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Geomechanical Characterization and Modeling in the Montney for Hydraulic Fracturing Optimization
Available to PurchaseQiuguo Li, Oscar Michi, Drazenko Boskovic, Alexey Zhmodik, Majid Faskhoodi, Giselle Ferrer, Venkateshwaran Ramanathan, Taofeek Ogunyemi, Raouf Ameuri
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199978-MS
... and modeling study for evaluating the impact of geomechanics on completions and hydraulic fracturing stimulations optimization in the Montney resource play, Canada. Following an integrated workflow, 1D mechanical earth models (MEM) for ten wells were constructed in the study area. These 1D MEMs include...
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Case Studies of Integrated Flowback Analysis: Examples from the Montney and Duvernay Formations
Available to PurchaseChristopher R. Clarkson, Jesse Williams-Kovacs, Zhenzihao Zhang, Bin Yuan, Amin Ghanizadeh, Hamidreza Hamdi, Arshad Islam
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199968-MS
... properties along the MFHW, among other factors. While some constraints on RTA model assumptions may be applied through a carefully-designed surveillance and testing program in the field (e.g. to constrain fracture geometry), still others require laboratory measurements. In this work, an integrated flowback...
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Need for Speed: Data Analytics Coupled to Reservoir Characterization Fast Tracks Well Completion Optimization
Available to PurchasePiyush Pankaj, Steve Geetan, Richard MacDonald, Priyavrat Shukla, Abhishek Sharma, Samir Menasria, Tobias Judd
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189790-MS
... is to demonstrate a new workflow coupling earth sciences with data analytics to operationalize well completion optimization. The workflow aims to build a robust predictive model that allows users to perform sensitivity analysis on completion designs within a few hours. Current workflows for well completion...
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Real-Time Completion Optimization of Fracture Treatment Using Commonly Available Surface Drilling and Fracing Data
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189810-MS
... pressures, improving cluster efficiency. These variable geomechanical logs and minimum stresses derived from surface drilling data are used to model the optimal asymmetric frac design and its resulting geometry. Fracture pressure analysis is done where the modeled surface-treating pressures are calibrated...
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Case Study of Time-Based Stress Shadow Influences on New Well Fracture Propagation Patterns in the Montney
Available to PurchaseNeil Peterson, Ahmed Ouenes, Matthew Ng, Randy Hughes, Barry Hlidek, Yamina Aimene, Arman Khodabakhshnejad, Xiaopeng Li
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189813-MS
... model is derived. This model is used to map local modification of the initial stress state along parallel Upper Montney laterals. Initial stress conditions and stress shadow influences on observed fracture propagation patterns in the second well at multiple points during the completion is then used...
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Strategic Waterflood Optimization with Innovative Active Injection Control Devices in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Available to PurchaseKyle Barry, Ryan McDowell, Kevin McArthur, Anton Kozin, Trena Marie Stretch, Avo Keshishian, Jawad Farid
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189824-MS
... processed DTS data, a reservoir simulation model has been used to match unique injection profiles along horizontal wellbores. The results from these models supported the need to pursue injection diversion. Several means to optimize injection profiles have been trialed, the results of which support...
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Experimental Study and Modeling of Cryogenic Fracturing Treatment of Synthetic Rock Samples Using Liquid Nitrogen under Tri-Axial Stresses
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185050-MS
... technology in enhancing the permeability of unconventional reservoir rock analogs. Laboratory cryogenic fracturing experiments and finite difference modeling are integrated to reveal the processes and mechanism of cryogenic fluids on creating fractures in synthetic rock samples. The 8-inch cubic rock...
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Comparison of PKN, KGD, Pseudo3D, and Diffusivity Models for Hydraulic Fracturing of the Horn River Basin Shale Gas Formations Using Microseismic Data
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185057-MS
... Abstract We present a comparison of three different hydraulic fracture models as well as an anisotropic diffusivity model with the observed microseismic data from shale gas reservoirs in the Horn River Basin of Canada. We investigated the validity of these models in the prediction of hydraulic...
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Coupled Fluid-Solid Geomechanical Modeling of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures Interacting with Natural Fractures and the Resulting Proppant Distribution
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175972-MS
... Abstract The application of a new Material Point Method (MPM) approach to model the proppant distribution in a reservoir where hydraulic fractures interact with natural fractures is presented and validated with an Eagle Ford well. The new MPM approach uses particles to represent the slurry...
