Oil Generation Rates and Subtle Structural Flexure: Keys to Forming the Bakken Sweetspot in the Parshall Field of Mountrail County, North Dakota

Authors: Stephan H. Nordeng, Julie A. Lefever, Fred J. Anderson, and Eric H. Johnson

Source: AAPG Search and Discovery Article #20094, June 13-16, 2010

 

Unconventionally Conventional – Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian – Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation Reservoir, Williston Basin, North Dakota

Authors: Sven Egenhoff, Aaron van Dolah, and Ali Jaffri

Source: AAPG Search and Discovery Article #10257, April 11-14, 2010

Williston Basin and Paris Basin, Same Hydrodynamics, Same Potential for Unconventional Resources?
Authors: Jean-Yves Chatellier and Mark Urban
Source: AAPG Search and Discovery, AAPG International Conference – Alberta, September 12-15, 2010

Abstracts from: SPE OnePetro

1. Topic: UR – Coal Bed Methane
Title: Enhanced Gas Recovery and CO2 Storage in Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs: Optimized Injected Gas Composition for Mature Basins of Various Coal Rank
Author: Karine Schepers, Anne Oudinot, Nino Ripepi
Source: SPE International Conference, November 10-12, 2010
Summary: This study presents an investigation of the injection of a mixture of CO2 and N2 that will theoretically result in ECBM and CCS without a loss of injectivity.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-139723-MS&societyCode=SPE

2. Topic: UR – Heavy-Oil
Title: Use of CO2 in Heavy-Oil Waterflooding
Author: M. Nasehi, K. Asghari
Source: SPE International Conference, November 10-12, 2010
Summary: Results of this study indicate that the use of CO2 significantly improves recovery of heavy oil by waterflooding.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-139672-MS&societyCode=SPE

Case Studies from: Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, and Weatherford

September 2010 – Real-Time Measurements Optimize Marcellus Shale Well Placement
Schlumberger Case study: Marcellus shale operator repeatedly places long lateral in richest target zone
Schlumberger-case study-marcellus.pdf

September 2010 – Multifrequency Dielectric Dispersion Tool Distinguishes Heavy Oil from Freshwater
 Schlumberger Case study: Dielectric Scanner high-resolution dielectric permittivity and conductivity identify oil despite lack of resistivity contract
 Schlumberger-case study-heavy oil.pdf

September 2010 – Channel Fracturing Gives Encana 24% More Gas Production
 Schlumberger Case study: Increasing fluid recovery and reducing recovery time for a stimulation campaign in Wyoming
 Schlumberger-case study-fracturing.pdf

October 2010 – Proactive Geosteering in Carbonate Reservoir Optimized Production
 Baker Hughes Case history: Baker Hughes Reservoir Navigation Services navigated through a thin carbonate layer while avoiding high doglegs
 Baker-case histories-carbonate reservoir.pdf

October 2010 – RETORE Program Unplugged Coalbed Methane Wells
 Baker Hughes Case history: Baker Hughes enhanced long-term production potential
 Baker-case history-coalbed methane.pdf

October 2010 – AddFRAC Services Ensured Long-Lasting Scale Protection
 Baker Hughes Case history: Baker Hughes improved post-frac flowback in Bakken shale
 Baker-case history-AddFRAC.pdf

October 2010 – Weatherford Real Results: Weatherford Well-Testing Services Optimize Flow Process to Provide High-Quality Real-Time Data, Maximizing Operational Efficiency
 Weatherford-results-well testing.pdf

October 2010 – Weatherford Real Results: RwCδ System with CleanReamδ Reaming Tool Provides Casing Running Solution for Unstable Shale Section in Texas
 Weatherford-results-shale.pdf

October 2010 – Weatherford Real Results: HELδ EMpulseδ MWD System Combines with Revolutionβ RSS to Drill Horizontal Section for First Time Underbalanced Solely on Air
 Weatherford-results-horizontal drill.pdf

