Lithofacies, stable isotopic composition, and stratigraphic evolution of microbial and associated carbonates, Green River Formation (Eocene), Piceance Basin, Colorado

J. Frederick Sarg, Suriamin , Kati Tanavsuu-Milkeviciene, John D. Humphrey

AAPG Bulletin

... by blocky and poikilotopic cements. Based on visual estimation, porosity is approximately 2% to 10%.Figure 14. Photomicrographs of lithofacies G. (A) Clotted...

Calibrating discrete fracture-network models with a carbonate three-dimensional outcrop fracture network: Implications for naturally fractured reservoir modeling

K. Bisdom, B. D. M. Gauthier, G. Bertotti, and N. J. Hardebol

AAPG Bulletin

... of small-deformations in poly-phase faults pattern. Application to the Mid-Cretaceous Durance uplift, Provence (SE France) : Journal of Geodynamics , v...

Regional stratigraphy, elemental chemostratigraphy, and organic richness of the Niobrara Member of the Mancos Shale, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Aya El Attar, and Matthew J. Pranter

AAPG Bulletin

... Formation, Piceance Basin, in Williams Fork Consortium—Phase IV Sponsor Field Trip Guidebook: Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, 79 p. Cole, R. D...

Temporal Variations in Beach and Nearhore Dynamics

E. H. Owens

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... (Fig. 5) (no data were obtained on the west site during the winter phase). Bottom currents were monitored using a variety of meters and longshore cur...

Chapter 10: 2-D Pore Architecture Characterization of a Carbonate Mudrock Reservoir: Insights from the Mid-Continent “Mississippi Lime”

Beth Vanden Berg, G. Michael Grammer

AAPG Special Volumes

... data trends can be partially explained through qualitative observations of the pore types and internal pore geometries. Visual observations show how...

ABSTRACT: Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements Taken Through the Cover Glass of Visual Kerogen Slides

Karl W. Schwab

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

...ABSTRACT: Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements Taken Through the Cover Glass of Visual Kerogen Slides Karl W. Schwab 1st Annual Meeting Abstracts...

Minimising the Burden of Hazardous Area Inspections

Iain MacKenzie, Bruce Hill, Sakeena Dawood

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... certified Ex-R2 crawler. Our initial method of close visual inspections was to have an inspector sitting outside the exclusion zone and manipulating...

Recent Dolomite Formation in Hemipelagic Sediments Off Baja California, Mexico

G. B. Shimmield, N. B. Price

Pacific Section SEPM

.... Dol omite is found to be unstable in oxidising sediments, suggesting that it is not a stable phase in sea water. Mineralogy and composition (56 mole...

Fluorescent Sand Tracers

P. G. Teleki

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in equal proportions of methylethyl ketone (CH3COC2H5) and toluene (C6H5CH3), so that the final solution is 10 percent solids by weight. The phase...

Enhanced Oil Recovery in Vaca Muerta Shale-Oil Could Kick Production with Good Economics

J.E. Juri, Isabel Vega

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... protocol indicates a large percentage of macro and meso-pores. The decane size is 0.7 nm. Thus, the liquid phase is present in pore sizes above 1 nm...

Continuous Gas Lift Technology Using a Proprietary HDCNG Well Unloading System

Matthew Mason, Daria Korobchuk, Alex Wood, James Tauchnitz

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... pressure (FBHP) is a standard practice in CSG operations. Inducing rapid pressure swings can cause plastic deformation to coals, rapid two-phase flow...

Numerical Solution of Proppant Transport and Distribution in Tortuous and Uneven Fractures

Bingyang Bai, Tianbo Liang, Mengchuan Zhang, Bingrui Luo

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and distribution within this type of fracture. In this study, a 3D numerical solution coupled with Dense Discrete Phase Model (DDPM) is applied to simulate...

LNG Production Revenue Enhancement

Michael J. Vines

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... an initial two phase separation in a slugcatcher at around 7.5 MPag. The gas proceeds from the slugcatcher to an acid gas removal unit (AGRU...

