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1 - 3 August 2016

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The integrated event for unconventional resource teams

Sponsoring Organizations:

Society of Petroleum Engineers American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Supporting Organizations:

Association for Iron and Steel Technology Association for Iron and Steel Technology American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society

Monday Afternoon Technical

Technical Program   >   Monday   >   Monday Afternoon Technical
3:40 p.m.
Introductory Remarks

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Fracture Properties Characterization of Shale Rocks
Z. Ye, A. Ghassemi, S. Riley
2:15 p.m.
Brittleness Index: A Parameter to Embrace or Avoid?
E. J. Mathia, K. Ratcliffe, M. Wright
2:40 p.m.
Integrated Interpretation of Microseismic and Petroleum Engineering Data for Comparison of Gas Production in Two Interfering Adjacent Wellpads in the Horn River Basin, Canada
A. Yousefzadeh, Q. Li, C. J. Virues, R. Aguilera
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture/Natural Fracture Interaction on a Tight Sandstone Formation
X. Yang, J. Burghardt, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, J. Pei*, C. Qi
4:10 p.m.
Geomechanics of Fault Activation and Induced Seismicity During Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
M. Grob, S. Maxwell*
4:35 p.m.
Geomechanical Characterization of the Upper and Lower Bakken Shale and the Pronghorn Member in the Williston Basin
J. Xu, D. Nandy, S. Sonnenberg
5:00 p.m.
Geomechanical Implications on Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing in Saudi Arabi
S. M. Khan, M. Oparin, R. Tineo, D. Bentley

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Improving IRR and Safety through Operational Efficiency
M. J. Lochmann, W. Jackson, R. Bal
2:15 p.m.
Blinking Out: the Bakken Without Capital for Fracking and Drilling
H. A. Kuzma, D. Purvis
2:40 p.m.
Resilience of the US Shale Production to the Collapse of Oil & Gas Prices
P. Charlez, P. Delfiner

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Effects of Toe-Up vs Toe-Down Wellbore Trajectories on Production Performance in the Cana Woodford
S. G. Browning, R. Jayakumar
2:15 p.m.
Impact of Coal Mine Water on Modern Gas Well Cements
J. Gardiner, B. Kutchko, J. Fazio, R. Spaulding, A. Hakala
2:40 p.m.
Improved Tools and Procedures Enable More Effective Downhole Slurry Placement When Planning and Executing Section or Hole Abandonments in Unconventional Wells
H. Rogers, Z. Casias
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Enhancing the Annular Barrier With a Low-Portland Alternative
T. J. Pisklak, R. G. Morgan, J. R. Benkley
4:10 p.m.
Overcoming Liner Installation Challenges in Extended Reach Laterals With Burst Disk Float Collar
M. Miller, P. Mogenhan, K. Hale, C. Mullen
4:35 p.m.
Centralizer Selection and Placement Basis for Overcoming Liner Running Challenges in Extended-Reach Horizontal Bakken Shale Completions
J. Long, T. Abshire, D. Dall'Acqua
5:00 p.m.
What I Wish My Geologist Knew About Life and Drilling: Geosteering From a Drilling Engineer's Perspective
S. Noynaert

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Understanding Organic Matter Structural Changes with Increasing Thermal Maturity From Oil Shale Plays Through SEM Imaging
L. Alcantar-Lopez
2:15 p.m.
Pore Systems of the Cline Shale, Midland Basin, W. Texas
R. M. Reed, R. Rousch
2:40 p.m.
Characterizing Porosity in Distal Lower Shoreface Sands Within the Montney Formation, Alberta: Digital Rock Analysis for Reservoir Characterization
G. MacDonald, V. Ravlo, B. Hosegood, T. Olson
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Techniques for Using Core CT Data for Facies Identification and Analysis
B. Hall, A. Govert
4:10 p.m.
3-D Multiscale Imaging of the Distribution of Pores, Organic Matter and Oil in Place in Vaca Muerta Shale Samples
S. Sommacal, A. Fogden, B. Young, E. Goergen, D. Marchal, A. Perez Mazas, C. Naides, G. Kohler, M. Cagnolati
4:35 p.m.
Understanding Wettability Heterogeneity at the Micro and Nano Scale in Unconventional Light Oil Reservoirs
C. Debuhr, H. Deglint*, C. Clarkson, F. Krause
5:00 p.m.
Effects of Nanoscale Pore Confinement on CO2 Immiscible and Miscible Processes
K. Zhang, Z. Chen, N. Chen

