Alternative Strategies for Modelling Complex Structures

Stephen Tyson

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the upscaling process, insufficient data to construct a fine scale geocellular model, poor choice of gridding parameters for the geocellular model...

Elastic FWI application to a land data set in the Middle East

Anna Sedova, Olivier Leblanc, Thibaut Allemand, Gilles Lambar, Stphane Pellerin, Daniela Donno

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for accurate imaging. While recent developments in full-waveform inversion (FWI) make it a powerful velocity model building tool, its application to land...

Towards wave-equation ambient noise tomography of a landslide: The Harmalière case study

Giuseppe Provenzano, Grégory Biévre, Romain Brossier, Stéphane Garambois, Ludovic Métivier

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... tomography for this kind of datasets and targets are discussed. The obtained three-dimensional elastic model aims at contributing with unprecedented...

3-D Geological Modeling and Reservoir Flow Simulation of a Leveed-Channel Outcrop with Application to Deepwater Leveed-Channel Reservoirs; #40555 (2010)

Carlos A. Santacruz, Roger Slatt, Yucel Akkutlu, Kurt J. Marfurt

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... Energy Inc., Houston, TX. ([email protected]) Abstract This paper presents a 3D geological model of part of the Cretaceous Dad Sandstone (Lewis...

The Caballos Novaculite Revisited Part I: Origin of Novaculite Members

Robert L. Folk, Earle F. McBride

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the two novaculite members for additional clues to the origin of novaculite (white, pelletal, spiculitic chert) yielded the discovery of several...

Improving Unconventional Reservoir Factory-Model Development by an Integrated Workflow with Earth Model, Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir Simulation and Uncertainty Analysis

Baosheng Liang, Shahzad Khan, Sinchia Dewi Puspita, Tan Tran, Song Du, Erika Blair, Stephen Rives

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is the permeability field in the unstructured simulation grid for one well with hydraulic fractures shown in white. 3D Earth Model The general...

Using Depletion-Zone Microseismicity to Understand Producing Volumes

Jonathan P. McKenna, Michael H. Grealy, Michael S. Blaz, Nathan M. Toohey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... induces fractures at rates that can be modeled using a pressure-diffusion model (Shapiro, 2009). When the front encounters a depleted reservoir...

Supporting offshore CCS pilot scale injection with Spot Seismic

Habib Al Khatib, Jean-Luc Mari, Tillmann Roth, Elodie Morgan

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

... and refined the injection model. The results from three different time-lapse monitoring periods showed clear 4D signals at the reservoir level...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Structural Evolution and Natural Fracture Patterns of the Divide Creek Anticline and Rulison/Mamm Creek Gas Fields, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Bruce D. Trudgill, Michael F. Doe

GCAGS Transactions

... to be interpreted. The mapped faults and horizons were then used to create an elastic dislocation model of the reservoir (Jackson, 2007). This model yields a 3D...

Gulf of Mexico: Turbidite Channel System, Offshore Gulf of Mexico

Gary J. Mitch and Garret G. Chong

AAPG Special Volumes

... 0-3; the most dense (Grade 3) corresponds to the greatest impedance contrast or anomaly. Areas of white tone (Grade 0) represent low-amplitude...

Salt Piercement Versus Downbuilding on Shallow Gulf Coast Salt Domes: DISCUSSION

Max Bornhauser

AAPG Bulletin

... Geologists Bull., v. 53, no. 7, p. 1411-1420. Parker, T. J., and A. N. McDowell, 1955, Model studies of salt-dome tectonics: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists...

Hydrothermal-Sedimentary Dolomite: the Missing Link?: DISCUSSION

German Muller

AAPG Bulletin

...: Tschermaks Mineral. Petrgr. Mitt., v. 7, p. 286-289. White, D. E., J. D. Hem, and G. A. Waring, 1963, Chemical composition of subsurface waters...

