SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2015

SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2015

San Antonio, Texas, USA 20-22 July 2015

Volume 1 of 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 3-D Finite Difference Modeling of Microseismic Source Mechanisms in the Wolfcamp Shale of the Permian Basin............................ 1 Meek, Robert A.; Hull, Robert; Hoya, Austin von Der; Eaton, David

3-D Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Flow Modeling - Key to the Successful Implementation of a GeoEngineered Completion Optimization Program in the Eagle Ford Shale.................................................................................................... 8 Sebastian, Herb; Gil, Ivan; Graff, Mitchell; Wampler, Jeff; Merletti, German; Sun, Tie; Cadwallader, Stephan; Patel, Hemali; Spain, David; Cawiezel, Kay; Smith, Phil; Keck, Richard

4-D Petroleum Systems Modelling of the Haynesville Shale Play— Understanding Gas in Place.......................................................... 20 Amer, Aimen; Primio, Rolando di; Ondrak, Robert

Accelerated Dynamic Modeling for Complex Networks.............................................................................................................................. 34 Chidiac, Cedric; Sauvé, Robert; Pitts, Kirk; Halabe, Vijaya

Acoustic Log Measurements in the Lower Eagle Ford Formation in Brazos and Robertson Counties, Texas and Their Implications on Completion Design ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 Brooks, Scott; Willms, Trevor; Albrecht, Tony; Reischman, Richard; Walsh, John; Bammi, Sachin

Addressing the Caveats of Source Rock Pyrolysis in the Unconventional World: Modified Methods and Interpretative Ideas .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 King, R. Ryan; Smith, Terry R.; Jarvie, Dan; Cannon, David; Weldon, David; Maende, Albert

Advanced Petrophysical, Geological, Geophysical and Geomechanical Reservoir Characterization – Key to the Successful Implementation of a Geo-Engineered Completion Optimization Program in the Eagle Ford Shale................................... 78 Sun, Tie; Merletti, German; Patel, Hemali; Cadwallader, Stephan; Graff, Mitchell; Wampler, Jeff; Gil, Ivan; Sebastian, Herb; Spain, David

American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) Creation of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO TC-82 Mining with a Focus on Reserve Estimation, Safety, Underground Coal Gasification (UGC), and Coal Mine Methane (CMM) and Ventilation Mine Methane (VAM) ........................................................................................................................... 88 Carpenter, Steven M.

Analysis of Trapped Fluids in the Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin, Utah ......................................................................................................... 92 Welker, Carrie; Hall, Don; R. Paul, Philp; Birgenheier, Lauren; Johnson, Cari

Analyzing Beef Fractures: Genesis and Relationship with Organic-Rich Shale Facies ......................................................................... 112 Al Duhailan, Mohammed A.; Sonnenberg, Stephen A.; Longman, Mark

Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility: A Petrofabric Tool to Measure the Fabric of Shales............................................................... 130 Heij, Gerhard; Elmore, Doug; Roberts, Jennifer; Steullet, Alex K; Dulin, Shannon; Friedman, Sarah

Anoxic, Storm Dominated Inner Carbonate Ramp Deposition of Lower Eagle Ford Formation, West Texas .................................. 143 Wehner, Matthew; Tice, Michael M.; Pope, Michael C.; Gardner, Rand, BP; Donovan, Arthur D.; Staerker, T. Scott

The Applicability of Surfactants on Enhancing the Productivity in Tight Formations ......................................................................... 162 Liang, Tianbo; Longoria, Rafael A.; Lu, Jun; Nguyen, Quoc P.; DiCarlo, David A.; Huynh, Uyen T.

Application of an Engineered Completion Methodology in the Eagle Ford to Improve Economics .................................................... 174 Dahl, Jeff; Samaripa, James; Spaid, John; Hutto, Erek; Johnson, Bill; Buller, Dan; Dusterhoft, Ron

Application of Mechanical and Mineralogical Rock Properties to Identify Fracture Fabrics in the Devonian Duvernay Formation in Alberta ................................................................................................................................................................... 187 Soltanzadeh, Mehrdad; Davies, Graham; Fox, Amy; Hume, Davi; Rahim, Nasir

Application of Real-Time Bottom-Hole Pressure to Improve Field Development Strategies in the Midland Basin Wolfcamp Shale .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 201 Scott, Kyle D.; Chu, Wei-Chun; Flumerfelt, Raymond W.

Application of Wide-Azimuth 3D Seismic Attributes to Predict the Microfractures in Block MA Area for Shale Gas Exploration in South China ................................................................................................................................................................... 211 Zhang, Yusheng; Yu, Gang; Liang, Xing; Jiang, Li

Applying the Concept of Systematic Reliability Management and Analysis to Achieve Better Well Equipment Performance Through Less Failures and Reduced Downtime Due to Work-Overs............................................................................... 217 Jenssen, Hans Peter; McPherson, Chris

An Approximate Analytical Multi-Phase Forecasting Method for MultiFractured Light Tight Oil Wells With Complex Fracture Geometry ........................................................................................................................................................................ 231 Clarkson, C. R.; Qanbari, F.

Assessing Impact of Shale Gas Adsorption on Free-Gas Permeability via a Pore Network Flow Model ............................................ 254 Ma, Jingsheng; Couples, Gary D.; Zhao, Xi; Morountodun, Akinremi

Assessing Tensile Strength of Unconventional Tight Rocks Using Microwaving ................................................................................... 265 Chen, Jin-Hong; Georgi, Daniel; Liu, Hui-Hai; Jilin, Zhang; Eppler, Gary

Assessment of Hydrocarbon Potential in the Niobrara Formation, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota ............................... 278 Soeder, Daniel J; Sawyer, J. Foster; Freye, Amy; Singh, Subodh

Automated Field Development Planning for Unconventional Shale Gas and Tight Oil ........................................................................ 294 Tilke, Peter; Zhou, Wentao; Wang, Yinli; Krishnamurthy, Shalini; Bhanushali, Mahesh; Samson, Boris; Grove, Greg; Spath, Jeff; Thambynayagam, Michael

Automated Hydraulic Fracturing Stage Design Based on Integrated Fracture Potential ..................................................................... 312 Shahri, Mojtaba P.; Chok, Hamed; Safari, Reza; Huang, Jian; Amorocho, Claudia; Mejia, Camilo; Mutlu, Uno

Automating Gas Lift Injection Rates Best Practices to Maximize Production ....................................................................................... 343 Michael, Machuca

Bakken Well Performance Predicted From Shale Capacity ..................................................................................................................... 350 Newgord, C.; Mediani, M.; Ouenes, A.; O’Conor, P.

