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Day 2 Tue, July 23, 2019
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies Optimizing Well Performance
Optimizing Perforating Schemes to Achieve Uniform Proppant Distribution
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-629
First Ever Polymer Flood Field Pilot to Enhance the Recovery of Heavy Oils on Alaska's North Slope - Polymer Injection Performance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-643
Developing New Soaking Correlation for Shale Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-393
Flow Regulation in Horizontal Wells: Evaluating a Tailpipe System Designed to Optimize Artificial Lift Performance in Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-567
A Methodology to Quantify the Volume-of-investigation in DFIT Design for Shale Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-228
Theme 3: Aligning Geoscience and Engineering Workflows
Fault Risk Assessment Using Quantitative Structural Geology Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-420
An Integrated, Multiscale Geomodel of the Northern Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-97
A Geomechanics-Driven Facies Model to Reconcile Production, Inform Completion Strategies, and Determine Landing Zones in the Green River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-615
The Influence of Micro-Fabric Heterogeneity on Sheared Rock Properties
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-926
Successful Downhole Microfracture, and PVT-Quality Formation Fluid Sampling from an Unconventional Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-418
Lithologically Controlled Pore Pressure Prediction and Geomechanical Modelling Using Probabilistic Multivariate Clustering Analysis and an Expert System
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1002
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation III: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMR Wettability Index Measurements on Unconventional Samples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-604
NMR Signature and Quantification of Bitumen in Unconventional Source Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-134
Effects of Temperature and Gas Pressurization on the Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Hydrocarbon Measurements in Organic-Rich Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-113
A High-Frequency NMR Investigation of Eagle Ford Shale Cores
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-203
High-frequency (20 MHz) NMR and Modified Rock-Eval Pyrolysis Methods as an Integrated Approach to Examine Producibility in Kerogen-Rich Source-Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1005
Accurate Pore Size Measurement Via NMR On Unconventionals
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-394
Theme 9: Reserves Estimation and Production Forecasting II: Performance Prediction and Future of Production Forecasting
Flow Regime-Based Decline Curve for Unconventional Reservoirs: Generalization to Anomalous Diffusion and Power Law Behavior
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-293
Does Depletion Matter? A Child Well Workflow
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1061
Using Dynamic Modeling to Correct Decline Curve for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-485
Application of Machine Learning for Production Forecasting for Unconventional Resources
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-47
Multiphase Production Data Analysis for Shale and Tight Reservoirs Using the Diffusive Diagnostic Function
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-67
Modified Fetkovich Type Curve Enhances Type Well Construction for Horizontal Wells with Multiple Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-471
Part 1: Empirical Workflow for Predicting Infill Performance in the Marcellus
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-589
Theme 10: Pressure Transient Testing, DFIT, and Well Testing
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-123
Quantifying Total Apparent Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity and Its Significant Degradation from Systematic Bottom-Hole Pressure Measurements in Permian Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-312
Diagnosing Multi-Cluster Fracture Propagation Using Dynamic Poroelastic Pressure Transient Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1092
Let's Combine Well Testing and Logging: A Pre- and Post-Frac Shale Gas Field Case
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-127
Post-Fracture Pressure Decay: A Novel (and Free) Stage-Level Assessment Method
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-970
Fully 3-D Simulation of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests with Application in Depleted Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-314
Evaluation of Water Hammer Analysis as Diagnostic Tool for Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-935
Theme 4: Deriving Rock Properties from Seismic
Pore-Pressure Prediction in the Permian Basin Using Seismic Prestack Inversion
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-52
Seismic Reservoir Characterization of the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp Formations in the Delaware Basin with Efforts at Quantitative Interpretation - A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-463
Frac Hit Prevention and Engineered Treatment Design in the Permian Basin Using In-Situ Stress from 3D Seismic
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-208
Monitoring Hydraulic Fracture Flowback in the Permian Basin Using Surface-Based, Controlled Source Electromagnetics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-230
Understanding the Spatial Geological Heterogeneity of the Delaware Basin from Pre-Stack Seismic Inversion
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-130
Seismically Driven Estimation of Stress Rotation and Anisotropy and Its Impact on Well Performance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-932
Estimation of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Content of Shale from AVO Inversion: A New Crossplot Approach Based on Zoeppritz Equations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-404
Theme 5: Frac Modeling II: From Physics to Field
