapis Field, Malaysia (Poster 10)

G. S. Kompanik, J. W. Erickson

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... as close as possible. Water saturation was calculated for all permeability greater than 0.1 md. The following saturation equation was used: SW = (a/(Pc...

Formation Evaluation in Thin Bed Reservoirs, A Case Study from the Kutei Basin, Indonesia

C. Majesta, D. Cook, P.Cardola, D. Kurniawan, I. Buldani, G. Aquillina, F. Prasetia

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... conventional Sw 31% and is mainly lower than the irreducible water saturation (Swirr) derived from capillary pressure (Pc) of core plug laboratory test...

Fluid-Flow Regimes and Sandstone Shale Diagenesis in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Ronald C. Surdam, Zun Sheng Hao, Peigui Yin

Special Publications of SEPM

... 433 psi ft Surdam et aI 1995a b Based on mud weight profiles and pressure measurements from DSTs the top of the a Shales often The Cretaceous...

Petrophysical Study of UAE Carbonates, #50700 (2012)

Anita Bhagat, Carl Sondergeld

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... D2V 0.5 D3V 0.4 D4H 0.3 D5V D5H 0.2 D7H 0.1 D8V 0 D8H 1 10 100 1000 Pc , psi 10000 100000 R3V R1H NMR and MICP NMR D3V 0.35...

So: How Many Grid Blocks Do I Need?, #40417 (2009)

Edmund Stephens and Mark Bentley

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... & efficient Short learning cycle Comparing static vs. dynamic gridding Geocellular model Flow model Structure Pressure Stratigraphy Saturation...

Three Rock-Typing Methods and Implementation as Part of the Reservoir Characterization and Uncertainty Assessment: An Example from the Arab Formation (Upper Jurassic), Onshore Field United Arab Emirates

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Scaled Physical Model of Secondary Oil Migration

Michele Moisio Thomas , Jamie A. Clouse

AAPG Bulletin

... Geology, v. 24, p. 305-327. Soucemarianadin, A., M. Bourlion, and R. Lenormand, 1989, Ultrasonic saturation mapping in porous media: Society of Petroleum...

CO2 Storage Potential and Mixed Gas Conditions of Eastern Australian Coals

A. Sagha

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... would provide the upper and lower limits of the storage potentials at a given depth (CU and CL curves in Fig. 3). This is expressed by allowing C0...

Quantitative Image Analysis For Geologic Core Description

Roger J. Barnaby

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Advances in high-performance Windows PC tablets (8–16 GB RAM, 64 bit, i7 processors, solid-state hard drives) and WellCAD and ImageJ software provide...

Subsurface Engineering of CCUS in Australia (Case Studies)

Mohammad B. Bagheri, Matthias Raab

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... saturation, Sw 1.0 1.2 Fig. 1. Example of (a) relative permeability and (b) capillary pressure curves. Horizontal and vertical absolute permeability...

Net Pay Cutoffs from Capillary Pressure; #120008 (2009)

Andy May

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... for the bubbling pressure(Pb) or the Pc at the critical oilphase Saturation Critical Oil Phase Saturation Steady State Rel K Drainage, followed by Imbibition...

Sequential Structural Restoration of the Lisbon Valley Anticline, Paradox Basin, Utah; #30633 (2019)

Steven Lingrey

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... ce s een al tw al l Fis h er Ca s tle Moab Fault l Va l F’ alt ts Kd Km Jgc Pc 1000 Tm R IPhht Sea Level IPhp top Ml -1000...

Comprehensive Study of Gas Cycling in the Bakken Shale

Alireza Sanaei, Ali Abouie, Mohsen Tagavifar, Kamy Sepehrnoori

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... mobilization since gas relative permeability is lower during puff period than during the huff period for the same gas saturation. In addition...

Formation, Evolution, and Hydrocarbon Prospect of the Makassar Basin, Indonesia

Dr. B. Situmorang

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... slope in the west, and bordered on the east by a narrow shelf with relatively steep slopes in several places. In all seismic reflection profiles...

Optimizing Completion in Unconventionals: What We Know Now, #80525 (2016).

Alireza Sanaei

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...    1.5   P P D Pc  c cz  1.5686   Pc   Data points from Singh (2009) and correlation from Ma et al. (2013) for 0.783  D...