Reserves Estimation: Part 10. Reservoir Engineering Methods

Rick J. Sustakoski, Diana Morton-Thompson

AAPG Special Volumes

... in reservoir volume as a result of production. The basic equation is [EQUATION] The equations used to calculate OGIP are Gas reservoir with active...

Casing Drilling Technology Potential for Cost Reducing Operations in South Texas Lobo Trend

Kyle Fontenot, Joe Highnote, Tommy Warren, and Bruce Houtchens

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... and recompletions to be used for sidetracks and infield drilling without needing to bring in a larger rig. There are also potential applications...

Improving Cement Placement in Horizontal Wells of Unconventional Reservoirs Using Magneto-Rheological Fluids

Mansur Ermila, Alfred W. Eustes, Mehdi Mokhtari

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... are presented. Introduction Horizontal drilling is a common technique used in unconventional shale gas and oil reservoirs. Horizontal shale wells...

Petrophysical Data Integration Increases Reserves in Low Contrast Pay

Mark Deakin, Wan Manan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Saturation-height functions are used with wireline formation pressures to project initial conditions capillary pressure saturations into all cored intervals...

Pore Geometry of Sedimentary Rocks Elementary Capillary Theory

Perry O. Roehl

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... and contact angle are known, equation 23 as modified from equations 17 and 22, can be used to measure a radius, r, as a function of the average pore...

Basin-specific Optimization of an Automated Geosteering Algorithm Using Simulated Stratigraphy

Kenneth McCarthy, Andrew Pare, Levi Heintzelman, Marc Willerth, Alexander Mitkus, Tannor Ziehm, Timothy Gee, Paul Reynerson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... functions, resulting in an m x k cost matrix. This matrix is then used to rank the candidate solutions based on their performance according to the objective...

New Frontiers in Salt Research; #80706 (2019)

Peter A. Kukla, Janos L. Urai, Frank Strozyk

Search and Discovery.com

... aggregates responsible for potential loss of integrity? Which is the best extrapolation of the constitutive equations beyond the time scales accessible...

Frontier with High Expectations

Morten Smelror, Roger Key, Elias Daudi, Fernando Njange

GEO ExPro Magazine

... localities in the Rovuma Basin, and potential source rocks are considered to be present throughout the area. Good quality reservoir rocks with high...

ABSTRACT: Basin Analysis of South Mozambique Graben, by J. Iliffe, I. Lerche, and M. De Buyl; #91038 (2010)

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Empirical Prediction of Porosity and Permeability in Sandstones (1)

S. BLOCH

AAPG Bulletin

... data set. Regression equations can be used to predict porosity and permeability only if the independent variables that correlate with porosity...

Fault Representation in Automated Modeling of Geologic Structures and Geologic Units: Chapter 10

Steven Zoraster

AAPG Special Volumes

... Nostrand Reinhold, p. 151-157. Lindseth, R. O., 1990, The next wave of exploration: Geophysics, v. 55, no. 12, p. 9-15. Mallet, J. L., 1989a...

Lessons Learned from a Shale Gas Hallmark Well in the Eagle Ford Formation: The Case of the Well Emergente-1, the First Shale Gas Well in Mexico

Sergio Pérez Rodríguez

GCAGS Transactions

... of Equations of Mineral Production to estimate an ultimate recovery (EUR) after 30 years. This EUR is only 8% above the factual upper end of 2.0 Bcf...

Exploration: A Misunderstood Business: Chapter 4: Part I. Overview of the Business

John Lohrenz

AAPG Special Volumes

.... To do so, standard pedagogy in business administration is used and a case study of an exploration venture is presented. A second purpose is to show...

Evaluation of Reservoirs and Seals: Short Course 3

John G. Kaldi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., gathered from basic basin evaluation, can be used to determine reservoir rock quality, expected fluid saturation with depth, location of fluid contacts...

Cyclicity in the Cretaceous Organic-Rich Facies of Colombia, and Its Predictive Potential for Evaluating Source-Rocks, by T. Villamil, C. Arango, E. Kauffman, and C. Jaramillo; #90986 (1994).

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Abstract: High Pressure Adsorption/Desorption Isotherms: Application to Predicting Reservoir Capacity and Drainage, by C. R. Clarkson and R. M. Bustin; #90939 (1997)

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ABSTRACT Stratigraphy and Petrophysics of the Middle Devonian Black Shale Interval in West Virginia and Southwest Pennsylvania, #90104 (2010)

Boyce Matt L.; Carr Timothy R.

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... reservoir is widespread across the basin and has significant potential to produce  large volumes of gas. Although the Middle Devonian organic‐rich...

Stratigraphy and Petrophysics of the Middle Devonian Black Shale Interval in West Virginia and Southwest Pennsylvanian, #10265 (2010)

Matt L. Boyce, Timothy R. Carr

Search and Discovery.com

... potential to produce large volumes of gas. Although the Middle Devonian organic‐rich shale interval is a large resource, with high economic potential...

Complex Program of Deep Structure Investigations in the USSR Territory

E.A. Kozlovsky, N.A. Bogdanov

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... grounds of the first and second classes is to solve targets related to mediumand large-scale prognostication and prospecting for mineral deposits...

New Generation Solutions for Global Petroleum Data Management

P. H. Stark, J. Gawron

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... to solve problems and share access to enterprise data through networks. The new generation information management paradigm embraces the data warehouse...

Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond: Part II: Exorcizing Seismic Ghosts

Lasse Amundsen, Martin Landrø

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., in areas having complex geological features, conventional data hide the details required to fully 88 GEO ExPro APRIL 2013 assess the exploration potential...

Rapid Multiple-Scenario Depth Structure Risk Analysis Case Study in Cuulong Basin, Vietnam

Nguyen Nam, Hong Shien Lee

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... structure of two prospects is almost same. The Base Case, or “most likely” velocity model, used time-depth functions from Well B with structural control...

The Application of Poisson Impedance Inversion for Sandstone Reservoir Characterization in the Lower Talang Akar Formation, Case Study Melandong-West Java, #41080 (2012)

Angga Direzza, I Komang Andika Aris Permana

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... sonic (Vp), shear sonic (Vs), and Density (ρ). Within the FRM, the Biot-Gassman equations is used to convert the actual P-wave log within...

Visco-Acoustic Full-Waveform Inversion: A Case Study to Resolve High-Resolution Shallow Channel Absorption, Offshore Indonesia

Jun Wang, Yonghe Guo, Putri Supriandini, Kelik Moersidin, Rahmad Hidayat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... used for imaging beneath gas clouds, and can be incorporated into the conventional depth velocity model building flow and used in QPSDM to compensate...

South Atlantic Palaeogeography: Reconstructing Palaeolandscapes for New Ventures Exploration

Paul Marwick

GEO ExPro Magazine

... models which use the palaeolandscape as a boundary condition for vegetation, climate, ocean, tide and wave models, that in turn provide the input...