Abstracts from: SPE OnePetro, AAPG Datapages & DOE KMD

1. Topic: UR – Tight Gas
Title: Infill Drilling Potential in Tight Gas Reservoirs
Author: Shu Luo, Mohan Kelkar
Source: SPE OnePetro – SPE Annual Conference, September 19-22, 2010
Summary: In this paper, we present a novel method for determining the incremental vs. acceleration potential for in fill well in a tight gas reservoir.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-134249-MS&societyCode=SPE

2. Topic: UR – Gas Shales
Title: Rock Typing in Gas Shales
Author: Sagar Kale, Chandra S Rai, Carl H Sondergeld
Source: SPE OnePetro – SPE Annual Conference, September 19-22, 2010
Summary: Here we present a methodology for rock typing in Barnett shale by integrating geological core description with porosity, total organic carbon (TOC), mineralogy and mercury injection capillary pressure which are relatively easy to measure.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-134539-MS&societyCode=SPE

3. Topic: UR – Marcellus Shale
Title: Technology Integration - A Methodology to Enhance Production and Maximize Economics in Horizontal Marcellus Shale Wells
Author: R Henry Jacot, Lucas W Bazan, Bruce R Meyer
Source: SPE OnePetro – SPE Annual Conference, September 19-22, 2010
Summary: This paper describes a procedure to enhance production in the Marcellus shale while optimizing economics through integration of minifrac, fracture treatment, microseismic, and production data technologies.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-135262-MS&societyCode=SPE

4. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Electron Beam (E-Beam) Irradiation Improves Conventional Heavy Oil Upgrading
Author: D Yang, J Kim, CF Silva, MA Barrufet, R Moreira
Source: SPE OnePetro – SPE Annual Conference, September 19-22, 2010
Summary: This paper presents the experimental and simulation study of E-Beam hydrocarbon upgrading process which shows the efficiency of E-Beam process and radiation energy transfer mechanism for single and multiphase fluid.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-133919-MS&societyCode=SPE

5. Topic: UR – Gas Wells
Title: A Better Way To Forecast Production From Unconventional Gas Wells
Author: Peter P Valko, W John Lee
Source: SPE OnePetro – SPE Annual Conference, September 19-22, 2010
Summary: This work combines two ideas—the stretched exponential decline curve model and the novel paradigm of data-intensive discovery—to provide a controlled production forecast for any individual tight gas/shale gas well on the basis of data gathered through parameter processing for a large group of wells.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-134231-MS&societyCode=SPE 

Unconventional Gas Case Studies - Schlumberger 

  • Coalbed methane (1)
  • Shale Gas (7)
  • Tight Gas (26)

Case Studies and Papers – Halliburton

Abstracts from: SPE OnePetro, AAPG Datapages & DOE KMD

1. Topic: UR – Tight Oil
Title: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Miscible Flooding in Tight Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study
Source: OnePetro - Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, 14-16 December 2009, Kuwait City, Kuwait
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-127616-MS&societyCode=SPE

2. Topic: UR – Tight Oil
Title: Integrating Microseismic Mapping, Fracture Modeling and Reservoir Modeling Optimizes Well Performance in the Changqing Field
Source: OnePetro - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition, 4-6 August 2009, Jakarta, Indonesia
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-121528-MS&societyCode=SPE

3. Topic: UR – Tight Oil
Title: Tight Oil Reservoir Development Feasibility Study Using Finite Difference Simulation and Streamlines
Source: OnePetro - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium, 9-11 May 2009, AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-126099-MS&societyCode=SPE

4. Topic: UR – Tight Oil
Title: Design and Life-Cycle Considerations for Unconventional Reservoir Wells
Source: OnePetro - SPE Production & Operations, V24, N2, May 2009, pp. 353-359
Summary: These design considerations are evaluated with case studies for five unconventional-reservoir types: shale gas (Barnett shale), tight gas (Jonah feld), tight oil (Bakken play), coalbed methane (CBM) (San Juan basin), and tight heavy oil (Lost Hills field).
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-114170-PA&societyCode=SPE

