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July 22–24, 2019
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Theme 5: Microseismic Interpretation
A Methodology for Unstructured Damped Stress Inversion of Microseismic Focal Mechanisms
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-543
Investigation of Micro-Seismicity and Permeability Evolution in Shale Fractures During Stimulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-342
Stress Inversion using Microseismic Moment Tensors in the Vaca Muerta Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-398
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation I
New 4¾-in. High-Resolution Ultrasonic Borehole Imaging for Unconventional Reservoir Evaluation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-322
Identification and Quantification of Parasequences Using Expectation Maximization Filter: Defining Well Log Attributes for Reservoir Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1023
Advanced Simultaneous Formation Evaluation and Completion-Oriented Rock Classification in the Midland Basin Using Integrated Analysis of Well Logs, Core Measurements, and Geostatistical Data
Ameneh Rostami; Archana Jagadisan; Laura M. Hernandez; Zoya Heidari; Bill Fairhurst; Inessa Yurchenko; Svetlana Ikonnikova; Scott Hamlin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-656
Theme 3: Depositional Processes of Unconventional Reservoirs I
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Bone Spring Formation (Leonardian), Delaware Basin, New Mexico and Texas: An Interim Report
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-645
Petrophysical Rock Typing in Unconventional Shale Plays: The Niobrara Formation Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-219
Leveraging Regional Geology and Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts at Field and Reservoir Scales: Building More Reliable Earth Models Under Sparse Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-338
Theme 10: Shale Facilities and Artificial Lift Optimization
Experimental Investigation of Propped Fracture Conductivity and Proppant Diagenesis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-363
Production Modeling for Velocity String Applications in Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-157
Analytical and Numerical Studies of Sand Erosion in Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-599
Theme 4: Optimizing Geophysical Data for Unconventionals
Delaware Basin Horizontal Wolfcamp Case History: HTI Fracture Analysis to Avoid H2S and Extraneous Water Linked to Graben Features
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-452
Shallow Velocity Model Building Considerations for Prestack Depth Migration in Unconventionals
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-399
Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) Results and Plans: Improved Subsurface Reservoir Characterization and Engineered Completions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-415
Theme 8: Case Studies in IOR/EOR Field Pilots
Geomechanical Effects on IOR in the Bakken Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-159
Industry-First Hydrocarbon-Foam EOR Pilot in an Unconventional Reservoir: Design, Implementation, and Performance Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-103
A Novel Enhanced Oil Recovery Approach to Water Flooding in Saskatchewan’s Tight Oil Plays
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-419
Theme 11: New Technology Applications for Unconventionals
Elastic Properties of Propped and Unpropped Eagle Ford Shale and 3D-Printed Fractured Models Under Iso-static Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-115
Regional Sand Sources and the Possible Impacts on Friction Reducer Performance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-918
The Effect of Surface-Gas Interaction on Mean Free Path for Gases Confined in Nanopores of Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-284
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting IV: Case Studies
Statistical Analysis of Unconventional Well Productivity Drivers with Particular Focus on Child Well Impact: Permian Delaware Example
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-433
Faster Tight Oil Decline Rates Could Mean Growing Project Spend and More Deals
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-432
The Sensitivity of Well Performance to Well Spacing and Configuration - A Marcellus Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1076
Theme 13: Emerging Unconventional Plays and Novel Applications of Technology I
Khalij Al Bahrain Basin: An Emerging Uncoventional Play of the Middle East
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1113
Highly Productive Zones Characterization through an Integrated Electrofacies-Core Workflow in Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-139
Cenomanian Shilaif Unconventional Shale Oil Potential in Onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE
Pierre Van Laer; Karl Leyrer; Magdalena Povstyanova; Muhamad Zeeshan Baig; Gennady Makarychev; Hassan Al-Marzooqi
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-526
Mesozoic Unconventional Potential of the Burgos Basin, Mexico
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-73
Theme 4: Source Rock Characterization Using Geophysics
Modeling the Effect of Maturity on the Elastic Moduli of Kerogen Using Atomistic Simulations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1048
Correlation of TOC Core Measurements to Wireline Logs across the Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-907
Developments Relating Total Organic Carbon Conversion in Unconventional Reservoirs to 3D Seismic Attributes
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1093
How Organic Carbon Content and Thermal Maturity Affect Acoustic Properties (and Ultimately Seismic Response) in a Shale Gas/Oil Formation: Woodford Shale, Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-630
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data I
Optimizing Unconventional Completion Designs: A New Engineering- and Economics-Based Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1142
Bulk Data Sharing Process Improves Collaboration and Saves Time While Increasing Trust in Data Accuracy
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-320
Machine Learning for Estimating Rock Mechanical Properties beyond Traditional Considerations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-897
Innovative Deep Autoencoder and Machine Learning Algorithms Applied in Production Metering for Sucker-Rod Pumping Wells
Peng Yi; Xiong Chunming; Zhang Jianjun; Zhang Yashun; Gan Qinming; Xu Guojian; Zhang Xishun; Zhao Ruidong; Shi Junfeng; Liu Meng; Wang Cai; Chen Guanhong
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1090
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data II
Why Most Models Fail: The Importance of Blind Validation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-396
An Artificial Intelligence Decision Support System for Unconventional Field Development Design
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-249
Investigation of Time-Series Clustering to Forecast Wells with a Short Producing Life
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-992
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies for the Midland Basin in Texas
Maximizing Asset Value by Full Field Development - Case Studies in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-554
Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation Monitoring with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing and Microseismic in the Permian Wolfcamp Shale Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-291
3D Driven Rock Quality Mapping and Landing Target Selection in the Wolfcamp Formation: A Case Study on How to Combine Geologic, Geophysical, and Engineering Data to Produce Better Well Results, Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1147
Theme 5: Frac Modeling I: From Physics to Field
Modeling and Analysis of Proppant Transport and Deposition in Hydraulic/Natural Fracture Networks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-243
Proppant Placement in Perforation Clusters in Deviated Wellbores
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-298
