High Resolution Petrophysics and Geomechanics Workflow - One Key to Optimal Development of Unconventional Reservoirs

Philippe Gaillot

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...-step in optimizing the development of the fields. In this approach, simulations taking into account the potential reservoir and geomechanical...

Abstract: Surface Wave Techniques for Determination of Subsurface Anomalies & its Use in Assessment of Damage and Integrity of Coal Mine Structures; #90254 (2016)

Sanjay Rana

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... beyond the exposed surface. To mitigate potential rock fall hazards, the geophysicists are assessing the usefulness of Rayleigh wave dispersion...

Quantitative shale characterization of the tidally influenced Sego Sandstone

Darrin Burton, Lesli J. Wood

AAPG Bulletin

... this method, the equations used in this article to calculate permeability are not particularly sensitive to shale thickness variations.Shale Length and WidthThe...

An Improved Petrophysical Volume Model for Proximate Analysis in Coalbed Methane Reservoir

Pei-Qiang Zhao, Zhi-Qiang Mao, Ding Jin, Bao-Dian Sun, Xu Pang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... analysis components. They are ash, fixed carbon, volatile matter, matrix porosity and fracture porosity. To solve the equation set, we first used...

Determining the Channel Sinuosity of Ancient Fluvial Systems from Paleocurrent Data

J.P. Le Roux

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... directions. This can be used as a substitute for the true range, . 7) Use in equations 4 and 5 to determine the sinuosity value. FIG. 8. Outcrops...

PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION OF SHRIMP-GENERATED DIPLOCRATERION PARALLELUM AND THEIR RELIABILITY AS PALEOCURRENT INDICATORS

SHAHIN E. DASHTGARD, R. BRUCE AINSWORTH, JAMES A. MACEACHERN

PALAIOS

... preference to orient parallel to the two directions of potential fair-weather wave propagation in ES-1 (Table 1, Fig. 7) as defined by Ainsworth et al. (2015...

Abstract: A Strategic Alliance in Industrial Research to Solve Grand Challenge Problems in Exploration and Production, by U. T. Mello, A. A. Bender, N. C. Azambuja Filho, M. R. Mello, and M. Latge; #90933 (1998).

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Chapter 9: Statistical Analysis, Ivie Creek Case-Study Area - Geological and Petrophysical Characterization of the Ferron Sandstone for 3-D Simulation of a Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoir (MP-02-6)

Ann Mattson, M.A. Chan, C.B. Forster, P.B. Anderson

Utah Geological Survey

...) to the wave-modified system (Kf-2 parasequences). The Lilliefors test was used to analyze the permeability data set for log-normality since it could handle...

Fracture Identification with Seismic Data, XinChang Field, China, by Peter Stewart, John Tinnin, James Hallin, and Jim Granath, #40370 (2008).

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Seismic land acquisition designed to identify geology and rock properties over stacked pay interval using HTD 3D3C survey in the Permian Basin

Bruce Karr, Andrew Lewis, Stephen Klug, Ron Bianco

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... that properly collected P-wave and C-wave data can provide in unconventional tight hydrocarbon reservoirs. potential to determine a more robust density term...

Reservoir Rocks Behaving Differently

Thomas Smith

GEO ExPro Magazine

... be used to map subsurface permeable formations,” Ms. Khan explains. Seismic attributes related to propagation characteristics of the compressional wave...

Modifications for Fracture Damage and Changing Pressure Drawdown to Improve Accuracy of Duong Decline Model

Himanshu S. Jha, W. John Lee

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... damage into account. This causes inconsistent expressions of flow rate and cumulative production as functions of time. Further, most wells produce...

Brittleness and Geomechanical Properties Estimation Using Wireline and Seismic Data in the Duvernay Shale Basin, Canada

Carmen C. Dumitrescu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and shear wave velocities along with density). Then these elastic parameters were used to estimate the geomechanical properties: Poisson’s ratio...

Resolving MWD-Wireline Resistivity Differences in Shaly-Sand Pay Zones

Steve Mack

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... per cent. Bartell, R.P., Bittar, M.S., Mack, S.G., and Rodney, P.F., 1991, A True Multiple Depth of Investigation Electromagnetic Wave Resistivity...

Quantitative Modeling of the Dynamic Evolution of Salt Structures

Kenneth Petersen, Ian Lerche

GCAGS Transactions

... and requires the solving of combined equations of motion and heat transport (Schmeling, 1988). In order to solve these equations boundary conditions limit...

Structural Geology Observations Derived From Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry Over Rift Systems, #41784 (2016).

Desmond FitzGerald, Horst Holstein

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... contacts. Gravity profile data crossing a fault can be used to estimate the dip, block thickness, and density contrast across the structure. The strike...

ABSTRACT: Evaluation of Electric Well Logs from Appalachian Basin with Small Microcomputer System, by Eberhard Werner; #91041 (2010)

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Is it Possible to Simplify the Formulation of Hydrate Decomposition in Porous Media? by Mehran Pooladi-Darvish and Shahab Gerami; #90035 (2004)

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Characterizing a Mississippian Carbonate Reservoir for CO2-EOR and Carbon Sequestration: Applicability of Existing Rock Physics Models and Implications to Feasibility of Time Lapse Monitoring Programs in the Wellington Oil Field, Sumner County, Kansas, #80530 (2016).

Anthony Lueck, Abdelomeam Raef, W. Lynn Watney

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... characteristics. We will acquire P-wave and S-wave velocity data from core samples by running ultrasonic tests and compare them to sonic and dipole sonic...

Elastic Waves in Porous Media Saturated with Non-Wetting Fluid

Jimmy X. Li, Reza Rezaee, Tobias M. Müller, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... will be. In the high-frequency limit lim ~ vÞ ! 0 kðs; v!¥ ð3:9Þ The plane-wave solution is commonly used to calculate the phase velocities...

Quantifying Fracture Intensity: An Example from the Piceance Basin

Leonel Gomez, Julia F. W. Gale, S. E. Laubach, S. Cumella

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... of the power-law relationship. Where these parameters can be delineated for microfracture size distributions, the equations can be used to predict...

Statistical Methods For Log Analysis of Reservoir Properties: Chapter 1

John H. Doveton

AAPG Special Volumes

... trends from logging data for the purposes of both prediction and estimation of constants used in functional petrophysical equations. The target...

Shaly Sand Log Analysis Using Cation Exchange Capacity Data

Darrell C. Bush, Ralph E. Jenkins

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... calculator programs provided to solve the equations, and the new available and economical procedure for obtaining CEC data should make the use...

Improved Shale Characterization Through Joint Elastic-Electrical Effective Medium Modeling

Kelvin Amalokwu, Kyle Spikes, Kevin Wolf

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... this potential in field data. The results show that while the elastic properties alone (especially when only P-wave data is available) may not be able...

Structure Interpretation Problems of a Lower Miocene Reef Associated with a Shallow Low Velocity Anomaly, North Sumatra

Peter Walker, Masrizal Maas, Michael D. Burnaman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... reprocessed in order to extract additional structural information. Reprocessing Base Reef Potential The previous processing, Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9, had used...