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SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting
April 17–18, 2014
Denver, Colorado
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SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting
Brackish Water as a New Water Resource for Energy Development
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169486-MS
Using Production Gas Carbon and Hydrogen Stable Isotope Signatures to Predict Fluid Quality: Wattenberg Field, Colorado, USA
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169487-MS
Experimental Investigations of the Effect of the Pore Pressure on the MSE and Drilling Strength of a PDC Bit
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169488-MS
Predicting Long-term Production Behavior of the Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169489-MS
Alkali Metal Silicides: A New Material for Heavy Oil Production Processes
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169490-MS
Production Modeling in the Eagle Ford Gas Condensate Window: Integrating New Relationships between Core Permeability, Pore Size, and Confined PVT Properties
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169493-MS
Identifying Hydrocarbon Zones in Unconventional Formations by Discerning Simpson's Paradox
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169495-MS
Verification of a Proppant-Filled Discrete Fracture Network Model
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169496-MS
Technical Implementation and Benefits of Use of Produced Water in Slickwater and Hybrid Treatments in the Bakken Central Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169497-MS
Analyzing Variable-Rate Flow in Volumetric Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169498-MS
Unconventional Horizontal Well Placement Challenges - LWD Geosteering Applications Utilizing a Unique Spectral Azimuthal Gamma Ray in Real Time
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169499-MS
Forced and Spontaneous Imbibition Experiments for Quantifying Surfactant Efficiency in Tight Shales
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169500-MS
An Integrated Approach for Developing and Applying Multiple PVT Model Zones in Thermal Compositional Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169502-MS
Optimizing Efficiency in Horizontal, Multi-Stage Fracturing Operations through E-line Conveyance—Case Study from the Bakken
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169506-MS
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted History Matching
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169507-MS
Unconventional Oil from California's Monterey Formation – Exploitation Results
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169508-MS
Management of Health and Safety Hazards in Oil and Gas
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169509-MS
Characterizing the Oil Reservoirs in the Uinta Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169510-MS
Proper Inclusion of Hydraulic Fracture and Unpropped Zone Conductivity and Fracturing Fluid Flowback in Single Shale Oil Well Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169511-MS
An Analytical Method for Optimizing the Spacing of Transverse Fractures in Liquid–Rich Shale Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169512-MS
Case Study: Steam Injection Step Rate Tests Run in the Shallow Low Permeability Diatomite Formation, Orcutt Oil Field, Careaga Lease, Santa Barbara County, California
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169513-MS
Effect of Well Down Spacing on EUR for Shale Oil Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169514-MS
A New Semi-Analytical Method for Analyzing Production Data from Constant Flowing Pressure Wells in Gas Condensate Reservoirs during Boundary-Dominated Flow
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169515-MS
Vanishing Interfacial Tension Algorithm for MMP Determination in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169517-MS
Surfactant Preflood to Improve Waterflooding Performance in Shale Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169519-MS
Tensile Failure of Shales: Impacts of Layering and Natural Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169520-MS
Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing Design under Spatially Variable Shale Fracability
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169521-MS
Sensitivity Study on Storage of CO2 in Saline Aquifer with Fracture-Surrogate Models Based on the Tensleep Formation
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169522-MS
Potential Pitfalls in Exploration and Production Applications of Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169523-MS
Cost-Efficient Well-Head Purification of Produced Water using a Humidification-Dehumidification Process
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169526-MS
A Generalized Rheological Model for Drilling Fluids Using Cubic Splines
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169527-MS
A Sensitivity Analysis of Input Parameters for Modeling Primary and Tertiary Recovery in Unconventional Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169530-MS
Completion Influence on Production Decline in the Bakken/Three Forks Play
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169531-MS
Completion Optimization Utilizing Multivariate Analysis in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169534-MS
A New Petrophysical Model to Define Porosity Components of Unconventional Reservoirs, Using Standard Open-hole Triple Combo Logs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169535-MS
Acoustic Techniques to Monitor and Troubleshoot Gas-Lift Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169536-MS
New Production-Decline Models for Fractured Tight and Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169537-MS
A Step Ahead Of 4D: The Integration Of Basic And Analytical Techniques To Drive The Changes In The Reservoir Simulation Model History Match: Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169538-MS
Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests: Common Mistakes, Misfires, and Misdiagnoses
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169539-MS
The Role of Boundary Conditions And Characteristic Length On Imbibition in Both Sandstones And Limestones
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169540-MS
Correlation of Stimulated Rock Volume from Microseismic Pointsets to Production Data - A Horn River Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169541-MS
