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SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada
September 30–October 2, 2014
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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978-1-61399-363-7
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SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada
LNG Development and Water Management
Interrelationship of Weak Organic Acids, Bases, pH and HPLC Analysis Method in Produced Waters
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171650-MS
Analysis of Microbes in Hydraulic Fracturing of Montney Tight Gas Formations in Western Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171651-MS
Horizontal Wells in Western Canada - a Status Update
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171655-MS
Building Meaningful Upstream Representations for the LNG Supply Chain
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171631-MS
Rock Fluid Interaction
A Rock and Fluid Study of Middle Bakken Formation: Key to Enhanced Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171668-MS
Advances in Understanding Liquid Flow in Gas Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171653-MS
Wettability of the Montney Tight Gas Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171620-MS
Analysis of Chemical Tracer Flowback in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171656-MS
Understanding the Origin of Flowback Salts: A Laboratory and Field Study
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171647-MS
Level Set Method for Tracking the Penetration Front of a Fracturing Fluid in Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171584-MS
Effects of Pore Confinement on Rate-Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171637-MS
Development of Specialized Plots for Production Data Analysis of Tight Reservoirs with Secondary Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171589-MS
Hydraulic Fracturing Design and Analysis
Evaluation and Optimization of Proppant Distribution in Multistage Fractured Horizontal Wells: A Simulation Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171581-MS
Effect of Fracture Surface Roughness and Shear Displacement on Permeability and Proppant Transportation in a Single Fracture
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171577-MS
Experimental and Numerical Study on Spontaneous Imbibition of Fracturing Fluids in Shale Gas Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171600-MS
Benefits of Controlled Hydraulic Fracture Placement: Theory and Field Experiment
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171667-MS
Dual Application of Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles as Enzyme Breaker Carriers and Fluid Loss Additives for Fracturing Fluids
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171571-MS
Hydraulic Fracturing: A Marcellus Case Study of an Engineered Staging Completion Based on Rock Properties
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171618-MS
Experimental Investigation of Proppant Diagenesis
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171604-MS
Tight Oil & Gas Performance and Forecasting I
Understanding Water Flood Response in Tight Oil Formations: A Case Study of the Lower Shaunavon
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171671-MS
Analysis of Multi-Well and Stage-by-Stage Flowback from Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171591-MS
Production Forecasting in Shales: A Comparative Field Data Study Using Large Well Counts
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171599-MS
A Flowback-Guided Approach for Production Data Analysis in Tight Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171636-MS
Estimating Effective Fracture Volume from Early-time Production Data: A Material Balance Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171673-MS
Hyperbolic Decline Parameters During and After Linear Flow: Field Example from the Barnett Shale Using Public Data
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171568-MS
Well Spacing Optimization in Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171640-MS
Production Forecasting in Unconventional Resources using Data Mining and Time Series Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171588-MS
North American Multi-Discipline Case Studies - Good, Bad and Ugly
Reservoir and Drilling Engineering Combined Effort to Develop a Naturally Fractured Over Pressured Shale Formation: Understanding and Operational Specific Procedures
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171587-MS
Adding Value to the Kerrobert, Viking Oil Formation via Emerging Completion Methodologies of Horizontal Multi-Stage Wells – A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171622-MS
Utilizing Fit-For-Purpose Decision Analysis Techniques to Maximize Value From Unconventionals: Case Studies from the Wolfcamp Play, Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171665-MS
Tight Cardium Multi-Stage Fractured Horizontal Oil Well Performance Study Focusing on the Effectiveness of Various Fracture Fluid Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171583-MS
Correlation of High Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration to Deep Features, in Eagle Ford Shale Wells, McMullen County, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171624-MS
Effect of Formation Stimulation Order in the Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171617-MS
Structural Interactions with Fracture Treatments in the Horn River Basin of NE BC
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171615-MS
Modelling Unconventional Stimulated Reservoir Volume
The Application of Discrete Fracture Network Modelling to the Optimization of Wells in Resource Plays
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171608-MS
Optimization of Duvernay Fracturing Treatment Design Using Fully Compositional Dual Permeability Numeric Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171602-MS
Resolving In Situ Stress Regime, Hydraulic Fracture Geometry and Complexity by Comparing Acoustic Well Logging Data Acquired in Horizontal and Vertical Wells in the Montney Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171576-MS
A Methodology to Quantify the Impact of Well Interference and Optimize Well Spacing in the Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171578-MS
Integrated Geoscience and Reservoir Simulation Approach to Understanding Fluid Flow in Multi-Well Pad Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171611-MS
Integrated Reservoir Characterization and 3D Modeling of the Monteith Formation: Tight Gas Sandstones in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Alberta, Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171607-MS
Improvement in Permeability Models for Unconventional Gas Reservoirs and Model Selection Using Statistical Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171641-MS
Hydraulic Fracturing Materials and Operations
Quantification of Proppant Distribution Effect on Well Productivity and Recovery Factor of Hydraulically Fractured Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171594-MS
Temporal Evolution of the Geometrical and Transport Properties of a Fracture-Proppant System under Increasing Mechanical Loading
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171572-MS
Integration of Microseismic Data, Tracer Information, and Fracture Modeling into the Development of Fractured Horizontal Wells in the Slave Point Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171605-MS
Understanding the Optimum Fracture Conductivity for Naturally Fractured Shale and Tight Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171648-MS
Influence of Friction Reducer on Scale Inhibitor Performance and Scaling Tendency in Slickwater Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171661-MS
Integrating Active and Passive Seismic Data to Better Predict Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171652-MS
Tight Oil & Gas Performance and Forecasting ll
Rate-Decline Analysis For Fracture-Dominated Shale Reservoirs: Part 2
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171610-MS
Multiphase Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs: Theory and Applications
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171657-MS
History-Matching and Forecasting Tight/Shale Gas Condensate Wells Using Combined Analytical, Semi-Analytical, and Empirical Methods
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171593-MS
Systematic Study of Bakken Well Performance over Three Well Completion Design Eras
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171566-MS
Bilinear Flow in Shale Gas Wells: Fact or Fiction?
