New Insights on Near-Wellbore Fracture Characteristics from High-Resolution Distributed Strain Sensing Measurements

Yongzan Liu, Ge Jin, Kan Wu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...)/finite element method (FEM) space-discretization scheme is applied to solve the coupled problem. In specific, the FVM is used to discretize the flow...

A Fulcrum Approach To Assessing Source-To-Sink Mass Balance Using Channel Paleohydrologic Paramaters Derivable From Common Fluvial Data Sets With An Example From the Cretaceous of Egypt

John Holbrook, Hamdalla Wanas

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... section within the basin. Flow transport equations are used to estimate bankfull discharge and sediment concentrations using established methods...

Abstract: The Evaluation of Challenging Volcaniclastic Reservoir Through Geochemical Assessment; #90307 (2017)

Dipo Caesario, Wahyu Budhi K, Arif Swastika, Nanda Natasia, Galih Regi R, Wahyu Nainggolan, Yan Wijaya

Search and Discovery.com

... Technical Symposium, Hidden Potential in Mature Basins: Play Analogs and Best Practices, Bandung, Indonesia, September 13-14, 2017 The Evaluation...

Identification of Fluid Movement in the Formation and Behind Casing Through the Use of Thermal and Acoustic Energy from Production Logs

Jose González, Alejandro Linares, Jairo Pérez, Alexander Castro, Virginia Mayorga, Danelys Bernal Correa, Juan Marin, Mario Ardila Moreno, Diego Rodriguez, Jose Vasquez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the form of kinetic and potential energy. The Doppler effect is the apparent change in frequency of a wave produced by the relative motion of the source...

From Outcrop to Subsurface: Unlocking Fractured Basement Reservoir in New Venture Area

Laurent Souche, Anugrah Pradana, Merza Media Adeyosfi, Joko Sosiawan Trikukuh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... which are used for reserve estimation, flow simulation, or for finding the best potential drilling locations and orientations by creating maps...

Kodecos Decade of Success: the Reward for Being a Purposeful System

Robert R. Park

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and fracture zones and warnings as to where potential losses may be anticipated. This information combined with AI mapping is critical, and is used to guide...

A New Crustal Model of the Gulf of Mexico … From Seismic and Potential Fields Data; #30658 (2020)

J. Bain, J. Kegel, Cian O’Reilly

Search and Discovery.com

... density functions for the remainder of the model. Salt thicknesses (from TGS seismic) were used in both MGOM and USA GOM to account for the distinctive...

Autostratigraphy: A Framework Norm for Genetic Stratigraphy

Tetsuji Muto, Ron J. Steel, John B. Swenson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of autostratigraphy provides an economic explanation in terms of potential autogenic mechanisms and steady forcing, and should initially be used to explain...

Abstract: Rational Rock Physics for Improved Velocity Prediction and Reservoir Properties Estimation for Granite Wash (Tight Sands) in Anadarko Basin, Texas, by Durrani Muhammad Z. A., Willson Keith, Chen Jingyi, Tapp Bryan, and Jubran Akram; #90163 (2013)

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Using Fluid Inclusion Salinity Data to Reduce Uncertainty in Petrophysical Sw Calculation… New Application of an Old Technique in Unconventional Reservoirs

Benedek Gál, Zsófia Poros, Edwin Ortega

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and calculating porosity and fluid saturations to identify potential pay zones. Fluid saturations are further used to estimate in-place hydrocarbon volume...

Faunas of Tidal Current and Wave-Dominated Continental Shelves and Their Use in the Recognition of Storm Deposits

John B. Wilson

CSPG Special Publications

... on them and active sand wave fields is difficult if only faunal criteria are used. Bed forms on wave-dominated shelves are generally much more uniform...

Use of Aquifer Stratigraphy for Building Numerical Models of Ground-Water Flow: Case Study of the Heterogeneous Gulf Coast Aquifer in Matagorda and Wharton Counties, Texas

Alan R. Dutton

GCAGS Transactions

..., storativity, and compaction potential were assigned to model blocks as functions of sand percentage mapped for each aquifer unit. Transmissivity, vertical...