Modeling Dense-Arrays of Hydraulic Fracture Clusters: Fracture Complexity, Net Pressure and Model Calibration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1128
Standardizing Offset Pressure Characterization for Infill Completion in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1109
Ultrafast Hydraulic Fracturing Model for Optimizing Cube Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-884
Simulating Production from Complex Fracture Networks: Impact of Geomechanics and Closure of Propped/Unpropped Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-21
Quantifying Hydraulic Fracture Height Reduction in the Presence of Laminations and Weak Interfaces - Validation with Microseismic Moment Tensor Inversion in the Montney Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-875
Height Growth in Layered Unconventional Reservoirs: The Impact of Formation Moduli, Interfaces and In-situ Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-6
Making Frac Hits History with Computational Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-332
Theme 6: Geochemistry of Oil-Prone and Gas-Prone Unconventional Resource Plays
Using Solvent Extracts to Estimate the Amount of Producible Oil in Cores Selected from the Lower Eagle Ford Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-107
Use of Petroleum Geochemical Data to Assess the Presence of Conventional Migrated Oil in Produced Shale Oil - Example from the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-124
Vaca Muerta Unconventional Oil Study - Insights from Organic Geochemistry
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-379
Variability in Results from Mineralogical and Organic Geochemical Interlaboratory Testing of U. S. Geological Survey Shale Reference Materials
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-457
Raman Spectroscopy Based Maturity Profiling of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-425
Variability in Oil Generation and Migration with Thermal Maturity: Wolfcamp and Spraberry Formations, Northern Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-461
Applied Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation and High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of La Luna Formation, Venezuela: Integrating for Finding the Unconventional Sweet Spots
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1110
Theme 11: Proppant Transport and Novel Technologies
An Efficient Three-Dimensional Multiphase Particle-in-Cell Model for Proppant Transport in the Field Scale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-462
An Experimental Investigation of Proppant Transport in High Loading Friction-Reduced Systems Utilizing a Horizontal Wellbore Apparatus
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-414
Successful Implementation of High Viscosity Friction Reducers from Laboratory to Field Scale: Middle Bakken Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-447
Experimental Study of Proppant Transport in Complex Fractures with Horizontal Bedding Planes for Slickwater Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-547
Design of High Pressure CO2-in-Mineral Oil Emulsions, CH4-in-Mineral Oil Foams and N2-in-Mineral Oil Foams Stabilized by Novel Oil-soluble Surfactants for Waterless Hydraulic Fracturing and Proppant Transport
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-311
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data III
An Effective Physics-Based Deep Learning Model for Enhancing Production Surveillance and Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-145
Demystifying Data-Driven Neural Networks for Multivariate Production Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-247
Ensemble Learning: A Robust Paradigm for Data-Driven Modeling in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-929
Machine Learning Regressors and their Metrics to Predict Synthetic Sonic and Brittle Zones
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-148
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation VI: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Permeability, and Recovery
Impact of Thermal Maturity on Water Production in Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-575
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Estimation of Petrophysical Properties and Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection in Lower Eagle Ford Shale Oil Samples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-496
Mechanistic Analysis of Shale Permeability Evolution Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-266
Modeling Mineralogy and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Elemental Data for Improved Formation Evaluation in the Powder River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-584
Formation Stabilization: Is Bigger Better in Cationic Polymers?
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-613
Theme 8: Enhanced Gas Recovery Methods in Unconventionals
The Effect of Microwave Irradiation on Coal for Enhanced Gas Recovery of Coalbed Methane
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-92
Permeability Enhancement in Gas Shale Due to Nitrogen Flooding
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-106
Embedded Discrete Fracture Model Assisted Study of Gas Transport Mechanisms and Drainage Area for Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-552
In Situ Logs of Gas Composition of CO2-ECBM Trial in Buchanan County, Virginia, with Downhole Reservoir Raman System
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-933
Theme 1: Operators' Forum: Case Studies Highlighting Modeling and Technologies
Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Innovative Fracturing Treatment Design to Optimize Perforation Cluster Efficiency, Lateral Placement, and Production Results in a Mancos Shale Gas Appraisal Well
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-464
Using a Metamodel-Based Approach for Optimization of Stimulated Rock Volume Geometry, Hydrocarbon Production, and Related Field Development Costs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-443
Practical Reservoir Simulation for Small Development Teams - Customizing Stimulation Designs by Landing Zone in the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-272
