Fundamentals of Conventional (Plug) Type Core Analysis

W. H. Hilliard

Panhandle (Texas) Geological Society

... and a half inch core is usually a sufficient amount for measuring permeability, porosity and fluid saturations. The diameter of the core determines...

Reducing Uncertainty in Hydrocarbon Pore Volume Estimation of Giant Multi-Layered Reservoirs, Saudi Arabia

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Wettability of Permian Rocks and Implications on Relative Permeability and Reservoir Modeling

Shehab Alzobaidi, Shreerang S. Chhatre, Robert Longoria, Amy L. Chen, Muhammed Al-Rukabi, Kyle B. Guice

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and water saturations over time. The wettability of the rock (water-wet, mixed-wet, or oil-wet) was inferred from the spontaneous imbibition data...

Activity on the Production of Energy from Tar Sands of the United States

L. C. Marchant, C. S. Land, C. Q. Cupps

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

... fracturing) to permit injection and flow of the required fluids. Furthermore, the process should not result in plugging of the permeability due...

ABSTRACT: Pore-Scale Influences on Saline Aquifer CO2 Sequestration; #90013 (2003)

Mark H. Holtz

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...-phase flow condition. Relative permeability and residual CO2 saturation are the salient properties that influence sequestration under this condition...

Modeling of Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems: Chapter 18: Part IV. Identification and Characterization

Douglas W. Waples

AAPG Special Volumes

... analysis and hydrocarbon generation of the South Mozambique graben using extensional models of heat flow: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 8, p...

Low-Resistive Sandstone Reservoirs in the Attaka Field

Yoseph Joko Partono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... low resistivity of a hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoir: high conductive mineral concentrations, high water saturations, and shoulder-and dipping...

Origin, Migration, and Mixing of Brines in the Permian Basin: Geochemical Evidence from the Eastern Central Basin Platform, Texas

Alan M. Stueber, Arthur H. Saller, and Hisashi Ishida

AAPG Bulletin

... of oil biodegradation and displacement, (3) understanding of subsurface water pressures, and (4) interpretation of hydrocarbon saturations from...

Resolving Carbonate Complexity with Respect to Fluid Movements in Brown Fields, #40996 (2012)

Viraj Nangia, Richard Jackson, Rajesh K. Singh, Arnab Ghosh, Siddhartha Nahar, Shyamal Bhattacharya, H.K. Chaddha

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... of such reservoirs in terms of porosities, fluid saturations and flow characteristics. Problem Statement What if … this happens to you… Pr bl m Statement r...

Well Performance Management: Case study for Montney

Vishal Bang, Kc Yeboa, Rashad Javadli, Clayton Robinson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... hydrocarbon PI (a) and total fluid (b) PI with the transition in wellbore configuration from casing flow to tubing flow for Wells 1a and 1b PI...

Log Interpretation Case Studies: Chapter VIII

George B. Asquith, Charles R. Gibson

AAPG Special Volumes

... saturations of the flushed zone (Sxo) may exceed 100%. Whenever this happens, a value of 100% is then used to calculate the moveable hydrocarbon index...

Investigation of the Impact of Condensate Blockage on Well Productivity in a Tight Gas Condensate Reservoir … Case Study of Tawes Field

Agung Ertanto, Lukman Hidayat, Imaduddin Kartoatmodjo, Ludy Andria

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to flow gas, consequently condensate saturation banking will occur near the wellbore as the pressure drops below dew point pressure. The buildup...

An Evaluation of the Mardie Greensand Reservoir, Thevenard Island Area, Carnarvon Basin

D. A. Seeburger, N. W. D. Miller, G. J. Beacher, J. P. Schulz-Rojahn, J. P. Popek

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... not hydrocarbon-bearing. Effective reservoirs have interconnected intergranular porosity, producing clean oil in spite of low resistivity and calculated water...

ABSTRACT Oil and Gas Resource Estimates for Permian Wolfberry Trend Reservoirs in Eastern Reagan County West Texas, #90104 (2010)

Edwards Don A.; Coss John M.; Dickerman Kenneth M.; Gilcrease Roger A.; Weaver John C.; Wiszneauckas Geoff C.; McGinley Timothy R.

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... (Leonardian and  Wolfcampian) turbidite and debris‐flow sediments within the Spraberry, Dean, and Wolfcamp Formations. Regionally, the current...

Gas-Water Relative Permeability of Unconventional Reservoir Rocks: Hysteresis and its Influence on Production after Shut-in

Sheng Peng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... formation samples. Gas permeability under different water saturations in the scenario of imbibition was measured using a modified gas expansion (MGE...

Long-Range Petroleum Migration in the Illinois Basin: Chapter 26: Part I. Illinois Basin: Oil and Gas Systems

Craig M. Bethke, Jackie D. Reed, Donald F. Oltz

AAPG Special Volumes

..., tested various sandstones and found that the saturations required for oil to flow ranged from 18% to 91%; the average value in these tests was about...

Abstract: Multi-Scale Flow Modeling of Heterogeneous Carbonates, by T. Zhang, N. F. Hurley, and W. Zhao; #90090 (2009).

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Formation Clays: Are They Really a Problem in Production?

George E. King

Special Publications of SEPM

... particles Ii G 5 may be released heavy hydrocarbon deposits Muecke in single or multiphase flow and occur o particles with fluids that dissolve oil...

Wireline Geochemical Log Analysis of Thin Bed Reservoirs: Gulf of Mexico

R. V. Everett, J. E. Mc Donald, M. M. Herron

New Orleans Geological Society

... alternating lamina or beds of sandstone and shale. Core plugs usually indicate the sandstone lenses have low water saturations, high resistivity and good...

Three deep resource plays in the San Joaquin Valley compared with the Bakken Formation

D. K. Larue, M. Smithard, and M. Mercer

AAPG Bulletin

... hydrocarbon system (Figure 8C), there should be few oil or gas shows on mud logs in the source rock interval, and the core oil saturations should...

Smackover Reservoir: Interpretation Case Study of Water Saturation Versus Production

J.G. Guillotte , J. Schrank, E. Hunt

GCAGS Transactions

... logs does not necessarily preclude hydrocarbon production. The second is oomoldic limestone typically having high resistivity, high porosity (20-35...

An Analytical Rate-Transient Analysis Model in Unconventional Light Oil Reservoirs Exhibiting Reservoir Heterogeneity and Multiphase Flow

Jinchang Li, Bin Yuan, Christopher R. Clarkson, Xuan Zhu, Yue Li

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... flow equation, function of pressure and saturations 𝛼, 𝛽=Simplified three-phase notion for oil flow equation, function of pressure and saturations...

Log-Analysis Problems Associated with Bimodal Pore System, Interlake Formation, North Dakota: ABSTRACT

S. B. Pluim, P. G. Painter, E. J. Bucher, A. L. Chaky

AAPG Bulletin

... basin. Log analysis of numerous Interlake wells from the Nesson anticline reveals that both water-productive and hydrocarbon-productive zones commonly...

ABSTRACT: Flow Unit Concept--Integrated Approach to Reservoir Description for Engineering Projects, by W. J. Ebanks, Jr.; #91038 (2010)

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Advanced Mud Logging Analysis Techniques in the Delaware Mountain Group of the Delaware Basin

R. P. Murphy, Kevin Cranston

West Texas Geological Society

... could be accomplished by any hydrocarbon logging company, if required to do so. Substantial time and money would be saved by recognition of reservoir...