The Best Practices of a Joint Integrity Program......................................................................................................................................... 359 Ferguson, Neil A.; Patterson, Natalie

A Bundle of Short Conduits Model of the Pore Structure of Gas Shale .................................................................................................. 368 Jiang, Chunbi; Bryant, Steven; Daigle, Hugh

A Case for Microseismic Surface Arrays in Texas? ................................................................................................................................... 382 Meighan, Hallie E.; Hull, Robert A.; Roberts, Earl H.

A Case Study: The Impact of Soaking on Well Performance in the Marcellus ...................................................................................... 394 Yaich, E.; Williams, S.; Bowser, A.; Goddard, P.; Souza, O. C. Diaz de; Foster, R. A.

Cemented-Back Monobore Reduces Well Cost and Frac Time in the Wolfcamp .................................................................................. 405 Snyder, D.; Anderson, M.; Ibara, A.; Elizondo, O.

Character of the Avalon Shale (Bone Spring Formation) of the Delaware Basin, West Texas and Southeast New Mexico: Effect of Carbonate-Rich Sediment Gravity Flows ..................................................................................................................... 417 Stolz, Dustin J.; Franseen, Evan K.; Goldstein, Robert H.

Characterization and Evaluation of the Bakken Petroleum System for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery ................................................ 424 Sorensen, James A.; Braunberger, Jason R.; Liu, Guoxiang; Smith, Steven A.; Hawthorne, Steven A.; Steadman, Edward N.; Harju, John A.

Characterization of Fracture Length and Conductivity From Tracer Test and Production Data With Ensemble Kalman Filter.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 445 Elahi, Siavash Hakim; Jafarpour, Behnam

Characterizing the Dynamic Growth of a Fracture Network ................................................................................................................... 457 Urbancic, Ted; Smith Boughner, Lindsay; Crowley, John W.; Viegas, Gisela; Baig, Adam M.; Lunen, Eric von

Characterizing the Middle Bakken: Laboratory Measurement and Rock Typing of the Middle Bakken Formation....................... 463 Li, Huina; Hart, Bruce; Dawson, Matthew; Radjef, Eric

Chemostratigraphic Analysis of Green River Formation in Douglas Pass, Piceance Basin: A Response to the Depositional Environment ............................................................................................................................................................................. 478 Wu, Tengfei; Boak, Jeremy

Chemostratigraphic Associations Between Trace Elements and Organic Parameters Within the Duvernay Formation, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin .................................................................................................................................... 492 Van de Wetering, N.; Mayer, B.; Sanei, H.

Comparison of Shale Permeability to Gas Determined by Pressure-Pulse Transmission Testing of Core Plugs and Crushed Samples ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 505 Civan, Faruk; Devegowda, Deepak

Complex Electrical Conductivity of Mudrocks and Source-Rock Formations Containing Disseminated Pyrite ............................... 518 Misra, Siddharth; Torres-Verdín, Carlos; Homan, Dean; Rasmus, John

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Proppant Transport in A Plug and Perf Completion with Different Perforation Phasing ....................................................................................................................................................................... 533 Zhang, Jinlin; Dunn-Norman, Shari

Condensate Decline Habits in the Maverick Sub-Basin............................................................................................................................. 548 Crighton, D. S.A.; Montel, F. S.A.

Confinement Effects on Hydrocarbon Mixture Phase Behavior in Organic Nanopore ......................................................................... 557 Rahmani Didar, Behnaz; Akkutlu, I. Yucel

Connecting the Dots: Microseismic-Derived Connectivity for Estimating Volumes in Low-Permeability Reservoirs ...................... 568 Hugot, Alexandre; Dulac, Jean-Claude; Gringarten, Emmanuel; Haouesse, Aymen

The Consideration of Pore Size Distribution in Organic-Rich Unconventional Formations May Increase Oil Production and Reserve by 25%, Eagle Ford Case Study......................................................................................................................... 580 Jin, Lu; Pu, Hui; Wang, Yuhe; Li, Yinghui

Considering Far-Field Fracture Connectivity in Stimulation Treatment Designs in the Permian Basin ............................................ 596 Klingensmith, Brandon C.; Hossaini, Mohammad; Fleenor, Steven

Constraining Geomechanical Model Development by Utilizing Microseismic Derived Fracture Characteristics ............................. 607 Baig, Adam; Urbancic, Ted; Gallagher, Jonathan; von Lunen, Eric

Contact Angle Measurements on Conventional and Unconventional Reservoir Cores ......................................................................... 613 Teklu, Tadesse Weldu; Alameri, Waleed; Kazemi, Hossein; Graves, Ramona M.

Core Chemostratigraphy and Elemental Geochemistry along a Dip-Section, Pearsall Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Central to South TX.................................................................................................................................................................. 631 Rowe, Harry; Loucks, Robert; Kerans, Charles

Creating a Competitive Advantage Through Integrated Upstream Asset Management ....................................................................... 638 Wiley, Livia

A Critical Evaluation of Simple Predictive Models Relating Fluid Injection to Induced Seismicity from Shale Hydraulic Fracturing and Wastewater Injection ....................................................................................................................................... 643 Raziperchikolaee, Samin; Mishra, Srikanta

Data Analytics for Production Optimization in Unconventional Reservoirs........................................................................................... 656 Schuetter, Jared; Mishra, Srikanta; Zhong, Ming; LaFollette, Randy

Data Mining and Statistical Analysis of Completions in an Unconventional Play: The Canadian Montney Formation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 676 Al-Alwani, Mustafa; Britt, Larry K.; Dunn-Norman, Shari

Deriving Unconventional Reservoir Predictive Models from Historic Data using Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) ............................. 698 Saputelli, Luigi; Verde, Alexander; Haris, Zameel; Díaz, Daniel

Development of the First Internationally Accepted Standard for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Utilizing Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Under the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee TC265 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 711 Carpenter, Steven M.; Koperna, George

Diagenetic Evolution of the Eagle Ford Formation, SW Texas: Impacts upon Reservoir Quality and Rock Properties ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 724 McAllister, Richard. T.; Taylor, Kevin. G.; Garcia-Fresca

Diagnostics of Casing Deformation in Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation in Lower Silurian Marine Shale Play in Southwestern China................................................................................................................................................................ 737 Qian, Bin; Yin, Congbin; Li, Yanchao; Xu, Ben; Qin, Guan

Differentiating Wet and Dry Microseismic Events Induced During Hydraulic Fracturing .................................................................. 756 Maxwell, S.C.; Mack, M.; Zhang, F.; Chorney, D.; Goodfellow, S.D.; Grob, M.