What Do Hydraulic Fractures Look Like in Different Types of Reservoirs: Implications from a Series of Large-Scale Polyaxial Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments from Conventional to Unconventional
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1095
Quantifying the Induced Stresses During Stacked, Multi-Stage, Multi-Well Completions, to Define Stimulation Sequencing and Optimize Pad Productivity
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-892
Geomechanical, Geological, and Engineering Controls of Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-34
Integrated Natural and Hydraulic Fracture Modeling: A Permian Basin Wolfcamp Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-326
Optimizing Completions in Tank Style Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-608
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting I: Well Spacing and Interference Impact
Production Effects From Frac-Driven Interactions in the Southeastern Midland Basin, Reagan County, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-125
Numerical Investigation of Key Factors on Successful Subsequent Parent Well Water Injection to Mitigate Parent-Infill Well Interference
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-283
Intra-Well Interference in Tight Oil Reservoirs: What do We Need to Consider? Case Study from The Meramec
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-83
Well Spacing Optimization in Shale Reservoirs Using Rate Transient Analytics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-278
Eagle Ford Fluid Type Variation and Completion Optimization: A Case for Data Analytics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-598
Analytical Model to Estimate the Fraction of Frac Hits in Multi-well Pads
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-238
Impact of Natural Fractures on the Shape and Location of Drained Rock Volumes in Unconventional Reservoirs: Case Studies from the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1082
Theme 3: Depositional Processes of Unconventional Reservoirs II
Unraveling the Secrets of the Eaglebine
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1028
The Effects of the Maness Shale on Eagle Ford Water Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-928
Stratigraphic Partitioning and Distribution of Reservoir Attributes Within the Late Devonian Duvernay Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-953
Reservoir Facies, Depositional Processes, and the Implications on Reservoir Characterization of the Wolfcamp A, Texas Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-316
Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations, Delaware Basin, Ward County, West Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-633
Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Controls on Reservoir Sweet Spots in the Wolfcamp 'A,' Howard County, Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-455
Anomalous Fluid Distribution Due to Late-Stage Gas Migration in a Tight Oil and Gas Deltaic Sandstone Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-358
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation II: Flow Capacity and Permeability
An Advanced Nanopermeameter: Transformation from a Point-by-Point Method to the Direct Measurement of Permeability-Pressure Function
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-30
Gas Relative Permeability and Evolution During Water Imbibition in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks: Direct Laboratory Measurement and a Conceptual Model
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-36
A Novel Non-Destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-Low Permeability Rocks
Andreina Guedez; William Mickelson; Samuel Aldin; Deepak Gokaraju; Abhijit Mitra; Akshay Thombare; Robert Patterson; Munir Aldin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-994
Estimation of the Permeability of an Unconventional Formation Core by History-Matching the Saturation with CO2
Zeliang Chen; Xinglin Wang; Guoqing Jian; Leilei Zhang; Pengfei Dong; Philip Singer; George Hirasaki
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-620
Theme 10: Flow, Production, and Phase Behavior for Tight Oil and Shale Oil/Shale Gas Reservoir Systems
Experimental and Mechanism Study of CO2 and Bakken Oil Interactions at Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-498
Field-Wide Equation of State Model Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-551
Confined Behavior of CO2/Hydrocarbon System in Nanopores of Tight and Shale Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-116
Measurement of Gas-Oil Relative Permeability in Unconventional Rocks
Shreerang Chhatre; Amy Chen; Muhammed Al-Rukabi; Daniel Berry; Robert Longoria; Kyle Guice; Daniel Maloney
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-313
Numerical Investigation of Water Blockage in Secondary Fractures and Apparent Permeability Modeling in Shale Gas Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-592
Effect of Proppant Design on Production Decline of Shale Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-440
Experimental Study of the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Fluids in Porous Media at Atmospheric and Elevated Pressures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-534
Theme 4: Reservoir Characterization Using DAS/DTS Fiber Optics
Time-Lapse Seismic Monitoring of Individual Hydraulic Frac Stages Using a Downhole Distributed Acoustic Sensing Array
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-409
Time-Lapse WAW VSP Imaging of an Unconventional Reservoir Using DAS Fiber Optics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-922
Seismic Reflection Imaging with Active Sources and Microseismic Events Recorded on Horizontal DAS Cables
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1144
Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Height and Pressure Deflation Using a Pulsed Vertical Seismic Profile and a DAS Fiber in the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-585
Fiber Optic Sensing-Based Production Logging Methods for Low-Rate Oil Producers
Ge Jin; Kyle Friehauf; Baishali Roy; Jesse J. Constantine; Herbert W. Swan; Kyle R. Krueger; Kevin T. Raterman
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-943
Theme 6: Time Lapse Geochemistry and In Situ Versus Produced Fluids
Understanding Dynamic Production Contribution from Hydraulically Fractured Middle Bakken and Three Forks Wells in the Williston Basin, ND Using Time-Lapse Geochemistry
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-142
Naturally Occurring Isotopic Tracers Provide Insight into Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Horizontal Well Clean-Up Dynamics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-568
Assessing Drainage Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Using Produced Water Geochemistry
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-891
Heterogeneity of STACK/SCOOP Production in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma - Geochemistry of Produced Oils
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-513
Production Fractionation and Efficiency Indicators from Phase Snapshots
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-375
Petroleum System Analysis Using Unconventional Gas Geochemistry: Examples from the Montney Play of Western Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-649
High Resolution Fluid Tracking from Verticals and Laterals Using Subsurface DNA Diagnostics in the Permian Basin
Luke Ursell; Michael Hale; Eli Menendez; John Zimmerman; Brian Dombroski; Kyle Hoover; Zach Everman; Joanne Liu; Hasan Shojaei; Elizabeth Percak-Dennett; Thomas Ishoey
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-280
Theme 14: Improving Drilling Performance and Design Using New Technologies, Methods, and Computing Power
Multilaterals: An Unconventional Approach to Unconventional Reservoirs
David Wilcox; Stefano Cappiello; Mauricio Sevilla; Eric Shafer; Greg Gill; Ian Kress; Nestor Sanchez
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-150
Automated Surface Measurements of Drilling Fluid Properties: Field Application in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-964