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Calibration of PS Shear Wave Anisotropy in a Mississippi Lime Play, North-Central Oklahoma
S. Singleton, S. Chi, L. Sanford, P. Constance
2:15 p.m.
Understanding Azimuthal P-Wave Anisotropy Through Multiple Vendor and Attribute Comparisons
J. Rich, M. Rauche-Davies, B. Kennedy
2:40 p.m.
Geomechanical and Geophysical Analysis Through Wavefield Re-Datuming and Inversion of a Wattenberg Field
J. Behura, P. Smith, O. Quezada
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Extracting Meaningful Estimates of Rock Properties From 3-D Anisotropic Velocity Models Derived from Borehole Microseismic
S. M. Taylor, J. King
4:10 p.m.
Azimuthal Velocity Analysis of 3-D Pre-Stack Seismic Data for Fracture-Induced Anisotropy in the Altamont-Bluebell Field
K. Al Dulaijan, G. Margrave
4:35 p.m.
Interpolating High-Resolution Well Log Volume Using Seismic Dip Vectors and Control Grid
Y. Yu
5:00 p.m.
Prestack Seismic Data Inversion for Shale Gas Reservoir Characterization in China
G. Yu, Y. zhang, X. Wang, X. Liang

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Determining Maximum Horizontal Stress With Microseismic Focal Mechanisms - Case Studies in the Marcellus, Eagleford Wolfcamp
A. Agharazi, O. Teran
2:15 p.m.
Horizontal Pressure Disequilibrium and Its Indication on Fluid Continuity in Shale Plays
D. Xia
2:40 p.m.
Correlation of Acoustic Velocity, Stress, Rock Composition, Organic Matter and Rock Lamination in Organic-Rich Shale
A. A. Alqahtani, A. N. Tutuncu
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Risk Reduction for Effectively Increasing Drilling Efficiency in the Thin Reservoirs of the Three Forks of the Williston Basin: A Case Study Employing a Geostatistical Seismically Constrained Subsurface Geomodel
V. Bansal, I. Tsybulkina, F. Brito, C. Marin*, K. Chesser, H. Titchmarsh, S. M. Mogensen, S. D. Fluckiger
4:10 p.m.
Quantifying Natural Fracture Spatial Organization in Horizontal Image Logs: Application in Unconventional Reservoirs
J. Z. Li, J. F. Gale, R. A. Marrett, S. E. Laubach
4:35 p.m.
Fault and Fracture Detection in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Utica Shale Study
H. Refayee, S. Adcock, H. Jaglan

1:45 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
1:50 p.m.
Semi-Analytical Model for Matching Flowback Through Long-Term Production of Multi-Fractured Tight Oil Wells
C. Clarkson, F. Qanbari, J. Williams-Kovacs
2:15 p.m.
Quantifying Changes in Hydraulic Fracture Properties Using a Multi-Well Integrated Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) and Reservoir Simulation Model in an Unconventional Wolfcamp Fm., Midland Basin, West Texas
A. Ajayi, B. Schmitt, R. Cox, B. Elliott
2:40 p.m.
History Matching and Prediction Algorithm for Unconventional Production Surveillance
X. Jia, A. Filippov, T. McNealy
3:05 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m.
Integrated Subsurface Modeling for Unconventional Assets: A Bakken Application
Y. Dong, J. Tollefsrud, S. Hernandez-Cordon, B. Hart, T. Schroeder, T. O. Sygnabere, E. Radjef
4:10 p.m.
Combining Hydraulic Fracturing Considerations and Well Spacing Optimization for Pad Development in the Vaca Muerta Shale
M. Suarez, S. Pichon
4:35 p.m.
Cana Woodford: Seismic to Simulation Reservoir Characterization
M. Almasoodi, R. Jayakumar, P. Nguyen
5:00 p.m.
How to Model and Improve our Understanding of Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs with Complex Organic/Inorganic Pore Network
M. Khoshghadam, A. Khanal, W. Lee, N. Rabinejadganji
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