VOLUME 2 Dynamic Micro-CT Imaging of Diffusion in Unconventionals.................................................................................................................. 771 Fogden, Andrew; Olson, Terri; Cheng, Qianhao; Middleton, Jill; Kingston, Andrew; Turner, Michael; Sheppard, Adrian; Armstrong, Ryan

Eagle Ford Horizontal Drilling Optimization in Karnes and DeWitt Counties ...................................................................................... 789 Patton, Kathryn J.; Walker, Luke S.

Eagle Ford Well Spacing: A Methodology to Integrate, Analyze, and Visualize Multisource Data in Solving a Complex Value-Focused Problem................................................................................................................................................................. 794 Lindner, Philip; Bello, Hector

The Effect of Velocity Uncertainty and Attenuation on Flow Estimates From Microseismicity .......................................................... 804 Poliannikov, Oleg V.; Fehler, Michael; Malcolm, Alison E.

Elemental Analysis as a Tool in Determining Wellbore Stability Issues.................................................................................................. 810 Moyer, Charles C.; Wright, Milly; Martinez, Nahysa

Enhanced Wellbore Placement Accuracy Using Geomagnetic In-Field Referencing and Multi-Station Correction......................... 818 Maus, Stefan; DeVerse, Shawn

Enhancing Production in High Angle and Horizontal Wells Through an Integrated Workflow: Examples From The Western United States ............................................................................................................................................................................ 829 Pirie, I.; Koepsell, R.; Zhou, M.; Yunuskhojayev, A.; Bérard, T.; Channa, S.; Martínez, G.; Dupuis, B.

Estimating Stimulation-Zone Anisotropy Effects During Microseismic Monitoring ............................................................................. 844 Karrenbach, Martin; Cole, Steve; Yartsev, Victor

Evaluating Source and Reservoir Properties of Potential Unconventional Units through an Artificial Maturation Approach ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 855 Arango, Irene; Katz, Barry

An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Pressure Depletion Rate on Oil Recovery from Shale Cores by Cyclic N2 Injection ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 859 Yu, Yang; Sheng, James J.

An Experimental Study on Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection to Enhance Condensate Recovery in Shale Gas Reservoirs.......................... 871 Meng, Xingbang; Yu, Yang; Sheng, James J.; Watson, Marshall; Mody, Fersheed

Exploration Through Early Appraisal of the Horizontal Wolfcamp Play in the Ozona Area, Southern Midland Basin................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 882 Staples, Evan; Perfetta, Patrick; Sandarusi, Jamal; Adams, Jennifer

Fabrication and Transport of Double Emulsion Microcapsules for Applications in Unconventional Resources ............................... 891 Roy, Pratanu; Walsh, Stuart D. C.; Du Frane, Wyatt L.; Vericella, John J.; Smith, William L.; Stolaroff, Joshuah K.; Smith, Megan M.; Duoss, Eric B.; Spadaccini, Christopher M.; Bourcier, William L.; Carroll, Susan; Roberts, Jeffery J.; Aines, Roger D.

Fiber-optic Monitoring: Stimulation Results from Unconventional Reservoirs ..................................................................................... 902 Holley, E. H.; Kalia, N.

Fiber-Optic Revelations From a Multistage Openhole Lateral Fracturing Treatment ......................................................................... 920 Baihly, J. D.; Wilson, C.; Menkhaus, A.; Ejofodomi, E.; England, K.; Dickenson, P.

Finding the Key Drivers of Oil Production through SAS Data Integration and Analysis ..................................................................... 943 Rollins, Beau; Herrin, Matthew

Flow Units in Shale Condensate Reservoirs ................................................................................................................................................ 960 Lopez, Bruno; Aguilera, Roberto

Formation vs. Completion: Determining the Main Drivers Behind Production From Shale; A Case Study Using Data-Driven Analytics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 983 Mohaghegh, Shahab D.

Fracture Characterization Based on Attenuation Estimation from Seismic Reflection Data Using Well-log-based Localized Spectral Correction....................................................................................................................................................................... 999 Li, Fangyu; Zhao, Tao; Lin, Tengfei; Marfurt, Kurt J.

Fracture Characterization of the Montney Formation Using Amplitude Inversion of Converted Wave Seismic ............................ 1011 MacFarlane, Tyler; Davis, Thomas

Fracture Curving Between Tightly Spaced Horizontal Wells ................................................................................................................. 1022 Safari, Reza; Lewis, Richard; Ma, Xiaodan; Mutlu, Uno; Ghassemi, Ahmad

Fracture Stages Optimization in Bakken Shale Formation..................................................................................................................... 1043 Ran, Bo; Kelkar, Mohan

Fracture Surface Extraction and Stress Field Estimation From Three - Dimensional Microseismic Data ....................................... 1052 Copeland, Dylan M.; Lacazette, Alfred

From Semi-Circular Bending Test to Microseismic Maps: An Integrated Modeling Approach to Incorporate Natural Fracture Effects on Hydraulic Fracturing .................................................................................................................................. 1067 Gonzalez-Chavez, Miguel; Puyang, Ping; Taleghani, Arash Dahi

Geochemical Assessment of Petroleum in Unconventional Resource Systems...................................................................................... 1084 Jarvie, Daniel M.; Jarvie, Brian M.; Weldon, W. David; Maende, Albert

Geologic Factors Controlling Production in the Codell Sandstone, Wattenberg Field, Colorado...................................................... 1107 Sonnenberg, Stephen A.

Geomechanical Characterization of Shale Gas Reservoir Rocks for Planning and Design of Stimulation Treatment: A Cooper Basin Case Study .................................................................................................................................................... 1124 Bazunu, Gamaliel; Rahman, Sheik S.; Zhou, Fengde D.; Wang, Liuqi

Geoscience Applications to Economic Development of a Relatively Shallow, Low Gravity, Structurally Complex Eagle Ford Oil Development, Atascosa County, Texas............................................................................................................................ 1139 Billingsley, Lee; Layton, Bill; Finger, Luke

High Fidelity Microseismic Data Acquisition in the Midland Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play ................................................................ 1148 Hull, Robert; Meek, Robert; Wright, Brian; Meighan, Hallie; Lempges, Jake; von der Hoya, Austin

High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs................................................. 1153 Popovici, Alexander Mihai; Sturzu, Ioan; Moser, Tijmen Jan

History Match Case Study With a Multi-Cluster & Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracture Modeling Tool .............................................. 1162 Fonseca, Ernesto; Zhai, Zongyu; Xu, Guanshui; FrackOptima; Babak, Akbarnejad N.

