Rapid Quantification of Mineralogy, Organic Matter, and Thermal Maturity of Cuttings With Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS): A Permian Basin Case Study

MaryEllen L. Loan, Michael M. Herron, Paul Craddock, Romain Prioul, Michael Prange, Kenneth M. Schwartz, Alyssa M. Charsky

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... may not be captured from vertical wells. Drill cuttings, which are always available at the wellsite, can fill this data gap and provide information...

Impact of the Stress State and the Natural Network of Fractures/Faults on the Efficiency of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in the Goldwyer Shale Formation

Partha Pratim Mandal, Reza Rezaee, Joel Sarout

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

...; semiquantitative minerology estimations from wellsite cuttings monitoring; and continuous core recovery from shallower depth intervals down...

Tight Oil Sandstone Reservoirs, Wyoming and Colorado: Core Workshop--Part I; #80592 (2017)

Richard Bottjer, Gus Gustason, Kevin Smith, Jack Beuthin

Search and Discovery.com

... to wellsite geologists and geosteering professionals that desire a better understanding of reservoirs that are actively being exploited with horizontal drilling...

Tight Oil Sandstone Reservoirs, Wyoming and Colorado: Core Workshop--Part II; #80593 (2017)

Richard Bottjer, Gus Gustason, Kevin Smith, Jack Beuthin

Search and Discovery.com

... to geologists, engineers, petrophysicists, and geophysicists working on oil resource plays in sandstone reservoirs. This course was also of interest to wellsite...

A Brief History of Schlumberger

Mark Mau

Petroleum History Institute

...ury technology pioneered by Camco established industry standards for gas lift equipment, subsurface safety equipment, packers and slickline power and reel un...

Resistivity Modeling as a Formation Evaluation Tool - Application of Resistivity-Tool-Response Modeling for Formation Evaluation - Archie Series No. 2

Hezhu Yin

AAPG Special Volumes

... It is necessary to check the wellsite calibration and log-quality indicators usually provided on  the field prints of the log, because “every logging...

A Review of Well Log Interpretation Techniques for Carbonate Reservoirs of South-East Asia

P. Cooke-Yarborough

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... due to the advent of digital computer wellsite recording. Methods to identify fractures and permeability indication techniques are reviewed, as well...

Can ISIP Really Tell Closure Pressure? - Case Study of Consecutive DFITs in the Eagle Ford

Shintaro Kuroda, Shunichi Watanabe, Kenji Ueda

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in this paper, calculating its value from the ISIP measured by the wellsite supervisor at wellhead pressure and the fluid density. If the injection volume...

A Discussion of Oil Exploration in the Austin Chalk with the Advent of Horizontal Drilling Techniques

Jack Sherman

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... of a few feet can mean the difference between a productive and non-productive well. Therefore the wellsite geologist must have the option...

A Brief Look at Commercial Core Analysis

John T. Heines

CSPG Bulletin

...A Brief Look at Commercial Core Analysis John T. Heines 1960 207 212 Vol. 8 (1960) No. 7. (July) At the wellsite the core is inspected and prepared...

Ouachita Mountains Field Trip

Robert O. Fay

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... method of fracturing a well with rocket propellant, developed by Wellsite Laboratories of Oklahoma City. The geologic map was compiled on a modern...

Front Matter: West Texas Geological Society: “Re-Invigorating the Permian Basin”

David DaGian

West Texas Geological Society

...” Xavier Janson and F. Jerry Lucia “Relationships Between Acoustic and Petrophysical Properties of Permian Dolograinstones” Ryan King “Wellsite Geosciences...

Recognition and Evaluation of Pressure-Depleted Reservoirs

Raymond P. Sorenson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... hydrocarbon-bearing sandstones being missed by even the most conscientious of wellsite personnel. Gas Composition Although the total gas readings from...

Integration of structural and stratigraphic data using automated workflows

Hussein Abdallah, Sven Philit, Nicolas Daynac

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., localised barriers and compartments Fast, at-wellsite data for real-time decision making more cost effective than collecting wellsite samples for lab...

New Technology Closes Micro-Annular Flow Paths in the Wellbore, Stopping Downhole Gas from Escaping to the Surface

C. Green, R. Evans, B. Fry, W. S. Wruck

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., several states have issued guidelines and practices that require operators to minimize leakage before plug and abandon and/or other wellsite operations can...

Mapping Anticlines from the Air

Heli Wopfner

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...' Oodnadatta-1 wellsite and associated seismic survey being conducted by the Bureau of Mineral Resou rces. At the wellsite we viewed various drillcore...

Log Analysis Applications: Part 8. Integrated Computer Methods

Charles A. Cleneay

AAPG Special Volumes

... truck computers usually have levels one and two data-processing capabilities. To benefit from this at the wellsite, users must already be acquainted...

Carbonate Rock Characteristics and Effect on Oil Accumulation in Mid-Continent Area

John F. Harris

AAPG Bulletin

... is the development of new aids for finding petroleum and gas reserves. This exploratory effort culminates with the aptitude of the wellsite geologist, who...

AAPG 2016 Pacific Section and Rocky Mountain Section Joint Meeting

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Some Future Directions in Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry, #90110 (2010)

Steve Larter, Chunqing Jiang, Lloyd Snowdon, Barry Bennett, Thomas Oldenburg, Haiping Huang, Ian Gates, Jennifer Adams

Search and Discovery.com

... to the wellsite and down into the reservoir itself. Although exploration continues worldwide, average recoveries are below 50% and thus the challenge today...

Resistivity not Required: Fluid Identification From Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs, #41768 (2016).

Charlie H. Smith, Layne Hamilton, Lynda Ziane

Search and Discovery.com

... monitoring of cuttings by wellsite geologists has become a preferred method to segregate different reservoir portions and attempt to reduce water...

Permian Wolfcamp Interesting Log Interpretation Problem; #41896 (2016)

George B. Asquith

Search and Discovery.com

... September 2016. Millican, M.L., L.L. Raymer, and R.P. Alger, 1964, Wellsite Recording of Moveable Oil Plot: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, 5th...

A Whole-Rock Geochemical Approach for Rapidly Assessing Reservoir Quality and Fracture Openness in Sandstones, by Michael C. Dix, Neil W. Craigie, Timothy J. Pearce; #90027 (2004)

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References: Application of Resistivity-Tool-Response Modeling for Formation Evaluation - Archie Series No. 2

Hezhu Yin

AAPG Special Volumes

..., 1995, A multiarray induction tool optimized for efficient wellsite operation: SPE 30583, 70th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Society...

AAPG Archie Series, No. 1, Chapter 5: Drilling, Coring, and Logging Programs for Thinly Bedded Formations

Q. R. Passey, K. E. Dahlberg, K. B. Sullivan, H. Yin, R. A. Brackett, Y. H. Xiao, and A. G. Guzmán-Garcia

AAPG Special Volumes

... of core when brought to surface. • Obtain a core gamma-ray log at wellsite to aid in tying core to logs and to protect against inverting sections...