Initiation and growth of salt diapirs in tectonically stable settings: Upbuilding and megaflaps

Maria A. Nikolinakou, Mahdi Heidari, Michael R. Hudec, and Peter B. Flemings

AAPG Bulletin

... of sediment layers near salt. This is a significant advancement over previous evolutionary models of salt systems that assumed an initial salt geometry...

Abstract: Sub-Salt and Sub-Basalt Imaging Using Long Offset and Multicomponent Seismic Data, by J. Gaiser, N. Jones, and P. Fontana; #90923 (1999)

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ABSTRACT: Geometric or Dynamic Restoration? Lessons from Analogue Models, by H. Koyi; #91021 (2010)

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Evergreen digital subsurface geostructure and geomechanics model for optimized well drilling

Gongrui Yan, Qihong Lei, Peng Liu, Lin Liang, Ting Lei, Yansong Huang, Paul Bolchover, Gaige Wang, Haipeng Zhao, Maoyou Sun

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... horizontal wells were also proved accurate and efficient with actual drilling results. This field case confirms the effectiveness in transferring domain...

Deep Dix: Enhancing interval velocity model estimation through adversarial regularization

Joseph Stitt, Robert Clapp, Biondo Biondi

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... horizontal bedding models, then transitioning to geologically consistent synthetic models resembling our field data. Recognizing the need...

P- and S-Wave Velocity Structures of the Sigsbee Abyssal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico from Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data

Sangmyung D. Kim, Seiichi Nagihara, Yosio Nakamura

GCAGS Transactions

... of the sediments in the Sigsbee Plain. All of these studies showed that the sedimentary layers in the Sigsbee Plain are nearly horizontal and experienced little...

Mechanical Stratigraphy Modeling, the Foundation of Unconventional Geomechanical Analysis

Roda Bradley, Vahid Mostafavi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in adjacent layers. URTeC 5153 Figure 9: Ultrasonic image in a horizontal well showing the impact of mechanical stratigraphy. Breakouts (red boxes...

Abstract: Advances in Surface-Groundwater Modelling in Lagoon Environment with Airborne Electromagnetics and High Resolution Seismic: Example from the Venice Lagoon; #90172 (2014)

A. Viezzoli, Pietro Teatini, Luigi Tosi

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.... Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Applications, University of Padova, Italy and Luigi Tosi Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR, Venice...

Fracture Prediction in Triple-Bed Strata

Ron W. Pritchett

Four Corners Geological Society

... 11. Outcrop fracture styles and laboratory models can guide horizontal and lateral drilling designs for: optimum wellbore direction; wellbore...

Characterization of Opening-Mode Fracture Systems in the Austin Chalk

Julia F. W. Stowell

GCAGS Transactions

... Chalk is a low-permeability, fractured reservoir that has been the target of numerous horizontal wells in Texas. For wells to be successful, parameters...

Stress Changes and Coal Failure Analysis in Coal Seam Gas Wells Accounting for Matrix Shrinkage: An Example from Bowen Basin, East Australia

Mohammadreza Zare Reisabadi, Manouchehr Haghighi, Abbas Khaksar

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... drilled horizontal and multilateral wells in the Bowen Basin have experienced unexpected fines and solid production during production from coal layers...

Increasing Geological Accuracy in Reservoir Models through Process-Oriented Modeling; #50215 (2009)

Rex Knepp

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.... For this study, our client wanted models of the high horizontal-high vertical heterogeneity case in the lower right compartment, what is called the “labyrinth...

Uncertainty Analysis on Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing

Abbas Movassagh, Elaheh Arjomand, Dane Kasperczyk, James Kear, Tess Dance

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... aquifers, or it may overreach to abandoned wells by excessive horizontal propagation. Geological layers that undergo treatment could be compromised...

Determining Static Elastic Anisotropy in Shales from Sidewall Cores: Impact on Stress Prediction and Hydraulic Fracture Modeling

Brian Crawford, Yueming Liang, Philippe Gaillot, Kelvin Amalokwu, Xianyun Wu, Robert Valdez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... level. While the overall trend is towards generally decreasing horizontal stresses with shallower depth, repeated crossing of such layers with pronounced...

Influence of mobile shale on thrust faults: Insights from discrete element simulations

Sarah Dean, Julia Morgan, and J. P. Brandenburg

AAPG Bulletin

..., no back thrusts developed in the models, even in the case of a horizontal basement. Gravitationally collapsing deltas have also been simulated using...

Impact of Parent Well Depletion on Stress Changes and Infill Well Completion in Multiple Layers in Permian Basin

Anusarn Sangnimnuan, Jiawei Li, Kan Wu, Stephen A. Holditch

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Impact of Parent Well Depletion on Stress Changes and Infill Well Completion in Multiple Layers in Permian Basin Anusarn Sangnimnuan, Jiawei Li, Kan...

Physical-Model Investigation of the Influence of Early Extensional (Growth) Faults on Fold-Thrust Structures, with Application to the Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt

J. M. Dixon

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... of horizontal layers of Plasticine and silicone putty (analogues for limestone and shaie, respectiveiy), representing interlayered com­ petent units...

Deformation in Ramp Regions of Overthrust Faults: Experiments with Small-Scale Rock Models

James Morse

Wyoming Geological Association

...Deformation in Ramp Regions of Overthrust Faults: Experiments with Small-Scale Rock Models James Morse 1977 457 470 Barber, D.W., 1973...

The Mismatch Between Outcrop Unconformity and Seismic Unconformity

Wolfgang Schlager

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... boundaries were mapped with great care and thickness and horizontal distances measured as accurately as possible. The impedance models are more simple than...

Physics-Driven Optimization of Drained Rock Volume for Multistage Fracturing: Field Example from the Wolfcamp Formation, Midland Basin

Sergei G. Parsegov, Kiran Nandlal, David S. Schechter, Ruud Weijermars

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...lume drained by the five fractures of Stage 2 in Well 46H has been reconstructed after quantifying the flux allocations for 15 horizontal layers ...

Lessons for Subsurface Fractured Reservoir Studies from an Outcrop-based 3-D Model of Fluid Flow in a Fractured Carbonate Fold, #51055 (2015).

Kevin Bisdom, Giovanni Bertotti, Bertrand Gauthier

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... is defined as the impact of matrix flow and fracture flow combined. The layers in the model are horizontal, corresponding to the simplistic scenario where...

Convolution and Deconvolution: ABSTRACT

T. Cantwell, Robert H. Ray

AAPG Bulletin

... layers are given. Models representing Libyan conditions were constructed, and their convolution operators studied. In some places, the effect...

ABSTRACT: An Integrated Geophysical Study at the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Eray Kocel

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... of the subsurface, these models will comprise several constant density layers with variable geometry that map the sedimentary, upper and lower crustal boundaries...

ABSTRACT: Study of Multilayer Wrench-Fault System Using Rock Models Deformed Under Confining Pressure, by Ching-Weei Lin; #91025 (2010)

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Abstract: Near-surface S-wave Velocity from an up Hole Survey using Explosive Sources; #90187 (2014)

Saul E. Guevara, Gary F. Margrave, and William M. Agudelo

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... complex variations noticed in the uphole can be masked by the low-frequency high-energy ground-roll in the surface data. Refractions on the horizontal...