History Matching and Predicting Gas Production During ECBM......................................................................................................... 1172 Ibrahim, Ahmed Farid; Nasr-El-Din, Hisham A.

Hydrocarbon Contribution From the Lower Bakken Shale in Horizontal Wells Drilled in the Three Forks Formation in Divide County, ND................................................................................................................................................................ 1193 Brinkerhoff, Riley; Fluckiger, Sam; Millard, Mark; Walls, Joel Inc

Identification of Microseismic Attributes Through Spectral Analysis................................................................................................... 1201 Nava, Michael J.; Rector, James W.; Zhang, Zhishuai

Identifying Landing Zones Utilizing High-Resolution X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Chemostratigraphy........................................... 1211 Pierce, John; Parker, Jessica

Identifying the Effectiveness of Treatment Programs with Microseismicity......................................................................................... 1219 Crowley, John W.; Urbancic, Ted; Baig, Adam M.

Impact of Fluid, Rock and Hydraulic Fracture Properties on Reservoir Performance in Liquid-Rich Shale Oil Reservoirs ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1224 Khoshghadam, M.; Khanal, A.; Lee, W. J.

The Impact of Multiple, Thin Bentonites on Proppant Placement and Effective Fracture Continuity within the Niobrara Formation, Weld County, Colorado.......................................................................................................................................... 1243 Sonnenfeld, Mark; Ohlson, Charles; Zahm, Chris; Odegard, Mark

The Impact of Pore Size and Kerogen Maturity on the Behavior of Water in Organic Kerogen Nanopores in Shales................... 1254 Hu, Yinan; Devegowda, Deepak; Sigal, Richard; Striolo, Alberto; Phan, Anh; Ho, Tuan A.

Importance of Core and Outcrop Investigations for Evaluating TOC Distribution in Unconventional Systems: An Example From the Mowry Shale ................................................................................................................................................................ 1271 Socianu, Alexa; Kaszuba, John; Gustason, Gus

Importance of Downhole Measurements, Visualization and Analysis in Producing Unconventional Wells ..................................... 1283 Gonzalez, L. E.; Chokshi, R. N.; Lane, W.

Improve Well Performance by Reducing Formation Damage................................................................................................................ 1297 Goldstein, Brian; Josyula, Kanth; VanZeeland, Alan; Aboushabana, Moustafa; Tran, Tuan; Santrol, Fairmount; Lisa, O'Connell; Conway, Michael

Improved Reserve Estimates Using Spatial Averaging............................................................................................................................ 1315 Shah, Niyati; Kelkar, Mohan

Initial Analysis of Hidrocarbon Potential in the Tablazo Formation; Center and Northern Areas of Middle Magdalena Valley, -MMV- Colombia ........................................................................................................................................................ 1335 Jimenez, Miguel; Rojas, Cesar; Valderrama, Yahir

Innovation in Well Design and Lifting Coupled With Subsurface Understanding Provides New Development Concepts in a Tight Oil Carbonate Resource............................................................................................................................................ 1342 Austin, Jack W.; Elrafie, Emad A.; Vassilellis, George; Russell, S. Duffy; Rodriguez, Alejandro; Grood, Rudy de; Gil, Jose; McCarty, Reid S.; Baycroft, Perry

Innovation is Key to Finding New Oil in an Old Sandbox - East Texas Stacked Play ......................................................................... 1357 Albrecht, Tony; Kerchner, Stacy; Brooks, Scott; Kolstad, Eric, Drilling; Willms, Trevor; Klein, John; Stemler, David

Insights into Mobilization of Shale Oil using Microemulsion.................................................................................................................. 1366 Bui, Khoa; Akkutlu, I. Yucel; Zelenev, Andrei; Saboowala, Hasnain; Gillis, John R.; Silas, James A.

An Integrated Approach to Stimulated Reservoir Interpretations of the Permian Wolfcamp Shale ................................................ 1378 Collins, D. R.; Monson, G.; Chu, W.; Quinn, A.

An Integrated Dataset Centered Around Distributed Fiber Optic Monitoring - Key to the Successful Implementation of a Geo-Engineered Completion Optimization Program in the Eagle Ford Shale ................................................. 1388 Cadwallader, Stephan; Wampler, Jeff; Sun, Tie; Sebastian, Herb; Graff, Mitchell; Gil, Ivan; Patel, Hemali; Merletti, German; Spain, David; Lowrey, Terry; Miller, Raymond Hadden, Joram; Swanson, John

Integrated Geophysical Technologies for Unconventional Reservoirs and Case Study Within Fuling Shale Gas Field, Sichuan Basin, China ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1400 Guo, Tonglou; Li, Jinlei; Lao, Mudan; Li, Wencheng

Integrated Haynesville Production Analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 1410 Hao, Sun; Kirk, MacIvor; Adwait, Chawathe; Dengen, Zhou; Hussein, Hoteit

Integrated Interpretation of Micro-seismic and Seismic Data in a Tight Sandstone Reservoir.......................................................... 1433 Du, Jinling; Zhang, Jing; Sun, Xiaoping; Wan, Xiaoping; Xu, Gang

Integrated Petrophysical and Geophysical Analysis on Identifying Eagle Ford Sweet Spots ............................................................. 1440 Chen, Bo; Kumar, Dhananjay; Uerling, Anthony; Land, Sheryl; Aguirre, Omar; Jiang, Tao; Sugianto, Setiawardono

Integrated Reservoir Characterization of Deep Kerogen-rich Unconventional Resource Play in North Kuwait ............................ 1451 Rao, Jonna Dayakar; Al-Ashwak, Samar; Al-Anzi, Abdullah Motar; Maki, Musaed Yaseen; Narhari, Srinivasa Rao; Dashti, Qasem; Chakravorty, Sandeep

Integrating 3D Seismic and Geomechanical Properties with Microseismic Acquisition and Fracturing Parameters to Optimize Completion Practices within the Wolfcamp Shale Play of the Midland Basin ................................................................ 1467 Shoemaker, Michael; Zakhour, Nancy; Peacock, Joshua

Integration of Microseismic Data and an Unconventional Fracture Modeling Tool to Generate the Hydraulically Induced Fracture Network: A Case Study from the Cardium Formation, West Central Alberta, Canada ..................................... 1489 Yu, Xin; Rutledge, Jim; Leaney, Scott; Sun, Jianchun; Pankaj, Piyush; Weng, Xiaowei; Onda, Hitoshi; Donovan, Michael; Nielsen, Jacob; Duhault, John