A Data-Driven Modeling Methodology to Support Unconventional Reservoir Development Decisions: Application to the STACK Play in Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-573
Uncertainties in Step-down Test Interpretation for Evaluating Completions Effectiveness and Near Wellbore Complexities
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1141
Special Session: Hydraulic Fracture Test Sites
Natural Fracture Characterization in the Wolfcamp Formation at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS), Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-644
Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing activity in the Wolfcamp Shale of Midland Basin, Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-564
Learnings from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) #1, Midland Basin, West Texas - A Geomechanics Perspective
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1570
Analysis and Interpretations of Pressure Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-233
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation IV: Saturation, Volumes, and Recovery
Laboratory Investigation of CO2 Injectivity and Adsorption Potential Within the Bakken Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-967
Confinement Facilitates Wetting Liquid Slippage through Mixed-wet and Heterogeneous Nanoporous Shale Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-520
Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery by Osmotic Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-302
Saturation Isn’t What It Used to Be: Towards More Realistic Petroleum Fluid Saturations and Produced Fluid Compositions in Organic-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-196
Scale-Dependent Correlation to Improve Water Saturation and Permeability Estimates in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1125
A Pore-Scale Mechanistic Investigation of Shale Gas Condensate at Near Saturation Pressure on Fluid Flow in Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-248
Quantifying the Impacts of Competitive Water Adsorption of Kerogen and Clay Minerals on Wettability of Organic-Rich Mudrocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-572
Theme 7: Machine Learning, AI, and Big Data IV
Development and Application of a Real-Time Drilling State Classification Algorithm with Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-253
Cloud-Based ROP Prediction and Optimization in Real Time Using Supervised Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-343
An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for Optimizing Unconventional Resources Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-319
Empowering Completion Engineers to Calibrate Petrophysical Facies Models to Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Responses
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1001
Reservoir Fluid Data Acquisition Using Advanced Mud Logging Gas in Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-383
Improving Field Development Decisions in the Vaca Muerta Shale Formation by Efficient Integration of Data, AI, and Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-938
Unsupervised Machine Learning Applications for Seismic Facies Classification
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-557
Theme 3: Imaging Unconventional Reservoir Rocks at Various Scales
Visualization of Pore Connectivity Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure Measurements, Micro X-ray Computed Tomography, and Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-637
Property Upscaling in Porosity Systems with Under-resolved Features Using Image-Based Rock Physics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-416
Semi-Quantitative SEM Analysis of the Vaca Muerta Formation and Its Impact on Reservoir Characterization, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-277
Imaging Microcrystalline Quartz in a Sandstone Reservoir to Understand the Formation of Microcrystalline Quartz in the Wolfcamp A Siliceous Mudstones, Southern Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-952
Unconventional Reservoir Microstructural Analysis Using SEM and Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-638
Integration of Microfacies Analysis, Inorganic Geochemical Data, and Hyperspectral Imaging to Unravel Mudstone Depositional and Diagenetic Processes in Two Cores from the Triassic Shublik Formation, Northern Alaska
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-445
Continuous Mineral Mapping of Core Using Hyperspectral Imaging: Example from the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Marathon 1 Robert Todd Core, Central Louisiana
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-154
Theme 10: Reservoir Modeling for Unconventionals: Bringing Together Data, Disciplines, and Design
Anomalous Diffusion or Classical Diffusion in an Anomalous Reservoir? Evaluation of the Impact of Multi-Phase Flow on Reservoir Signatures in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-85
Multi-Resolution Grid Connectivity-Based Transform for Efficient History Matching of Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-982
An Efficient Method for Modeling Discrete Fracture Networks in Geomechanical Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1083
Workflow Development and Sensitivity Investigation of Offset Well-to-Well Interference Through 3-D Fracture Modeling and Reservoir Simulation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1008
Applying Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) to Assist Fracturing Technique Selection in Unconventional Wells in Saudi Arabia
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-377
A Direct Method for Short-Term Forecasting of Multi-Phase Production Rates Using Flowback Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-178
Theme 5: Rock Characterization for Fracturing and Drilling
Experimental Study of Fracture Permeability With or Without Proppants on Vaca Muerta Gas Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-998
Triaxial Direct Shear Fractured Marcellus (MSEEL) Shale - Peak and Residual Shear Strength, Permeability, and Hydroshear Potential
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-435
Assessing The Stratigraphic Variations In Geomechanical Properties Of The United Kingdom Bowland Shale Using Wireline And Seismic Data: How Could These Guide The Placement Of Lateral Wells?
