..., high resolution strain measurements from fiber, and fracture mapping from microseismic. This determines fracture performance in terms of parent-child, child-child interactions, fracture dimensions, and azimuth. A cross-discipline platform is used to process, analyze and integrate multiple well...

... differences in well orientation, geological properties, and hydraulic fracture azimuth (minimum horizontal stress azimuth) influence optimal drilling and completion strategies for maximizing well performance. This study employs machine learning techniques to predict EUR for various development scenarios...

... azimuth geologist fracture characterization drillstem testing reservoir characterization fracture toughness shear anisotropy interpretation unconventional resource technology conference microseismicity tight gas reservoir formation propagation magnitude gradient URTeC: 4054307 Hydraulic...

... of Shmin was generated using published regional stress data and sampled at the midpoint of the horizontals, allowing the determination of the azimuth of Shmin at each well and the subsequent calculation of the azimuthal difference between the well and Shmin. The data were then binned using the azimuthal...

... perforation complex reservoir fracturing fluid hydraulic fracturing variation simulation hydraulic fracturing technology resource conference fracturing materials panel orientation azimuth artificial intelligence coefficient particle concentration optimization completion installation...

... fracturing fluid exhibition diameter machine learning hydraulic fracturing cfd simulation perforation azimuth proppant efficiency perforation spe hydraulic fracturing technology conference azimuth wellbore flowrate technology conference fracturing materials proppant presented urtec 5254...

.... However, if there is formation heterogeneity around the wellbore, what the dipole measurement can probe is the equivalent homogeneous mechanical properties. Unipole sonic tools can evaluate azimuthal heterogeneity and anisotropy. However, their ability to reveal fine formation features is largely limited...

... time delay fracture barrier fracture height hereford field fracture density inter-stage vsp microseismic data anisotropy calculation frac height azimuth URTeC: 2757 Validation of Fracture Height and Density from Rapid Time-Lapse DAS VSP for use in Calculating Stimulated Rock Volume: A Case...

... Abstract Pre-stack HTI Velocity Variation with Azimuth (VVAZ) and Amplitude Variation with Azimuth (AVAZ) are employed to locate open fracture networks at the Wolfcamp by detecting changes in azimuthal moveout and amplitudes caused by long, narrow bands of fractures associated...

... fracturing vertical array tiltmeter geometry Spraberry formation unconventional resource technology conference azimuth completion microseismic data complexity Reservoir Characterization fracture height lateral side view configuration fracture geometry zipper fracture geophone array geophone...

... Abstract A tightly-sampled 3D land seismic survey from south central Texas was acquired atop the Austin Chalk near Giddings, Texas in 2015. A test subset of that survey was processed using an azimuth-friendly flow, and subsequent azimuthal velocity inversion (VVAZ) generated interval...

... Summary We propose azimuthal plane-wave destruction seismic diffraction imaging workflow (AzPWD) to efficiently emphasize small-scale features associated with subsurface discontinuities such as faults, channel edges, fracture swarms, etc., and to determine their orientation by properly...

... with approximately 350 psi difference between maximum horizontal stress σ M and minimum horizontal stress σ m. Multi-layer fracture modeling suggested targeting calcite-rich members (10%-20%) of the Niobrara with a well azimuth of NW-SE oblique to natural fractures and perpendicular to maximum stress direction...

... and conduits in the tight sandstones, shales, and carbonates. Information related to fracture orientation and intensity is vital for the development of such reservoirs. Azimuthal variations of P-wave velocities can be a valuable tool for information related to fractures. Therefore, this paper utilizes Velocity...

... Summary It is well known that azimuthal variations in P-wave normal move-out velocities (Vnmo) are commonly observed in modern 3D seismic surveys. In many cases this effect is visible on azimuthal gathers and correcting for it becomes a necessity in wide azimuth data. Unfortunately...

... trajectory recovery loss Crossover wellbore error model drainage radius azimuth positional error survey accuracy accuracy envelope urtec 2458814 wellbore placement Simulation tool code wellbore length production envelope URTeC: 2458814 Simulation of Recovery Losses Due to Positional Errors...

... error coefficient azimuth urtec 2458828 axial magnetic interference URTeC: 2458828 Web-based Technologies for Real-time Directional Survey Quality Improvement Jarrod S. DeVerse*, Surcon Ltd., Denver, CO, United States; Stefan Maus, Magnetic Variation Services LLC, Westminster, CO, United States...

... array. Introduction Microseismic technology is widely used to estimate hydraulic fracture dimensions in unconventional reservoirs (Warpinski et al. 1997; Maxwell 2014). Azimuth, length, width, and height growth as well as complexity can be determined from good quality microseismic datasets...

... Shale. The seismic data set is a 180 sq mi high density, full azimuth, multi-component survey. Processing was carefully performed in order to quantify compressional and converted wave anisotropy. Then a reservoir characterization study was conducted that integrated rock and fracture properties...

... the utilization of 100 km 2 wide-azimuth 3D seismic data post stack attributes in the Block MA shale gas exploration area. We focus especially on using neural network techniques to analyze the 3D seismic attribute data for fracture prediction. The examples show that using the technique could play an important...