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July 20–22, 2020
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Day 1 Mon, July 20, 2020
Theme 1: Case Studies Highlighting Optimizing Completion, Perforation, and Stimulation Strategies I
Maximizing Project Value in Vaca Muerta Shale Formation – Part 1: Optimizing High Density Completions – Case of Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2754
Analysis of a Multi-Well Eagle Ford Pilot
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2570
Theme 5: Integrated Geochemistry of Oil-Prone and Gas-Prone Unconventional Resource Plays with Geology and Petrophysics I
Mapping Liquid Recovery Potential in an Unconventional Play: A Practical Approach Integrating Geology, Geochemistry and PVT Properties (Montney Fm., Canada).
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2452
A Comparison of Hydrocarbon Extraction Techniques: Trying to Make a Mountain from a Mole Hill
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2432
Theme 8: EUR and Performance Prediction: Decline Curve Analysis and Beyond III
Significant Error Reduction in Machine-Learning Decline Curve Analysis for Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2106
Applications of the Diffusive Time of Flight to a Data Driven Approach for Decline Curve Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3076
Automating Petrophysics and Decline Curves Analysis for Performance Prediction at the Basin-Scale: Application to the Powder River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3084
Theme 9: Oil Water Separation - Integrated Diagnostic Workflows to Identify Fracture Geometry
Simulation of Proppant Transport in Field-Scale Curved Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3070
Geology Quality: Case Study of Improving Multistage Fracturing and Completion with Quantitative Geology Considerations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2504
Estimating the Size and Orientation of Hydraulic Fractures using Microseismic Events
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2678
Theme 4: Fracture Modeling and Stimulation Optimization
Coupling Meshfree Peridynamics with the Classical Methods for Modeling Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3102
Complex Stress State Evaluation and its Influence in the Hydraulic Fracture Geometry of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Tight Formation in the Western Sichuan Basin of China
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2620
Capturing Dynamic Behavior of Propped and Unpropped Fractures During Flowback and Early-Time Production of Shale Gas Wells using a Novel Flow-Geomechanics Coupled Model: A Field Example from the ChangNing Shale in China
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3314
Theme 7: Common Unconventional Focuses EOR Session
An Examination of the Effects of Surface Data Acquisition Methods on Well Performance Evaluations and Completion Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2515
A Comparison of Primary Depletion and GCEOR in the Montney Formation: Volatile Oil and Rich Gas Condensate
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3266
Assisted History Matching Using Bayesian Inference: Application to Multi-well Simulation of a Huff-n-Puff Pilot Test in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2787
Theme 3: Natural Fracture Characterization: Lab Measurements
Anisotropic Assessment of Middle and Lower Bakken Formations using Multi-Physics Measurements
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3215
Acoustic Velocity Modeling of Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2667
Characterizing Subsurface Fracture Spatial Distribution in the East Painter Reservoir Anticline, Wyoming.
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3265
Theme 1: Case Studies Highlighting Optimizing Completion, Perforation, and Stimulation Strategies II
Using Multidisciplinary Data Gathering to Evaluate eXtreme Limited Entry Completion Design and Improve Perforation Cluster Efficiency
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2796
Quantifying the Parent-Child effect in Vaca Muerta Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-1035
Theme 2: Advances in Formation Evaluation of Unconventional Reservoirs
Wettability of Permian Rocks and Implications on Relative Permeability and Reservoir Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2600
Using Fluid Inclusion Salinity Data to Reduce Uncertainty in Petrophysical Sw Calculation–New Application of an Old Technique in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2472
Impact of Completions Fluids Chemistry on Hydrocarbon Effective Permeability of Organic Shales
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3158
Theme 8: EUR and Performance Prediction: Decline Curve Analysis and Beyond II
Model-based Type Wells Reduce Uncertainty In Production Forecasting For Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3245
Initial Flow Rate Relationships to Decline Trends and Reserves
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3030
A Physics Based Model of Enhanced Gas Production in Mudrocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2985
Generate Inflow Performance Relationships (IPR) for Unconventional Reservoirs using Reservoir Models Instead of Correlations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2666
Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Volatile Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2501
Machine Learning Based Decline Curve - Spatial Method to Estimate Production Potential of Proposed Wells in Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3108
Replacing Decline Curve Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3269
Theme 8: Production Diagnostics - Understanding the Big Picture on Production Forecasting
Revisiting Production Outlooks of the Eagle Ford and Bakken Plays: Analysis of the Well Productivity and Play Economics Changes Over the Last 5 Years
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3029
Artificial Intelligence for Production Optimization in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2994
Permian Delaware Basin Wolfcamp A Formation Productivity Analysis and Technically Recoverable Resource Assessment
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3167
Rate Transient Analysis of Fracture Swarm Fractal Networks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2118
Wolfcamp Hydraulic Fracture Test Site Drained Rock Volume and Recovery Factors Visualized by Scaled Complex Analysis Method (CAM): Emulating Multiple Data Sources (Production Rates, Water Cuts, Pressure Gauges, Flow Regime Changes, and b-Sigmoids)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2434