5. Topic: UR – Tight Oil, stimulation
Title: Stimulation of Tight Gas Reservoirs Worldwide
Source: OnePetro - Offshore Technology Conference, 4-7 May 2009, Houston, Texas
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=OTC-20267-MS&societyCode=OTC

6. Topic: UR – Basin Tectonics
Title: Surface Microseismic Monitoring of Slick Water and Nitrogen Fracture Stimulations, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma
Source: OnePetro - SPE Unconventional Gas Conference, 23-25 February 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-132371-MS&societyCode=SPE

7. Topic: UR – desalination, reverse osmosis
Title: Optimization and Process Control of a Reverse Osmosis Treatment for Oilfield Brines
Source: OnePetro - Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, 31 May-3 June 2009, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-121177-MS&societyCode=SPE

8. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett Shale
Title: Multi-stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Shale Gas Well Rate Transient Analysis
Source: OnePetro - North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition, 14-17 February 2010, Cairo, Egypt
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-126754-MS&societyCode=SPE

9. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett & Marcellus & Haynesville
Title: Analysis of Production Data From Fractured Shale Gas Wells
Source: OnePetro - SPE Unconventional Gas Conference, 23-25 February 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-131787-MS&societyCode=SPE

10. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett
Title: Coiled Tubing Fracturing: An Operational Review of a 43-Stage Barnett Shale Stimulation
Source: OnePetro - SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, 23-24 March 2010, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Summary: This paper describes one targeted operation in a horizontal well where the spacing was reduced to 60 ft.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-130678-MS&societyCode=SPE

11. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett
Title: Reservoir Management in Unconventional Reservoirs
Source: OnePetro- SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, 8-9 March 2010, Dallas, Texas, USA
Summary: A new reservoir management tool is presented which serves as an aid in assessing field development maturity.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-130146-MS&societyCode=SPE

12. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett
Title: New Single-Well Standalone Gas Lift Process Facilitates Barnett Shale Fracture-Treatment Flowback
Source: OnePetro - SPE Production & Operations, V25, N1, February 2010, pp. 59-64
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-118876-PA&societyCode=SPE

13. Topic: UR – Shale Gas
Title: Common Themes in the Formation and Preservation of Intrinsic Porosity in Shales and Mudstones - Illustrated With Examples Across the Phanerozoic
Source: OnePetro - SPE Unconventional Gas Conference, 23-25 February 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=SPE-132370-MS&societyCode=SPE

14. Topic: UR – Shale Gas
Title: Characterization of the Horn River Basin Thermogenic Shale Gas Play in Northeastern BC
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_beaudoin.pdf

15. Topic: UR – Shale Gas
Title: An Integrated Workflow for Shale Gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin: Surface Seismic to Stimulation
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_close.pdf

16. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett
Title: High‐Frequency Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Barnett Shale, Johnson County, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, USA
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_abouelresh.pdf

17. Topic: UR – Shale Gas, Barnett
Title: Variation of the Organic Carbon Isotope Ratio (δ13Corg) and the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Within the Barnett Shale (Texas, USA): A signal of 2nd Order Sea Level Change in the Mississippian
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_banerjee.pdf

18. Topic: UR – Bakken Shale
Title: New Chemical EOR Process for Bakken Shale
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
Summary: In this concept a custom surfactant agent may be incorporated into standard hydraulic fracturing treatments in these rock units to increase oil recovery.
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_shuler.pdf

19. Topic: UR – Oil Shale
Title: Integrated Sedimentary and Geochemical Investigation of Core from Upper Green River Formation Lacustrine Deposits, Uinta Basin, Utah
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
Summary: This core‐based investigation provides new detailed subsurface data that can be used to examine basin‐wide lithologic and geochemical variability of the Parachute Creek Member
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_birgenheier.pdf

20. Topic: UR – Coalbed Methane
Title: Modeling Methane Emissions And Ventilation Needs By Examination of Mining Induced Permeability Changes And Related Damage to Ventilation Controls
Source: OnePetro - 43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium & 4th U.S. - Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 28 - July 1, 2009, Asheville, North Carolina
Summary: This paper aims to examine the effects of porosity and permeability changes of the coal seam on methane emissions in an underground continuous miner section
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=ARMA-09-146&societyCode=ARMA

