Geomechanical Modeling of Fracture Growth in Naturally Fractured Rocks: A Case Study of the Utah FORGE Geothermal Site

Meng Cao, Mukul M. Sharma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Results Simulating the formation of complex fracture networks includes the following steps: (1) input and validate the wellbore trajectory and observed...

Rapid S&T Reservoir Pressure Estimation Workflow and Its Application to Drilling in Shale and Tight Reservoirs

Yuzhe Cai, Brandon Geddie, Yunhui Tan, Zizhong Liu, Shihao Wang, Kainan Wang, Yuguang Chen, Evan Gross, Xinghui Liu, Saeid Khorsandi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... producing zones raises some challenges. If the pressure change from existing producing zones is not accurately estimated and on the trajectory of new wells...

Azimuthal Gamma Imaging and Continuous Inclination Applications to Spatial and Stratigraphic Wellbore Placement in the Southern Midland Basin

Christopher Viens

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... trajectory and bedding orientation. The relationship between apparent bed dip, wellbore survey, and azimuthal gamma image features are presented in Figure...

1D Mechanical Earth Model in a Carbonate Reservoir of the Abadan Plain, Southwestern Iran: Implications forWellbore Stability; #42298 (2018)

Mohammadreza Zare Reisabadi, Mojtaba Rajabi, Manouchehr Haghighi, Arian Velayati, Yasser Pourmazaheri

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... of the Abadan Plain, Southwestern Iran: Implications for Wellbore Stability* Mohammadreza Zare Reisabadi1, Mojtaba Rajabi1, Manouchehr Haghighi1, Arian...

Flowback in Shale Wells: Proppant Transport and Distribution in the Wellbore

Kamilia Putri, Haidan Lu, Chun Ka Kwok, Katharine Moncada

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Flowback in Shale Wells: Proppant Transport and Distribution in the Wellbore Kamilia Putri, Haidan Lu, Chun Ka Kwok, Katharine Moncada URTeC...

Wellbore Stability Analysis of Horizontal Drilling in Bowen and Surat Coal Seam Gas Wells

Ruizhi Zhong, Christopher R. Leonardi, Travis R. Mitchell, Ray L. Johnson Jr.

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... time (NPT) and pipe sticking. To prevent borehole collapse, it is critical to determine the minimum wellbore pressure and optimal well trajectory...

Cybersteering: Automated Geosteering by Way of Distributed Computing and Graph Databases in the Cloud

Tristan Arbus, Steven Wilson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... that the wellbore trajectory is fixed and defined by directional surveys. Each point along a wellbore has both an MD (as per directional surveys...

Efficient, Low-Risk, Comprehensive Geological Characterization of Lateral Wells to Optimize Completion Performance

Dean Fratarcangeli, Tammy Alcorn, Patrick McBride, Andy Wray, Elia Haddad, Robert Laronga, Nasar Khan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... horizontal wellbore based on interpreted images from the new slim microelectrical imager. The dashed lines along the well trajectory represent the fractures...

Evaluating the Hydraulic Fracture Through Acoustic Reflection Imaging and Production Logging for Water Diagnostic Beyond Wellbore: A Case Study From Chang 8 Tight Sand in the Ordos Basin, China

Guangsheng Liu, Dajian Li, Gang Zheng, Hongzheng Zhu, Wenhao Cui, Yanyan Chen, Hongzhi Guo, Zheyuan Huang, Dongdong Cheng, Zhaoya Fan, Xiang Li

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... bubbles and no gas bubbles in the wellbore, and the distribution of oil and water is directly affected by the wellbore trajectory as well. The holdup...

Pushing the Production Limits in a Complex Channel Sand Reservoir … A Case Study

Nurul Hasani, Ferry Syafrian, Prasetyo Hadi, Tubagus Nasirudin, Adjie Setiawan, Julianta Parlindungan Panjaitan, Yus Willian, Laurence Reynolds

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... while drilling, enabled the wellbore to be maintained 1-2 m below it. This precise and accurate positioning of the wellbore in the reservoir sweet spot...

Geomechanical Wellbore Imaging: Key to Managing the Asset Life Cycle

Colleen Barton, Daniel Moos

AAPG Special Volumes

..., 2007). However, the benefit of optimizing a wellbore trajectory to intersect the greatest number of permeable fractures must be balanced against...

3D Temperature and Hydrodynamics Modelling in Horizontals to Assess the Fractures Performance

Maxim Volkov, Elizaveta Skutina, Samuel Avilez, Vener Nagimov

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the wellbore changes direction and reaches its maximum inclination. Such changes in wellbore trajectory can introduce complexities in wellbore flow...

