A decoupled orthotropic anisotropy modeling method and its application

Wang Lei, Liang Jiandong, Xuan Ruiqing, Li Daoshan, Zhu Jinping, Hao Xiaoguang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... are updated through the residual curvature analysis of the azimuthal CIP gathers, and the ellipse fitting is used to drive the updating of the orthotropic...

Geodetic Datums and Map Projections

James G. Morgan

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... the earth's surface, a plane would suffice for a very small area such as a few city blocks. For carrying position measurements beyond a few miles...

Application of Pre-stack Seismic Anisotropy for Fracture Detection, in Oseil Field Carbonate Reservoir, Seram Island, Eastern Indonesia; #20157 (2012)

Anggoro S. Dradjat, Xueyan Hu, and Ridhawulan Primasari

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...: • High Oil column; • High fracture intensity; • Fold with relative simple structure; • High productivity of adjacent well; • Undrained area. In Oseil-18...

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Possible Strike-Slip Components on Monoclines at the Powder River Basin–Black Hills Uplift Margin

George W. Shurr, Ivan W. Watkins, Alvis L. Lisenbee

Wyoming Geological Association

... area, in J.D. Lowell, ed., Rocky Mountain foreland basins and uplifts: Rocky Mountain Assoc. of Geol. Symposium, p. 33-56. Christie-Blick, N...

Strain Measurements in Eastern Marginal Shear Zone of Mount Sedom Salt Diapir, Israel

Israel Zak, Raphael Freund

AAPG Bulletin

... of the salt table at a shallow, later stage. The strain in this marginal area is considerably larger than the average for the main, inner part...

Abstract: Microbialites in Zechstein Cycle 2 Carbonates (NE England and Poland): Types and Source Rock Perspectives; #90153 (2012)

Mirosław Słowakiewicz and Maurice E. Tucker

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..., with 1 m of relief. They are mostly linked. Second-order structures (synoptic relief ~ 10 cm) form symmetric ridge-like and ellipse-shaped features...

Abstract: Interpretation of Natural Fractures from the Traveltime Variation with Source-receiver Azimuth in the Alberta Foothills; #90172 (2014)

Draga A. Talinga, Don C. Lawton

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... conducted for the Cabin Creek overthrust area in the Alberta Foothills. Mapping event traveltime differences on prestack-migrated, limited source...

Formation of Spaced Cleavage and Concurrent Mass Removal of Si02, Meguma Goup Metagreywackes, Goldenville, Nova Scotia

F. Fueten, P. M. Clifford, L. L. Pryer, J. H. Crocket, M. J. Thompson

Atlantic Geology

... CZ — Cleavage zone; IM — n ellipse equivalent to :he CZ. The equation for A t (lichon) [----------- -- 1] x 100 = percent area loss At (cleavage...

Displacement Geometry in the Volume Containing a Single Normal Fault

Jim A. M. Barnett , John Mortimer , John H. Rippon , John J. Walsh , Juan Watterson

AAPG Bulletin

... to zero at the edge or tip-line. The tip-line is elliptical, with the shorter axis of the ellipse parallel to the displacement direction. Contours of equal...

Increase Net Present Value and Reduce Completion Cost by Using an In-House Automated Fracture Design, Reservoir Simulator and Optimization Workflow for Well Spacing and Completions Design

Srimoyee Bhattacharya, Ed Lake, Xin Liu, Robert Dombrowski, Richard Cao, Alejandro Girardi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... wells which cover maximum drainage area but can be difficult to execute in the field. Also, uniform fracture cases tend to provide significant value...

Exploration for Reservoir Quality Rock Bodies by Mapping and Simulation of Potentiometric Surface Anomalies

J. Toth, K. Rakhit

CSPG Bulletin

... a small-scale, regional potentiometric map. Subsequently, a large-scale, local potentiometric map was prepared for the chosen area and six anomaly sites...

Best Practices in Designing and Executing a Comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site in the Permian Basin

James Courtier, Karen Chandler, Danny Gray, Shaun Martin, Randy Thomas, Joe Wicker, Jordan Ciezobka

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and completion of slick water completions. The well that accomplished this task is the Slant Core Well (SCW), positioned within the central area...

The Development of Clast Fabric in Mudflows

John F. Lindsay

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the Beardmore Glacier area: Antarctic Journal of the United States, v. 2, p. 110-112. BHATTACHARYYA, D. S., 1966, Orientation of mineral lineation along...

Fabric Evolution and Mechanisms of Diagenesis in Fine-Grained Sediments from the Kita-yamato Trough, Japan Sea

Achim Kopf, Jan H. Behrmann

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... is the orientation of the core axis. The shaded area in the center of the diagram is the visually estimated dot-free area as it mirrors the strain ellipse. B...

Pore System Changes During Experimental Polymer Flooding in Ben Nevis Formation Sandstones, Hebron Field, Offshore Eastern Canada, #20349 (2016).

Luis E. Valencia, Lesley A. James, Karem Azmy

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... Relative increase of carbonate and lithic fragments upwards to the reservoir Integration of minerals analysis techniques allows to characterize Ben...

Fluid Mechanics

Jeffrey S. Hanor

Special Publications of SEPM

... of flow of water per unit time, Q, through a cylinder of sand of cross-sectional area, A , and length, L, is equal to: where hl is the computed...

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Engelder

Search and Discovery.com

.... Each clastic flux rests on carbonates (vertical white arrows) accumulated during periods of relative quiescence on a passive margin. The three tectonic...

The Three Elements of Structural Geology Part 1, #41849 (2016).

Terry Engelder

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... periods of relative quiescence on a passive margin. The three tectonic events (i.e., orogenic cycles) include the Taconic (blue arrow), the Acadian (green...

Structural Patterns in South Florida

Paulette Bond, Leah Smith, W. F. Tanner

GCAGS Transactions

...°, and are taken to be the shears in a first-order strain ellipse. The intersection of two of these trends, immediately west of Lake Okeechobee...

Assessment of a Marcellus Shale Prospect Using Seismic, Microseismic, and Completions Data

Scott Singleton, Mark Suda

GCAGS Transactions

..., the algorithm inverts for the shape of the ellipse and the orientation with respect to geographic north. The long axis of the ellipse is the Vfast direction...

Quartz Grain Orientations--1 (The Photometric Method)

R. F. Sippel

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by the following relations. Defining R = |arctan (Ay/Ax)| v = (y - x) then the inclination of the major axis of the ellipse is given by = arctan [(tan 2R)(cos v...

The Origin of the Faults in Creek and Osage Counties, Oklahoma

Lyndon L. Foley

AAPG Bulletin

... structural feature of the area under discussion is the Ozark uplift. This uplift caused a westward thrust which tilted the overlying Paleozoic beds...

The Kinematics of Extension and Inversion in the Malay Basin, Offshore Peninsular Malaysia

Mazlan B. Hj. Madon

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... Pagodas Fault, which extends from onshore Thailand to the Natuna area (the Malay-Natuna-Lupar Shear of Daines, 1985). Other strike-slip faults are also...

A Prototype Near-Field GIS Model to Characterize Acute Risks of Sequestered CO2 Release Through Orphan Wells

Kenneth T. Bogen, Frank J. Gouveia, Lee A. Neher, Steven G. Homann

AAPG Special Volumes

... zone were then determined, followed by an ArcGIS canonical analysis that defined a corresponding ellipse with an area equal to that of the candidate...