Towards Dynamic Control of In-situ Combustion: Effect of Initial Oil and Water Saturations
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169542-MS
Evaluation of Four Thermal Recovery Methods for Bitumen Extraction
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169543-MS
An Effective Accelerated Pulsing Injection Method for Restoring Injectivity in Waterflood Fields with Selective Injection Systems with Side-Pocket Mandrels and Control Flow Valves
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169544-MS
Lab Observation of Low Salinity Waterflooding for a Phosphoria Reservoir Rock
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169546-MS
Characterization of Encapsulated Oil as an Additive to Water-Based Drilling Fluids: Operational Improvements in Lubricity, Drag, and ROP
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169547-MS
Accurate Tight Gas Flow Simulation: Where the Real Gas Pseudo-pressure Must Be Used
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169548-MS
Increased Oil Recovery by Permeability Modification in High Permeability Contrast Slim Tubes
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169549-MS
Unique Application of EM LWD Casing Antenna System to Rocky Mountain Drilling
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169550-MS
The Toxicity Characterization and Detoxification of two Formaldehyde-Releasing Oilfield Microbial Control Additives
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169551-MS
A Critical Review of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids over the Last Decade
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169552-MS
The Role of Counter-Current Flow in Simultaneous Water and Gas Injection Processes
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169553-MS
Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Contribution in Medium to High Permeability Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169554-MS
Evaluation of CO2-EOR and Storage Potential in Mature Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169555-MS
Understanding the Implications of Multiple Fracture Propagation in Well Productivity and Completion Strategy
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169557-MS
Nikaitchuq Project Vibration Mitigation Strategy
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169559-MS
An Integral Type Curve for Managing Cyclic Steam Processes
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169561-MS
Sensitivities of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Plays to Technical and Economic Parameters
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169562-MS
Effective use of Information Technology in Spill Response - How an Integrated Web Portal can Facilitate the Response Effort
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169563-MS
Estimation of Stimulated Reservoir Volume Using the Concept of Shale Capacity and its Validation with Microseismic and Well Performance: Application to the Marcellus and Haynesville
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169564-MS
Use of Conventional Well Logs In Selective Completion Designs for Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169565-MS
Proppants Selection Based on Field Case Studies of Well Production Performance in the Bakken Shale Play
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169566-MS
High Performance Ceramics in the Bakken
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169567-MS
Green Chemistry versus Full Chemical Disclosure and the Surrounding Industry Struggles and Perceptions
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169569-MS
Analysis of Decline Curves Based on Beta Derivative
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169570-MS
Environmental Responsibility of Current Proppant Solutions
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169571-MS
Multi-stage Hydraulic Fracturing Design In Horizontal Wells With The Use Of Drill Cuttings
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169572-MS
Production Analysis of a Niobrara Field Using Intelligent Top-Down Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169573-MS
CTU Deployed Frac Sleeves Benchmark Horizontal Multi Stage Frac Isolation Performance
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169574-MS
Simulation Study of CO2 Huff-n-Puff Process in Bakken Tight Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169575-MS
CO2 Injection for Enhanced Gas Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169578-MS
Production Comparison of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations of North Dakota
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169580-MS
Experimental Study and Modeling of the Effect of Nanoconfinement on Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169581-MS
Microemulsion vs. Surfactant Assisted Gas Recovery in Low Permeability Formations with Water Blockage
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169582-MS
Complexities Associated with Thermal Stimulation of Low Gravity Oil Sands Using Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169583-MS
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Horizontal Well Plunger Lift System Design
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169585-MS
Strategies and Methods for Centralized Water Management Facilities in the Piceance Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169586-MS
A Pattern-Based Approach to Waterflood Performance Prediction Using Knowledge Management Tools and Classical Reservoir Engineering Forecasting Methods
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169587-MS
A Production Performance Prediction and Field Development Tool for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs: A Proxy Modeling Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169588-MS
Thermodynamically-Consistent Modeling of Adsorption in Liquid-Rich Shales
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169589-MS
Impact of Fracture Closure on Productivity Decline of Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169590-MS
A Method for Pinpointing the Location of High Permeability Channels
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169591-MS
Anisotropic Model for Permeability Change in Coalbed Methane Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169592-MS
Multidiscipline Approach to Real-Time Optimization of Down-Spaced Pay Adds in a Mature Gas Play, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Paper presented at the SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/169595-MS
