Introduction: Biogenic gas accumulations in Canada and China: geological characteristics and new insights

Zhuoheng Chen, Shuichang Zhang, Stephen E. Grasby, Yanhua Shuai

CSPG Bulletin

... rock, possible additional lateral trapping mechanisms, and architectural characteristics of the source and reservoir rocks. This special issue...

Experimental Simulation of Clay Precipitation within Reservoir Sandstones 1: Techniques and Examples

J.S. Small , D.L. Hamilton , S. Habesch

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., Experimental investigation of the smectite to illite reaction: dual reaction mechanisms and oxygen-isotope systematics: American Mineralogist, v. 73, p...

An Analysis of the Roles of Stress, Temperature, and pH in Chemical Compaction of Sandstones: DISCUSSION

Olav Walderhaug, Eric H. Oelkers, Per Arne Bjorkum

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the mechanisms of quartz dissolution at stylolites. These models are based upon an overwhelming number of petrographic observations indicating...

Origin and Stratigraphic Assessment of Pre-Mt. Simon Clastics (Precambrian) of Michigan Basin

Paul A. Catacosinos

AAPG Bulletin

... and Merritt) and during the 1970s attention shifted toward the Precambrian as the time of origin, with some workers presenting somewhat exotic mechanisms...

Modeling of Phase Behavior in the Evaluation and Matching of Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes by In Situ Combustion; #41217 (2013)

Jorge Palma and Edwin Rodriguez

Search and Discovery.com

... combustion. Introduction Numerical simulation is a useful tool in studying the performance of an enhanced oil recovery technique. In the case of an air...

Predicting the Rate of Penetration in Percussive Drilling by Finite Elements Simulation; #42221 (2018)

Timo Saksala

Search and Discovery.com

... in terms of rate of penetration (ROP). On the other hand, despite the considerable research effort devoted thus far, the fracture mechanisms in bit...

Managing Potential Injection-Induced Seismicity through Monitoring and Mitigation; #42553 (2020)

Thomas E. Tomastik, J. Daniel Arthur, Steve Tipton

Search and Discovery.com

... and can be useful in creating a more accurate velocity model.  Determination of accurate focal mechanisms is also very dependent upon seismic event depth...

Global Warming—An Oil and Gas Company Perspective: Prospects for Geologic Sequestration?

CRAIG A. LEWIS, JOHN H. SHINN

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... countries and producing a system of “mechanisms” aimed to provide international cooperation and access to reduced- cost emissions reduction...

Evaluation of Cyclic Gas Injection EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs and Exit Strategies, Including Potential Storage Options Using Bakken Field as an Example Case

Abdulrahman Abdulwarith, Ahmed Kareb, Mohamed Ammar, Birol Dindoruk

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... mechanisms leading to increased oil production. Before injection, wells undergo primary production to decrease local pressure and capture high initial...

Experimental Evaluation of CO2-EOR Performance and CO2-Storage Potential in Low-Permeability Unconventional Reservoirs

C. Song, A. Ghanizadeh, C.R. Clarkson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the subsurface to reduce carbon emissions. These laboratory results are useful for understanding the URTeC 4258895 2 mechanisms controlling...

2008 Annual AAPG Convention, April 20-23, 2008, San Antonio, Texas, #90078 (2008)

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The U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin: Subsidence History, Crustal Structure and Thermal Evolution

A. B. Watts

AAPG Special Volumes

..., crustal attenuation, and subsidence in the Bay of Biscay, Nature, 275, 706-711. Dietz, R.W., 1963. Collapsing continental rises: An actualistic concept...

Geothermal heat flow in the northeast margin of the Gulf of Mexico

Seiichi Nagihara, Kelly Opre Jones

AAPG Bulletin

..., the magnitude and abruptness of the heat-flow contrast cannot be fully accounted for by the mechanisms related to sedimentary deposition, which include...

Numerical Investigation of Water Blockage in Secondary Fractures and Apparent Permeability Modeling in Shale Gas Production

Chuanyao Zhong, Juliana Y. Leung

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... closure. The circumstances and detailed mechanisms associated with this phenomenon are still poorly understood. In this work, a coupling scheme...

Grain Size Representation by Cm Patterns as a Geological Tool

R. Passega

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to such characteristics of the sediments as facies, permeability and possibly also petroleum productivity. CM patterns are a means for analyzing transportation mechanisms...

Integrated Approach to Search for Stratigraphic Traps: Geologic Exploration Methods

D. C. Swanson

AAPG Special Volumes

... Tools and Techniques Useful in Search for Stratigraphic Traps End_Page 32------------------------- of the stratigraphic traps that they should...

An Overview of Historical and Contemporary Seismicity in Central Utah

Walter J. Arabasz, Relu Burlacu, Kristine L. Pankow

Utah Geological Association

... focal mechanisms predominantly reflect WNW—ESE extension across the transition. In at least two localities, focal mechanisms indicate normal faulting...

Marine Seismic Sources: Part I: Air-Guns for Non Experts

Lasse Amundsen, Martin Landrø

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... The useful frequency band of seismic data is between the first (always at 0 Hz) and the second zeroes in the amplitude spectrum of the source signature...

Geophysical Insights into Completions and Production Predictability for a Shale Gas Reservoir Using Fault Intensity and AVO Inversion

Carl Reine, Sean Lovric

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... curvature attributes, is useful for showing areas where natural fault and fracture activity is more likely to be present (Reine & Dunphy, 2011...

4D Seismic Monitoring of Gas Production and CO2 Sequestration, North West Australia

David Lumley

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... Compartmentalisation of the reservoir by st ratigraphic or structural/fault mechanisms can lead to decreased recovery. Uncertainty in the strength of the aq uifer...

Seafloor Mapping by Microcomputer-Assisted Side-Scan Sonar: Appendix 5-1

D. B. Prior, J. M. Coleman, R. L. Caron, E. G., G. Waltham

AAPG Special Volumes

... in real time or stored on magnetic tape for replay and image enhancement. This system is particularly useful for sea floor mapping, since true-scale...

Book Reviews

Arthur Saller, Gian Gaspare Zuffa

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the processes that may alter them after burial. There are numerous, generally excellent line drawings and several useful tables. Many users...

Deposition and Stratification

J. C. Harms, J. B. Southard, R. G. Walker

Special Publications of SEPM

... coarse silt to finest gravel size as being among those most useful in interpreting deposition of coarse clastic sediments. Of course, this by no means...

Salt and Gypsum of the Arapien Shale - the Central Utah Evaporite Mineral Industry

Grant C. Willis

Utah Geological Association

..., thereby greatly increasing production and profitability. Anderson, R.E., Barnhard, T.D., and Diehl, S.F., 1997, The dominance of vertical attenuation...

Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes: An Overview

Denis M. Davadant

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... into account the physical, chemical and hydrodynamic phenomena involved in these trapping mechanisms, to diminish their effects and to achieve as high...