21. Topic: UR – Coalbed Methane
Title: Maximum‐Reservoir‐Contact Wells for Coalbed Methane Exploitation: Corbett Creek Case Study
Source: AAPG Datapages, 2010
Summary: This paper will compare the different horizontal well configurations and relate these to the production performance of each well type.
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_cockbill.pdf

22. Topic: UR – Coalbed Methane
Title: Geochemistry of Coalbed‐Methane Reservoirs in the Bogota Basin, Colombia
Source: AAPG Datapages, 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_jimenez.pdf

23. Topic: UR – Coalbed Methane, Gas Shale
Title: Gas Transport and Sorption Processes in Coals and Shales: New Insights and Concepts from Laboratory Experiments
Source: AAPG Datapages, 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_kroos.pdf

24. Topic: UR – Coalbed Methane
Title: A Conventional Look at an Unconventional Reservoir: Coalbed Methane Production Potential in Deep Environments
Source: AAPG Datapages, 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_tonnsen.pdf

25. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Improve Offshore Heavy Oil Recovery by Compound Stimulation Technology Involved Thermal, Gas and Chemical Methods
Source: OnePetro - Offshore Technology Conference, 3-6 May 2010, Houston, Texas, USA
Summary: A new effective compound stimulation technology is developed to produce offshore heavy oil which involves thermal, gas and chemical methods
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=OTC-20907-MS&societyCode=OTC

26. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: High-Viscosity Oil-Gas Flow in Vertical Pipe
Source: OnePetro - Offshore Technology Conference, 3-6 May 2010, Houston, Texas, USA
Summary: The objectives of this study are to collect data of high-viscosity oil-gas flow in upward vertical pipe and assess the performance of existing mechanistic models developed based on low viscosity liquid experimental results.
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=OTC-20617-MS&societyCode=OTC

27. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: How to Effectively Develop a Marginal Offshore Heavy Oil Field: A Case Study
Source: OnePetro - Offshore Technology Conference, 3-6 May 2010, Houston, Texas, USA
URL: http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/app/Preview.do?paperNumber=OTC-20566-MS&societyCode=OTC

28. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Movable Oil Identification and Viscosity Estimation in Lower Fars Heavy Oil Reservoir – A Case Study
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG GEO Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 7-10 March 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2010/geo_bahrain/abstracts/Ahmed2.html?q=%2Btext%3A%22heavy+oil%22

29. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Geophysical Monitoring of Steam Flood in from Omani Heavy Oil Field
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG GEO Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 7-10 March 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2010/geo_bahrain/abstracts/Al_Kindi.html?q=%2Btext%3A%22heavy+oil%22

30. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Real-Time Petrophysical Integration of NMRWD, FPWD and LWD Triple-Combo in Slim Holes
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG GEO Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 7-10 March 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2010/geo_bahrain/abstracts/Al_Shobail.html?q=%2Btext%3A%22heavy+oil%22

31. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: A Basin Modeling Approach to Understand the Heavy Oil Occurred in Burgan Sand of Cretaceous Age, Burgan Field Kuwait
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG GEO Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 7-10 March 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2010/geo_bahrain/abstracts/Bhattacharya.html?q=%2Btext%3A%22heavy+oil%22

32. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Thermal Simulation for a Shallow Limestone - Rubble Reservoir in Bahrain Field
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG GEO Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 7-10 March 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2010/geo_bahrain/abstracts/Murty.html?q=%2Btext%3A%22heavy+oil%22

33. Topic: UR – Heavy Oil
Title: Exploiting Natural Variations in Fluid Properties to Solve Production Problems in Heavy Oil Reservoirs‐Production Allocation, Viscosity Profiling and Barrier Detection
Source: AAPG Datapages - AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010
URL:http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/pdf/2010/annual/abstracts/ndx_bennett.pdf