Capillary fluid dynamics within unconventional rocks investigated by scanning electron microscopy

Shawn Zhang, Lyn Canter, and Mark Sonnenfeld

AAPG Bulletin

... fluid dynamic simulations confirm the aggregation of heavier fluid molecules on the geometrical irregularities of the pore space. As a consequence...

Integrated Geosciences for Optimal Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Reservoirs; #80351 (2014)

Minh H. Tran and Younane N. Abousleiman

Search and Discovery.com

... Exchange Capacity (CEC) and pore fluid salinity are incorporated into the poroelastic Mandel's problem to better optimize the hydraulic fracture job...

Sediment Diagenesis in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and its Role in Pore Fluid Pressure Evolution: Implications for Hydrocarbon Transport via Solitary Waves, #20307 (2015).

Ajit Joshi, Martin Appold

Search and Discovery.com

...Sediment Diagenesis in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and its Role in Pore Fluid Pressure Evolution: Implications for Hydrocarbon Transport via Solitary...

Fluid Circulation and Fault- and Fracture-related Diagenesis in Mississippian Syn-rift Carbonate Rocks On the Northeast Margin of the Metalliferous Dublin Basin, Ireland

Kevin L. Shelton, James P. Hendry, Jay M. Gregg, Jon P. Truesdale, Ian D. Somerville

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... stratigraphies despite a common paragenetic context. Fluid inclusions record interaction of two end-member paleofluids: a moderate- to high...

Frictional Mechanics of Seismogenic Thrust Systems in the Upper Continental CrustImplications for Fluid Overpressures and Redistribution

R. H. Sibson

AAPG Special Volumes

... defined in relation to the vertical stress, v, by the pore-fluid factor:so that hydrostatic fluid pressures are represented by v 0.4, suprahydrostatic...

Live Oil and Methane Production from Fractured Shale Cores

Nathan J. Welch, Luke P. Frash, Meng Meng, Wenfeng Li, Anne Menefee, Marcus Wigand, J. William Carey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... high pressure tubing allows for the continuous measurement of pore fluid pressure and flow through intact and fractured core plugs, along...

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

... to the bedding plane. The plugs were cored using humidified nitrogen as a coolant to avoid fluid interaction with the rock components (e.g., water...

Successions of Late Cenozoic Platform Dolomites Distinguished by Texture, Geochemistry, and Crystal Chemistry: Niue, South Pacific

C.W. Wheeler, P. Aharon, R.E. Ferrell

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.../rock interaction during dolomitization are controversial and poorly understood (Budd 1997). The proposed fluid flow models range from sluggish...

A New Laboratory Approach to Shale Analysis Using NMR Relaxometry

Kathryn E. Wahburn, Justin E. Birdwell

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... porosity and pore-fluid analysis. Introduction Improved technology for producing unconventional resources has led to increased investigation...

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs and Compartments: A Predictive Basin Modeling Approach

P. Ortoleva, J.M. Maxwell, D. Payne, W. Sibo, J. Comer

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... The puncture of a seal by fracturing through elevated pore fluid pressure plays a number of roles in compartment dynamics. Compartments can lose fluid through...

From Frontal Subduction to a Compressional Transform System: New Geophysical Data on the Structure of the Caribbean-South America Plate Boundary in southeastern Caribbean

E. Deville, A. Mascle, R. Griboulard, P. Huyghe, C. Padron De Carillo, J.-F. Lebrun

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

..., if pore pressure overcomes the vertical load, upward mud extrusion can occur. Low pore fluid pressure near the surface will favor the lateral emplacement...

Fracture Characterization of Carbonate Reservoir Using Integrated Sequential Prediction of Artificial Neural Network: Case Study of Salawati Basin Field

Bagus Endar B. Nurhandoko, Nana Djumhana, Khairil Iqbal, Isnaini Rahman, Susilowati, Yoga Hariman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... characterization is quite complex, because of the complexity of various matrix, pore system, and also consider of chemical reaction produced from fluid...