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Production Performance in the In-Fill Development of Unconventional Resources
Available to PurchaseBilu V. Cherian, Matthew McCleary, Samuel Fluckiger, Nathan Nieswiadomy, Brent Bundy, Sarah Edwards, Rafif Rifia, Kristina Kublik, Santhosh Narasimhan, James Gray, Olubiyi Olaoye, Hamza Shaikh
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175963-MS
... and production timing are analyzed using pressure/production history matching techniques and compared with results predicted by data driven models (developed to match well performance) with the aim of proposing in-fill development strategies. Analysis of the field production data indicates that timing of in-fill...
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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
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, September 30–October 2, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-171576-MS
... monitored using microseismic was available for comparison. When solving the poro-elastic horizontal strain model for closure stress, using analogous Hooke's Law for continuous media, one needs to resolve a stiffness tensor which requires determination of multi-dimensional shear. Measurements done...
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A Geomechanical Model for High-Volume, Proppantless, Slickwater Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in the Tight-Gas Sands of the Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, September 30–October 2, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-171625-MS
... Abstract High-volume (>200MBBLS/well), slickwater hydraulic fracturing operations on vertical Williams Fork wells in the Piceance Basin, CO have resulted in >2X increases in initial production rates and estimated ultimate gas recoveries. Here we present a model for the role of increased...
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Well Spacing Optimization in Eagle Ford
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, September 30–October 2, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-171640-MS
... of fracture half-length, reservoir permeability as well as oil price variation. hydraulic fracturing Upstream Oil & Gas Modeling & Simulation Fluid Dynamics scenario 1 fracture half-length Thickness wellbore specification oil production economic analysis flow in porous media case 2...
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Integrated Reservoir Characterization and 3D Modeling of the Monteith Formation: Tight Gas Sandstones in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Alberta, Canada
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference – Canada, September 30–October 2, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-171607-MS
... to produce a numerical 3D model of the study area. The 3D model is used to history match gas production, and forecast performance of new wells in those areas where the geologic model indicates potential for gas production. The ultimate goal is to provide a better understanding of the distribution...
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Fast Track Analysis of Shale Numerical Models
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Paper presented at the SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, October 30–November 1, 2012
Paper Number: SPE-162699-MS
... Abstract Latest advances in shale gas reservoir simulation and modeling have made it possible to optimize and enhance the production from organic rich shale gas reservoirs. Reservoir simulator is no longer used with a simple description of the complex shale gas reservoirs, but with multiple...
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A Simplified Engineering Model Integrated Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) and Tight Formation Characterization With Multistage Fractured Horizontal Wells
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Paper presented at the SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, October 30–November 1, 2012
Paper Number: SPE-162806-MS
.... However, there are many other factors hindering the realization of the correct SRV value and largely impairing its engineering application. A simplified integrating model with multiple regions that combines the near wellbore engineered reservoir area, the SRV region, the original tight formation area...
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Understanding Production Drivers and Challenges in Converting a Vertical to Horizontal Oil Play Utilizing Single Well Modeling
Available to PurchaseVeronica M. Gonzales, Michael Barham, Paul Lawless, Bilu V. Cherian, Domingo Mata, Shannon Higgins-Borchardt, Samer Alatrach
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, October 30–November 1, 2012
Paper Number: SPE-161771-MS
... gathering and modeling become crucial to understand how completion strategies needs to be modified for improved production, without utilizing an expensive trial and error methodology. The Powder River basin contains a variety of producing shales and sands currently being explored for vialibility (i.e...
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Coupled Geomechanical Modeling for Underground Coal Gasification
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Paper presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, November 15–17, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-148829-MS
... combustion. However, the interaction between the mass transports and thermal-mechanical induced cavity and spalling cannot be fully captured by a conventional flow simulator without coupling geomechanics. The literature has documented numerous methods of modeling the coupled Thermal-Chemical-Geomechanical...
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Integrated Acoustic, Mineralogy, and Geomechanics Characterization of the Huron Shale, Southern West Virginia, USA
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Paper presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, November 15–17, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-148411-MS
... the source of dipole-mode anisotropy. Significant transverse acoustic anisotropy was detected and used to obtain vertical and horizontal dynamic elastic properties. The mineralogy and petrophysical analysis were used to generate a micromechanical constitutive model to reproduce numerically the laboratory...
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Discrete Element Hydraulic Fracture Modeling - Evaluating Changes in Natural Fracture Aperture and Transmissivity
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Paper presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, November 15–17, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-148957-MS
... Abstract Previous works have presented the results of successful simulations of fluid injection into naturally fractured shale using a Discrete Element Model (DEM). The simulations included coupled fluid flow-deformation analysis, failure type and extent calculations, as well as a series...
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