Considerations for Optimizing Artificial Lift in Unconventionals

William Lane, Rajan Chokshi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and recommended practices for horizontal wells Turbulent Slug Flow Production from shale reservoirs is characterized by non-steady state two phase slug flow...

Measuring Tensile Strength of Unconventional Shales Using Microwaving

Jinhong Chen, Dan Georgi, Bitao Lai

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... phase) and water, respectively. The pressure exerted on the rock matrix, pm, equals the pore pressure from the water, pw. The differential form...

Relative Reactivity of Skeletal Carbonates During Dissolution: Implications For Diagenesis

Lynn M. Walter

Special Publications of SEPM

... in determ~ning relative stability of aragonite and magnesian calcite during the the dissolution phase of diagenesis. Dissolution experiments were performed...

Experimental Evaluation of Huff and Puff EOR Mechanisms in Unconventional Rock

Shehab Alzobaidi, Pavel Kortunov, Shreerang Chhatre, Amy Chen, Kyle Guice, Kyle Baier, Mathew Messner, Josh Leiphart, Laura Laverick, Robert Longoria, John Valenza, Steven Meier, Jennifer Rainey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and Puff in a visual cell and concluded that gas expansion is the dominant Huff and Puff recovery mechanism. However, most of the published literature work...

Facies Profile and Other New Methods of Graphic Data Presentation: Application in a Quantitative Study of Libyan Tertiary Shoreline Deposits

Richard C. Selley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in sedimentological research. It is with the last two phases that this paper is principally concerned. Each phase will now be described in turn. Phase 1...

Identification and Recording of Particulate Sedimentary Organic Matter

Stanley A.J. Pocock

Special Publications of SEPM

... to construct organic matter strip logs, which not only give a visual picture of changes in organic matter with depth, but also provide a ready means...

Statistical Methods For Log Analysis of Reservoir Properties: Chapter 1

John H. Doveton

AAPG Special Volumes

... trends from logging data for the purposes of both prediction and estimation of constants used in functional petrophysical equations. The target...

NMR Time-Lapse Wettability Assessments in Unconventionals: Insights from Imbibition

S. Kelly, R. J. M. Bonnie, M. J. Dick, D. Veselinovic

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... capacity (counter-current and co-current spontaneous imbibition) as well as a blocking capacity (trapping the nonwetting phase in between menisci...

Improving CO2-EOR In Shale Reservoirs using Dilute Concentrations of Wettability-Altering CO2-Soluble Nonionic Surfactants

Foad Haeri, Lauren Burrows, Peter Lemaire, Parth G. Shah, Deepak Tapriyal, Robert M. Enick, Dustin M. Crandall, Angela Goodman

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in conventional formations for about five decades. (Enick and Olsen, 2011; Enick et al., 2012). The results from numerous phase behavior studies (O...

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Semi-Quantitative SEM Analysis of the Vaca Muerta Formation and Its Impact on Reservoir Characterization, Neuquen Basin, Argentina

Federico Gonzalez Tomassini, Langhorne (Taury) Smith, Maria Jimena Rodriguez, Diego Kietzmann, Ignacio Jausoro, Maria Alejandra Floridia, Mariano Cipollone, Alberto Caneiro, Bernarda Epele, Nicolás Santillán, Federico Medina, Guillermina Sagasti

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and the depositional system. The main advantage of SEM is the direct observation of porosity and mineralogy phase distribution. The use of FE-SEM has improved...

Grain assemblages and strong diagenetic overprinting in siliceous mudrocks, Barnett Shale (Mississippian), Fort Worth Basin, Texas

Kitty L. Milliken, William L. Esch, Robert M. Reed, Tongwei Zhang

AAPG Bulletin

..., to the extent possible by visual inspection, the individual samples are composed of material that represents a visually distinct lithology. Additional samples...