New Low-Density Cement Technology Overcomes Limitations for Improved Well Design in the Williston Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-275
Selection of Logging-While-Drilling Measurements for Geosteering of Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-934
Cybersteering: Automated Geosteering by Way of Distributed Computing and Graph Databases in the Cloud
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-335
Theme 8: Nanofluids, Surfactants, and Friction Reducers
Quantification of Dynamic Sand Settling Velocity in High-Viscosity Friction Reducers and Correlation with Rheology
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-588
A Cationic Friction Reducer Fully Compatible with Produced Water
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-129
Abiotic Transformation Kinetics of Surfactants used in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-561
Novel Oil Flow Enhancement Chemistry for Unconventional Formations Evaluated and Optimized by Cutting-Edge Methodology
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-648
Experimental and Numerical Study of Shale Oil EOR by Surfactant Additives in Fracturing Fluid
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-295
Rapid Development of a Smart Stimulation Fluid Additive
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-622
Effect of Nanoparticles and Surfactants on Oil/Water Interfacial Tension: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-246
Comprehensive Study of Elasticity and Shear-Viscosity Effects on Proppant Transport Using HFVRs on High-TDS Produced Water
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-99
Theme 3: Geoscience Investigations of Unconventionals
Azimuthal Gamma Imaging and Continuous Inclination Applications to Spatial and Stratigraphic Wellbore Placement in the Southern Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-55
Unconventional Rock Requires Unconventional Analysis: Methods for Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-971
A Powerful and Practical Workflow for a Naturally Fractured Reservoir with Complex Fracture Geometries from Modeling to Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1043
Probing Impact of Chemical Diagenesis on the Evolution of Migration Pathways in Unconventional Resources Using Multi-Physics Multi-Scale Modeling: Woodford Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-359
Integrating Elemental Concentration Logs and Electrical Images Logs to Map Sedimentary Facies Distribution for Black Shale: A Case Study from WuFeng-LongMaxi Shale in SiChuan Basin, China
Xing Liang; Gao-Cheng Wang; Feng Pan; Yun Rui; Yue Wang; Lei Zhang; Jue Mei; Kai-Xuan Li; Hai-Peng Zhao
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-172
Theme 15: License to Operate: Stakeholder Management and Social Performance I
Regional Geologic Characterization of the Grayburg-San Andres Reservoir for Salt Water Disposal Management, Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-902
Fracture Modeling for Cap Rock Integrity and Completion Evaluation in Produced Water Re-injection Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-158
Theme 5: DFNs, Microseismic, and Geophysical Case Studies
Textural Characteristics of Shale Deformations, and Associated Distribution Models: Implications for Shale Reservoir Fluid Flow
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-591
Integrated Geomechanical Interpretation of Hydraulic Stimulation Operations Using Distributed Vibration Sensing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-184
Microseismic Bedding-Plane Slip Theory - Requires a Very Slippery Slope or a Very Large SHmax
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-997
Comparative Laboratory Scale Reservoir Study on Geomechanical Property Alterations Arising from Osmosis Pressure Distribution Within Clay Rich Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1088
Impact of Pore Pressure on Modeled Hydraulic Fracture Geometry and Well Spacing in the East Duvernay Shale Basin, Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-516
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies Optimizing Well Performance
Optimizing Perforating Schemes to Achieve Uniform Proppant Distribution
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-629
First Ever Polymer Flood Field Pilot to Enhance the Recovery of Heavy Oils on Alaska's North Slope - Polymer Injection Performance
Samson Ning; John Barnes; Reid Edwards; Kyler Dunford; Kevin Eastham; Abhijit Dandekar; Yin Zhang; Dave Cercone; Jared Ciferno
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-643
Developing New Soaking Correlation for Shale Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-393
Flow Regulation in Horizontal Wells: Evaluating a Tailpipe System Designed to Optimize Artificial Lift Performance in Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-567
A Methodology to Quantify the Volume-of-investigation in DFIT Design for Shale Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-228
Theme 3: Aligning Geoscience and Engineering Workflows
Fault Risk Assessment Using Quantitative Structural Geology Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-420
An Integrated, Multiscale Geomodel of the Northern Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-97
A Geomechanics-Driven Facies Model to Reconcile Production, Inform Completion Strategies, and Determine Landing Zones in the Green River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-615
The Influence of Micro-Fabric Heterogeneity on Sheared Rock Properties
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-926
Successful Downhole Microfracture, and PVT-Quality Formation Fluid Sampling from an Unconventional Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-418
Lithologically Controlled Pore Pressure Prediction and Geomechanical Modelling Using Probabilistic Multivariate Clustering Analysis and an Expert System
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1002
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation III: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMR Wettability Index Measurements on Unconventional Samples
Michael Dick; Dragan Veselinovic; Derrick Green; Aimee Scheffer-Villarreal; Ronald Bonnie; Shaina Kelly; Kathleen Bower
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-604
NMR Signature and Quantification of Bitumen in Unconventional Source Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-134
Effects of Temperature and Gas Pressurization on the Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Hydrocarbon Measurements in Organic-Rich Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-113
A High-Frequency NMR Investigation of Eagle Ford Shale Cores
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-203
High-frequency (20 MHz) NMR and Modified Rock-Eval Pyrolysis Methods as an Integrated Approach to Examine Producibility in Kerogen-Rich Source-Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1005
Accurate Pore Size Measurement Via NMR On Unconventionals
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-394
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting II: Performance Prediction and Future of Production Forecasting
Flow Regime-Based Decline Curve for Unconventional Reservoirs: Generalization to Anomalous Diffusion and Power Law Behavior
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-293
Does Depletion Matter? A Child Well Workflow
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1061
Using Dynamic Modeling to Correct Decline Curve for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoir
Chaohui Chen; Xin Liu; Alejandro Girardi; Adam McMullen; Guohua Gao; Srimoyee Bhattacharya; Richard Cao; Nitin Chowdhury
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-485
Application of Machine Learning for Production Forecasting for Unconventional Resources
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-47
Multiphase Production Data Analysis for Shale and Tight Reservoirs Using the Diffusive Diagnostic Function
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-67
Modified Fetkovich Type Curve Enhances Type Well Construction for Horizontal Wells with Multiple Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-471
Part 1: Empirical Workflow for Predicting Infill Performance in the Marcellus