Integration of Microseismic With Rock Properties From Multi-Component Seismic Data, Mississippi Lime Play, North-Central Oklahoma ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1505 Singleton, Scott; Chi, Shihong; Lapaire, Crystal; Sanford, Lisa; Constance, Paul

Integration of RTA Based Reservoir Surveillance and Analytical Flow Simulation to Forecast Production in the Haynesville Shale .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1520 Santacruz, Carlos; Esquivel, Raul; Smith, Jordan; Walker, Rick F.; Bayer, Sebastian; Soto, Thomas; Wunderle, Marcus; Bansal, Abhishek; Goudge, Rohan

Interference Behavior Analysis in Vaca Muerta Shale Oil Development, Loma Campana Field ...................................................... 1540 Rimedio, Milena; Shannon, Coleen; Monti, Luciano; Lerza, Alejandro; Roberts, Matthew; Quiroga, Juan

VOLUME 3 Investigating Natural Fracture Effects on Well Productivity: Eagle Ford, La Salle County, Texas.................................................. 1554 Grossi, Paolo

Is Pumping Large Volume Sand Fracs Sustainable? ............................................................................................................................... 1569 Shelley, Robert; Shah, Koras; Guliyev, Nijat; Mohammadnejad, Amir; Sheludko, Stanislav

Is That Interference? A Workflow for Identifying and Analyzing Communication Through Hydraulic Fractures in a Multi-Well Pad........................................................................................................................................................................................... 1582 Awada, A.; Santo, M.; Lougheed, D.; Xu, D.; Virues, C.

Kerogen Density Revisited - Lessons From the Duvernay Shale ............................................................................................................ 1603 Stankiewicz, Artur; lonkina, Natalya; Bennett, Barry; Wint, Oniel; Mastalerz, Maria

Key Factors of Tight Oil Accumulation of Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Jimsar Sag of Junggar Basin, Northwestern China ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1615 Ding, Xiujian; Zha, Ming; Gao, Changhai; Qu, Jiangxiu; Su, Yang; Lian, Huan

Keys to Production, Three Forks Formation, Williston Basin ................................................................................................................ 1623 Sonnenberg, Stephen A.

Leaching Characteristics of Drill Cuttings From Unconventional Gas Reservoirs .............................................................................. 1640 Stuckman, Mengling; Lopano, Christina; Thomas, Christine; Hakala, Alexandra

Long Term Evaluation of Carbon Isotopes of C1-C5 Hydrocarbons in Headspace Gas Desorbed From Drill Cuttings Collected in Sealed Jars ............................................................................................................................................................... 1649 Strauss, Josiah; Travers, Patrick; Dolan, Michael; Rosenau, Nicholas

The Lower Carboniferous Black Shale in the Central Guangxi Depression, SW China: A Novel Potential Shale Gas Play ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1660 He, Xunyun; Shen, Anjiang; Xiong, Shaoyun; Hu, Yuanyuan; Wu, Jingwu

Major Obstacles in Production From Hydraulically Re-Fractured Shale Formations: Reservoir Pressure Depletion and Pore Blockage by the Fracturing Fluid .............................................................................................................................................. 1667 Haddad, Mahdi; Sanaei, Alireza; Al-Shalabi, Emad Waleed; Sepehrnoori, Kamy

Making Movies of Oil Generation .............................................................................................................................................................. 1679 Dahl, Jeremy; Castagna, Marc; Skinner, Kimball; Goergen, Eric; Lemmens, Hermann

Making Outcrops Relevant to the Subsurface: Learnings From the Eagle Ford Group in West Texas............................................ 1684 Donovan, A. D.; Pope, M. C.; Gardner, R.M.; Wehner, M.P.; Staerker, T.S.

Mapping of Microbial Habitats in Organic-Rich Shale ........................................................................................................................... 1700 Buchwalter, E.; Swift, A.; Sheets, J.; Cole, D.; Prisk, T.; Anovitz, L.; Ilavsky, J.; Rivers, M.; Welch, S.; Chipera, S.

The Marble Falls Fractured Resource Play: Unconventional Technology Turns An Old Trend Into The Next Big Play................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1712 Hargrove, Ulysses; Adams, Craig; Berend, Beau; Grace, Mike; Mullen, Mike

Maximizing Recoverable Reserves in Tight Reservoirs Using Geostatistical Inversion from 3-D Seismic: A Case Study From The Powder River Basin, ....................................................................................................................................................... 1721 Wang, Haihong; Titchmarsh, Howard J.; Chesser, Kevin; Zawila, Jeff; Fluckiger, Samuel; Hughes, Gary; Kerr, Preston; Hennes, Andrew; Hofmann, Michael

Methodology for Construction of Type Wells for Production Forecasting in Unconventional Reservoirs ....................................... 1733 Rastogi, Ayush; Lee, W. John

Microseismic Event Location using Multiple Arrivals: Demonstration of Uncertainty Reduction.................................................... 1751 Zhang, Zhishuai; Rector, James W.; Nava, Michael J.

Microseismic-Derived Ultimate Expected Fracture Half-Length in Unconventional Stimulated Reservoir Volume in a Multi-Fractured Horizontal 8 Well Full Pad - Canadian Horn River Basin Case Study ............................................................. 1763 Virues, Claudio; Budge, Jessica; Von Lunen, Eric

Modeling of Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Complexity ................................................................................................................. 1800 Sherman, Christopher S.; Johnson, Scott,; Morris, Joseph P.; Aarons, Lee R.; Savitski, Alexei A.; Geilikman, Mikhail B.

Modelling Based Recommendation for Choke Management in Shale Wells......................................................................................... 1806 Quintero, Jorge; Devegowda, Deepak

Modelling TOC and Anoxia From Elemental Data: A Reality Check ................................................................................................... 1821 Wright, Milly; Ratcliffe, Ken; Mathia, Eliza

A Modified Approach For Modelling 2-Phase Flowback From Multi-Fractured Horizontal Shale Gas Wells................................ 1831 Williams-Kovacs, J. D.; Clarkson, C. R.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Modeling Shale Gas Transport and Storage Mechanisms in Complex NanoPore Structure in Organic Matters............................................................................................................................................................. 1852 He, Shuai; Liu, Honglin; Qin, Guan

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Retrograde Condensation in Nanoporous Shale ........................................................................ 1867 Welch, William R. W.; Piri, Mohammad

Monitoring and Imaging the Dynamics and Extent of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Movement Using Ground-Based Electromagnetics, with Application to the Eagle Ford Shale .................................................................................................................. 1872 Hickey, Mark S.; Treviño III, Santiago; Everett, Mark E.

