How Diversity Can Alleviate Sharks and Bandwagons in the Gas Sector

Joanna M. Spanjaard, Sarah A. McAlister-Smiley

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... candidate to navigate through change. But instinctive responses and overconfidence can lead to irrational decision making. During periods of greatest risk...

The Discovery of the Marcellus Shale Play, An Operator's Experience

Jeff Ventura, Ray Walker. Jr, William Zagorski, Greg Davis, John Applegath, Matt Curry, Matt Pitzarella, Joe Frantz. Jr, Don Robinson, Dennis Degner, Mike Middlebrook, Andrew Tullis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... traditional, higher risk exploration to looking for large scale and repeatable resource plays. The Barnett Shale was then recognized as the first...

Estimating the Effect of Rock Mineral Composition on Reservoir Quality: Application in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp Formations, Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico

Adewale Amosu, Mohamed Imsalem, Yuefeng Sun

GCAGS Transactions

... the results will help reduce the risk in unconventional petroleum exploration. Amosu, A., and Y. F. Sun, 2018a, MinInversion: A program for petrophysical...

Abstract: Evaluation of the Effect of Supercritical CO2 Injection on Remaining Oil in Depleted Chalk Reservoirs, Danish North Sea

Sherry (Xiaowei) Zheng, Rasmus Ø. Stenshøj, Henrik I. Petersen, Hamed Sanei

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... Geological storage of CO2 is an important strategy for reducing the atmospheric CO 2 at scale. The depleted oil and gas reservoirs in the North Sea have...

Extended Abstract: Big Bend Field: Gulf of Mexico Success, from Prospect to Production through Geoscience Integration

Owen Stephens

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... of the Big Bend Field. Several techniques were used to de-risk the Big Bend prospect prior to drilling. 3D wide azimuth seismic data was processed...

Shallow Hazard and Gas Escape Systems Modelling From 3-D Seismic

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EXTENDED ABSTRACT: "Gotcha Deep" Project: Complex Formation Evaluation Using LWD and Electric Line to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Risk

John Johns, Paul A. Babasick

GCAGS Transactions

..., allowing for large, complex tool combinations to be run while reducing the risk of fishing operations. The LWD and electric line log data could...

Quantifying the Reduction of Rehabilitation Needs and Safety Risks in the Use of Innovative Well and Flowline Decommissioning Tools

Geoff Lindsay

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... from number of trucks and personnel movements. A significant reduction in safety risk was the key finding, with the silver lining of also reducing...

Managing Oilfield Operations Under Adverse Economics - Workshop Summary

Irah Ershaghi, Ken Arnold, Peter Day, Leonard Kalfayan, Mark Kapelke, David Mercier, Rob Gunnin

PTTC

... conditions, operators must explore all possibilities for reducing operating costs or increasing production. If wells or leases must be shut in, precautions...

ABSTRACT: Reducing Dry Hole Risk with Artificial Intelligence

William W. Weiss, Robert A. Balch, Tonjun Ruan, Ronald Broadhead, and Visveswaran Subramaniam

Fort Worth Geological Society

...ABSTRACT: Reducing Dry Hole Risk with Artificial Intelligence William W. Weiss, Robert A. Balch, Tonjun Ruan, Ronald Broadhead, and Visveswaran...

Donkey Creek North Minnelusa 3-D: Challenging Conventional Wisdom [Abstract]

John B. Frederick, Karen T. Dean, Steven G. Fryberger, Tim C. Wilcox

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... the reservoir extent and structural position, thereby significantly reducing drilling risk. 3-D mapping of the Upper B Sandstone altered all previous...

Abstract: Application of 3-D Seismic on Morrow Channel Sandstones, Second Wind and Jace Fields, Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties, Colorado

Mark P. Germinario, Sherrie R. Cronin, and John R. Suydam

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

..." of the Morrow valley geometry, therefore, reducing the risk of near-miss non-sand valley wells. Many of the Morrow structural complications, particularly...

A Review of Liability and Loss Prevention in the Geological Consulting Business

Michael Campbell

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... the professional to avoid litigation. He will speak in terms of risk avoidance through client assessment; and how to maintain project quality creation through...

ENHANCING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN DEPLETED CASED & PERFORATED COMPLETIONS BY ELIMINATING COILED TUBING

Nadya Jelita Rachmawati, Ghulam Mohiuldin, Pondra Buana, Panca Teguh Pasaribu Habeahan, and Afriandi Eka Prasetya

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... systematically addressed these concerns. This was achieved through detailed fluid simulations, review of offset wells, HAZOP studies, and risk assessments...

ABSTRACT: I Would Rather Be Vaguely Right Than Precisely Wrong: A New Approach to Evaluating Oil and Gas Investment Decisions

Begg, Steve

GCAGS Transactions

... of investing in reducing uncertainty versus developing flexible responses to deal with it. An intriguing, counter-intuitive, capability...

Abstract: Remedial Technology Selection and Implementation at a Remote Gasoline Pipeline Release Site: A Study of Proactive Impact Management under Recap

Walliam H. Schramm, Jeffrey T. Jones

GCAGS Transactions

... of the investigation technologies included Direct Push, Cone Penetrometer, Rapid Optical Scanning Technology, Biological Field Assays, Human Health Risk Assessment...

Extended Abstract: Big Bend: Rapid Field Development Success through Geoscience Integration in the Gulf of Mexico

Owen Stephens, Rafael Pinto, Ben Maxey, Kyle Gray

GCAGS Transactions

... of both project sanction and first oil. Risk of the interpreted oil/water contact being a paleo-contact was reduced through fluid substitution modeling...

Abstract: Exploitation Utilizing 3D Seismic in the Red Oak Gas Field of the Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma, USA, by P. Rutty, J. Schlaefer, and A. Vizurraga; #90957 (1995).

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ABSTRACT: Discovering 25 Million Barrels in a 25 Year Old Field: A Seismic Induced Facelift, by H. S. Forsthoff; #91021 (2010)

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Abstract: POSC and the Emerging Business Paradigm, by M. J. Ring; #90942 (1997).

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Abstract: Fractured Reservoirs In Calcareous Rocks Of The Middle Magdalena Basin, Colombia, by Roberto Linares; #90914(2000)

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ABSTRACT: Mesozoic Plays in the Continental Shelf of the Tampico Basin, by Dionisio Rodriguez and Francisco Gonzalez; #90906(2001)

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ABSTRACT: Fracture Detection Interpretation Beyond Conventional Seismic Approaches, by Abele, Stan; Roden, Rocky; #90135 (2011)

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ABSTRACT: Fracture Detection Interpretation Beyond Conventional Seismic Approaches, by Gary Jones and Rocky Roden; #90154 (2012)

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ABSTRACT: Seismics, Rock Physics and Reservoirs; #90007 (2002)

Carl Sondergeld, Chandra Rai

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... estimates of parameters for reservoir description or risk reduction. These parameters often include porosity, permeability, fluid type, pressures, etc...