Pore-throat characterization in highly porous and permeable sandstones

Bassem S. Nabawy, Yves Geraud, Pierre Rochette, Nicolas Bur

AAPG Bulletin

... from mercury injection tests. The Winland equation, the threshold pressure, the displacement pressure, and Pittman's equation are mostly used...

Experimental and Numerical Investigation into the Feasibility of Gas Injection in Waterflooded Reservoirs

S. Sakthikumar, K. Madaoui, B. Thiebot, L. Bouvier

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... (Case 2) lean gas was injected at the top of the core. The waterflood was carried out at a displacement pressure of 185 bars. The ultimate oil recovery...

Controls on Fracture Development, Spacing, and Geometry in the Austin Chalk Formation, Central Texas: Considerations for Exploration and Production

Kevin P. Corbett, Melvin Friedman, David V. Wiltschko, Jih Hao Hung

Dallas Geological Society

..., London, England, p. 277-349. Ramsey, J.G., 1980, The crack-seal mechanism of rock deformation: Nature, v. 284, p. 135-139. Stearns, D.W., 1964...

Geomechanical modeling of an extensional fault-propagation fold: Big Brushy Canyon monocline, Sierra Del Carmen, Texas

Kevin J. Smart, David A. Ferrill, Alan P. Morris, Barron J. Bichon, David S. Riha, Luc Huyse

AAPG Bulletin

... along a steep normal fault, and fault displacement is accommodated upward by the folding of the Buda Limestone and Boquillas Formation...

Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration from Jurassic Source Rocks in the East Shetland Basin and Viking Graben of the Northern North Sea

J. C. Goff

AAPG Special Volumes

... is termed the displacement pressure. Mercury/air displacement pressures for mudstones are >5,000 psi and 1,700 to 5,000 psi for siltstone...

Bottom Hole Pressure Management in a Highly Permeable and Narrow Margin MPD Operation

Ugochukwu Oseme, Sunday Awe, Obinna Amah, Adeyemi Erinle, Ayodele Akinfolarin, Timothy Ibrahim, Vincent Roes

Africa Energy and Technology Conference, 2016

... as a seal between the well and the rig floor enabling pressure containment. The automated choke manifold system consists of two drilling chokes and a mass...

BSTRACT: From Borehole to Basin - 3D Numerical Modelling of the Cap Seal in the Penola Trough, Onshore Otway Basin, South Australia, by Camac, Bronwyn A., Suzanne Hunt, Peter Boult; #90026 (2004)

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Gas Capillary Sealing as a Mechanism of Seal Development in the Upper Devonian Dunkirk Shale, Western New York State Lash, Gary G. #90044 (2005).

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2009 Napa AAPG Hedberg Research Conference on Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling

Marek Kacewicz, Kenneth E. Peters, David J. Curry

AAPG Bulletin

..., and a complex temperature and effective stress distribution. Footwalls typically show lower effective stress (caused by fault-seal-related pressure...

Tintaburra Field--Australia Eromanga Basin, Queensland

C. B. Newton

AAPG Special Volumes

... at the top of the reservoir/base of the overlying Birkhead seal that have important implications to trap integrity. These variations are generally...

Quick Top Seal Effectiveness Screening using Petroleum System 1D models

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Hydrocarbon breaching of a regional aquitard: The Devonian Ireton Formation, Bashaw area, Alberta, Canada

Mark R. Hearn, Hans G. Machel, Benjamin J. Rostron

AAPG Bulletin

... Plains, Canada: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 965975. Any lithologic unit whose minimum displacement pressure of the largest connecting...

Multistage Fracturing Horizontal Well - Initial Completion of Tight Sand: Beta-1 and Beta-2, Sumatera, Indonesia

Dwi Agung Arif Setyani, Zulhendra, Wandy Hendrawan, Shana Bolen, James Nileshwar

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Hydraulic Packers, Flow Thru Circulating Valve, Hydraulic Frac Sub, Ball Drop Valves, and Quantum as top packer. The frac string was run with no-go seal...

