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July 26–28, 2021
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Day 1 Mon, July 26, 2021
Theme 9: EUR and Performance Prediction - DCA and Beyond I
Establishing the Basis for Multi-Segment Arps Decline Models
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5393
Transfer Learning with Recurrent Neural Networks for Long-term Production Forecasting in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5687
Understanding the Effect of Nanopores on Flow Behavior and Production Performance of Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5169
Rate-Transient Analysis of Communicating Wells Using the Dynamic Drainage Area (DDA) Concept
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5443
Shale Gas Development Potentials of the Jurassic Weald and Wessex Basins, South-East England: A Techno-Economic Evaluation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5493
Fluid Characterization and Volumetric Assessment in the Montney…One Tricky Fluid System
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5594
Theme 5: Experimental Rock Mechanics I
Connecting Geomechanical Properties with Potential for Proppant Embedment and Production Decline for the Emerging Caney Shale, Oklahoma
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5084
Experimental Study on Expansion Law of Micro-Fractures Induced by Shale Hydration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5267
The Effect of Capillary Condensation on the Geomechanical and Acoustic Properties of Tight Formations: An Experimental Investigation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5371
Theme 13: Produced Water and Induced Seismicity…ESG Perspectives
ESG Reporting in the Oil and Gas Industry - A Permian Basin Water Management Perspective
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5325
Application of Electro-Oxidation Technology for Water Treatment and Its Impacts on Rock Wettability
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5663
Managing Induced Seismicity: A System for Mapping the Geospatial Intersection of Saltwater Disposal Formations, Active Injection Intervals, Injection Pressures, and Volumes, Geologic Fault Lines and Seismic Events in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5509
Theme 8: Case Studies
Heavy Oil Polymer EOR in the Challenging Alaskan Arctic - It Works!
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5077
Drawdown Management Strategies — Midland Basin Case Studies
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5125
Special Session: HFTS-2 Part I
Subsurface Characterization of Hydraulic Fracture Test Site-2 (HFTS-2), Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5243
Overview of Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 2 in the Permian Delaware Basin (HFTS-2)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5514
Theme 1: Optimizing Development Strategies I
High Viscosity Friction Reducer Testing, Trialing, and Application Workflow: A Permian Basin Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5249
Applying State-of-the-Art Completion Techniques in Vaca Muerta Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5060
Theme 5: Hydraulic Fracturing: Monitoring, Modelling, and Analysis IV
Modeling the Effect of a Natural Fracture Network and its Properties on Multi-Stage Stimulation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5285
3D Digital Mineral Mechanical Modeling of Complex Reservoir Rocks for Investigation of Fracture Propagation at Microscale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5555
Theme 1: Parent-Child and Well Spacing
Understanding the Interaction between Parent and Child Using Analytical and Numerical Approaches in Permian Basin – An Operator Perspective
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5264
Multi-Disciplinary Fracture and Spacing Study in the DJ Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5297
Unconventional Reservoir Development Performance Reviews – the Northern Midland Basin Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5301
Theme 15: Unlocking the Production and Recovery Potential of Unconventionals
Impact of EOR Huff-n-Puff on Rock Microstructure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5664
CO2-Soluble Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery from Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5233
Water-Oil Displacement in Shale: New Insights from a Comparative Study Integrating Imbibition Tests and Multiscale Imaging
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5299
Effect of Pore Geometry and Heterogeneous Surface Wettability on the Nanoconfined Phase Behavior in Nanopore Networks of Shale Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5032
Theme 15: Geoscience Tools and Methods for Understanding the Rock
Permeability from NMR in the Unconventional Point-Pleasant Formation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5015
Hydraulic Fracturing Geochemical Impact on Fluid Chemistry: Comparing Wolfcamp Shale and Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5524
A Novel Method to Develop Chemostratigraphy Using X-Ray Fluorescence Spectral Raw Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5478
Brittleness and Geomechanical Properties Estimation Using Wireline and Seismic Data in the Duvernay Shale Basin, Canada
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5433
Linking Depositional Environment Interpretations and Stratal Architecture to Source Rock Richness and Mechanical Property Distribution in the Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5108
Theme 9: EUR and Performance Prediction - DCA and Beyond II
Continuous Lookback, Calibration, and Adjustment Reduces Biases and Improves Reliability of Production Forecasts
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5211
Deconvolution of Time-Varying Bottomhole Pressure Improves Rate-Time Models History Matches and Forecasts of Tight-Oil Wells Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5278
The Utilization of the "Rate-Integral" to Assist with Decline Curve Analysis of Poor-Quality Unconventional Time-Rate Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5519
Evaluation of "Tight Oil" Well Performance and Completion Practices in the Powder River Basin – "Time Slice" Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5394
Theme 11: International and Emerging Challenges of Unconventional Resources: Integrated Geoscience and Engineering