Shoreline Autoretreat Substantiated in Flume Experiments

Tetsuji Muto

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... geometry of the delta clinoforms can no longer be retained. Similarly, Milton and Bertram (1995) used a numerical model to argue that, even with A constant...

The Origin of Natural Gas in the Tertiary Coal Seams on the Eastern Margin of the Powder River Basin

Anthony W. Gorody

Wyoming Geological Association

... for a thermogenic origin of this gas originating either from Tertiary sediments, or from underlying Cretaceous gas reservoirs. The metabolic pathway used by bacteria...

Is Scaling in Turbidite Deposition Consistent with Forcing by Earthquakes?

P. D. Beattie , W. B. Dade

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... be used to place important constraints on paleoseismicity. BAK, P., TANG, C., AND WIESENFELD, K., 1988, Self-organized criticality: Physical Review A, v...

Real-time Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Characteristics from Production Data

Mohammadali Tarrahi, Sergio Gonzales, Eduardo Gildin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... initially thought. To fill this knowledge gap, fracture diagnostic tools are used in order to directly or indirectly measure parameters that can provide...

An Improved Analytic-hierarchy-Quantitative Pre-evaluation Method for Post-fracturing Recoverability in Lamellation-type Shale Oil Reservoir

Shuo Wan, Bin Yuan, He Liu, Siwei Meng, Zhengdong Lei, Wendong Wang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... that is commonly used to solve multi-objective complex problems by blending qualitative and quantitative approaches (Saaty 1987; Vargas 1990; Vaidya...

Machine Learning Technology to Improve Precision and Accelerate Screening Shallow Gas Potentials in Tunu Shallow Gas Zone, PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam

Ronald Herbet, Debrina Sugiharto, Cepi M-Adam, Andrean Satria, Khairul Ummah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... learning in seismic data interpretation and method to help geoscientist and data scientist finding shallow gas potential for the field development using...

Permeability effects of deformation band arrays in sandstone

K. R. Sternlof, J. R. Chapin, D. D. Pollard, L. J. Durlofsky

AAPG Bulletin

... deformation band or sandstone matrix permeability (Figure 6). A coupled finite-difference and finite-element approach is used to solve a steady-state...

Applications of a Novel Hybrid Model for Unconventional Reservoirs

Joseph A. Ayoub, Brian Blakey, S Krishnamurthy, R.K.M. Thambynayagam

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 2 Model Basic Principle and Validation The model uses the principle of source functions to solve analytically for complex fracture systems...

Abstract: What’s New in Seismic Imaging?

John T. Etgen

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... and interpret things we want to under s tand i s cons tant ly challenged. Do recent geophysical trends have the potential to revolutionize...

Imaging challenges at Gulf of Papua (PNG) and their solutions through high-end imaging technology

Zongying Gong, Subhash Chandra, Xiaodong Wu, Yajing Li, Min Zhi, Michael Szczepaniak, Barry Hung

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...) is the state-of-art technology used to resolve velocity anomalies caused by shallow gas pockets. Supplemented by multilayer non-linear tomography, a high...

Focal Mechanism Determination and Stress Inversion for Induced Seismicity Related to Shale Gas Hydraulic Fracturing

Yuyang Tan, Jun Hu, Zhengguang Zhao, Lei Li

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., including the waveform, P wave polarity and S/P amplitude ratio. These misfit functions are minimized using the neighbourhood algorithm. Before calculating...

AAPG Archie Series, No. 1, Chapter 7: Characterizing Thinly Bedded Reservoirs with Core Data

Q. R. Passey, K. E. Dahlberg, K. B. Sullivan, H. Yin, R. A. Brackett, Y. H. Xiao, and A. G. Guzmán-Garcia

AAPG Special Volumes

... and the core data are used to calibrate and/or validate the well log analysis. Thin beds, and particularly very thin beds, present special challenges...

An Estimate of Recoverable Coal Gas Resources in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Fred Crockett, Margaret Ellis, Gary Stricker, Greg Gunther, Allan Ochs, Romeo Flores

Wyoming Geological Association

.... These equations were then used to estimate gas content values for selected pressures. Figure 3. Average methane adsorption isotherm based on averaged...