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Nanopetrophysics Characterization of the Mancos Shale Formation in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, U.S.A.
(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 ... -
Mapping Structural Deformation Associated with the Formation of the Blue Ridge Salt Dome
(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 ... -
Petrophysical Characterization of the Jo Mill Submarine Fan Complex, Spraberry Trend, Midland Basin, Texas
(2017-12-01)Understanding and quantifying reservoir quality require a new suite of knowledge when approaching the nanometer sized pore-networks of unconventional reservoirs. These low porosity and permeability reservoirs have been ... -
MAGNESIUM ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF STROMATOLITIC KNOBS IN STORR’S LAKE, SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANOMINERALIZATION AND LAMINAE FORMATION
(2017-08-21)Storr’s Lake, a hypersaline lake located on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, contains modern, fine-grained stromatolites. This study focused on two morphological types of stromatolitic mounds in Storr’s Lake (pinnacle mound ... -
IMPROVING REGIONAL HYDROLOGY FORECASTING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGION UTILIZING CONDITIONAL ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW AND HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREDICTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING
(2017-05-10)The predictive skill of hydrologic variables such as streamflow and soil moisture, in North Central Texas, has improved substantially in the recent decades. However, substantial model-data biases are still present during ... -
GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HORN RIVER FORMATION: BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA
(2017-05-23)The Devonian Horn River basin of northeastern British Columbia is the largest producing shale gas field in Canada. It has an estimated 500-600 TCF of light hydrocarbons in place stacked in multiple formations in an ... -
NANO-PETROPHYSICS OF THE HYBRID SHALE-OIL BONE SPRING FORMATION, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
(2017-05-23)Despite the increased hydrocarbon production in hydraulically stimulated unconventional reservoirs, how fluid flows through the rock matrix in these reservoirs is still not well understood. It has been shown that much of ... -
A MEGABRECCIA WITH ASSOCIATED STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHERRY CANYON AND BELL CANYON FORMATIONS TRANSITION (GUADALUPIAN, MIDDLE PERMIAN), SOUTHERN DELAWARE MOUNTAINS, WEST TEXAS
(2017-05-10)The Cherry Canyon and Bell Canyon Formations (Guadalupian, Middle Permian) are well exposed in the southern part of the Delaware Mountains, West Texas and are marked by the presence of several distinct and widespread debris ... -
Petrophysical Properties of the Yeso, Abo and Cisco Formations in the Permian Basin in New Mexico, U.S.A.
(2017-05-23)The area that comprises the Northwest Shelf in Lea Co., New Mexico has been heavily drilled over the past half century. The main target being shallow reservoirs within the Permian section (San Andres and Grayburg Formations). ... -
A Geomechanical Approach To Evaluate Brittleness Using Well Logs: Mississippian Limestone, Northern Oklahoma
Fracture 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 ... -
Major, Minor And Trace Element Geochemistry Of The Eagle Ford Formation, South Texas
Major, minor and trace element concentrations analyzed through hand-held ED-XRF and several laboratory techniques characterize geochemical heterogeneity in strata that appear homogeneous within the Eagle Ford Formation. ... -
NO MAJOR CHANGES ON PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE EOCENE–OLIGOCENE TRANSITION IN THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS
(2015-12-08)Earth’s climate has experienced dramatic cooling during the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT) based on well-constrained marine geological records, however, a consensus on the terrestrial responses to this event has not ... -
FLUID UPTAKE OF THE GODDARD SHALE IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, USA
(2015-12-07)The South Central Oklahoma Oil Province is the current play for the Goddard shale and is also the main field for the underlying Woodford Formation. As of September 2015, an estimated 40 wells have been drilled to evaluate ... -
EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE MICROMECHANICS OF BRITTLE FRAGMENTATION DURING EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE
(2016-12-09)Various fault damage fabrics, from gouge in the principal slip zone, to fragmented and pulverized rocks in the fault damage zone, have been attributed to brittle deformation at high strain rates during earthquake rupture. ... -
Nanopetrophysics of the Niobrara Formation in Berthoud State #3 Well
(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 ... -
Coupled Geochemical and Nano-Petrophysical Study of the Spraberry-Wolfcamp Trend; West Texas, U.S.A.
(2016-12-16)With the rise in interest of unconventional plays, efforts have moved to understand these formations across 12 orders of magnitude through nm-km scale. Recent work by others has shown the importance of the nanometer range ... -
The Characterization of Friable Surface Deposits Across North Africa Utilizing Computer Controlled Scanning Electron Microscopy (CCSEM)
(2016-05-10)Analysis of the mineral constituents of friable surface deposits from the Burkina Faso and Niger regions, North Africa, was undertaken by computer controlled scanning electron microscopy (CCSEM) to try and identify ... -
⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr AS A POTENTIAL FINGERPRINT FOR DETERMINING THE PROVENANCE OF TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ACTIVITIES IN THE BARNETT SHALE, TEXAS
(2016-05-11)Over the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in unconventional drilling that utilizes hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas. The Barnett Shale in north central Texas has been a significant contributor to ... -
The Variance Of Methane Adsorption And Its Relation To Thermal Maturity In The Marcellus Shale
(Geology, 2015)In unconventional shale gas plays, gas-in-place is a major factor in evaluating the shale’s potential and determining well density and lateral placement. The two main contributors to total gas-in-place are free gas and ... -
Effect Of Oil Viscosity Change On Oil Production: CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery In The Permian Basin And Potential In The Gabon Basin
With most oil fields around the world reaching maturation it is not uncommon for oil companies to investigate the possibility of implementing CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery. The injection of CO₂ in a reservoir reduces the oil ...