Adam Chin; Adam Staruiala; Hamid Behmanesh; David Anderson; Christopher Alonzo; David Jones; Saul Rivera Barraza; Leo Lasecki; Kyle McBride
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-589
Theme 10: Pressure Transient Testing, DFIT, and Well Testing
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Mark McClure; Vidya Bammidi; Craig Cipolla; Dave Cramer; Lucas Martin; Alexei Savitski; Dave Sobernheim; Kate Voller
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-123
Quantifying Total Apparent Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity and Its Significant Degradation from Systematic Bottom-Hole Pressure Measurements in Permian Wells
Lang Zhan; Adenike Tokan-Lawal; Phillip Fair; Robert Dombrowski; Xin Liu; Veronica Almarza; Alejandro Girardi; Zhen Li; Robert Li; Martin Pilko; Noah Joost
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-312
Diagnosing Multi-Cluster Fracture Propagation Using Dynamic Poroelastic Pressure Transient Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1092
Let's Combine Well Testing and Logging: A Pre- and Post-Frac Shale Gas Field Case
Antoine Jacques; Benoit Brouard; Sivaprasath Manivannan; Pierre Berest; Vincent Jaffrezic; Pierre Berest
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-127
Post-Fracture Pressure Decay: A Novel (and Free) Stage-Level Assessment Method
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-970
Fully 3-D Simulation of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests with Application in Depleted Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-314
Evaluation of Water Hammer Analysis as Diagnostic Tool for Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-935
Theme 4: Deriving Rock Properties from Seismic
Pore-Pressure Prediction in the Permian Basin Using Seismic Prestack Inversion
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-52
Seismic Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations in the Delaware Basin with Efforts at Quantitative Interpretation - A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-463
Frac Hit Prevention and Engineered Treatment Design in the Permian Basin Using In-Situ Stress from 3D Seismic
Michael Shoemaker; James Hawkins; John Becher; Veronica Gonzales; Sandeep Mukherjee; Reza Garmeh; David Kuntz
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-208
Monitoring Hydraulic Fracture Flowback in the Permian Basin Using Surface-Based, Controlled Source Electromagnetics
Drew Jones; Chester Pieprzica; Oscar Vasquez; Justin Oberle; Peter Morton; Santiago Trevino, III; Mark Hickey
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-230
Understanding the Spatial Geological Heterogeneity of the Delaware Basin from Pre-Stack Seismic Inversion
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-130
Seismically Driven Estimation of Stress Rotation and Anisotropy and Its Impact on Well Performance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-932
Estimation of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Content of Shale from AVO Inversion: A New Crossplot Approach Based on Zoeppritz Equations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-404
Theme 5: Frac Modeling II: From Physics to Field
Modeling Dense-Arrays of Hydraulic Fracture Clusters: Fracture Complexity, Net Pressure and Model Calibration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1128
Standardizing Offset Pressure Characterization for Infill Completion in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1109
Ultrafast Hydraulic Fracturing Model for Optimizing Cube Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-884
Simulating Production from Complex Fracture Networks: Impact of Geomechanics and Closure of Propped/Unpropped Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-21
Quantifying Hydraulic Fracture Height Reduction in the Presence of Laminations and Weak Interfaces - Validation with Microseismic Moment Tensor Inversion in the Montney Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-875
Height Growth in Layered Unconventional Reservoirs: The Impact of Formation Moduli, Interfaces and In-situ Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-6
Making Frac Hits History with Computational Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-332
Theme 6: Geochemistry of Oil-Prone and Gas-Prone Unconventional Resource Plays
Using Solvent Extracts to Estimate the Amount of Producible Oil in Cores Selected from the Lower Eagle Ford Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-107
Use of Petroleum Geochemical Data to Assess the Presence of Conventional Migrated Oil in Produced Shale Oil - Example from the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-124
Vaca Muerta Unconventional Oil Study - Insights from Organic Geochemistry
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-379
Variability in Results from Mineralogical and Organic Geochemical Interlaboratory Testing of U. S. Geological Survey Shale Reference Materials
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-457
Raman Spectroscopy Based Maturity Profiling of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-425
Variability in Oil Generation and Migration with Thermal Maturity: Wolfcamp and Spraberry Formations, Northern Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-461
Applied Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation and High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of La Luna Formation, Venezuela: Integrating for Finding the Unconventional Sweet Spots
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1110
Theme 11: Proppant Transport and Novel Technologies
An Efficient Three-Dimensional Multiphase Particle-in-Cell Model for Proppant Transport in the Field Scale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-462
An Experimental Investigation of Proppant Transport in High Loading Friction-Reduced Systems Utilizing a Horizontal Wellbore Apparatus
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-414
Successful Implementation of High Viscosity Friction Reducers from Laboratory to Field Scale: Middle Bakken Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-447
Experimental Study of Proppant Transport in Complex Fractures with Horizontal Bedding Planes for Slickwater Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-547
Design of High Pressure CO2-in-Mineral Oil Emulsions, CH4-in-Mineral Oil Foams and N2-in-Mineral Oil Foams Stabilized by Novel Oil-soluble Surfactants for Waterless Hydraulic Fracturing and Proppant Transport
Shehab Alzobaidi; Gianfranco Rodriguez; Peter Lemaire; Congwen Lu; Jason Lee; Keith Johnston; Robert Enick
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-311
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data III
An Effective Physics-Based Deep Learning Model for Enhancing Production Surveillance and Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-145
Demystifying Data-Driven Neural Networks for Multivariate Production Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-247
Ensemble Learning: A Robust Paradigm for Data-Driven Modeling in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-929
Machine Learning Regressors and their Metrics to Predict Synthetic Sonic and Brittle Zones
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-148
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation VI: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Permeability, and Recovery
Impact of Thermal Maturity on Water Production in Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-575
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Estimation of Petrophysical Properties and Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection in Lower Eagle Ford Shale Oil Samples
Sherifa Cudjoe; Iman Oraki; Reza Barati; Jyun-Syung Tsau; Chi Zhang; Brian Nicoud; Kyle Bradford; Amanda Baldwin; David Mohrbacher
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-496
Mechanistic Analysis of Shale Permeability Evolution Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-266
Modeling Mineralogy and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Elemental Data for Improved Formation Evaluation in the Powder River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-584
Formation Stabilization: Is Bigger Better in Cationic Polymers?
