Developing a High-efficiency Method for Field-scale Simulation of a Tight and Naturally Fractured Reservoir in the Williston Basin

Xincheng Wan, Lu Jin, Todd Jiang, Nicholas Bosshart, James Sorensen, Chenyu Wu, Ahmed Merzoug

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the matrices directly. The presence of natural fractures plays an essential role in enhancing reservoir permeability and facilitating oil and gas flow...

Impact of Authigenic Surface Roughness on Water Invasion and Flowback in Fractured Media: A Micromodel Study

Ayaz Mehmani, Shaina A. Kelly, Carlos Torres-Verdin, Matthew Balhoff

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... networks. Light microscopy and image analysis were utilized to quantify capillary-trapped saturations during two-phase flow experiments. Experiments were...

A Pressure Transient Technique for Monitoring Waterfloods

Jeff Spath

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and utilized to provide for two distinct regions in which the flow behavior resulting from an induced fracture is elliptical rather than radial. A relationship...

Modeling3: Integrating Structural Modeling, Fault Property Analysis, and Petroleum Systems ModelingAn Example from the Brooks Range Foothills of the Alaska North Slope

Carolyn Lampe, Kenneth J. Bird, Thomas E. Moore, Robert A. Ratliff, Brett Freeman

AAPG Special Volumes

... the migration and can be depicted as saturations (i.e., percentage of fill for a given cell, Figure 12) and flow vectors (Figure 13).FIGURE 12. Vapor...

Capillary Sealing as an Overpressure Mechanism in the Anadarko Basin, by Constantin Cranganu and Maria A. Villa, #40187 (2006).

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Depositional Facies, Textural Characteristics, and Reservoir Properties of Dolomites in Frobisher-Alida Interval in Southwest North Dakota: Discussion (1)

WILLIAM D. DeMIS

AAPG Bulletin

..., but an analysis of the facies and hydrocarbon production in three-dimensions shows that hydrodynamic flow can be the critical factor in trapping. Hydrodynamic...

Seismic Hydrocarbon Indicators in the South China Sea: Geological and Geophysical Aspects

Stephen P. J. Cossey, William T. Valenta, Francois Payot, Tom T. Ho, P. J. Wegenhofer

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... anomalies. One of the hydrocarbon indicators drilled below 2500 feet has been related to low gas saturations. Deeper pay zones may be masked by the top...

Some Innovations in Quick Look Log Analysis*

Earl W. Sutton

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... reading net hydrocarbon pay zones directly from porosity (density, sonic, or neutron) log - conductivity log curve overlays. Devised for use...

Quantification and characterization of hydrocarbon-filled porosity in oil-rich shales using integrated thermal extraction, pyrolysis, and solvent extraction

Kyle E. Gorynski, Mark H. Tobey, Daniel A. Enriquez, Thomas M. Smagala, Jill L. Dreger, and Richard E. Newhart

AAPG Bulletin

...Quantification and characterization of hydrocarbon-filled porosity in oil-rich shales using integrated thermal extraction, pyrolysis, and solvent...

The Cadomin Formation: A Model for the Deep Basin Type Gas Trapping Mechanism

C. J. Varley

CSPG Special Publications

... tests indicate flow rates from 65 500 to 296 000 m3/day. Water saturations vary from 0.7 to 1.0, and resistivities generally range from 10 to 40 ohm...

Petrophysical Interpretation of the Northern Pinedale Field, Sublette County, Wyoming

Keith J. Jagiello

AAPG Special Volumes

... by original permeability and clay content. Relative permeability of gas with respect to water saturation is important in tight sandstones. Water saturations...

Bitumen Deposits of Northwest Alabama: Section V. Exploration Histories

G. V. Wilson

AAPG Special Volumes

... 5 and 7, thus indicating a greater abundance of lighter hydrocarbon fractions at these localities. Other indications of higher oil saturations...

