Quantification of Total Organic Carbon Content in Shale Source Rocks: An Eagle Ford Case Study

Adel A. Alqahtani, Azra N. Tutuncu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... In this paper, various TOC quantification methods utilizing well-log data are introduced using Eagle Ford shale source rock data. An evaluation...

An Inverse Approach for Relating Seismic Velocity and Overpressure to Permeability and Sedimentation History in Deep Basins, #40863 (2012)

Hector M. Moreno, Tim A. Minshull, Rosemary A. Edwards,

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...) where the reference frame is fixed on the solid grains using a Lagrangian fully compacted coordinate system (FCCS). The FCCS measures a sediment column...

Modeling of Fiber Optic Strain Responses to Shear Deformation of Fractures

Ruwantha Ratnayake, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... measurements at close time intervals can be used to create a strain signature. A typical DSS system requires a laser interrogator, which generates...

Classification of Sandstone Pore Structure and Its Effect on Water-Flooding Efficiency: Chapter 15

Shen Pingping, Li Bingzhi, Tue Puhua

AAPG Special Volumes

... will be towards the origin of the coordinate system, and the more homogeneous will be the distribution of the throats. RESULTS OF CLASSIFICATION...

Abstract: Pre-survey Planning for Microseismic Monitoring Projects; #90174 (2014)

Brad Artman, Ben Witten, and Brad Birkelo

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... in the orthogonal coordinate system defined by the well and the fault plane, and S energy is zero where the P is a maximum. The first priority is usually event...

Abstracts: Seismic Anisotropy of the Marcellus Shale: Feasibility Study for Fracture Characterization; #90173 (2015)

James Gaiser, Alvaro Chaveste, Mary Edrich, Tony Rebec, and Richard Verm

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..., and stacked. Additionally, the two horizontal components are rotated to a source-centred, cylindrical coordinate system (Gaiser, 1999), where the radial...

Post-Stack Multi-Azimuth Stratigraphic Inversion Applied to Unconventional Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study in the Fort Worth Basin; #41120 (2013)

Mathilde Adelinet, Vincent Clochard, and Patrice Ricarte

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..., the fitting uses 12 values (6 azimuthal values on 0‐180° and their projections on 180‐360°) in a spherical coordinate system to compute the best ellipse. We...

Chapter 10: Reservoir Modeling and Fluid-Flow Simulation, Ivie Creek Case-Study Area - Geological and Petrophysical Characterization of the Ferron Sandstone for 3-D Simulation of a Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoir (MP-02-6)

C.B. Forster, S.H. Snelgrove, J.V. Koebbe

Utah Geological Survey

... variants of a single architectural element, the clinoform, and indicates prograding, shallow-marine deposition of a fluvial-dominated delta-front system...

Role of Salinian Block in Evolution of San Andreas Fault System, California

Stephan A. Graham

AAPG Bulletin

...Role of Salinian Block in Evolution of San Andreas Fault System, California Stephan A. Graham 1978 2214 2231 62 11. (November) Discrepancies...

Chemical Correlation of Volcanic Ash Deposits in the Salt Lake Group, Utah, Idaho and Nevada

Rebecca Pope Smith, W. P. Nash

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... method utilized was the determination of principal components--a redefinition of the nine element coordinate system by ranking each new perpendicular...

Numerical Methods for Mineral Estimation from Well Logs

John H. Doveton

Special Publications of SEPM

... ESTIMATION FROM WELL LOGS Theoy In this section of the manual, we consider methods for the compositional analysis of rocks using wireline logs. This goal...

Interpreting the Direction of the Gravity Gradient Tensor Eigenvectors: The Main Tidal Force and its Relation to the Curvature Parameters of the Equipotential Surface

Carlos Cevallos

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... + Φzz = 0. It is always possible to rotate the coordinate system around the z axis with a rotation matrix of the form (Condi, 1999; Dransfield, 1994...

