Mechanics of Formation of Salt Domes with Special Reference to Gulf Coast Salt Domes of Texas and Louisiana

Donald C. Barton

AAPG Bulletin

... extent of the solution will be greatest immediately over the vertical edge of the salt and least over the center of the dome. The solution of the sides...

Mechanic of Formation of Salt Domes with Special Reference to Gulf Coast Salt Domes of Texas and Louisiana

Donald C. Barton

AAPG Special Volumes

... as relatively dry or impervious rock such as the anhydrite cap protects it. The vertical extent of the solution will be greatest immediately over the vertical...

Increasing Geological Accuracy in Reservoir Models through Process-Oriented Modeling; #50215 (2009)

Rex Knepp

Search and Discovery.com

... An important task in constructing digital reservoir models is the capture of geological detail with sufficient resolution to reduce the uncertainty...

Unraveling the Reservoir Heterogeneity of a Complex Hybrid Play by Integrating Results from Core, Outcrops and Well Logs: A Case Study from the Bakken Formation in Williams and McKenzie Co., ND Williston Basin

Sarah A. Edwards, Anna S. Phelps, Michael H. Hofmann, Samuel D. Fluckiger

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the in-situ reservoir architecture and allows for the predictability of both vertical and lateral reservoir heterogeneity. This level of comprehension...

Hybrid Velocity Model Building: 3D Ocean Bottom Cable (OBC) Orthorhombic Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) Depth Imaging of a Complex Geological Structure, Western Berau - Papua, Indonesia

Purbo Santoso, Yayat Supriatna, Tepy Septyana, Leo Tjahjadi, Yonghe Guo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... model building workflow was applied to reconstruct an optimum and high-resolution velocity model. This workflow uses a combination of Orthorhombic Full...

Effect of Diapirism on Sedimentation in Gulf of Mexico

Jack R. Walker , H. Robert Ensminger

AAPG Bulletin

... (3,500 Hz), high-resolution seismic profiler. The seismic profiles obtained with this system provide information about the effects on recent sediments...

Abstract: Recent Advances in the Characterization of Unconventional Reservoirs with Wide-azimuth Seismic Data; #90187 (2014)

Ran Bachrach, Sagnik Dasgupta, Colin Sayers, Josimar Silva, and Stefano Volterrani

Search and Discovery.com

... strategies. Recent advances in seismic azimuthal analysis of media with orthotropic symmetry are illustrated using high resolution pre-stack seismic inversion...

The Use of Physical Modeling to Resolve Offshore Seismic Problems

B. J. Evans, M. Urosevic

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and Hibbard, 1955) models. The development of high speed, high resolution computer modeling systems in the mid-1970's, combined with a renewed interest...

Implementing Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Arco Indonesia: Facelift or Functional Improvement?

John G. Kaldi, Frila B. Yaman, James P. Westerheid

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a better understanding and "shared ownership" of project goals and objectives. A greater ease of communication, both vertical and horizontal due to fewer...

Rock Fabric Not Principal Stress Dictates SRV: The Story of How a ~70 Year Old Discounted Data Point Still Plagues Our Industry and How True Triaxial Testing Finally Confirms It

Giovanni Grasselli, Matthew G. Adams, Aly Abdelaziz

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... um res) and ultimately serial-sectioned at 50 µm intervals. Using deep-learning-assisted stacked-photo reconstruction, a high-resolution high-contrast...

Reversal of Basement-Block Motions in Cambay Basin, India, and its Importance in Petroleum Exploration

L. R. Chowdhary

AAPG Bulletin

.... Discussion: These examples illustrate the reversal of (1) the structural relations and (2) the reversal of vertical motions of basement blocks during...

The Multiple Bischke Plot Analysis: A Simple and Powerful Graphic Tool for Integrated Stratigraphic Studies, by J-Y. Chatellier and C. Porras, #40110 (2004).