Monitoring Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Using Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing....................................................... 1886 Boone, K.; Crickmore, R.; Werdeg, Z.; Laing, C.; Molenaar, M.

Multicomponent Surface Seismic, Multicomponent VSP in Reservoir Characterization ................................................................... 1894 Constance, Paul; Chi, Shihong; Simmons, Jim; Sanford, Lisa

Multidisciplinary Data Integration Enhances Cement Job Design for Effective Hydraulic Zonal Isolation .................................... 1909 Leong, Chew Yeong; Bhatia, Amitabh

Multi-Disciplinary Data Integration for Inverse Hydraulic Fracturing Analysis: A Case Study....................................................... 1916 Puyang, Ping; Taleghani, Arash Dahi; Sarker, Bhaba R.

A Multidisciplinary Study of Stimulation Designs in the Three Forks Formation, ND ....................................................................... 1931 Le, Tuan; Ostadhassan, Mehdi

Multi-Resolution Imaging of Shales Using Electron and Ion Microscopy ............................................................................................. 1939 Cavanaugh, Timothy; Walls, Joel D.

Multi-Source Data Integration: Eagle Ford Shale Sweet Spot Mapping ............................................................................................... 1950 Tinnin, Beau; McChesney, Matthew D.; Bello, Hector

Multivariate Classification for the Integration of Core, Log and Seismic Data on Intersecting Pre-Stack Inverted 2D Seismic Lines, Lublin Basin, Poland .................................................................................................................................................... 1959 Handwerger, D.A.; Castañeda-Aguilar, R.; Dahl, G.V.; Borgos, H.; Zacharski, J.; Krawiec, D.; Buniak, A.; Prugar, W.; SuarezRivera, R.

Natural Fracture Detection, Characterization and Modeling in a Tight Oil Carbonate Resource Enables thorough Multi-disciplinary Integration, Targeted Development and Enhanced Overall Resource Performance........................................... 1975 Elrafie, Emad A.; Russell, S. Duffy; Vassilellis, George; McCarty, Reid S.; Austin, Jack W.; Medellin, Felipe

A New 1D Computational Fluid Dynamics Formation Evaluation Model (CFDFEM) During Treatment Injection and Flowback for Perforated Well Completions by Pressure Transient Testing ................................................................................. 1987 Madasu, Srinath; Lin, Avi

New Findings in Expected Ultimate Field Recoveries: Implications of Staggered Lateral Downspacing in the Eagle Ford Shale ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2000 Grossi, Paolo; Neumann, Devery; Lalehrokh, Farshad

A New Method of Neostress Determination from Passive Seismic Data ................................................................................................ 2014 Lacazette, Alfred; Morris, Alan

New Perforating Switch Technology Advances Safety and Reliability for Horizontal Completions.................................................. 2028 Albert, Larry; Prapoo, Hema; Dennis, Joshua

A New Physics-Based Modeling of Multiple Non-Planar Hydraulic Fractures Propagation.............................................................. 2037 Zhou, Jing; Huang, Hai; Deo, Milind; Jiang, Shu

A New Play In An Old Basin: Integrated Evaluation Of Cretaceous Gallup Sandstone Reservoirs in San Juan Basin, New Mexico........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2055 Sturm, Stephen; Richardson, Amy; Berglund, Sophie; Faulkner, Yulia; Maxwell, Tamara; Pickup, Barbara

The Newly Emerging Lower Smackover (Brown Dense) Formation: Its Geologic Characteristics and Exploration Potential ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2061 Yang, Byongcheon; Gerdes, Robert G.; Choi, Jongweon

A Novel Approach for Production Transient Analysis of Shale Gas/Oil Reservoirs............................................................................ 2072 Yang, Changdong; Sharma, Vishal Kumar; Datta-Gupta, Akhil; King, Michael J.

Novel Reservoir Quality Indices for Tight Oil .......................................................................................................................................... 2094 Kausik, Ravinath; Craddock, Paul R.; Reeder, Stacy Lynn; Kleinberg, Robert L.; Pomerantz, Andrew E.; Shray, Frank; Lewis, Richard E.; Rylander, Erik

Numerical Investigation of Coupling Multiphase Flow and Geomechanical Effects on Water Loss During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation............................................................................................................................................. 2104 Wang, Mingyuan; Leung, Juliana Y.

Numerical Study of Impact of Nano-Pores on Gas-Oil Ratio and Production Mechanisms in Liquid-Rich Shale Oil Reservoirs ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2128 Khoshghadam, M.; Khanal, A.; Lee, W. J.

Old Geology/New Technology In The Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, AWP Field McMullen Co. Texas .............................. 2149 Scholz, Scott; Moriarty, Bruce

Particle Size Distribution Acid Soluble Cement........................................................................................................................................ 2154 Lee, Hakyeul; Hudson, Matthew; Rondon, Janz

Petrophysical and Fluid Flow Properties of a Tight Carbonate Source Rock Using Digital Rock Physics ....................................... 2165 Dernaika, Moustafa; Al Jallad, Osama; Koronfol, Safouh; Suhrer, Michael; Teh, Woan Jing; Walls, Joel; Matar, Saad; Murthy, Natarajan; Zekraoui, Mohammed

Plugless Non-Isolated Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fractured Horizontal Well Experiments in the Canadian Horn River Basin............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2183 Pyecroft, James; Lehman, Jürgen; Chernik, Peter; Virues, Claudio; Hendrick, Jason; Gore, Jesse; Dechief, Dale; Schmidt, Murray; Petr, Christopher; Meeks, David; Bearinger, Doug

Predicting Reservoir Heterogeneity in The Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation in The Western Powder River Basin – An Integrated Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, Petrophysical, and Geophysical Study........................................................... 2198 Fluckiger, Samuel D.; Hennes, Andrew M.; Zawila, Jeff S.; Hofmann, Michael H.; Wang, Haihong

Preliminary Geologic and Chemostratigraphic Analysis of the Wolfcamp D Shale, Midland Basin, West Texas ........................... 2209 McGlue, Michael M.; Baldwin, Patrick W.; Waite, Lowell; Woodruff, Olivia P.; Ryan, Patrick T.

The Pre-Stack Gather Conditioning Techniques of OVT Seismic Data in Shale Gas Play ................................................................. 2214 Zhang, Yusheng; Yu, Gang; Liu, Benjing; Hu, Guangmin; Liang, Xing

Probing Hydrocarbon Fluid Behavior in Shale Formations ................................................................................................................... 2219 Xu, H.; Hjelm, R. P.; Ding, M.; Watkins, E. B.; Kang, Q.; Pawar, R. J.