Subsurface Technology Sharing from Oil and Gas to Geothermal Resources
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5304
Efficient Modeling of Enhanced Geothermal System with 3D Complex Hydraulic and Natural Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5526
Stacked Completion and Production of Lacustrine Shale Oil Deposit Lateral Wells in the Kongdian Formation, China
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5577
Theme 10: Innovative Technologies to Reduce Completions Costs
Investigating Effects of Adding Surfactant to Cement Spacer on Mud Removal Performance and Cement Bond with Formation - An Experimental Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5176
Case Study of a Wireline Deployable Spearhead Acid in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5046
Efficient Prediction of Proppant Placement Along a Horizontal Fracturing Stage for Perforation Design Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5254
Theme 8: Eagle Ford
Multi-well Modeling in the Eagle Ford: An Investigation of Redevelopment, Infill and Refrac Opportunities
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5066
Experimental Study of Hydrocarbon Vaporization for EOR Applications
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5674
A Simulation Study to Evaluate Operational Parameter Ranges for a Successful Cyclic Gas Injection in Different Areas of Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5649
Extending the Effective Fracture Lengths through Mitigation of Water Trapping to Improve Eagle Ford Gas Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5137
Theme 2: Advances in Special Core Analysis and Core-Flood Testing
Live Oil and Methane Production from Fractured Shale Cores
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5313
Investigation of Diffusion and Sorption in Shale Under Variable Net Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5550
Using NMR and Steady State Permeability Measurements to Study Drilling Fluid Invasion Into the Tight Mississippian Ratcliffe Carbonate and Its Impact on Oil Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5652
Workflow for Determining Relative Permeability Behavior in Low Permeability Media Using MICP Drainage-Imbibition Measurements
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5220
Theme 2: Drivers for Understanding Reservoir Quality and Completion Quality
Direct Measurement of Permeability and its Evolution with Stress
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5335
Wettability Alteration and Improved Oil Recovery in Unconventional Resources
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5697
Not All Shales Play the Same Game: Comparative Analysis of US Shale Oil Formations by Reverse Engineering and Petroleum Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5660
Special Session: HFTS-2 Part III
Analysis of Completion Design Impact on Cluster Efficiency and Pressure-Based Well Communication in HFTS-2 Delaware Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5289
Hydraulic Fracture Characterization by Integrating Multidisciplinary Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 2 (HFTS-2)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5039
An Integrated View of Hydraulic Induced Fracture Geometry in Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5396
Theme 1: Optimizing Development Strategies II
Maximizing Project Value in Vaca Muerta Shale Formation, Part 2: Simultaneous Optimization of Well Spacing and Completion Design - Case of Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5714
Simul-frac Journey in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5340
Theme 5: Experimental Rock Mechanics II
Investigation into the Fabric and Textural Controls over Effective Grain Stiffness for Accurate Biot Coefficient and Pore Compressibility Prediction
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5200
Laboratory Study Shows How Real Perforations Affect Unconventional Fracture Initiation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5632
Triaxial Direct-shear Reveals the True Magnitude of Shear Fracture Roughness Effects on Flow
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5536
Theme 5: Hydraulic Fracturing: Monitoring, Modelling, and Analysis I
Mechanical Stratigraphy Modeling, the Foundation of Unconventional Geomechanical Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5153
A Geomechanical Analysis of Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Containment
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5291
Quasi-Static Fracture Height Growth in Laminated Reservoirs: Impacts of Stress and Toughness Barriers, Horizontal Well Landing Depth, and Fracturing Fluid Density
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5723
Theme 6: Advances in Applied Petroleum Geochemistry and its Applications
Produced Gas and Condensate Geochemistry of the Marcellus Formation: Insights into Petroleum Maturity, Migration, and Alteration in an Unconventional Shale Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5195
Raman Microscopy Analysis of Wyoming CarbonSAFE Pilot Well Thin Sections for Mineralogy and Organic Matter Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5623
Application of Geochemistry to Assessing Refrac Jobs in the Bakken/Three Forks Hybrid Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5168
Adsorption Capacity of Hydrocarbon and Kerogen: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Investigation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5692
Theme 4: Reservoir Characterization Using Petrophysics, Geomechanics, and Microseismic
Improving Microseismic Denoising Using 4D (Temporal) Tensors and High-Order Singular Value Decomposition
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5662
An Integrated Analytics and Machine Learning Solution for Predicting the Anisotropic Static Geomechanical Properties of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5625
Special Session: HFTS-2 Part II
Fracture Description of the HFTS-2 Slant Core, Delaware Basin, West Texas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5175
Microseismic at HFTS2: A Story of Three Stimulated Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5517
Mechanism of Microseismic Generation During Hydraulic Fracturing – With Evidence From HFTS 2 Observations
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5296
HFTS-2 Completions Design and State-of-the-Art Diagnostics Results
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5242