Numerically Enhanced RTA Workflow - Improving Estimation of Both Linear Flow Parameter And Hydrocarbons In Place
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2967
Real Time SRV Integrity Monitoring Using Dynamic Productivity Index
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3176
Theme 9: Innovative Technologies to Reduce Completion Costs
Reducing Well Construction Costs through Field Application of New Unconventional Lightweight Cementing Solutions — Multiple Case Histories in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2995
Innovative Gun System Tackles Today’s Challenges to Unconventional Completions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3300
Utilizing Real-Time Monitoring to Limit Corrosion in Frac Iron Strings - A Case Study of Corrosion in the Permian and Appalachian Basins
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3083
Theme 4: Impacts on Well Construction, Design, and Drilling
Potential Issues with Extreme Limited Entry in Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-1024
Significance of Well Orientation on Cumulative Production From Wells in the Bakken Region
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2813
The Effect of Pressure Cycling on the Development of Micro-Annulus in Cement Sheath
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2583
Collaborative Development of a Production Casing Connection for Well Design in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2978
Theme 4: Fracture Modeling and Stimulation Optimization I
A Comparative Study of Monotonic and Cyclic Injection Hydraulic Fracturing in Saturated Tight Rocks Under Triaxial Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2952
Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Simulations in Porous Media with Natural Fractures by IPACS
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2927
Geomechanics Coupled Reservoir Simulation using a Hybrid EDFM and MINC Model for Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2954
Permeability Increase by Shear Slip During Shale Reservoir Stimulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2643
Numerical Study of Proppant Transport and Distribution along Opened Bedding Planes
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-1016
Auto-Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing Design with Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Multi-Layer Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3160
Strain and Strain-Rate Responses Measured by LF-DAS and Corresponding Features for Fracture-Hit Detection during Multiple-Fracture Propagation in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2948
Theme 5: Application of Time Lapse Geochemistry to Estimation of Recovery, Drainage, Resource Volumes, and Enhanced Recovery
A Statistical Approach to Understanding Fluid Geochemistry Changes in Unconventional Plays
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2166
Integrating Oil and Water Geochemistry to Assess SRV and DRV in the Bakken/Three Forks Hybrid Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2470
From Reservoir Characterization to Reservoir Monitoring: An Integrated Workflow to Optimize Field Development Using Geochemical Fingerprinting Technology
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2902
Theme 7: Gas Injection IOR/EOR
Experimental and Molecular Studies of the Effect of CO2 on Hindered Flows of Oil through Niobrara Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3088
Sensitivity Analysis of Cyclic Gas Injection Recovery Mechanisms in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2933
Use of Gas and Chemical Blend for Shale Oil Huff-n-Puff EOR
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2998
Insights Gained From Fifty Large-Volume Primary Depletion - Gas Cycling Huff and Puff Experiments in the Montney and Duvernay Formations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3228
Theme 5: Integrated Geochemistry of Oil-Prone and Gas-Prone Unconventional Resource Plays with Geology and Petrophysics II
The Impact of Spacing and Time on Gas/Oil Ratio in the Permian Basin: A Multi-Target Machine Learning Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2676
Multi-Scale Lithofacies and Chemostratigraphic Analysis of Two Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale Wells in Northern West Virginia, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2763
Integration of Geochemical and Petrophysical Measurements from Drill Cuttings for Unconventional Reservoir Characterization, Converse County, Powder River Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3290
Theme 7: Reservoir Modeling for Unconventionals - Bringing Together Data, Disciplines, and Design
An Integrated Reservoir Modeling Case Study to Simulate Multi-Stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells, based on Seismic, Petrophysical and Geological data for Pinedale Tight Gas Fluvial Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2582
Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Predict Reservoir Performance: The Diyab Reservoir Abu Dhabi
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2780
Theme 3: Natural Fracture Characterization: Detection at Borehole Scale
Detecting Induced Fractures using Drilling Data to Gain Insights into Unconventional Fracture Growth
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2977
Characterizing Natural Fractures and Sub-seismic Faults for Well Completion of Marcellus Shale in the MSEEL Consortium Project, West Virginia, USA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2447
Time-lapse Acoustic Monitoring of Fracture Alteration in Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2956
Theme 3: Reservoir Characterization and Well Placement Using Modern Tools and Workflows
High Resolution Cuttings Analysis for Well Placement in the Uinta Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3118
Formation Anisotropy and Heterogeneity Evaluation with a High-Resolution LWD Ultrasonic Slowness Imaging Tool
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2169
GeoSHAP: A Novel Method of Deriving Rock Quality Index from Machine Learning Models and Principal Components Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2743
Reducing Uncertainty Associated with Resource-in-place Calculation Using Integrated Formation Evaluation, Geostatistical Analysis, and Geological Modeling, A Case Study in the Midland Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, July 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3111