Production Analysis and Mechanistic Modeling for Evaluation of Shale Plays.................................................................................... 2226 Thararoop, Prob

Proppant Selection Criteria and Their Influence on Performance of North Dakota Oil-Rich Shale Wells ...................................... 2231 Wilcox, Craig; Fuss, Tihana; Shi, Jingyu; Thompson, Matthew; Herskovits, Raphael

Pseudo-Pressure and Pseudo-Time Analysis for Unconventional Oil Reservoirs With New Expressions for Average Reservoir Pressure During Transient Radial and Linear Flow .............................................................................................................. 2242 Roadifer, R. D.; Kalaei, M. H.

Pyrolysis, Porosity and Productivity in Unconventional Mudstone Reservoirs: Free and Adsorbed Oil .......................................... 2268 Raji, Munira; Gröcke, Darren R.; Greenwell, Chris; Cornford, Chris

Quantitative and Comparative Evaluation of Mineralogy and TOC Analysis from Cores, Cuttings and Logs in Vaca Muerta Unconventional Shale Play .................................................................................................................................................. 2279 Rodriguez, Luz; Chiapello, Enrique; Lambert, Laurent; Leduc, Jean Pierre; Mosse, Laurent; Sanchez, Marcelo Javier

Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Micro-Porosity in Qusaiba Hot Shale, Saudi Arabia..................................................... 2303 Abouelresh, Mohamed O.

A Quantitative Pore-Scale Investigation On The Paragenesis of Wilcox Tight Gas Sandstone.......................................................... 2316 Mehmani, Ayaz; Milliken, Kitty; Prodanovic, Maša

VOLUME 4 Rapid Methods for Locating Existing Well Penetrations in Unconventional Well Development Areas of Pennsylvania.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2330 Hammack, Richard; Veloski, Garret; Sams, James

Rate Transient Effects of Various Complex Fracture Network Topologies in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: A Numerical Simulation Study ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2349 Jiang, Jiamin; Younis, Rami M.; Thompson, Leslie; Liu, Zhe

Re-Fracturing Simulations: Pressure-Dependent SRV and Shear Dilation of Natural Fractures ..................................................... 2374 Mittal, Rohit; Oruganti, YagnaDeepika; McBurney, Cameron

Regional Eagle Ford Modeling: Integrating Facies, Rock Properties, and Stratigraphy to Understand Geologic and Reservoir Characteristics ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2389 Hull, David; Chapman, Philip; Miller, Dave; Ingraham, David; Fritz, Nicole; Kernan, Nicholas

A Regional Review of Geomechanical Drilling Experience and Problems in the Duvernay Formation in Alberta ......................... 2403 Soltanzadeh, Mehrdad; Fox, Amy; Hawkes, Sarah; Hume, David

Relationships Between Bioturbation, Microfacies and Chemostratigraphy and their Implication to the Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Woodford Shale in Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA .................................................................... 2414 Zou, Fuge; Slatt, Roger M.

Relative Permeability of Unconventional Rocks with Dual-Wettability Pore-Network....................................................................... 2437 Lan, Qing; Yassin, Mahmood Reza; Habibi, Ali; Dehghanpour, Hassan; Wood, James

Rock Physics Model of the Eagle Ford Shale ............................................................................................................................................ 2451 Sayers, Colin M.; Fisher, Kevin; Walsh, John J.

The Role of Drive Mechanisms in Redesigning Development Practices in a Fractured Tight Oil Carbonate Resource ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2467 Vassilellis, George; Elrafie, Emad A.; Russell, S. Duffy; Austin, Jack; Ozgen, Chet

Scaling Laboratory Data Surfactant Imbibition Rates to the Field in Fractured Shale Formations ................................................. 2489 Wang, Dongmei; Zhang, Jin; Butler, Raymond; Olatunji, Kayode

Shale Fluid Transport in Nanoscale Networks: The Competing Roles of Fluid Properties, Interfaces, and Network Geometry ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2505 Kelly, Shaina; Torres-Verdín, Carlos; Balhoff, Matthew

Shale Gas Production Decline Trend Comparison Over Time and Basins—Revisited........................................................................ 2512 Baihly, J. D.; Malpani, R.; Altman, R.; Lindsay, G.; Clayton, R.

Shale Oil Play Exploration Delineation Using Rock Mechanics Template and Seismic Inversion Data. Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin.......................................................................................................................................................................... 2546 Soldo, Juan.

Shorten the Learning Curve Through Technological Innovation: A Case Study of the Fuling Shale Gas Discovery in Sichuan Basin, SW China........................................................................................................................................................................ 2559 Jin, Zhijun; Li, Maowen; Hu, Zongquan; Gao, Bo; Nie, Haikuan; Zhao, Jianhua

Simulating the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Response in Organic Rich Shales .................................................................................. 2574 Washburn, Kathryn E.; Mu, Yaoming; Toelke, Jonas

Slip-Flow in Complex Porous Media as Determined by Lattice Boltzmann Modeling ........................................................................ 2584 Landry, Christopher J.; Prodanovic, Maša; Eichhubl, Peter

Source Rock Potential and Sequence Stratigraphy of Bakken Shales in the Williston Basin ............................................................. 2603 Jin, Hui; Sonnenberg, Stephen A.; Sarg, J. Frederick

Spontaneous Imbibition of Fracturing Fluid and Oil in Mudrock ......................................................................................................... 2632 Akbarabadi, M.; Saraji, S.; Piri, M.

Statistical Methods of Predicting Source Rock Organic Richness From Open-Hole Logs, Niobrara Formation, Denver Basin, CO. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2644 ElGhonimy, Rana S.; Sonnenberg, Steve

Stimulated Rock Volume and Estimated Ultimate Recovery.................................................................................................................. 2659 Gaurav, Abhishek; Kashikar, Sudhendu

Stress Field Change Due to Reservoir Depletion and Its Impact on Refrac Treatment Design and SRV in Unconventional Reservoirs.......................................................................................................................................................................... 2667 Han, Jiahang; Hurt, Robert; Sookprasong, Andy

Successful Strategies for Cost Reduction in Plug and Ball Seat Milling Operations............................................................................ 2678 Lyndsey, Thomas; Jake, Kardash; Don, McClatchie

The Super Pad - A Multi-Year Integrated Approach to Resource Development in the Montney ...................................................... 2693 Dembicki, Michael; Nevokshonoff, Glen; Johnsen, Jordan; Spence, Merlyn

Sweet Spots in Vaca Muerta: Integration of Subsurface and Production Data in Loma Campana Shale Development.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2705 Licitra, Diego; Lovrincevich, Eliana; Vittore, Franco; Quiroga, Juan; Oviedo, Pablo; Montoya, Veronica; Shannon, Coleen; Monti, Luciano

Terrestrial LIDAR Imaging and Analysis of Natural Fractures in Chattanooga Shale in Northeastern Alabama ......................... 2724 Clark, Jeff; Çemen, Ibrahim

Three Years of Water Treatment in the Permian: A ConocoPhillips Case History ............................................................................. 2733 Shields, Austin; Sharma, Ramesh; McLin, Kristie; Bjornen, Kevin; Jenneman, Gary; Freeman, Jason; Mesa, Willie

To Treat or Not To Treat? Optimized Water Decisions Throughout the Produced-Water Management Cycle.............................. 2741 Baudendistel, T. A.; Farrell, J. W.; Kidder, M. F.

