Robust 3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Amirhossein Kamali, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... on displacement discontinuity method for the stress analysis and a finite element model for fluid flow calculations. The contact status of natural...

The rate of pressure dissipation from abnormally pressured compartments

Ann Muggeridge, Yafes Abacioglu, William England, Craig Smalley

AAPG Bulletin

... Geology, v. 13, p. 865878.Deming, D., 1994, Factors necessary to define a pressure seal: AAPG Bulletin, v. 78, p. 10051009.Deming, D., C. Cranganu, and Y...

Nine Inch x 10,000 PSI WP Dual Conductor Sharing Wellheads Application on an Offshore Gas Field Development

Jean-Baptiste Faget, Jean-Christophe Monneyron, Nicolas Payer, Alain Bourgeois, Liew Huey Cherng

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to have a second mechanical pressure barrier at the wellhead level. The 36” pin connector welded on top of the CPPS extension supplied by Technip...

Monitoring Of The Ground Surface Deformation Induced By Geothermal Production At Reykjanes, Iceland, Using Interferometric Analysis Of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images (Insar)

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The Billings Field, Noble County, Oklahoma

Norman Wallace

Tulsa Geological Society

... is bound on the north side by one or more faults with a total displacement of approximately 900 feet. A northeast-southwest fault along the east side...

Overpressure Identification Using the Eaton Method on the Gumai Formation of Geragai Graben, Jambi Sub Basin

Ana Okta Marnila, Yusa Fahrudi, Mawar I. Nursina, Ichy Lucya Resta, Hari Wiki Utama

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and Compaction in The Lower Kutai Basin. Indonesia : Durham University Dutta, N. C., 1997, Pressure Prediction From Seismic Data: Implication For Seal...

Overpressured Reservoirs: A New Generation of Exploration Opportunities

Richard E. Swarbrick

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... not been assessed prior to entry into the reservoir. Lateral transfer may also raise pore pressures to the fracture pressure, leading to seal...

Establishing an integrated geoscience workflow to optimize well plug and abandonments in the Gippsland Basin

Natalie Debenham, Ngaire Long, Melanie Ryan

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... Entrance Formation is the regional top seal that stratigraphically overlies the Latrobe Group reser­ voirs, described as a marl (calcareous mudstone...

Origin, migration pathways, and prediction of high carbon dioxide accumulations in the Lower Saxony Basin (northwestern Germany): Part II

Johannes Schoenherr, Volker Lüders, Maike Leupold, Bianca C. Pauli, and Lars Reuning

AAPG Bulletin

... and represents the ultimate top seal for gas stored in the Ca2 (Figure 2A). Further details on the stratigraphic and diagenetic evolution of the Ca2...

Chapter 4: Geology and Development History of Swanson River Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska

Kevin R. Eastham

AAPG Special Volumes

... accumulations. The distance of displacement along the faults determines the likelihood of a three-way trap to seal and accumulate gas. Greater fault...

Lalang Reservoir Simulation Study, Central Sumatra

Dennis Best

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... by fault plane seal along the dividing wrench fault. A depth map of the top Lower Sihapas (Figure 2) illustrates the significant amount of faulting which...

Discovery Science of Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Fundamentals

Mohamed Mehana, Javier E. Santos, Chelsea Neil, Matthew R. Sweeney, Jeffery Hyman, Satish Karra, Hongwu Xu, Qinjun Kang, James William Carey, George Guthrie, Hari Viswanathan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... reservoirs. For instance, we have developed science-informed workflows and platforms for optimizing pressure-drawdown at a site, which allow operators...

Integrating an exploration OBN into a full-scale prospect maturation workflow: Gulf of Mexico Lower Tertiary

Scott Yurman, Marcus Cahoj

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... and calculate hydrocarbon column capacity, seal integrity, reservoir pressure and porosity. Discussion of this portion resides outside the scope...

