Imaging-Based Characterization of Calcite-Filled Fractures and Porosity in Shales

Bolivia Vega, Cynthia M. Ross, Anthony Kovscek

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of pore, fracture, and textural features of the same core. Registration of 190 µmresolution CT images with µm to nm...

The Possible Role of Nannobacteria (Dwarf Bacteria) in Clay-Mineral Diagenesis and the Importance of Careful Sample Preparation in High-Magnification SEM Study

Robert L. Folk , F. Leo Lynch

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...------------------------ BLASCHKE, R., 1980, Three examples of coating artifacts in scanning electron microscopy: Royal Microscopical Society, Proceedings, v. 15, p...

Petrophysical Characterization of the Bakken Shale for Carbon Storage Investigation

Circe Verba, Dustin Crandall, Johnathan Moore, Christina Lopano

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) were utilized to thoroughly characterize the shale. 3D digital matrix, pore structures, and fractured flow paths were...

A New Approach for Looking at Quartz Overgrowths; An Electron Backscatter Diffraction Study, by Sasha C. Haddad, Richard H. Worden, David J. Prior, P. Craig Smalley, #90027 (2004)

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Enhanced Oil Recovery in Vaca Muerta Shale-Oil Could Kick Production with Good Economics

J.E. Juri, Isabel Vega

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... Ion Beam ablation coupled with scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). Then, 3D image from FIB-SEM shows the nature of the shale meso-, micro...

Abstract: 3D imaging and Spectroscopy of Organic Matter Diagenesis in Mudrocks with Linear and Nonlinear Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM); #90283 (2016)

R. C. Burruss, P. Jarboe, P. C. Hackle

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...Abstract: 3D imaging and Spectroscopy of Organic Matter Diagenesis in Mudrocks with Linear and Nonlinear Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM...

Variations in Density of V-Shaped Impact Pits on Quartz Grains, with Size of Grains, Intertidal Sands, Bay of Fundy

G. V. Middleton, C. A. Kassera

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... environments: an application of scanning electron microscopy: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 80, p. 2091-2094. STEIGLITZ, R. D., 1969b, A study of fresh...

Chapter 14 - Diagenesis: Zeolite Cements

Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, Peter A. Scholle, Juergen Schieber, Robert J. Raine

AAPG Special Volumes

...: 10.1346/CCMN.1981.0290508. Mumpton, F. A., and W. C. Ormsby, 1976, Morphology of zeolites in sedimentary rocks by scanning electron microscopy: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 24...

New Techniques on Fracture Pattern Characterization: An Example of Comparison between Jurassic Nugget Sandstones (Utah … Rocky Mountains) and Eocene Mirador Formation Sandstones (Colombia … Llanos Foothills Basin)

Edgar Pinzon, Alberto Ortiz, Stephen Laubach

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... analysis and high resolution automated scanning electron microscope (SEM) – we can characterize fracture populations for the areas of study. Nugget...

Origin and Characterization of Eagle Ford Pore Networks in the South Texas Upper Cretaceous Shelf, #51281 (2016).

Lucy Tingwei Ko, Robert G. Loucks, Stephen C. Ruppel, Tongwei Zhang, Sheng Peng

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... a field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) to capture a broad range of visible pore sizes and pore distribution. Consistent point-count methods...

Surface Textures of Quartz Grains from Various Recent Sedimentary Environments in Kuwait

S. Al-Saleh, F. I. Khalaf

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...., AND MARGOLIS S. V., 1972, Sedimentary history of central California shelf sands as revealed by scanning electron microscopy: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 42...

How Depositional Environment, Diagenesis, and Thermal Maturity Affect the Evolution and Significance of Organic and Mineral Pore Systems in Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs: Current Understanding and Future Research; #80705 (2019)

Lucy Ting-Wei Ko, Robert G. Loucks, Kitty L. Milliken, Tongwei Zhang, Paul C. Hackley, Robert M. Reed, Stephen C. Ruppel, Patrick Smith

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... generation. • Correlative optical and electron microscopy studies are useful to link organic petrographerdefined maceral to OM and pores under SEM...

Abstract: Geochemical Controls on Vertical Distribution of Iron-Rich Agglutinated Foraminifers in Late Quaternary Continental Slope Sediments from Northwest Gulf of Mexico, by B. R. Sidner, T. R. McKee; #90972 (1976).

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Goldengate North Field

Editors: Edward D. Dolly and James C. Mullarkey

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... between grains. Seyler (1986), using x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analysis, shows that all major types of clays including chlorite...

ABSTRACT: Silica Diagenesis in Santa Cruz Mudstone, Late Miocene, California, by Dallilah El-Sabbagh; #91038 (2010)

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Abstract: Lithologic Properties of the Upper Ordovician Utica Formation, Michigan Basin, USA: A Geological Characterization and Resource Assessment, by Frank R. Sattler; #90181 (2013)

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Lithologic Properties of the Upper Ordovician Utica Formation, Michigan Basin, USA: A Geological Characterization and Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Confinement Potential from Mechanical and Petrophysical Properties

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Abstract: The Effects of Nano-Confinement on the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Gases: An Experimental Case Study on a Kerogen-Rich Shale Gas Reservoir; #90319 (2018)

Elizabeth Barsotti, Evan Lowry, Mohammad Piri, Jinhong Chen

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... resolution micrographs generated with a Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIBSEM) and Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals by Scanning Electron...

Volcanic Reservoir Characterization of Jatibarang Formation Based on an Integrated Study of Petrography, Core, FMI, and Well Log

Zeindra Ernando, Achmad Fathoni

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... 5 – Scanning Electron Microscopy photographs of conglomerate facie, Ratu-01 well. Detailed SEM view shows the alteration of unstable grains...

Meteoric Diagenesis of a Cretaceous Marine Mudstone: Evidence from the Harmon Member (Peace River Formation) (Poster) [Abstract]

Bloch, J.,, Hutcheon, I.

CSPG Bulletin

... to dysaerobic bottom waters about 102 Ma. Petrographic observations by back-scattered electron scanning electron microscope (BSE-SEM), in conjunction...

Abstract: Electronprobe Microanalysis of SnO2-CuFeSnZn Sulphide Ore

Teh Guan Hoe

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... to the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has also become standard for the geologist. The analytical data from such setups have also proved...

Abstract: From Core to Pore: Multi-scale, Multi-dimensional Characterization of Fine-grained Reservoir Rocks, by Eric Goergen; #90207 (2014)

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Geomechanical Analysis of CO2 Sequestration in the Bakken Formation

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ABSTRACT: Geochemical Characterization of some Lake Malawi Tephra Layers in Sediment Cores; #90132 (2011)

Benjamin Chorn

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... for chemical composition using both wavelength-dispersive spectrometry on an electron microprobe (WDS-EMP) and energy-dispersive spectrometry on a scanning...

ABSTRACT: Petrologic and Geochemical Controls on Diagenesis for the Nanushuk Formation, North Slope, Alaska; #90125 (2011)

Davis, Jeremy M., McCarthy, Paul, Hanks, Cathy

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... the porosity and permeability of the Nanushuk Formation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging provides a higher degree of detail...