Topological Data Analysis of Marcellus Play Lithofacies ........................................................................................................................ 2755 Cortis, Andrea

Unconventional Reservoir Model Predictions Using Massively-Parallel GPU Flow-Simulation: Part-1 Bakken Reservoir Characterization Choices and Parameter Testing .................................................................................................................. 2765 Gilman, J. R.; Uland, M.; Angola, O.; Michelena, R.; Meng, H.; Esler, K.; Mukundakrishnan, K.; Natoli, V.

Unconventional Shale Gas-Condensate Reservoir Performance: Impact of Rock, Fluid, and Rock-Fluid Properties and their Variations ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2786 Orangi, A.; Nagarajan, N. R.

Unconventional Shale Pore System Characterization in El Trapial Area, Vaca Muerta .................................................................... 2806 Crousse, Luisa; Cuervo, Sergio; Vallejo, Dolores; Laurent, Mosse; Fischer, Timothy; McCarty, Douglas

Underbalanced, Horizontal Coal Seam Gas Development in Australia: A Case History .................................................................... 2826 Toralde, Julmar Shaun Sadicon, Wuest, Chad Henry

Unlocking Performance Understanding in Complex Naturally Fractured Tight Oil Carbonate using a Unique Integrated Process "The Event Solution Process" Enables Improved Development Plans and Higher Reco… .............................. 2835 Elrafie, Emad A.; Vassilellis, George; Russell, S. Duffy; De Grood, Rudy; Austin, Jack W.; McCarty, Ried S.

Unraveling Minimum Liquid Yields from Variable PVT and Production Data in the Woodford using EOS.................................. 2847 Karacaer, Caner; Thompson, Leslie; Firincioglu, Tuba

Use of Automatic Moment Tensor Inversion in Real Time Microseismic Imaging .............................................................................. 2856 Michael, Kratz, Orlando, Teran, Thornton, Michael

The Use of Chemostratigraphy to Refine Ambiguous Sequence Stratigraphic Correlations in Marine Shales: An Example From the Woodford Shale, Oklahoma....................................................................................................................................... 2863 Turner, Bryan W.; Tréanton, Jessica A.; Slatt, Roger M.

Uses and Abuses of the Brittleness Index With Applications to Hydraulic Stimulation ...................................................................... 2874 Herwanger, Jorg V.; Bottrill, Andrew D.; Mildren, Scott D.

Using a Calibrated 3D Fracturing Simulator to Optimize Completions of Future Wells in the Eagle Ford Shale .......................... 2883 Ejofodomi, E. A.; Baihly, J. D.; Silva, F.

Using Geomechanical Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Natural Fractures on Well Performance and Microseismicity: Application to the Wolfcamp, Permian Basin ............................................................................................................. 2914 Ouenes, A.; Umholtz, N.; Aimene, Y.

Using Nitrogen Isotopes to Evaluate Unconventional Resource Plays ................................................................................................... 2933 Quan, Tracy M.; Puckette, James; Rivera, Keith; Otto, Brice; Adigwe, Ekenemolise

Using Pad ISIP, DFIT, and ESP Data to Generate a Pore Pressure Model for the Midland Basin ................................................... 2946 Loughry, Donny; Epps, David; Forrest, James

Using Sonic and Resistivity Effective Medium Theories to Quantify the Influence of Rock Fabric on the Mechanical Properties of Organic Mudrocks ........................................................................................................................................... 2956 Sayar, Paul; Torres-Verdìn, Carlos

Vaca Muerta: Challenging the Paradigm of Producing From a Shale Formation ............................................................................... 2969 Martinez, Juan Francisco; Claramunt, Juan I. Alvarez; Meriño, Jose L.; Larsen, Anyelen L.

Validation of a New and Cost Effective Technique to Estimate Reservoir Pressure and Permeability in LowPermeability Reservoirs............................................................................................................................................................................... 2988 Nasizadeh, Z.; Lee, J.; Abdollah-Pour; Adams, J.

Virginia City Cole Surface/Borehole Microseismic Monitor Program .................................................................................................. 3006 Teff, Joe; Elliott, Brendan; Borell, Jarret; Langton, David; Hand, Richard; Greenlees, Bill; Womack, Tanner; Dial, Paul

Water-Flexible Fracturing Systems............................................................................................................................................................ 3027 Farrell, J. W.; Baudendistel, T.; Kidder, M.

Well Pad Production Storage Management .............................................................................................................................................. 3035 Smart, Denver

Well Space Modeling, SRV Prediction Using Microseismic, Seismic Rock Properties and Structural Attributes in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas.......................................................................................................................................................... 3043 Meek, Robert A.; Suliman, Bailo; Bello, Hector; Hull, Robert

What Can Magnetic Susceptibility Do for Us in Shale Plays When Used as Part of an Integrated Workflow?............................... 3052 Wright, Milly; Ratcliffe, Ken; Hounslow, Mark

What Does US LNG Export Mean for Future Shale Gas Development: How Many Shale Gas Wells Are Needed to Fuel a LNG Train? ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 3060 Baihly, J. D.; Lindsay, G.; Clayton, R.

When Less Flowback Is More: A Mechanism of Permeability Damage and its Implications on the Application of EOR Techniques ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3083 Longoria, Rafael A.; Liang, Tianbo; Nguyen, Quoc P.; DiCarlo, David A.

Where is the Vaca Muerta Sweet Spot? The Importance of Regional Facies Trends, Thickness, and Maturity in Generating Play Concepts ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3092 Reijenstein, Hernán M.; Christopher, Lipinski,; Manuel, Fantín ; Sergio, Cuervo; Dolores, Vallejo; Luisa, Crousse; Tomassini Federico, González,; Diego, Kietzmann

A Workflow for Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Woodford Shale Rock Matrix ...................... 3100 Goral, Jan; Miskovic, Ilija

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