Improving Performance in a Mature Field: Integrated Analysis for Identification and Optimization of Low-Resistivity Hydrocarbon-Bearing Sand Reservoirs in Semberah Field, Mahakam Delta, Kutai Basin

M. Resawan Hakim, Gisal A. Dharmawan, Luhut P. Gultom

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... pay zones. Authigenic clay is in situ clay which is developed within the sand subsequent to burial. Chemical interaction between pore water and rock...

A double double-porosity model for wave propagation in patchy-saturated tight sandstone with fabric heterogeneity

Jing Ba, Mengqiu Guo, Wenhao Xu, Fengyuan Sun, Lin Zhang, Wei Cheng

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... heterogeneity. When seismic wave propagates through rock skeleton, pore fluid will flow from softer pores to stiffer pores since the wave squeezes rock...

2D seismic surveys as an alternative for CO2 monitoring in the North Dakota CarbonSAFE project

César Barajas-Olalde, Donald C. Adams, Hansel Gonzalez, Mengmeng Zhang, Pablo Benitez, Ryan J. Klapperich, Wesley D. Peck, Panos Doulgeris

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... sensitivity of the seismic signal to the changing pore pressure and fluid properties when CO2 is injected into the reservoir. These changes can create...

Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Logs in Shale Gas Reservoirs for Pore Size Distribution Evaluation

Hongyan Yu, Zhenliang Wang, Reza Rezaee, Yang Su, Wei Tan, Yujie Yuan, Yihuai Zhang, Liang Xiao, Xi Liu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... well evaluation. Thus, we used NMR well logs to analyze different pore size distribution, we found that relaxation time <4.5ms is the bound fluid volume...

Geophysical Monitoring with Seismic Metamaterial Contrast Agents

Quin R. S. Miller, H. Todd Schaef, Satish K. Nune, Ki Won Jung, Jeffrey A. Burghardt, Paul F. Martin, Matthew S. Prowant, Kayte M. Denslow, Chris E. Strickland, Manika Prasad, Mathias Pohl, Piyoosh Jaysaval, B. Peter McGrail

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the sand pore space. The sand fraction was calculated to have 37% porosity, so the chambers holding sand were 2.7x larger than the fluid-only...

Modern Modified Carbonate Grain Flow Deposit

Henry T. Mullins, H. Mark Van Buren

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... flow is that in which a dense interstitial fluid, overlying current or excess pore-fluid pressure aids in maintaining the dispersion and thus may flow...

GCAGS 47th Annual Meeting, October 15-17, 1997, New Orleans, Louisiana, - Abstracts, #90941 (1997).

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Empirical Relation Between Carbonate Porosity and Thermal Maturity: An Approach to Regional Porosity Prediction

James W. Schmoker

AAPG Bulletin

.... Neugebauer, J., 1973, The diagenetic problem of chalk--the role of pressure solution and pore fluid: Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie...

Determination of Subsurface Distance Between Vertical Parallel Natural Fractures Based on Core Data: GEOLOGIC NOTE

Roberto Aguilera

AAPG Bulletin

...), differential stress (^dgr ^sgr), and pore-fluid composition. In both Narr and Lerche's (1984) method and the method proposed in this study, variations...

Factors Necessary to Define a Pressure Seal

David Deming

AAPG Bulletin

... ... the term refers to seals that prevent essentially all pore fluid movement over substantial intervals of geologic time." Pressure seals are presented...

Challenges Associated with Drilling Hydrostatic/Subhydrostatic Reservoir: Fluid Engineering Aspect, #40744 (2011)

Ajay Kumar, Ratan Singh, V. N. Rai, Dr. Vinod Sharma

Search and Discovery.com

... performs two functions. On one hand, it controls the influx of fluid (oil or gas) by controlling pore pressure and on the other hand, it also controls...

Simulation of Multiple-Stage Fracturing in Quasibrittle Shale Formations Using Pore Pressure Cohesive Zone Model

Mahdi Haddad, Kamy Sepehrnoori

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and rock and fluid mechanical properties. The main theme of this work is the demonstration of the stress interaction of propagating three-dimensional...

Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomite reservoir facies: An overview

Graham R. Davies, Langhorne B. Smith Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

...-term shear stress and pore-fluid-pressure transients, particularly proximal to active faults. High-temperature hydrothermal pulses may alter kerogen...