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High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization of Upper Thamama (Lower Cretaceous) Reservoirs of a Giant Abu Dhabi Oil Field, United Arab Emirates

Christian J. Strohmenger, L. Jim Weber, Ahmed Ghani, Khalil Al-Mehsin, Omar Al-Jeelani, Abdulla Al-Mansoori, Taha Al-Dayyani, Lee Vaughan, Sameer A. Khan, John C. Mitchell

AAPG Special Volumes

...High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization of Upper Thamama (Lower Cretaceous) Reservoirs of a Giant Abu Dhabi Oil Field...

Chapter 4

Mark W. Longman

AAPG Special Volumes

... diagenetic environments in the shallow subsurface in an ideal permeable carbonate sand island. No scale is given but the vertical distance would typically...

Fault Control on Late Stage Diagenetic Creation and Enhancement of Reservoirs

Richard A. Inden, Randolph B. Burke

Williston Basin Symposium

... of the Dawson Bay; Pound (1985) subdivided Dawson Bay facies in a similar fashion. The vertical sequence of these lithologies represents...

Constraining Geomechanical Model Development by Utilizing Microseismic Derived Fracture Characteristics

Adam M. Baig, Ted Urbancic, Jonathan Gallagher, Eric Von Lunen, John W. Crowley

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of fracture lengths with arbitrary orientation and midpoint. Their solution uses a simulated annealing protocol to refine the orientations and midpoints...

The Luva Gas Field: Detailed Analyses Reveal Subtle Anomaly

Halfdan Carstens

GEO ExPro Magazine

... in available geological data and repeatedly processes the data until a solution is converged upon. Rocksource’s proprietary technology allows us...

The Exploratory Significance of Gravity in the Anadarko Basin

R. L. Scott

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... in the solution of any given gravity problem: Is there sufficient data, located properly, to give a reliable solution? Is the field data accurate...

Exploration for Petroleum in Cyclic Sediments of Late Pennsylvanian Age in Central and Western Kansas: A Closer Look at a Mature Province

W. Lynn Watney

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... this primary porosity and redistributed porosity by differential solution and precipitation of cement. All rocks examined across the shelf area were...

Discrete Fracture Network Simulation of Production Data from Unconventional Wells

Thomas Doe, Chunmei Shi, Clifford, Knitter, Cristian Enachescu, Stefan Rohs

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... vertical and lateral, of hydraulic fracture growth. While microseismic events are associated with the fracture development, it is not clear that the fracture...

AVO and Inversion Contribute to Makassar Exploration Efforts

William L. Soroka, Herry Andiarbowo, Anung Widodo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Resolution which affects the quality of the AVO response. Geology which has an impact on the AVO response. False positive AVO responses which...

Unconventional Gas EOR: Recovery Mechanisms and Piloting

Hao Sun, Kelly Krezinski, Johannes Alvarez, Dengen Zhou, Kumar Devesh, Bikai Jin, Wei Wang, Victor Torrealba, Tom Tang, Lin Zuo, Kenneth Griffin, Daniel Emery, Lee (Rusty) Mathis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... networks created through hydraulically fractured completions. Even though solution gas drive is an effective primary depletion mechanism, it can produce...

Formation Anisotropy and Heterogeneity Evaluation with a High-Resolution LWD Ultrasonic Slowness Imaging Tool

Naoki Sakiyama, Hiroshi Hori, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Nakajima, Matthew Blyth, Syed Muhammad Fahim Ud Din, Mark Kittridge

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...onic spatial resolution (7th track). URTeC 2169 10 Figure 6. The logging results obtained from the new LWD tool in a vertical well, with...

A method for assessing statistical significance and uncertainties for calibration of 1-D thermal basin maturation models

S. Noeth, R. O. Thomsen, R. Littke

AAPG Bulletin

... surface using a polynomial or cubic spline interpolation for a few data points only. The resolution limits, sensitivity, and uncertainty can be easily...

Community Succession in a Devonian Patch Reef (Onondaga Formation, New York)--Physical and Biotic Controls

Loretta Ann Williams

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... METHODS Samples were collected at half-meter intervals in three vertical measured sections which encompassed three massive knobs exposed...