Browsing Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences by Author "Wickham, John"
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A comparison of reservoir gas energy and composition with respect to initial oil production in the San Andres Formation of Shafter Lake Field, Andrews County, Texas
Smith, Jacob Ross; 0000-0003-4227-0714 (2018-05-14)The oil-rich, Permian-age San Andres Formation in the Permian Basin of West Texas produces Wolfcampian-age oil from the dolomitic host rock in prolific amounts. The present study focuses on the Shafter Lake field and ... -
A Geomechanical Approach To Evaluate Brittleness Using Well Logs: Mississippian Limestone, Northern Oklahoma
Martin, JamesFracture density, or brittleness, of a rock is an important factor in understanding the characteristics of a reservoir and the reservoir's predisposition to fracturing. This becomes particularly critical when exploring ... -
An Integrated Evaluation Of Potential Petroleum Systems Of The Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
Hobbs, James E.; 0000-0001-8005-8648 (2018-07-10)The Southern Carnarvon Basin is an elongate basin in Western Australia covering approximately 200,000km2. There are two main regions: a western platform (Gascoyne Platform) with a Cambrian to Lower Carboniferous succession ... -
ANALYSIS OF PARASEQUENCES WITH PALEO-GEOGRAPHICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIOCENE RESERVOIRS OF THE MAIN PASS REGION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
O'Donnell, John Walker; 0000-0003-2803-8310Reservoir sands in the Main Pass region of the Gulf of Mexico have proved to be highly productive, accounting for 56 million barrels of oil and 47 billion cubic feet of gas in just the 4 lease blocks covered in this study. ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MANCOS “B”/ PRAIRIE CANYON MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE, RIO BLANCO, COLORADO
Leaseburge, Scott Brian; 0000-0001-8888-2877 (2017-12-04)Over the past decade hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs has grown to become a significant source of North American domestic energy and will likely continue so for decades to come. However, production ... -
Chemostratigraphy Of The Austin Chalk And Upper Eagle Ford Shale
Abdi, Zain (Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-07-14)A single drill core from La Salle, TX was analyzed for its chemical composition and percent concentration of both major and trace elements in order to understand depositional environments and local tectonic activity of the ... -
Computer Models Of A Basement Involved Fault Propagation Fold During The Laramide Orogeny Around Las Vegas, New Mexico
Ford, Jerry TimothyNumerical geomechanical modeling is acceptable today for studying geologic structures and is readily accomplished by most computers used by geoscientists and engineers interested in studying geomechanics. Models should ... -
Depositional Environments, Diagenesis, And Reservoir Delineation Of The FCU 1947 Upper Clear Fork Cored Interval - An SEM Image Analysis Approach To Pore System Characterization
Wiksveen, Tore Ray (Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-03-12)Delineating reservoir facies in heterogeneous tidal flat carbonates is a challenge which requires analysis at greater resolutions than wireline logs can provide. Such depositional environments are documented in the upper ... -
Depositional Facies And Reservoir Analysis Of The Tyler Formation In The Central Williston Basin, North Dakota
Monahan, Paul David (Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-07-14)Traditionally, the Pennsylvanian Tyler Formation has been targeted as a conventional reservoir consisting of barrier island and channel sand deposits in the southwestern Williston basin, North Dakota. The purpose of this ... -
FRACTURE DENSITY AND BRITTLENESS OF THE MESOZOIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED ON THE CANADIAN ESCARPMENT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Moore, Scott Alexander; 0000-0002-1682-2530 (2018-07-02)Production of hydrocarbons from tight and unconventional reservoirs has become so prevalent, the need to understand rock fracture mechanics has become increasingly important. A specific research goal is the need to understand ... -
Fracture Density Of Units In The Brushy Canyon Formation, Whitehorse Group And Winchell Formation Of The Permian Basin.
Smith, Skyler (Geology, 2013-10-22)This study tests the theoretical equation(Fd Ua)/μ=A v/(1-2v)+B, where Fd equals the fracture density present in a geologic unit under constant strain conditions. The material properties in the equation were measured using ... -
Geomechanical Analysis of Rock Brittleness with Comparisons to the Mineralogical Brittleness Index
Bammel, Derek (2016-05)A significant area of research within the Oil and Gas industry centers around the understanding of rock brittleness and fracture mechanics related to inducing and extending hydraulic fractures. This study defines rock ... -
A Geomechanical Equation For Fracture Density/brittleness And Comparisons With A Mineralogical Brittleness Index
Zastoupil, Louis BrettAs production of hydrocarbons from tight reservoirs becomes more prevalent, the need to understand fracture density and what can affect fracture density has become the goal of new research. In this study, fracture density ... -
IMPLICATIONS OF LITHOFACIES ASSOCIATION AND ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW AND HIGH-ACCOMMODATION SYSTEM TRACTS FROM THE SANDSTONE DOMINATED ZONE ( THE BARREN SERIES) OF THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE RATON FORMATION, TRINIDAD, COLORADO
Alrefaei, Yaqoub Y Y S M Alsayed; 0000-0002-4373-259X (2017-01-02)The Raton Formation is an Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene unit that is interpreted to be deposited in various stages of high-accommodation fluvial systems. High-accommodation flood basin deposits are generally considered ... -
LINKING PETROPHYSICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION TO PRODUCTION BEHAVIOR IN THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE
O'Silas, Silas (2018-08-08)In recent years, the Haynesville shale has become a target for natural gas exploitation, especially with the advent of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Located in East Texas and Northwest Louisiana, it is ... -
Mapping Structural Deformation Associated with the Formation of the Blue Ridge Salt Dome
Bonner, Mason Phillip; 0000-0002-3358-0676 (2017-12-11)Geologic mapping and subsurface imaging around salt has remained difficult. Seismic imaging is difficult near salt due to the large velocity contrasts between salt and the surrounding rocks, the steeply dipping salt and ... -
Morphology Of The Lower Missouri River: The Processes Involving Development Of Highly Sinuous Gooseneck Loop Cutoffs Exposed In The Surficial Deposits Of The River Floodplain
Carlin, Daniel Earl (Geology, 2012-04-11)Mapping the surficial deposits of the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa to Mondamin, Iowa brought to light a prominent set of landforms exposed in the floodplain and which are also easily visible via aerial photography. ... -
Morphology, Mechanisms, And Processes For The Formation Of A Non-bifurcating Fluvial-deltaic Channel Prograding Into Grapevine Reservoir, Texas
Tomanka, Gary D. (Environmental & Earth Science, 2013-07-22)Non-bifurcating channels in modern reservoirs, tie channels, and the Mississippi River Bird-Foot Delta share a common morphology that is likely due to an underlying common mechanism. Data analysis indicates that the Denton ... -
Nanopetrophysics Characterization of the Mancos Shale Formation in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, U.S.A.
Kalteyer, Richard; 0000-0002-4407-5261 (2017-12-01)The Mancos Shale of the San Juan Basin is no stranger to the drilling of oil and gas, but traditional exploration within the region has predominantly been limited to the use of conventional vertical wells. Due to the recent ... -
Nanopetrophysics of the Niobrara Formation in Berthoud State #3 Well
Villegas, Rafael Roberto; 0000-0002-5174-6721 (2016-12-08)The advent of new drilling and completion technologies over the past two decades has made unconventional shale reservoirs the focus of much of the oil and gas exploration and production throughout the United States. Despite ...