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-613
Theme 8: Enhanced Gas Recovery Methods in Unconventionals
The Effect of Microwave Irradiation on Coal for Enhanced Gas Recovery of Coalbed Methane
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-92
Permeability Enhancement in Gas Shale Due to Nitrogen Flooding
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-106
Embedded Discrete Fracture Model Assisted Study of Gas Transport Mechanisms and Drainage Area for Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-552
In Situ Logs of Gas Composition of CO2-ECBM Trial in Buchanan County, Virginia, with Downhole Reservoir Raman System
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-933
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies Highlighting Modeling and Technologies
Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Innovative Fracturing Treatment Design to Optimize Perforation Cluster Efficiency, Lateral Placement, and Production Results in a Mancos Shale Gas Appraisal Well
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-464
Using a Metamodel-Based Approach for Optimization of Stimulated Rock Volume Geometry, Hydrocarbon Production, and Related Field Development Costs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-443
Practical Reservoir Simulation for Small Development Teams - Customizing Stimulation Designs by Landing Zone in the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-272
A Data-Driven Modeling Methodology to Support Unconventional Reservoir Development Decisions: Application to the STACK Play in Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-573
Uncertainties in Step-down Test Interpretation for Evaluating Completions Effectiveness and Near Wellbore Complexities
Somnath Mondal; Gustavo Ugueto; Paul Huckabee; Magdalena Wojtaszek; Talib Daredia; Sanjay Vitthal; David Nasse; Felix Todea
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1141
Special Session: Hydraulic Fracture Test Sites
Natural Fracture Characterization in the Wolfcamp Formation at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS), Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-644
Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing activity in the Wolfcamp Shale of Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-564
Learnings from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) #1, Midland Basin, West Texas - A Geomechanics Perspective
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1570
Analysis and Interpretations of Pressure Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-233
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation IV: Saturation, Volumes, and Recovery
Laboratory Investigation of CO2 Injectivity and Adsorption Potential Within the Bakken Formation
Steve A. Smith; Bethany Kurz; James Sorensen; Christopher Beddoe; Blaise Mibeck; Alexander Azenkeng; Steve Hawthorne; Charles Gorecki
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-967
Confinement Facilitates Wetting Liquid Slippage through Mixed-wet and Heterogeneous Nanoporous Shale Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-520
Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery by Osmotic Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-302
Saturation Isn’t What It Used to Be: Towards More Realistic Petroleum Fluid Saturations and Produced Fluid Compositions in Organic-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-196
Scale-Dependent Correlation to Improve Water Saturation and Permeability Estimates in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1125
A Pore-Scale Mechanistic Investigation of Shale Gas Condensate at Near Saturation Pressure on Fluid Flow in Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-248
Quantifying the Impacts of Competitive Water Adsorption of Kerogen and Clay Minerals on Wettability of Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-572
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data IV
Development and Application of a Real-Time Drilling State Classification Algorithm with Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-253
Cloud-Based ROP Prediction and Optimization in Real Time Using Supervised Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-343
An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Optimizing Unconventional Resources Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-319
Empowering Completion Engineers to Calibrate Petrophysical Facies Models to Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Responses
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1001
Reservoir Fluid Data Acquisition Using Advanced Mud Logging Gas in Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-383
Improving Field Development Decisions in the Vaca Muerta Shale Formation by Efficient Integration of Data, AI, and Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-938
Unsupervised Machine Learning Applications for Seismic Facies Classification
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-557
Theme 3: Imaging Unconventional Reservoir Rocks at Various Scales
Visualization of Pore Connectivity Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure Measurements, Micro X-ray Computed Tomography, and Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-637
Property Upscaling in Porosity Systems with Under-resolved Features Using Image-Based Rock Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-416
Semi-Quantitative SEM Analysis of the Vaca Muerta Formation and Its Impact on Reservoir Characterization, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
Federico Gonzalez Tomassini; Langhorne (Taury) Smith; Maria Gimena Rodriguez; Diego Kietzmann; Ignacio Jausoro; Maria Alejandra Floridia; Mariano Cipollone; Alberto Caneiro; Bernarda Epele; Nicolas Santillan; Federico Medina; Guillermina Sagasti
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-277
Imaging Microcrystalline Quartz in a Sandstone Reservoir to Understand the Formation of Microcrystalline Quartz in the Wolfcamp A Siliceous Mudstones, Southern Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-952
Unconventional Reservoir Microstructural Analysis Using SEM and Machine Learning
Amanda Knaup; Jeremy Jernigen; Mark Curtis; John Sholeen; John Borer, IV; Carl Sondergeld; Chandra Rai
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-638
Integration of Microfacies Analysis, Inorganic Geochemical Data, and Hyperspectral Imaging to Unravel Mudstone Depositional and Diagenetic Processes in Two Cores from the Triassic Shublik Formation, Northern Alaska
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-445
Continuous Mineral Mapping of Core Using Hyperspectral Imaging: Example from the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Marathon 1 Robert Todd Core, Central Louisiana
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-154
Theme 10: Reservoir Modeling for Unconventionals: Bringing Together Data, Disciplines, and Design
Anomalous Diffusion or Classical Diffusion in an Anomalous Reservoir? Evaluation of the Impact of Multi-Phase Flow on Reservoir Signatures in Unconventional Reservoirs
Christopher R. Clarkson; Bin Yuan; Zhenzihao Zhang; Farshad Tabasinejad; Hamid Behmanesh; Hamidreza Hamdi; Dave Anderson; John Thompson; Dylan Lougheed
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-85
Multi-Resolution Grid Connectivity-Based Transform for Efficient History Matching of Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-982
An Efficient Method for Modeling Discrete Fracture Networks in Geomechanical Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1083
Workflow Development and Sensitivity Investigation of Offset Well-to-Well Interference Through 3-D Fracture Modeling and Reservoir Simulation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1008
Applying Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) to Assist Fracturing Technique Selection in Unconventional Wells in Saudi Arabia
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-377
A Direct Method for Short-Term Forecasting of Multi-Phase Production Rates Using Flowback Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-178
Theme 5: Rock Characterization for Fracturing and Drilling
Experimental Study of Fracture Permeability With or Without Proppants on Vaca Muerta Gas Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-998
Triaxial Direct Shear Fractured Marcellus (MSEEL) Shale - Peak and Residual Shear Strength, Permeability, and Hydroshear Potential
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-435
Assessing The Stratigraphic Variations In Geomechanical Properties Of The United Kingdom Bowland Shale Using Wireline And Seismic Data: How Could These Guide The Placement Of Lateral Wells?