Extended Abstract: Liner Hanger Installation in Challenging Offshore Well Conditions

David Luna, Roberto Elizalde, Wantuadi Diwaku

Africa Energy and Technology Conference, 2016

... was drilled with deviations varying from 45° to 87°. This trajectory was a challenge for subsequent operations of 7 in liner, T&D models showed liner...

Reducing the Risk of Plugging of Production Liner in Unconventional Wells

Yuri Fairuzov, Victor Fairuzov

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and gas production and found that a toe-up wellbore trajectory consistently yields the highest EUR, while the undulating wellbore trajectory results...

Optimization of Coalbed Methane Multi-Lateral Drilling in the San Juan Basin via Wellbore Stability Modeling and Data Analytics

Juan Escobar Gomez, Heather LaReau, John Hornbuckle, Jesse Melick, David Schoderbek

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Optimization of Coalbed Methane Multi-Lateral Drilling in the San Juan Basin via Wellbore Stability Modeling and Data Analytics Juan Escobar Gomez...

Geology Quality: Case Study of Improving Multistage Fracturing and Completion with Quantitative Geology Considerations

Xianwen Wang, Shixiang Fei, Lian Zhu, Yuan Liu, Haoyan Li, Yunlong Fu, Weikan Wang, Lizhi Wang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...: the stratigraphic position of the wellbore trajectory and the variation of reservoir properties around the wellbore. To solve this issue, we used the following...

Placement Matters: Improving Survey Accuracy by Using Continuous Directional Data and Drilling Parameter Settings; #41856 (2016)

Ed Stockhausen, Richard Ball, Pete Clark, Richard Mongan, Philip Rice

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... begin to accumulate along the length of a wellbore any time the actual wellpath trajectory does not match the calculated wellpath trajectory. The areas...

An Address to Shallow Hazards and Pore Pressure Complexities of Indian Petroliferous Basins: Integrated Modelling Approach

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Abstract: Revisiting The Slave Point: A Juniors Experience in a Challenging Oil Resource Play Using Real Time Subsurface Imaging Through the Integration of 3D Seismic and Logging-While-Drilling Boundary Detection; #90172 (2014)

W. Pearson, Garnet Giroux, S. Johnston, D. Boskovich

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... Recognizing the difficulty of keeping a horizontal wellbore in zone, and with limited capital resources available, the company mandated a detailed evaluation...

Web-Based Technologies for Real-time Directional Survey Quality Improvement

Jarrod S. DeVerse, Stefan Maus

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... measurements at regular intervals along the well path enables computation of the wellbore trajectory through minimum curvature interpolation. Standard MWD...

Rock Strength, Stress and Wellbore Stability in Telisa Formation, South Sumatera Basin

Mula Nur Ahmad

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Rock Strength, Stress and Wellbore Stability in Telisa Formation, South Sumatera Basin Mula Nur Ahmad © IPA, 2011 - 30th Annual Convention...

Well Trajectory Impact on Hydrocarbon Discovery in Fractured Basement Reservoirs … A Case Study from Cuu Long Basin, Vietnam, #20174 (2012)

Bingjian Li, Wan Z. Embong, Mohamed T.A. Taha

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... to determine a well location and good quality borehole image logs to understand fracture characterization for optimizing the wellbore trajectory...

Enhanced Wellbore Placement Accuracy Using Geomagnetic In-Field Referencing and Multi-Station Correction

Stefan Maus, Matthew Herzl, Shawn DeVerse

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of ellipses of uncertainty (EOU) of the wellbore trajectory. The error model is described in detail by Williamson (2000). As a further input...

Advanced Modeling of Production Induced Stress Change Impact on Wellbore Stability of Infill Well Drilling in Unconventional Reservoirs

Wei Zheng, Lili Xu, Piyush Pankaj, Foluke Ajisafe, James Li

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... lateral wellbore trajectory with the knowledge of the safe mud weight window. URTeC 2889495 10 Figure 28: Wellbore stability models based...

An Efficient Workflow for Geological Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs from a New Through-the-Bit Logging Electrical Micro-Imaging Tool, #42334 (2018).

Shiduo Yang, Patrick McBride, Josselin Kherroubi, Alexis He, Isabelle Le Nir, Daniel Quesada, Redha Hasan AI Lawatia, Andy Wray,

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... a novel borehole resistivity image. In horizontal wellbores, bedding boundaries are usually parallel to well trajectory, making bed boundary...