‘Scale Is Everything’ -- the Permian Cedar Mesa Outcrop, a ‘Qualitative’ Analog for the Permian Unayzah, ‘Wet’ Eolian Depositional System in Saudi Arabia, by Christian J. Heine and John Melvin, #50088 (2008).

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Analysis Of Basalts In The White Mountains, California By X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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Quantification of Connectivity in Images

Yaokun Wu, Siddharth Misra

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to which geobodies are connected where the connectivity can be used to quantify characteristics of a 3D reservoir model and may have implications...

A Case Study of Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation as Proven Novel Treatment in Revealing Jabung North East Betara (NEB) Oil Capacity

I Gusti Agung Aditya Surya Wibawa, Beiruny Syam, Hendra Niko Saputra, Dhearty Diaka Dare, Arditya Puspiyantoro Ahmad Sumadi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Integration of geology, geophysical and reservoir modeling data is required to propose the fracturing model. Over 44 mD permeability appears in DST-2 virgin...

Results of a Preliminary Test Investigation on the Applicability of Passive Seismic Tomography in VC Block - Assam, India; #41070 (2012)

Rohit Sinha, Nikos Martakis, Akis Tselentis, and Paris Paraskevopoulos

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... in the area is sufficient enough to provide a 3D Vp and Vp/Vs subsurface model via passive tomography (PST) and provide a course velocity and Vp/Vs model...

Full Use of Dipmeter Data for Geocellular Property Modeling in the McMurray Formation, Alberta; #41586 (2015)

Gregory S. Benson

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... direction. However, dipmeter data is seldom used as direct conditioning for population of geocellular model properties. We discuss the preparation...

Mapping Depth to Basement Using 2D Werner Inversion of High-Resolution AeroMagnetic (HRAM) Data, #41595 (2015).

Hassan H. Hassan, Robert A. Charters, John W. Peirce

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... well information our interpretation is to some extent subjective. In this work, we first applied MaFIC on synthetic data from the Bishop 3D Model (Reid...

Optimization of a Paraffinic Oil Transmission Pipeline Network Design: Simulation Approach

Leksono Mucharam, Septoratno Siregar, Darmadi, Musyoffi Yahya, Achirul Akbar

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... using the implicit Newton – Raphson method. In this study a new friction model of Colebrook and White is used in the implicit form and it is also solved...

Elastic full-waveform inversion of 4C ocean-bottom seismic data: Model parameterization analysis

Jian Cao, Romain Brossier, Ludovic Mtivier

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Elastic full-waveform inversion of 4C ocean-bottom seismic data: Model parameterization analysis Jian Cao, Romain Brossier, Ludovic Mtivier Elastic...

Modeling of Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Complexity

Christopher Sherman, Joseph Morris, Scott Johnson, Alexei A. Savitski

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... horizontal wellbore using a fully coupled 3D Finite Element hydraulic fracturing model. An outstanding question in the design of a hydraulic fracturing...

First-Cycle Grain Weathering Processes: Compositions and Textures of Sea Glass from Port Allen, Kauai, Hawaii

Patricia L. Corcoran, Katrina Packer, Mark C. Biesinger

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., A spheroidal weathering model coupling porewater chemistry to soil thickness during steady-state denudation: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 244, p...

Seismic Models of a Shelf-margin Depositional Sequence: Upper San Andres Formation, Last Chance Canyon, New Mexico

Jan Stafleu , Mark D. Sonnenfeld

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... hemicycle; siliciclastic hemicycles are in white. Dark gray refers to high-velocity values, light gray to low ones. A) Model A: impedance assignments...

Interpreting Inter-Well Poroelastic Pressure Transient Data: An Analytical Approach Validated with Field Case Studies

Brendan Elliott, Ripudaman Manchanda, Puneet Seth, Mukul M. Sharma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... The white squares represent regions where the inversion was unsuccessful. Results and Discussion The model presented in this paper is applied...