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-257
A Dynamic Fractal Permeability Model for Heterogeneous Coalbed Reservoir Considering Multiphysics and Flow Regimes
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-250
Destructive vs Non-destructive: Establishing an Empirical Relationship Between Impulse Hammer and Triaxial Test-Derived Rock Mechanical Properties
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-222
Impact of Natural Fracture-Induced Elastic Anisotropy on Completion and Fracturing Design in Different Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-893
High-resolution Measurements of Elasticity at Core Scale. Improving Mechanical Earth Model Calibration at the Vaca Muerta Formation
Anton Padin; Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot; Alain Lejay; Hamid Pourpak; Jean-Philippe Mathieu; Atef Onaisi; Gregory Boitnott; Laurent Louis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-121
Theme 8: Gas Injection EOR
Huff-and-Puff Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Liquids-Rich Portion of the Montney: Applications for Gas Condensates
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-979
Laboratory Studies of Rich Gas Interactions with Bakken Crude Oil to Support Enhanced Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-961
Chemical Blend-CO2 Huff-n-Puff for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-362
Theme 8: EOR in the Permian Basin
A Set of Successful Chemical EOR Trials in Permian Basin: Promising Field and Laboratory Results
Mehrnoosh Moradi Bidhendi; Mahdi Kazempour; Uwana Ibanga; Duy Nguyen; Justin Arruda; Mike Lantz; Cooper Mazon
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-881
Water/Oil Displacement by Spontaneous Imbibition Through Multiscale Imaging and Implication on Wettability in Wolfcamp Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-194
Field Pilots of Unconventional Shale EOR in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-506
Application of Miscible Ethane Foam for Gas EOR Conformance in Low-Permeability Heterogeneous Harsh Environments
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1009
Theme 11: Proppant Placement and Novel Completion Technologies
A Novel Approach to Monitor Proppant Consolidation during Hydraulic Fracturing using Dynamic Measurement: Experimental Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-53
Geophysical Monitoring with Seismic Metamaterial Contrast Agents
Quin R. S. Miller; H. Todd Schaef; Satish K. Nune; Ki Won Jung; Jeffrey A. Burghardt; Paul F. Martin; Matthew S. Prowant; Kayte M. Denslow; Chris E. Strickland; Manika Prasad; Mathias Pohl; Piyoosh Jaysaval; B. Peter McGrail
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1123
Far-Field Proppant Imaging Offsetting Depletion: A STACK Case History
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1035
Tracer Eluting Proppants for Shale Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-478
Quasi-Dry CO2 Fracturing - A New Breakthrough of Liquid CO2 Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1049
High Performance Fracturing Fluid Diverters with Broad Spectrum Applicability
Daniel Dreyer; Pious Kurian; Thomas Hu; Peng Tonmukayakul; Ronald Calaway; Clint Hodges; Kevin Peoples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-330
Novel Wettability Modifiers for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1069
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation VIII: Integration of Geomechanics in Petrophysical Analysis
Petrophysical Evaluation of Geomechanical Data in a Horizontal Well To Predict Problem Stages Using Process Zone Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-975
Characterization of Subsurface Bedding-Parallel Shear Fractures and Their Influence on Shale Gas Enrichment in WuFeng-LongMaxi Formation, SiChuan Basin, China
Li-Wei Jiang; Yong He; Dong-Chu Shu; Wei Niu; Feng Pan; Yue Wang; Kai-Xuan Li; Hai-Peng Zhao; Yu Tang
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-174
Multi-Scale Integration of Mudstone Properties in Interbedded Reservoirs, Insights into Additional Criteria for Evaluating Unconventional Reservoirs: Examples from the Duvernay Formation (Alberta, Canada) and the Woodford Shale (Oklahoma, USA)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-500
Elastic Mechanical Properties from SEM Imaging in Tight Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-642
Using High Resolution Geomechanical Data and Machine Learning to Inform Drilling Decisions and Completions Operations in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-957
Pore Pressure Estimation in Complex Lithologies: A Novel Approach in Delaware Basin Wolfcamp
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-165
X-Ray Fluorescence and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Advanced Rock Elemental Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1072
Theme 4: Novel Techniques in Geophysics for Reservoir Characterization
Calibration of Double-Ended Distributed Temperature Sensing System for Production Logging
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-949
Analytical Approach for Injectivity Profiling Through Warm-Back Analysis in Multilayer Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-61
Two Inversion Case Studies from the SCOOP and STACK Area of Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-562
Workflow for Nonlinear AVO Inversion To Estimate Seismic Anisotropy and Geomechanical Properties of Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-480
Resonance Frequencies in Passive Recordings Map Fracture Systems: Eagle Ford and New Albany Shale Examples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-347
Theme 6: Geochemistry, Chemistratigraphy & Fluid/Rock Interaction
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: An Emerging Spectroscopic Technique for Shale Rock Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-389
Origin of Shale Gases from Around the World: Implications for Exploration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-465
Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Lithological Linkages in a Thick, Early Permian, Siliciclastic Succession, Midland Basin, West Texas, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-454
A New Approach to Controlling Barite Scaling in Unconventional Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-512
Geochemical Modeling of Iron (Hydr)oxide Scale Formation During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-612
Enhanced Oil Recovery of Shale Oil: A Molecular Simulation Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-937
CO2-Shale Reactivity at the Matrix-Fracture Interface
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-948
Theme 5: Geomechanics Integration and Rock Characterization
3D Geomechanical Modeling for Field Development of a Colombian Shale Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-467
Anisotropic Borehole Stability Analysis for the UK’s First Horizontal Shale Gas Well in the Bowland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-15
An Experimental Investigation of the Anisotropic Dynamic and Static Properties of Eagle Ford Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-304
Optimization of Coalbed Methane Multi-Lateral Drilling in the San Juan Basin via Wellbore Stability Modeling and Data Analytics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-453
Theme 5: Frac Modeling III: From Physics to Field
Robust 3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-593
Optimizing Proppant Placement in Rough-Walled Rock Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1081
Fracture Surface Area Estimation from Main Hydraulic Fracture Treatment Pressure Falloff Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-40
Rapid Modeling of Injection and Production Phases of Hydraulically Fractured Shale Wells Using the Fast Marching Method
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-339
Fracture Analysis Before and After Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Using the Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criteria
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-650
Bayesian Probabilistic Analysis to Quantify Uncertainties in Hydraulic Fracture Geometry - Application to Laminations and their Impact on Fracture Height
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-517
Simulating the Life of Hydraulically Fractured Wells Using a Fully-Coupled Poroelastic Fracture-Reservoir Simulator
