Determination of Cementation Exponent (M): Chapter II

George B. Asquith

AAPG Special Volumes

... exponent (m) value and the standard 2.0 value for intergranular and intercrystalline porosity is used, the calculated water saturation is 22 percent...

Effects of Hydrodynamics on Cenozoic Oil Migration, Wasson field area, Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin

Alton A. Brown

West Texas Geological Society

... zone of immobile oil below the original oil-water contact at concentrations approximating residual oil saturation. In 1984, I investigated...

Developing New Soaking Correlation for Shale Gas Wells

Ahmed Farid Ibrahim, Mazher Ibrahim, Pieprzica Chester

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... back the leak-off fluids and decrease the water saturation in the invaded area to irreducible levels. In tight sandstone and shale formations...

Upscaling two-phase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs

Stephan K. Matthai, Hamidreza M. Nick

AAPG Bulletin

... and matrix simulations show that ensemble relative permeability as a function of water saturation (kri[Sw]), water breakthrough, and cut depend...

Practical Considerations for NAPL Recovery

Terrance P. Brennan

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

.... Hydrocarbon saturation generally increases from the oil/water contact up to and slightly above the oil/air contact. The oil saturation between...

Unocal Deepwater E&P

G. N. Christenson

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... from 1990-2002 from 12 wells to 1025. Unocal's 1997-2002 Saturation Exploration (SX) campaign increased the water depths in which wells were drilled...

Abstract: Tilted or Stepping HC-water Contacts in Carbonates of Eastern Arabia: the Importance of Palaeo-structure, by K. Harris and A. Al-Harthy, #90188 (2014)

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ABSTRACT: The Role of Capillary Forces on the Strength of Rock: The Fracture Mechanics Approach; #90122 (2011)

Alexander Y. Rozhko

Search and Discovery.com

... depends on relative saturation of wetting and non-wetting fluids (e.g. water & gas or water & oil). The strength of shales drastically decreases...

Understanding Water Cut Trends in Permian Basin Unconventional Reservoirs and Their Relationship to Development and Production Strategies

Samuel U. Amadi, Xueying Xie, Shunhua Liu, Erik Kinzler, Gina Melendez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... maintenance from injection, gas cap expansion, or aquifer influx, changes in water cut are controlled by changes in fluid properties, saturation...

Diurnal Variations in the Carbonate Saturation of Seawater

Robert F. Schmalz, Frederick J. Swanson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... diurnal pH variations in excess of 0.15 pH unit, and changes in carbonate saturation greater than 8 millivolts. In restricted water bodies the diurnal...

3-D Seismic Recognition of the Jurassic Smackover Reservoir of Grayson Field Using Leading-Edge Reservoir Characterization Seismic Processing

Kevin B. Hill

GCAGS Transactions

... impedance and water saturation volumes. The reservoir appears to continue almost to the left end of the line on the acoustic impedance data. The water...

The Prediction of Water Cut in Initial Production from Log Analysis

B. Marchette, W. J. Prins

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... methods and evaluation techniques accurate values of porosity and water saturation can be computed in most reservoir formations. While these values...

Quantifying the Impact of Thermal Maturity on Dielectric Permittivity of Pure Kerogen in Organic-Rich Mudrocks

Nima Dabidian, Zoya Heidari, Anqi Yang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... samples, the dielectric constant ranges from 2.3 to 3.2. This level of uncertainty leads to significant errors in estimates of water saturation from...

Abstract: Contribution of Artificial Neural Networks to the Characterization of Low Resistivity Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Using Well Log Data. An Example from the Algerian Sahara; #91210 (2025)

Leila Aliouane, Sid-Ali Ouadfeul

Search and Discovery.com

... describing the reservoir are porosity, permeability and water saturation. Using conventional methods, estimating water saturation in this type of reservoir...

Analysis and Implications of the Archie-Haro Equation in Modeling Resistivity of Rocks; #41343 (2014)

Carlos Haro

Search and Discovery.com

... and change direction. These changes are quantified by the magnitude of corner angles. The effectiveness of this procedure to calculate water saturation (Sw...

Calculation of Permeability and Initial Water Saturations from Wireline Logs in a Mature Carbonate Reservoir

F. Jerry Lucia, Jeffrey A. Kane

AAPG Special Volumes

... old log suites and the new wells were drilled after the advent of waterflooding, calculation of initial water saturation from wireline logs for most...

Fluid Contacts: Part 6. Geological Methods

Alton A. Brown

AAPG Special Volumes

... of hydrocarbon-water contacts may leave a zone of residual hydrocarbon saturation below the present transition zone. The hydrocarbons might be interpreted...

Using a Water Flow Log to Identify Flow Behavior in a Horizontal Well and Overcome Production Impairment

Willy Gunary Abadi, Andru Ferdian, Hutami Henning Farinia, Imaduddin Haryo Bimo Kartoatmodjo, Aguslianto Efendy Harahap

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... acquisition: Static / Flowing Gradient Survey, Production Logging Tool (PLT), Reservoir Saturation Tool (RST), and Water Flow Log. Static / Flowing...

Pennel Field Montana

J. R. Hamke, L. C. Marchant, C. Q. Cupps

Bureau of Mines

... anticline Type of drive mechanism Depletion Average porosity percent. _ 10 Average permeability millidarcy _. < 1 Average water saturation percent.. 35...

Steamflood Potential of Light Oil in Deltaic Deposits of Central Sumatra

K. C. Hong, R. L. Schmidt, A. A. Reed

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... air permeability. The original water saturation for each layer is based on capillary pressure data. A transform relating porosity to irreducible water...

Transient Linear Flow Analysis of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells Considering Three-Phase Flow and Pressure-Dependent Rock Properties

H. Behmanesh, H. Hamdi, C. R. Clarkson, J. M. Thompson, D. M. Anderson, A. Chin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and pseudopressure) to handle multi-phase nonlinearities in the governing flow equations describing the simultaneous flow of oil, gas and water phases. The saturation...

Waterflood Performance Monitoring: 4D-Microgravity and Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) Approach in Tanjung Complex Structure, Tanjung Field, South Kalimantan

Fahmi Bajry, R. Agung I. Wardhana, Reza Rahadian, Adhitya Pratama Lanadito, Wawan Gunawan A. Kadir

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and water saturation. In this case, the density contrast () obtained through deconvolution techniques. Apparent Pressure Estimation Values of apparent...

Chip-Coring Technique

Donald T. May

Appalachian Geological Society

...· PERMEASILITY IN AlILLIOARC£S 5 10 15 % • I ! I POROStrY 10 U , . I. I WATER SATURATION I. , . 0 ... OL - SATURATION "4 TOTAL...

Some Characteristics of the Muradkhanly Field

A. N. Guseynov, E. Sh. Aliyev, K. V. Vinogradov, D. N. Tairov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... there were abrupt jumps in the water cut without change in total yield of liquid. For example, the initial yield of well 53 in December 1977 was 800 tons...

The Application of a Polymeric Material to Reduce the Water Oil Ratio in the Walio Field, Irian Jaya

B. Irwanto Basuki, Kusmono Soemarto, Udin Daryono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of water usually causes a significant decrease in oil production. Normally, as the degree of water saturation increases, the relative oil permeability...