Worldwide Examples of Low Resistivity Pay

Robert M. Sneider

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... hydrocarbon accumulations are "hidden" in low-resistivity, low-contrast (LRLC) sands in many of the world's basins. LRLC reservoirs have been found...

Reduced Physics-Based Simulation for Unconventional Production Forecasting … A 1D Approach

Stein Krogstad, Miguel A. Jakymec, Amir Kianinejad, Dryonis Pertuso, Sebastien Matringe, Andreas Brostrom, Jakob Torben, Olav Møyner, Knut-Andreas Lie

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., which in turn can influence the subsequent volume estimates. For this reason, a simulation-based correction of initial saturations may be required...

Abstract: Applications of Core and Drill Cuttings Data … Professional and Ethical Issues; #90174 (2014)

Lisa Griffith and Doug Hayden

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... and saturations as well as lithological and mineralogical character which are then input to petrophysical analysis to extrapolate reservoir characteristics...

Reservoir Geology of the Taylor Sandstone in the Oak Hill Field, Rusk County, Texas: Integration of Petrology, Sedimentology, and Log Analysis for Delineation of Reservoir Quality in a Tight Gas Sand: Reservoir Characterization and Modeling

C. L. Vavra, M. H. Scheihing, J. D. Klein

AAPG Special Volumes

... (Figure 5). Water saturations, as determined by conventional core analysis, are substantially lower than those from other reservoir petrofacies (Table...

Petrophysics of the Lance Sandstone Reservoirs in Jonah Field, Sublette County, Wyoming, by Cluff, Suzanne G., Robert M. Cluff; #90030(2004)

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Optimizing Liquid Prediction in a Gas Condensate Field

Wandi Alta, Chris Jones, Heri Suryanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... with 5 wells in the Sungai Kenawang field and 5 wells in the Pulau Gading field. These wells are required to safeguard the Daily Contract Quantity (DCQ...

Comparative Study of Relative Permeability and Residual Saturation Estimates of Kerogen and Shale Samples, #70308 (2017).

Shiv Prakash Ojha, Siddharth Misra

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... saturations is helpful in improving the interpretation of production performance of shale reservoirs. In absence of accurate direct measurements...

Squeezing Every Last Drop Out of a Coarse 3D Oil Sands Dataset for Refining 3D Survey Design … A Case History; #41500 (2014)

Sylvestre Charles, Jim Hostetler, Jiwu Lin, Xiaoming Luo

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... ([email protected]) WesternGeco, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2 Abstract The Alberta oil sands form one of the largest bituminous hydrocarbon reserves...

Chapter 8: Overview of Haynesville Shale Properties and Production

Fred P. Wang, Ursula Hammes, Qinghui Li

AAPG Special Volumes

... of uplift and exhumation (Wang et al., 2013). Low connate water saturations and their independence of present-day depths probably result from hydrocarbon...

An Independent's View of Queensland Petroleum

Ron Prefontaine

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... the identification of competent traps of sufficient size coincident with adequate Permian sandstone reservoir development to achieve commercial flow rates...

Optimization of Horizontal Wells Utilizing Multi-Variate Analytics of Seismic Inversion in the Wolfcamp Formation of the Midland Basin, #42081 (2017).

Joe Wicker, James Courtier, Patrick Curth, Travis Jeffers

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... in thickness. Careful consideration is required in order to maximize value of the asset. The play is in the early to mid-stages of the development...

Fractional Dimension Rate Transient Analysis (FD-RTA) Applied to Multiphase Wells

Jorge A Acuña, Vincent Artus, Alejandro Lerza

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the estimation of model parameters from the diagnostic plots depending on whether total liquid or total flow are used for its construction. We show that parameters...

Analysis of Pre-Production Well Testing Data From North Belut Gas Condensate Reservoir

Andrew Leishman, Eky Saputra, Paul Kim, Mahmud Bazed

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the hydrocarbon accumulation. Drilling of production wells commenced in late 2008 and production commenced in Q4 2009. To help narrow the range...