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-490
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies from Geology to Completions
Tailoring Completion Design to Reservoir and Geologic Quality Changes Across the Uinta Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-187
Analysis of a Drained Rock Volume: An Eagle Ford Example
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-263
Delaware Basin Horizontal Wolfcamp Case Study: Mitigating H2S and Excessive Water Production Through Isolating Densely Fractured Intervals Correlative to Seismically Mapped Shallow Graben Features in the Delaware Mountain Group
Katarzyna Charzynski; Kristi Faith; Zach Fenton; Ahmed Shedeed; Michael McKee; Sid Bjorlie; Michael Richardson
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1037
Theme 10: Furthering the Understanding of Fracture Behavior, Flowback, and SRVs I
Advanced Flowback in the Powder River Basin: Securing Stimulation Investments
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-285
Estimating Residual Fracture Pore Volume by Analyzing Post-Flowback Water Production: An Eagle Ford Black-Oil Case
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-989
Rigorous Modeling of Salt Transport During Frac, Shut-in, and Flowback to Constrain Hydraulic Fracture/Reservoir Property Estimates
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-109
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation V: Data Integration and Modeling
Enhanced Reservoir Characterization for Optimizing Completion Decisions in the Permian Basin Using a Novel Field-Scale Workflow Including Wells with Missing Data
Artur Posenato Garcia; Laura M. Hernandez; Archana Jagadisan; Zoya Heidari; Brian Casey; Rick Williams
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-317
Accurate Rock Mineral Characterization with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-19
Facies-Calibrated Petrophysical and Geocellular Property Modeling Using Data Analytics and Multi-Point Statistics in the Delaware Basin, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-421
An Integrated Deep Learning Solution for Petrophysics, Pore Pressure, and Geomechanics Property Prediction
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-111
Combined Inversion Recovery and CPMG NMR Interpretation Method for More Accurate Quantification of Liquid Saturations in Organic-Rich Mudstones
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-606
Compositional Controls on Micro-Scale Fluid Distribution in Tight Rocks: Examples from the Montney Formation (Canada)
David Cronkwright; Amin Ghanizadeh; Chris DeBuhr; Chengyao Song; Hanford Deglint; Chris Clarkson; Omid Ardakani
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-983
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data V
Implementing an Integrated Production Surveillance and Optimization System in an Unconventional Field
Diego Molinari; Sathish Sankaran; Dave Symmons; Michael Perrotte; Edward Wolfram; Ilsa Krane; Jichao Han; Neha Bansal
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-41
Data-Driven Approach to Optimize Stimulation Design in Eagle Ford Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-224
Continuous Mineralogical Characterization of the Bakken-Three Forks Formations: New Geological Insights from Hyperspectral Core Imaging
Brigette Martini; Jerome Bellian; David Katz; Lionel Fonteneau; Ronell Carey; Mary Guisinger; Stephan H. Nordeng
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-913
Machine Learning Applied to 3D Seismic Data from the Denver-Julesburg Basin Improves Stratigraphic Resolution in the Niobrara
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-337
Integrating Geostatistical Modeling with Machine Learning for Production Forecast in Shale Reservoirs: Case Study from Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-141
Application of Assisted History Matching Workflow to Shale Gas Well Using EDFM and Neural Network-Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-659
Application of Artificial Intelligence for Depositional Facies Recognition - Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-193
Theme 15: License to Operate: Stakeholder Management and Social Performance II
Data-driven Approach to Quantify Oilfield Water Lifecycle and Economics in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-968
Evaluating the Ellenburger Reservoir for Salt Water Disposal in the Midland Basin: An Assessment of Porosity Distribution Beyond the Scale of Karsts
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-600
Permian Produced Water: Impact of Rising Handling Costs and Larger Water Cuts on Wolfcamp Growth
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-401
Salt Water Disposal Modeling of Dakota Sand, Williston Basin, to Drive Drilling Decisions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-488
Theme 6: Oil/Gas/Water: Fluid-Fluid, Fluid-Rock Interactions and Chemostratigraphy I
Geochemical Perspectives on Cuttings-Based Chemostratigraphy and Mineral Modeling in the Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1068
Understanding the Impact of Sampling Resolution on the Efficacy and Utility of Elemental Datasets in the Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1136
Source(s) of Produced Water in the Permian Delaware Basin, West Texas: A Geochemical Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-102
Is It in the Water? Elucidating Mineral Scale Precipitation Mechanisms on Unconventional Production String Components
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-444
Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Investigating the Effect of Source and Temperature on the Maturity of the Organic Matter Exposed to Hydrocarbon Gas Injection
Sherifa Cudjoe; Reza Barati; Craig Marshall; Robert Goldstein; Jyun-Syung Tsau; Brian Nicoud; Kyle Bradford; Amanda Baldwin; David Mohrbacher
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-501
The Impact of Fracture Surface Area to Rock Volume Ratio on Spontaneous Imbibition in Tight Rocks
Wattana Chaisoontornyotin; Abdelhalim Mohamed; Shixun Bai; Samuel Asante Afari; Vahideh Mirchi; Antonio Recio, III; Megan Pearl; Mohammad Piri
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-627
Models for Headspace Isotope and Compositional Analysis: Gas in Place, Permeability, and Porosity Prediction and Completions Planning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1064
Theme 5: Geomechanics Case Studies: Spacing, Interference, and Optimization
Interpreting Inter-Well Poroelastic Pressure Transient Data: An Analytical Approach Validated with Field Case Studies
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-449
Impact of Parent Well Depletion on Stress Changes and Infill Well Completion in Multiple Layers in Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-972
Impact of Geology and Geomechanics on Stimulated Rock Volume and Productivity in a Multi-Landing Zone Development: A Case Study on the Vaca Muerta
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-596
Estimation of 3D Distribution of Pore Pressure from Surface Drilling Data - Application to Optimal Drilling and Frac Hit Prevention in the Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-511
A Comparative Study of Organic Richness and Maturity Impact on Anisotropic Geomechanical Properties in Shales Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-428
Case History Study of Seismic-Driven 3-D MEM Calibrated with 1-D MEMs and Petrophysics in Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-583
Theme 8: Huff and Puff in the Eagle Ford Basin
Compositional Tracking of a Huff-n-Puff Project in the Eagle Ford
Mathias Carlsen; Curtis Whitson; Mohamad Majzoub Dahouk; Bilal Younus; Ilina Yusra; Erich Kerr; Jack Nohavitza; Matthew Thuesen; John Drozd; Ray Ambrose; Stian Mydland
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-539
Quantitative Evaluation of Recovery Mechanisms for Huff-n-puff Gas Injection in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-147
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Diffusion-Based Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection into Lower Eagle Ford Shale Samples
Qinwen Fu; Sherifa Cudjoe; Reza Barati; Jyun-Syung Tsau; Xiaoli Li; Karen Peltier; David Mohrbacher; Amanda Baldwin; Brian Nicoud; Kyle Bradford
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-402