Exploitation of Multizones by Water Flooding in the Daqing Oil Field: Chapter 6

Jin Yusun, Yang Wanli, Wang Zhiwu

AAPG Special Volumes

... that control oil and water movement, but, under certain conditions, pressure gradient may play an important role in the displacement of oil. Understanding...

Displacement of the Gas-Oil Pool of the Izmaylovo Field

P. I. Pas’ko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...Displacement of the Gas-Oil Pool of the Izmaylovo Field P. I. Pas’ko 1966 551 553 Vol. 10 (1966) No. 12. (December) Regularities in the displacement...

Technology Improves Marginal Gas well Production - Workshop Summary

Dan Phillips, A.J. (Chip) Mansure, Jeff Miller

PTTC

... seal with the casing, an ACS system requires only minimal pressure to lift fluids to the surface. A surface lubricator opens when the ACS reaches...

The Grandison Complex, Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana

Ramsey L. Oakes

GCAGS Transactions

... on the record sections by careful examination. These show that much of the displacement across this zone is by steep dip rather than by faulting alone...

Reservoir Modeling and Composition Simulation of Primary Depletion and Carbon Dioxide Flooding of a Small Pennsylvanian Carbonate Mound Complex, Runway Field, Paradox Basin, Utah, Volume 1-3 (OFR-421)

Wilmer E. Culham, Douglas M. Lorenz

Utah Geological Survey

... Contact Immiscible Displacement XI Figure 10-3 Oil Recovery Sensitivity to Displacement Pressure Figure 10--4 Oil Recovery Sensitivity to Displacement...

Pressure Activated Sealant to Restore Tubing Integrity … Case Study of Well Tn-X in Mahakam

Gitani Tsalitsah Dahnil, Arif Setiaji Wibowo, Rantoe Marindha, Pratika Siamsyah Kurniawati, Risal Rahman, Reyhan Hidayat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and sealant was pumped on top of plug, followed by inhibited water. Then pressure was applied at surface to squeeze and activate the sealant...

Deformation bands and their influence on fluid flow

Haakon Fossen, Arthur Bale

AAPG Bulletin

..., Determination of average reservoir pressure from buildup surveys: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 234, p. 955959.Du Bernard, X., P. Eichhubl, and A. Aydin...

Geology of the Southwest Antioch Field, Oklahoma

R. M. Swesnick

Tulsa Geological Society

... the base of the Deese (Pennsylvanian, Des Moines) shale series, whose thickness is approximately 500 feet. At the top, the sand is white, calcareous, fine...

Prediction of subseismic faults and fractures: Integration of three-dimensional seismic data, three-dimensional retrodeformation, and well data on an example of deformation around an inverted fault

Tina Lohr, Charlotte M. Krawczyk, David C. Tanner, Ramin Samiee, Heike Endres, Peter O. Thierer, Onno Oncken, Henning Trappe, Raik Bachmann, Peter A. Kukla

AAPG Bulletin

.... Freeman, 1996, Analysis of fault geometry and displacement patterns, in P. G. Buchanan and D. A. Nieuwland, eds., Modern developments in structural...

Textural and sequence-stratigraphic controls on sealing capacity of Lower and Upper Cretaceous shales, Denver basin, Colorado

Sally J. Sutton, Frank G. Ethridge, William R. Almon, William C. Dawson, Kimberly K. Edwards

AAPG Bulletin

... flow properties: Geological Society (London) Special Publication 158, p. 7996.Dawson, W. C., and W. R. Almon, 1999, Top seal character and sequence...

Regional Map of the 0.70 psi/ft Pressure Gradient and Development of the Regional Geopressure-Gradient Model for the Onshore and Offshore Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA

Lauri A. Burke, Scott A. Kinney, Russell F. Dubiel, Janet K. Pitman

GCAGS Journal

.... The depth at which the 0.70 psi/ft pressure gradient occurs is significant as it is generally considered to represent the “top of overpressure...

Velocity for Pore Pressure Prediction Modeling and Risk Assessment; #41819 (2016).

Selim Simon Shaker

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... • Top seal (C) is must for Overpressure build up • Hydrodynamic instead Normal pressure above C (TOG) • Empirical Vp – PPP in Zone B • Apply CT...