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-257
A Dynamic Fractal Permeability Model for Heterogeneous Coalbed Reservoir Considering Multiphysics and Flow Regimes
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-250
Destructive vs Non-destructive: Establishing an Empirical Relationship Between Impulse Hammer and Triaxial Test-Derived Rock Mechanical Properties
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-222
Impact of Natural Fracture-Induced Elastic Anisotropy on Completion and Fracturing Design in Different Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-893
High-resolution Measurements of Elasticity at Core Scale. Improving Mechanical Earth Model Calibration at the Vaca Muerta Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-121
Theme 8: Gas Injection EOR
Huff-and-Puff Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Liquids-Rich Portion of the Montney: Applications for Gas Condensates
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-979
Laboratory Studies of Rich Gas Interactions with Bakken Crude Oil to Support Enhanced Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-961
Chemical Blend-CO2 Huff-n-Puff for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-362
Theme 8: EOR in the Permian Basin
A Set of Successful Chemical EOR Trials in Permian Basin: Promising Field and Laboratory Results
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-881
Water/Oil Displacement by Spontaneous Imbibition Through Multiscale Imaging and Implication on Wettability in Wolfcamp Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-194
Field Pilots of Unconventional Shale EOR in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-506
Application of Miscible Ethane Foam for Gas EOR Conformance in Low-Permeability Heterogeneous Harsh Environments
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1009
Theme 11: Proppant Placement and Novel Completion Technologies
A Novel Approach to Monitor Proppant Consolidation during Hydraulic Fracturing using Dynamic Measurement: Experimental Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-53
Geophysical Monitoring with Seismic Metamaterial Contrast Agents
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1123
Far-Field Proppant Imaging Offsetting Depletion: A STACK Case History
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1035
Tracer Eluting Proppants for Shale Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-478
Quasi-Dry CO2 Fracturing - A New Breakthrough of Liquid CO2 Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1049
High Performance Fracturing Fluid Diverters with Broad Spectrum Applicability
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-330
Novel Wettability Modifiers for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1069
Theme 2: Advanced Formation Evaluation VIII: Integration of Geomechanics in Petrophysical Analysis
Petrophysical Evaluation of Geomechanical Data in a Horizontal Well To Predict Problem Stages Using Process Zone Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-975
Characterization of Subsurface Bedding-Parallel Shear Fractures and Their Influence on Shale Gas Enrichment in WuFeng-LongMaxi Formation, SiChuan Basin, China
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-174
Multi-Scale Integration of Mudstone Properties in Interbedded Reservoirs, Insights into Additional Criteria for Evaluating Unconventional Reservoirs: Examples from the Duvernay Formation (Alberta, Canada) and the Woodford Shale (Oklahoma, USA)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-500
Elastic Mechanical Properties from SEM Imaging in Tight Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-642
Using High Resolution Geomechanical Data and Machine Learning to Inform Drilling Decisions and Completions Operations in the Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-957
Pore Pressure Estimation in Complex Lithologies: A Novel Approach in Delaware Basin Wolfcamp
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-165
X-Ray Fluorescence and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Advanced Rock Elemental Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1072
Theme 4: Novel Techniques in Geophysics for Reservoir Characterization
Calibration of Double-Ended Distributed Temperature Sensing System for Production Logging
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-949
Analytical Approach for Injectivity Profiling Through Warm-Back Analysis in Multilayer Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-61
Two Inversion Case Studies from the SCOOP and STACK Area of Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-562
Workflow for Nonlinear AVO Inversion To Estimate Seismic Anisotropy and Geomechanical Properties of Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-480
Resonance Frequencies in Passive Recordings Map Fracture Systems: Eagle Ford and New Albany Shale Examples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-347
Theme 6: Geochemistry, Chemistratigraphy & Fluid/Rock Interaction
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: An Emerging Spectroscopic Technique for Shale Rock Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-389
Origin of Shale Gases from Around the World: Implications for Exploration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-465
Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Lithological Linkages in a Thick, Early Permian, Siliciclastic Succession, Midland Basin, West Texas, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-454
A New Approach to Controlling Barite Scaling in Unconventional Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-512
Geochemical Modeling of Iron (Hydr)oxide Scale Formation During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-612
Enhanced Oil Recovery of Shale Oil: A Molecular Simulation Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-937
CO2-Shale Reactivity at the Matrix-Fracture Interface
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-948
Theme 5: Geomechanics Integration and Rock Characterization
3D Geomechanical Modeling for Field Development of a Colombian Shale Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-467
Anisotropic Borehole Stability Analysis for the UK’s First Horizontal Shale Gas Well in the Bowland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-15
An Experimental Investigation of the Anisotropic Dynamic and Static Properties of Eagle Ford Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-304
Optimization of Coalbed Methane Multi-Lateral Drilling in the San Juan Basin via Wellbore Stability Modeling and Data Analytics
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-453
Theme 5: Frac Modeling III: From Physics to Field
Robust 3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-593
Optimizing Proppant Placement in Rough-Walled Rock Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-1081
Fracture Surface Area Estimation from Main Hydraulic Fracture Treatment Pressure Falloff Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-40
Rapid Modeling of Injection and Production Phases of Hydraulically Fractured Shale Wells Using the Fast Marching Method
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-339
Fracture Analysis Before and After Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Using the Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criteria
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-650
Bayesian Probabilistic Analysis to Quantify Uncertainties in Hydraulic Fracture Geometry - Application to Laminations and their Impact on Fracture Height
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-517
Simulating the Life of Hydraulically Fractured Wells Using a Fully-Coupled Poroelastic Fracture-Reservoir Simulator
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-490