Eagle Ford - Introducing the Big Bad Wolf
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-624
Gas Injection EOR in Eagle Ford Shale Gas Condensate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-987
An Integrated Pore-Scale Characterization Workflow for Hydrocarbon Gas Huff-and-Puff Injection into the Lower Eagle Ford Shale
Sherifa Cudjoe; Reza Barati; Robert Goldstein; Jyun-Syung Tsau; Brian Nicoud; Kyle Bradford; Amanda Baldwin; David Mohrbacher
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-442
Theme 12: Overcoming Gridlock: Unlocking the Midstream Bottleneck
Monetizing Growing Permian Basin Supply: A Holistic Midstream Approach to Understanding Potential Bottlenecks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-634
Haynesville Midstream: Capacity Constraints and Differential Pressures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-607
Leak Detection in Wet Natural Gas Transportation Within Hilly Terrain Pipelines
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1156
Theme 14: Well Design and Drilling Advancements and Methods
Unconventional Advanced High-Performance Micromaterial for Enhancing Drilling-Mud Cleaning Performance of Spacer Fluids in Horizontal Wells: From Laboratory Development to Field Applications
Roderick Pernites; Jason Brady; Felipe Padilla; Jordan Clark; Caitlin McNeilly; Waqas Iqbal; Juan Lacorte; Eduardo Gonzalez; Mark Embrey
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-60
A Methodology for Selecting Optimal Pipe Rocking Regimes during Slide Drilling
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1115
An Integrated Workflow to Detect and Avoid Shallow Karst Drilling Hazards in the Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-385
Subseismic Fault Identification Using the Fault Likelihood Attribute: Application to Geosteering in the DJ Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-602
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting: Performance Prediction and Case Studies
Shale Gas Well Production Optimization using Modified RTA Method - Prediction of the Life of a Well
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-185
A New Method for Production Forecasting: Predictive Analytics vs. Conventional Methods in the Montney
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-264
Decline Curve Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs Using a Variable Power Law Model: A Barnett Shale Example
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-39
Kerogen-Bitumen-Porosity Nexus: Insights from Multi-Basinal Collocated SEM-Optical Light Petrography
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-988
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation VII: Integration, Saturation, and Recovery
Experimental and Molecular Insights on Sieving of Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Niobrara Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-69
A Methodology Using Triple-Combo Well Logs to Quantify In-Place Hydrocarbon Volumes for Inorganic and Organic Elements in Unconventional Reservoirs, Recognizing Differing Reservoir Wetting Characteristics - An Example from the Niobrara of the Denver-Julesburg Basin, Colorado
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-903
Theme 8: Flow Conformance and Sweep Efficiency Strategies
Micromodel Study of the Impacts of Fracture Connectivity and Wettability on Matrix Sweep Efficiency
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-144
A Pore-Scale Study of Non-Aqueous Foam for Improving Hydrocarbon Miscible Flooding in Water-Sensitive Tight Oil Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-955
Process-Based Microfluidics: Tools for Quantifying the Impact of Reservoir Quality on Recovery Factor
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-888
Experimental Investigation on the Application of Biological Enzymes for EOR in Shale Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1117
A Rapid Evaluation Technique of Sweep Efficiency for Tight Oil Reservoir Recovered with Gas Flooding
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-82
Impact of Polymer or Surfactant Flooding on Permafrost Stability
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-271
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies with an International Focus
HPHT Horizontal Multistage Completion Operations Planning and Execution
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-149
Starting Development in an Unconventional Play in Argentina: The Road to First FID
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-939
Understanding 3-D Distribution of Organic-Rich Units in the Vaca Muerta Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-559
Theme 10: Furthering the Understanding of Fracture Behavior, Flowback, and SRVs II
Modeling Frac-hits Using Dynamic Microseismicity-Constrained Enhanced Fracture Regions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-258
SRV Characterization and Optimum Lateral Well Spacing Study of a Two-well Pad in the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-93
Multigeneration Section Development in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin
Raj Malpani; Farhan Alimahomed; Cyrille Defeu; Larrez Green; Adnan Alimahomed; Laine Valle; David Entzminger; David Tovar
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-472
Theme 13: Emerging Unconventional Plays and Novel Applications of Technology II
Making the Connection Between Conventional and Unconventional
Nabeel Masood; Omar Ishteiwy; William Dawson; Stevanus Kurniadi; Martin Rylance; Sultan Al Harrasi; Daniel White
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-13
Integrated Approach to Assess Storage and Productivity Potential of a Frontier Unconventional Shale Oil Play in a Rift Basin, Lower Barmer Hill Formation, Barmer Basin, India
Sandipan Dutta; Utpalendu Kuila; Bodapati Naidu; Raj Yadav; John Dolson; Arpita Mandal; Soumen Dasgupta; Premanand Mishra; Pinakadhar Mohapatra
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-537
Petroleum Geology of the Turner Sandstone, Finn Shurley Field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-50
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting III: Reserves Implications
Assessment of the Reliability of Reserves Estimates of Public Companies in the U.S. and Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-652
Production Diagnostic Type Curves for Performance Evaluation: An Extension of the Universal Type Curve Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-31
Estimating Reserves and Tracking the Classification of Reserves and Resources Other Than Reserves (ROTR) in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-336
Powder River Basin Production Review from 2011 Through 2018: How Refinements in Completions and Operations Have Led to Increasing Production in the Upper Cretaceous Formations of Campbell and Converse Counties, Wyoming
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-655
Theme 3: Rock Quality and Horizontal Strategies and Challenges
Real-Time Target Optimization and Geosteering Multi-Well Case Study Utilizing Onsite While-Drilling XRD, XRF, and Mass Spectrometry, Niobrara and Codell Formations, DJ Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-146
Horizontal Targeting Strategies and Challenges: Examples from the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-390
Characterizing Quartz Phases in the Meramec and Osage of the STACK Region Using X-Ray Diffraction
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-140
Outcrop to Subsurface Reservoir Characterization of the Mississippian Sycamore/Meramec Play in the SCOOP Area, Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-991
Theme 5: DFNs: From Characterization to Simulation
Drill Bit Geomechanics and Fracture Diagnostics Optimize Completions in the Powder River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-889
A Geomechanical Approach for Evaluating Hydraulic Stimulation in Complex Stratigraphies
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-945
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Slippage of a Natural Fracture Resulting from an Approaching Hydraulic Fracture
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-597
Laboratory Investigation of Leak-Off During Hydraulic Fracturing into Bedding Interfaces
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-900
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