Fault Seal Analysis Application in Carbonate Rock Sequences: Issues and Solution

Benyamin Sapiie, Perdana Rakhmana Putra, Indra Gunawan, Luthi Nurul Hidayah Saifudin, Febriana Fiona Rizky

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Fault Seal Analysis Application in Carbonate Rock Sequences: Issues and Solution Benyamin Sapiie, Perdana Rakhmana Putra, Indra Gunawan, Luthi Nurul...

Recovery of Shallow Marginal Zone Using Reverse Circulation Cement Packer Method, Offshore Natuna Field, Indonesia

Erlangga Surya Dharma, Rizky Andika, Yan Anggoro, Faisal Abakar, Destiana Tunggal Pramesti

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the tubing. Cement displacement is stopped once the tail cement achieves the desired top of cement design depth. The return valve is then closed and waits...

Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture/Natural Fracture Interaction on a Tight Sandstone Formation

Xiangtong Yang, Jeffrey Burghardt, Hui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, Jianyong Pei, Chunyan Qi, Kaibin Qiu, Nick Whitney

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...igure 4. Plots of data recorded during the injection phase of test MB-2. The top plot shows the wellbore pressure, applied principal stresses. The...

The Asmussen Oil Field, Butler County, in Southeastern Kansas

Daniel F. Merriam, Edwin D. Goebel

Tulsa Geological Society

... the Cherokee basin from the Sedgwick basin in southern Kansas. In Figure 1 the Nemaha anticline is reflected on a regional structure map of the top...

Effective Use of High Density VSP Measurements to Predict Pore Pressure and Estimate Mud Weight Ahead of Drilling in the Mahakam Delta, Indonesia

Mohammed Badri, Stephane Gazet, Gregoire de Tonnac

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to map velocity field distribution in 3D space. However, these velocities are not accurate enough to precisely predict the top of over-pressure zones...

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AAPG Special Volumes

... oil recovery, 43enhanced reservoir porosities in the oil leg, 102Entrada Sandstone, 259entry point, 231entry pressure, see displacement...

Tubing Anchors can Reduce Production Rates and Pump Fillage

James N. McCoy, Lynn Rowlan, Carrie-Anne Taylor, Tony Podio

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and results in increased back pressure against the formation that restricts production from the well. A gaseous liquid column can form above the tubing...

Carbon dioxide storage resource assessment of Cretaceous- and Jurassic-age sandstones in the Atlantic offshore region of the northeastern United States

Isis Fukai, Laura Keister, Priya Ravi Ganesh, Lydia Cumming, Will Fortin, and Neeraj Gupta

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... of the Great Stone Dome suggests 30–51 million t of CO2 can be stored and contained within the time and pressure constraints assumed for a commercial storage...

Abstract: Application of Fault Plane Attribute Mapping in the Gambier Embayment of the Onshore Otway Basin, South Australia; #90063 (2007)

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Finding By-Passed Oil in a Mature Field by Reprocessing and Reinterpreting Existing 3-D Seismic; A Case Study of Petapahan Field, Sumatera, Indonesia

Subambang Anggoro, Ibnu Arif, Yuli Iswanto, William F. Mallett III, Budy Subiyanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... identified new faults across the field that were previously hidden in the noise of the old processed data. Fault seal analysis was completed...

Oil vs. Gas: What are the Limits to Prospect-Level Hydrocarbon Phase Prediction?; #42513 (2020)

Andrew Murray, Zhiyong He

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... of trap, based on the relation between top-seal strength (column height capacity) and the vertical relief of the structure. Class 1 traps have low vertical...

Seismic Attributes: Leveraging Seismic Data for Reservoir Characterization: Fracture Identification and Prediction to understand seal integrity in the unconventional Eagle Ford Shale reservoir, South Texas, USA.

Hector Bello, Gervasio Barzola, Kit Clemons

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fractured than in other areas in the trend and forms an inadequate top seal to effectively “trap” Eagle Ford generated hydrocarbons. This technique...