Geomechanical and Flow Simulation of Hydrofracs Using High-Resolution Passive Seismic Images

Alfred Lacazette, William Dershowitz, Jan Vermilye

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the time period of interest with a surface or shallow buried array. To the extent possible, more uniform grid geometries are preferred. 2. The data...

A Preliminary Study of the Relationship Between Test Morphology and Bathymetry in Recent Bolivina Albatrossi Cushman, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Anthony C. Gary

GCAGS Transactions

... (harmonic 2) and triangularity (harmonic 3), while higher orders represent increasingly finer detail (Healy-Williams, 1983). For example, a triangular...

Single-sensor towed streamer acquisition: a case study from the Gulf of Mexico

P. Munoz, J. Uribe, N. Moldoveanu

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... are summed, thereby yielding a hardwired array response. The 2D analog arrays are designed to provide spatial antialias filtering of the seismic data...

Abstract: 3D Focusing Inversion of Multi-transient EM Data in the Frequency Domain; #90171 (2013)

Guangpin Li, Johnathan Linfoot, and Bruce Hobbs

Search and Discovery.com

...’s impulse response obtainable using the transient EM approach. A rigorous integral equation (IE) based forward modeller and regularized focussing...

Modern Marine 3D Seismic Acquisition - Technical Considerations

Chris Walker

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... examples of two model based approaches to examine this issue are presented. Polar Stacked Array Response The underlying methodology used to examine...

Improving Sea Bed Logging with Magnetic Field Measurements; #42230 (2018)

Teruhiko Hagiwara

Search and Discovery.com

... along the x-direction. The transmitter is towed over the receiver array. Its lateral location is noted at (xT). The in-line receiver response along...

Variations in Some Groundwater Characteristics, Belawai Water Supply, Sarikei Division, Sarawak

Mohammed Hatta Abd. Karim

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... in the catchment area is mainly from precipitation and groundwater in flow. The response time is short where the rainwater available reached...

Abstract: Real Time Microseismic Monitoring in China: A Case Study; #90224 (2015)

Michael D. Kratz

Search and Discovery.com

... understand the reservoir response to this completion activity, surface microseismic monitoring was employed. These microseismic analyses were performed...

Incipient Rift Zone, Western Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada

H. R. Balkwill, F. G. Fox

CSPG Special Publications

... zone. Regional Setting This paper concerns the western part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, a triangular-shaped archipelago embracing the northernmost...

Application of Pseudorandom m-Sequences for Seismic Acquisition

Joe Wong

Search and Discovery.com

..., W=4.0 milliseconds, and T=124msec. Its autocorrelation, shown in Figure 1b, is periodic, with well-defined triangular shapes that peak at times equal...

Application of Pseudorandom m-Sequences for Seismic Acquisition

Joe Wong

Search and Discovery.com

..., W=4.0 milliseconds, and T=124msec. Its autocorrelation, shown in Figure 1b, is periodic, with well-defined triangular shapes that peak at times equal...

Mesozoic Rifting in the Western Arctic Ocean Basin and Its Relationship to Pacific Seafloor Spreading

Peter B. Jones

CSPG Special Publications

..., the Amerasian Basin is roughly triangular in plan. It is divided into two physiographic regions, the Canada Basin to the south and the Alpha Ridge...

Log Responses to Salt

J.A. Gilreath

New Orleans Geological Society

... before a salt core was recovered. For the Electric Log, the relative position of the electrodes making up the sonde determines its general response...

Relating Microseismicity to Geomechanical Strain

Adam M. Baig, Ben Witten, Aaron Booterbaugh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... that the microseismic response is not a direct tie to the fluid and proppant intrusion into the reservoir. We consider that microseismicity itself can be used...

Deep Seismicity in the North Fiji Basin

Patricia Cooper, Loren W. Kroenke

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... began about 6 Ma in response to this back-arc basin formation (Falvey, 1978; Brocher and Holmes, 1985). The New Hebrides Trench, the site of eastward...

The Role of the Geologist in an Environmental Impact Study

Arnold H. Bouma , Barry W. Holliday , C. Wylie Poag , Gary L. Hall , Bruce S. Appelbaum

GCAGS Transactions

.... Each sample was categorized according to Shepard and Moore's triangular textural diagram (Shepard and Moore, 1960). A concentric sediment pattern...

Discovery of Ring Faults Associated with Salt Withdrawal Basins of Early Cretaceous Age in the East Texas Basin

Steven J. Maione

GCAGS Transactions

... contains an en echelon array of grabens formed in response to basinward gravity gliding and spreading above the Louann salt. Transfer downdip...

Abstract: Clark Fork Lineament, West-Central Montana: A Model for Wrench Anticlines, by W. Shepard; #91010 (1991)

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Gas Hydrate Reservoirs of the Southern Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Insights From Geophysics And Numerical Modelling

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Abstract: Photographic Evidence of the True Extent and Duration of Impacts to the Seafloor and Surrounding Seep-Related Benthic Community Shortly After the Deepwater Horizon Accident; #90310 (2017)

Daniel Doolittle, Joseph D. Germano, Drew A. Carey, Kersey Sturdivant

Search and Discovery.com

... sites are known to support a diverse array of chemoautotrophic taxa. These rich faunal communities and deposits occur across many oceans and depths...

High Fidelity Microseismic Data Acquisition in the Midland Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play West Texas, USA

Robert A. Hull, Robert Meek, Brian Wright, Hallie Meighan, Austin Von der Hoya, Jake Lempges

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... individual well geometries and compare variations in the microseismic response between adjacent wells. In many cases, we observe more extension, height...

Integrated Geomechanical Interpretation of Hydraulic Stimulation Operations Using Distributed Vibration Sensing

Michael Williams, Joel Le Calvez, Colin Wilson, Adrian Rodriguez-Herrera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... array, we consider the response to a microseismic event and find that a longer gauge-length provides more signal to interpret the event at shallower...

Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Activity in the Wolfcamp Shale of Midland Basin, Texas

Abhash Kumar, Hongru Hu, Alex Bear, Richard Hammack, William Harbert

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... compared to traditional microseismic events. We also noticed finite decay in seismic amplitude across the surface-monitoring array suggesting a non...

Fraser Island and Hervey Bay - A Classic Modern Sedimentary Environment

R. Boyd, K. Ruming, S. Davies, T. Payenberg, S. Lang

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... This spectacular array of sedimentary features deserves inclusion in future facies models for coastal, estuarine and continental shelf environments. Keywords...

Surface Source Technology

Stan D. Brasel

Pacific Section of AAPG

... record sections, independent of seismic source. The techniques used to produce seismic records can be compared using a calculation based on array...