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171669-MS
Downhole Choke Applications and Performance Impact: A Tupper Field Montney Evaluation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171598-MS
Innovation & New Technology
Zonal Isolation Technology Case History
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171670-MS
Using High-Grading and Portfolio Tools to Allocate Resources among Shale Play Opportunities
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171644-MS
Horizontal Well Injection Profiling Using Distributed Temperature Sensing
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171586-MS
A New Methodology to Forecast Solution Gas Production in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171580-MS
Successful Application of Horizontal Through Pipe Petrophysical Technology to Model the Montney Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171675-MS
Sequenced Fracture Treatment Diversion Enhances Horizontal Well Completions in the Eagle Ford Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171660-MS
A Correlational Study to Evaluate Minimum Detectable Leak Rate in Gas Wellbores Using Ultrasound Survey
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171630-MS
Multi-Disciplinarian Stimulated Reservoir Volume Determination
Enhanced Fluid Flow: An Improved Method for Estimating Stimulated Reservoir Volume
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171616-MS
Geomechanical Characterization of an Unconventional Reservoir with Microseismic Fracture Monitoring Data and Unconventional Fracture Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171590-MS
Integrated Characterization of Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs Production History Matching
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171664-MS
Dependence of Stress-Induced Micro-Seismicity on Natural Fracture Properties and In-Situ Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171632-MS
Determining Interwell Connectivity and Reservoir Complexity through Frac Pressure Hits and Production Interference Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171628-MS
Entering a Liquid-Rich Shale Play Near the Top of the Learning Curve: Early Quantification and Application of Development Best Practices
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171658-MS
Geological Challenges
In-Situ and Induced Stresses in the Development of Unconventional Resources
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171627-MS
Viscoelastic Creep of Eagle Ford Shale: Investigating Fluid-Shale Interaction
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171569-MS
Linking Rock Mechanic Petrophysics to Proppant Selection in the Wolfcamp: Capitalizing on Log Based Value of Information
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171606-MS
A Geomechanical Model for High-Volume, Proppantless, Slickwater Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in the Tight-Gas Sands of the Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171625-MS
Petrophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Canadian Tight Oil and Liquid-Rich Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171633-MS
Petrophysical Quantification of Multiple Porosities in Shale Petroleum Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171638-MS
Factors Controlling Fluid Migration and Distribution in the Eagle Ford Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171626-MS
New Steady-State Technique for Measuring Shale Core Plug Permeability
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171613-MS
Maintaining Wellbore Stability and Reducing CLIP Events in the Bakken Shale: An Integrated Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171645-MS
Drilling & Completions: Challenges and Solutions
Rotary Steerable System With Optimized Functionally Integrated System-Specific Drill Bits Reduces Drilling Days and Extends Laterals in Northeastern US Horizontal Shale Plays
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171619-MS
Back to the Future: Shale 2.0 - Returning Back to Engineering and Modelling Hydraulic Fractures in Unconventionals With New Seismic to Stimulation Workflows
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171662-MS
Ultrasonic Log Response in Lightweight Cement Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171612-MS
Does a Multi-Entry, Multi-Stage Fracturing Sleeve System Improve Production in Bakken Shale Wells Over Other Completion Methods?
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171629-MS
Reducing Cost and Risk with Cemented-Back Monobore Well Construction in the Cardium Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171585-MS
Shale Bedding Impact on Wellbore Stability and Drilling Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/171601-MS
