A New Approach for Production Forecasting from Individual Layers in Multi-Layer Commingled Tight Gas Reservoirs

Katarina Van Der Haar (nee Kosten), Manouchehr Haghighi

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... at the time of drilling. Common industry software does not fully assess individual layer contribution because large uncertainties exist in layer-specific...

Climate Models and their Application

Eric J. Barron, George T. Moore

Special Publications of SEPM

... on a 600 megaflop supercomputer for a single experiment. The computational costs have limited the application of higher resolution models...

3-D Reservoir Characterization and Integrated Completion Optimization for Understanding Horizontal Well Spacing and Frac Staging of the Niobrara Formation, DJ Basin

Meagan Stephens, Jack Wiener, Muthukumarappan Ramurthy, Pat Kundert, John-Bosco Tran

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (and all of their respective uncertainties) into a comprehensive reservoir model to determine resource-in-place, understand well recovery factors...

Kristin „ A Tough Lady

Halfdan Carstens

GEO ExPro Magazine

... of Kristin’s reserves lie in the uppermost formation (Garn). This formation also poses the greatest uncertainties because the rocks are "tight", i.e....

Quantitative carbonate sequence stratigraphy: Insights from stratigraphic forward models

Jean Borgomano, Cyprien Lanteaume, Philippe Léonide, François Fournier, Lucien F. Montaggioni, and Jean-Pierre Masse

AAPG Bulletin

... of sequence stratigraphic correlations and uncertainties of A′/S′ rates are addressed from an actual CSS case study (Lower Cretaceous Urgonian platform...

Geothermal Systems Assessment: Understanding Risks in Geothermal Exploration in Australia

G. T. Cooper, G. R. Beardsmore

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and robust tool for assessing Minimum Economic Pool Size (MEPS). Much of the early work in understanding geological uncertainties in the petroleum sector...

Geological Modeling with Seismic Inversion for Deepwater Turbidite Fields Offshore Northwestern Myanmar; #40877 (2012)

Dongil (David) Kim, Su-Yeong Yang, and Jaewoo Kim

Search and Discovery.com

... to design an effective appraisal program and development plan that can minimize subsurface uncertainties. One of the most common hurdles to geomodelers...

Development of Probabilistic Production Enhancement Screening Toolbox

I. A. Razak, T. Morillo, M. F. Mustapah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...’s assets. It can also help service companies to promote their product lines and increase revenue. METHODOLOGY * Baker RDS The main purpose of the project...

Big and Little Cottonwood (Alta) Mining Districts, Salt Lake County, Utah

Laurence P. James

Utah Geological Association

... of...data... uncertainties remain in the ages of several plutons and several interpretations are possible.” Better resolution is needed. Hanson (1995...

An Integrated Geomechanics-Reservoir Simulation Workflow for Completion Design Optimization

Tzu-hao Yeh, Deniz Cakici, James Jennings, Johannes Will, Jose Chavarria Guerra, Melanie Durand, Britt L. Williams, Tianhong Chen, Rebecca Casillas, Vivek Jain, Hope Liu, Ruijian Li, Taixu Bai

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... parameters as well as the uncertainties in the subsurface. To devise a robust field development strategy a better understanding of the hydraulic...

Factors Governing Estimation of Recoverable Oil Reserves in Sand Fields

O. L. Brace

AAPG Bulletin

...Factors Governing Estimation of Recoverable Oil Reserves in Sand Fields O. L. Brace 1934 343 357 18 3. (March) There are two ordinarily acceptable...

Mature Field Development to Periphery Area: Tambora West Flank Development Opportunity

Yasinto Sindhu Priastomo, Aditya Suardiputra, Jodi Astorifa Anggoro, Thomas Yunanto Yoga, Julfree Sianturi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was applied for reserves calculation. Dynamic Uncertainties West Flank Development Strategy The main uncertainty for the west flank potential stems from...

Geological risk evaluation using the Support Vector Machine with examples from the late Triassic–early Jurassic structural play in western Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Zhuoheng Chen, Yexin Liu, Kirk Osadetz

CSPG Bulletin

... probability maps of petroleum occurrence reveal the uncertainties associated with critical geological elements for formation of petroleum accumulation...

Multiple-scale Geologic Models for Heavy Oil Reservoir Characterization

Clayton V. Deutsch

AAPG Special Volumes

... these uncertainties and risks by integrating all available measurements and conceptual data. A goal of this chapter is to review the types of geostatistical...

Geoscience Technology Workshops (GTW)

Search and Discovery.com

Section Six: Use of Seismic on Diapiric Structures

New Orleans Geological Society

... and expensive. Onshore seismic generally costs three to ten times more per mile than comparable offshore data, and quality usually is End_Page 141...

On-demand ocean-bottom nodes (OD OBN) for low-cost reservoir monitoring

Jorge L. Lopez, Samantha Grandi, Diego Juliano, Alexandre da Silva, Reinaldo Carvalho, Valter Beal, Thaires Miranda, Franklin Santos, Shaun Dunn, Nick Street, Chloe Kennard, Jeroen Rietjens, Erick Alexandre, Cristian Nevoso

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... these uncertainties, Petrobras initiated in 2021 a five-year 4D ocean bottom seismic campaign over all its operated pre-salt fields, encompassing some 30 platforms...

Application of Bayesian Networks for Estimating Risk in Shale Operations

Pedram Fanailoo, Jeffrey Clemens

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... reliability and integrity issues to ensure production is maintained and maintenance costs are optimized. This is especially true as the productions from...

Redirecting Steam Injection to Improve Aerial Heating in Heterogeneous Kangen Sand, in Area X Heavy Oil Field Indonesia

Alfajrian, Candra Arya Pradana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... subsurface uncertainties that lead to performance deviation of injection and production in Area X compared to the initial design, the project team...

Suggestions for Preparation of Regional Stratigraphic Cross Sections: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

John C. Maher, Louis H. Lukert

AAPG Bulletin

..., however, on some cross sections because of uncertainties of correlations and the necessary use of terms such as "Mississippian or Devonian" to avoid...

Cormorant Field--U.K. East Shetland Basin, North Sea

B. K. Howe

AAPG Special Volumes

... V was later proven to be part of Block I) (Figure 3). The estimated total recoverable reserves of 220 million bbl oil were unevenly distributed among...

Transdimensional Bayesian gravity inversion and uncertainty analysis for salt reconstruction

Xiaolong Wei, Jiajia Sun, Mrinal K. Sen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... in hydrocarbon exploration, especially in deep water. Many imaging methods have been proposed to reconstruct salt bodies. However, exploring uncertainties...

The Impact of Uncertainty of Aquifer for Giant Gas Reservoir, the Abadi Gas Field

Toru Ito, Kentaro Hasebe

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the sand between the north block and the south block. Consequently property of aquifer in the north block is one of the biggest uncertainties since wide...

Concept Selection and Feasibility Study for Tangguh Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage/Enhanced Gas Recovery Project

Frans JP Silitonga, Arief Maulana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to the project. Three key subsurface risks are identified for this project: the loss of Vorwata reserves, low CO2 injectivity, and loss of CO2/reservoir...

Decision-Making Process for Development of Oil Fields Based on Static and Production Data Analysis from Exploration Wells

Muhammad Ichsan Arshanda, Endo Finaldhi, Sayid Habibi Alkahfi, Eric Whittet Bhark

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... management of key subsurface uncertainties that could result in marginally or uneconomic development investment in the case of low-side uncertainty...