Drilling an exploration prospect downdip: Quantifying the trade-offs between chance of success and associated resource potential

Mark Schneider, Gary P. Citron, Paul Haryott, and David Cook

AAPG Bulletin

... plot. Figure 3. Example prospect estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) distribution plotted in a log-probit coordinate system. Percentile values (P...

Simulations of the Effects of Diagenesis on the Evolution of Sandstone Porosity

Cathal G. Dillon, Richard H. Worden, Stuart A. Barclay

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and prediction of pore system modification. Diagenetic processes in real rocks are simulated using a combination of element X-ray maps and backscattered...

Coupled Geomechanics and Pore Confinement Effects for Modeling Unconventional Shale Reservoirs

Yi Xiong, Philip Winterfeld, Yu-Shu Wu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... coordinate system. Thus Equation (5) gives the trace of Hooke’s law for a thermo-poro-elastic medium as (Winterfeld and Wu, 2014), ( ) (11) ) ( Where Sm...

Beyond the Surface: Uav-Based Digital Outcrop Modelling as Subsurface Analog for Clay Smear and Juxtaposition Evaluation of Kebo Formation in Sumberan, Gunungkidul

Ratna Vita Dewi, Salsabila Tiara, Salahuddin Husein

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... research. By utilizing UAVs, users can access data in challenging terrains. Photos acquired using UAVs have coordinate orientations, allowing users...

Understanding Wettability Heterogeneity at the Micro and Nano Scale in Unconventional Light Oil Reservoirs

H. J. Deglint, C. DeBuhr, C. R. Clarkson, F. F. Krause, S. Aquino, A. Vahedian, A. Ghanizadeh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... an internal water reservoir. Approach 2: Cryogenic The cryogenic experiments were performed using a Gatan Alto2500 Cryo-Preparation and Transfer system...

Improving Depth Prediction Accuracy of Quantified Drilling Hazards

W. Scott Leaney, William H. Borland

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... with a second upward traveling signal reflected offthe sea floor. These signals constructively interfere to produce a larger amplitude. The noise amplitude...

Current Oil Spill Response Challenges in Indonesia

Patricia Njoto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to establish a minimum level of prepositioned equipment and a system, including exercises and detailed plans to coordinate the response to an oil spill...

Three-Dimensional Geologic Modeling and Horizontal Drilling Bring More Oil out of the Wilmington Oil Field of Southern California, by Donald D. Clarke and Christopher C. Phillips, #20019 (2004).

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Scaled Physical Model of Secondary Oil Migration

Michele Moisio Thomas , Jamie A. Clouse

AAPG Bulletin

... of the model were designed so the balance of gravity, capillary, and viscous forces was the same in the model as in the geologic system. The physical...

Chapter 8: Evaluation of Anomalous Pressuring and Gas Saturation Using 2-D and 3-D Visualizations of Well Log Information

Zun S. Jiao, Ronald C. Surdam

Montana Geological Society

...Chapter 8: Evaluation of Anomalous Pressuring and Gas Saturation Using 2-D and 3-D Visualizations of Well Log Information Zun S. Jiao, Ronald C...

Anisotropic PP and PSv Prestack Depth Migration of 4C (OBC) Seismic Data, Offshore Trinidad

Tony Johns

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... “snowflake” response aligns with the common acquisition coordinate system. The polarization results at different time slices on the southern set of three...

Anisotropic PP and PSv Prestack Depth Migration of 4C (OBC) Seismic Data, Offshore Trinidad

Tony Johns

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... “snowflake” response aligns with the common acquisition coordinate system. The polarization results at different time slices on the southern set of three...

Low-rank representation for reflectivity model and its applications in least-squares migration

Jidong Yang, Jianping Huang, Hejun Zhu, George McMechan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... correspond to the base vectors of the coordinate system, which determine the elementary modes of the reflectivity model with different wavenumbers. The singular...