Constraining Permeability Field to Engineering Data: an Innovative Approach in Reservoir Characterization

Hisham Al-Qassab

Kansas Geological Society

... fluid-flow simulation study as it defines the path of fluid flow. However, one of the most outstanding challenges in reservoir characterization...

Effect of Interbeds on Hydraulic Fracture Characteristics and Formation Pressure Response

Matthew Profit, Martin Dutko, Adam Bere, Uno Mutlu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...). Pore fluid coupling is single phase and flow is controlled by conductivity changes due to applied mechanical and hydraulic loads. Simultaneous fracture...

Multiphase flow in oil and gas reservoirs

Monty E. Hoffman, James Crafton

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... of fluid flow in energy non-equilibrium reservoirs. This, coupled with the fact that drilling-induced permeability damage is common in these reservoirs...

Unconventional Performance Metrics Validated Using Eagle Ford Field Data

B. Lowry, S. Panta, D. Chakravarthy

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and fluid type  Flow regime unknown  Inconsistent forecasting methodology  Large uncertainty and bias using early time data  Misleading on value...

Abstract: Influence of Cooling and Heating Rate on CO2 Condensation and Evaporation Observed in a Saturated Synthetic Rock Sample; #90187 (2014)

R. Kofman, A. Rabbani, G. Njiekak, and D. R. Schmitt

Search and Discovery.com

... from related seismic surveys. This paper focuses on the effects of CO2 as a pore fluid on the overall rock seismic response. Laboratory measurements...

Abstract: Salt Tectonic Controls on Fluid Flow, Gas Hydrate Occurrence and Surface Heat Flow, Kwanza Basin, Offshore Angola, by Christophe Serié, Mads Huuse, and Niels Schødt; #90124 (2011)

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Heat Flow in the Ocean-Continent Crustal Transition Zone of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Alden R. Netto, Seiichi Nagihara

GCAGS Transactions

... of shale-dominated sediments, radiogenic heat production may account for 20% of the seafloor heat flow (e.g., Nagihara et al., 1996). Pore fluid...

Nuclear magnetic resonance and x-ray microtomography pore-scale analysis of oil recovery in mixed-porosity carbonates

Hubert King, Michael Sansone, John Dunsmuir, Nicole Callen, Pavel Kortunov, Ye Xu, Antonio Buono, Bo Gao, and James Kralik

AAPG Bulletin

... the importance of connectivity to fluid flow. For example, it is shown in the images below how oil distribution is affected by percent microporosity, and also...

WFT Data and Pressure Profile Analysis: Applications, Complexities, and Challenges

J. V. C. Howes

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... acquisition and data analysis. Typical applications of pressure profile analysis include (a) identification of pore fluid type, (b) estimation of pore...

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)

... deviation can cause large changes in fluid velocity and holdup, particularly at lower flow rates. Flow patterns encountered in horizontal wells essentially...

Abstract: Characterization of Fractured Reservoir and Simulation of Fluid Flow Therein: Application of Wavelet Transformations, by M. Sahimi; #90911 (2000)

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Sleipner Fluid Dynamics; #80111 (2010)

Bert van der Meer

Search and Discovery.com

...Sleipner Fluid Dynamics; #80111 (2010) Bert van der Meer Sleipner Fluid Dynamics* (Fluid Dynamics of the Hydrostatic Offshore Conditions...

Upscaling two-phase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs

Stephan K. Matthai, Hamidreza M. Nick

AAPG Bulletin

..., Rome, Italy, Society of Petroleum Engineers Paper No. 113890.Barton, C., D. Mos, and M. Zoback, 1995, Fluid flow along potentially active faults...

Fluid Pressure in Porous Media -- Its Importance in Geology: A Review

P. E. Gretener

CSPG Bulletin

... is a sill and not a surface flow, their interpretation seems plausible. High fluid pressures also seem to be found in many cases under advancing ice sheets...

The Fundamental Role of Electrostatic Forces within Pore Systems and Their Effects on Resource Evaluation and Reservoir Performance: Capillary Forces Theory

Robert Lee, Per K. Pedersen, Thomas F. Moslow, Roberto Aguilera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and complex reservoirs, and fluid flow within them. This study is the first to integrate pore system electrostatic forces into a comprehensive...

Fundamentals of Conventional (Plug) Type Core Analysis

W. H. Hilliard

Panhandle (Texas) Geological Society

.... A formation has one darcy of permeability if through it will flow one cubic centimeter per second per square centimeter of cross section of a fluid of one...

A Unified Classification of Oil and Gas Reservoirs

A. I. Krinari

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of the phases of a multiphase flow of a fluid filling the pores (e. g., water and oil; water, oil, and gas, etc.). Coefficient of relative permeability (kr...

Three-dimensional inverse modeling of the refractive heat-flow anomaly associated with salt diapirism

Seiichi Nagihara

AAPG Bulletin

...Three-dimensional inverse modeling of the refractive heat-flow anomaly associated with salt diapirism Seiichi Nagihara 2003 1207 1222 87 7...

The Permeability of Overpressure Shale Seals and of Source Rock Reservoirs is the Same; #40935 (2012)

Kenneth E. Williams

Search and Discovery.com

..., 2008, Blasingame, The characteristics of low-permeability reservoir systems SPE-124253, 2009, Wang et al., Pore networks and fluid flow in gas shales...

Fracturing Fluid Loss in Unconventional Reservoirs: Evaluating the Impact of Osmotic Pressure and Surfactant and Methods to Upscale Results

Bin Pan, Christopher R. Clarkson, Adnan Younis, Chengyao Song, Chris Debuhr, Amin Ghanizadeh, Viola I. Birss

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Fracturing Fluid Loss in Unconventional Reservoirs: Evaluating the Impact of Osmotic Pressure and Surfactant and Methods to Upscale Results Bin Pan...

References Cited: Part 10. Reservoir Engineering Methods

AAPG Special Volumes

... for enhanced oil recovery from known fields in the United States--1976-2000: NPC, Dec. Odeh, A. S., 1986, Reservoir fluid flow and natural drive...

Fluid Flow

Gerard Middleton, John B. Southard

Special Publications of SEPM

...Fluid Flow Gerard Middleton, John B. Southard Copyright © 2012, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM) Mechanics of Sediment...

Coupled Geomechanics and Pore Confinement Effects for Modeling Unconventional Shale Reservoirs

Yi Xiong, Philip Winterfeld, Yu-Shu Wu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the reduction of the pore and pore-throat sizes. This reduction on pore spaces affects again the fluid flow through impacts on the thermodynamic phase...

Predicting Water Condensation Around a Dry Gas Well to Prevent Water Blocking

Leksono Mucharam, Asep Kurnia Permadi, Crisa Agriawan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... It frequently happens that a gas well does not flow after being shut in; for example, after conducting a test. As a result, the well must be swabbed to put...

Linear Trends of Paleo-Pockmarks and Fluid Flow Pipes in the Jurassic and Triassic Sediments of Offshore Northwest Australia

Tayallen Velayatham, Simon Holford, Mark Bunch

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...Linear Trends of Paleo-Pockmarks and Fluid Flow Pipes in the Jurassic and Triassic Sediments of Offshore Northwest Australia Tayallen Velayatham...