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June 17–19, 2024
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Day 2 Tue, June 18, 2024
Theme 1: A Focus on Key Unconventional Basins and Their Development II
Palermo Aike Shale, From Resource Exploration to First Horizontal Drilling Pilot, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4025296
Data-Driven Analyses of Well Orientation on Productivity in Eight US Unconventional Plays
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4027576
Perforation Efficiency Quantification Utilizing Raw Stimulation Data for Hydraulically Fractured Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4032879
Theme 1: Case Studies Highlighting Optimizing Completion, Perforation, and Stimulation Strategies II
The Perfect Frac Stage, What's the Value?
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044071
Accelerating Optimization of Unconventional Fracturing Design with Multi-Component Subsurface Surveillance: A Case Study from the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044437
Novel Tracer Application and Analysis Methodology to Quantify Creation and Drainage of Hydraulic Fracture Area and Growth Rate
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055456
Theme 1: Quantifying, Mitigating, and/or Overcoming Parent-Child Effects I
Workflow to Quantify and Estimate Future Parent-Child Depletion Impact on Production Performance: An Empirical Approach
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4009115
Child Well Performance Predictions
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044039
Numerical Investigation of Fracture Driven Interaction Mitigation Strategies and Field Development Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055561
Theme 1: Quantifying, Mitigating, and/or Overcoming Parent-Child Effects II
Optimization of Parent-Child Well Spacing and Completion Design: A Delaware Basin Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4023356
Friction Factor Assessment for Plug and Perf Drill-Out in Marcellus Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044677
Frac Hits Analysis in Development Field in Black Oil Window in Vaca Muerta
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044716
Theme 1: Well Spacing to Field Development and Stacked Pay Development Strategies I
Leveraging Oil and Water Time-Lapse Geochemistry and Well Diagnostics to Understand Drainage and Opportunity for Infill Development in a Stacked Pay Asset, Avalon to Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin, New Mexico
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044603
Geochemistry-Based Production Allocation in Bakken-Three Forks Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044682
Theme 1: Well Spacing to Field Development and Stacked Pay Development Strategies II
Probabilistic Modeling of Well Interference for Shale and Tight Development with Subsurface Uncertainty
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042580
Analysis of Zonal Interference Through Integrated Stimulation and Drainage Diagnostic Measurements in the Uinta Basin, Utah, USA: Microseismic, Crosswell Strain, Offset Pressure Fracture Measurement and Geochemical Fingerprinting of Produced Hydrocarbons
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043150
Theme 2: Drivers for Understanding Reservoir Quality
A Comprehensive Approach to Water Volume Estimation in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs Through Physics-Informed Statistical Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4026260
Characterizing the Vertical Heterogeneity and Optimizing the Horizontal Well Landing Window in Shale Oil Reservoirs: Case Studies in Jiyang Depression
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043711
Theme 3: Geological Drivers Behind Stimulated and Drainage Rock Volume: Observations, Lessons Learned, and Strategies for Assessment
Optimizing Infill Development in the Delaware Basin Through Integration of Geochemistry, Tracer, Pre-Frac Step down Test, and Pressure Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042489
Analyzing Midland Basin Well Performance and Future Outlook with Machine Learning
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044737
Permian Basin Wolfcampian and Leonardian Basin Boundary Well Performance
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055436
Theme 4: Production Profile Monitoring
Interpretation of DAS-Based Slow Strain for Monitoring of Hydraulic-Fracture Reopening During Multiple Injection Cycles at the Devine Fracture Pilot Site
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044282
Production Profile Changes Resulting from Bullhead Acid Injection
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044580
Theme 5: Coupled Flow, Rock Deformation, and Fracture
Investigation of Parent-Child Well Fracturing Interference in Depleted Shale Oil Reservoirs in a Faulted Region with Strong Tectonic Stresses
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4036768
Casing Deformation Risk Prediction with Numerical Simulation During Hydraulic Fracturing in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043054
Geomechanical Modeling of Stimulation Induced Stress Change for Casing Deformation Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4045037
Theme 5: Production Simulation, Forecasting, and Optimization
A Semi-Analytical Poroelastic Solution of Induced Pressure-Stress Changes and Its Applications to Depletion Delineation of Transversely Isotropic Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4027422
Numerical Analysis of Condensate Banking and Development Optimization in the Deep Formation of the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044947
Shale Pad Optimization: Assessing Completion Designs to Optimize Stage Sequencing, Production, and the Induced Stress Using a 3D Simulator
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055399
Theme 5: Rock and Hydraulic Fracture Modelling I
Successful Implementation of Two Decades of Australian Coal Seam Gas Research Can Improve Low-Permeability Coal Productivity and Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4025119
Avoiding the Salts: Strategic Fracture Propagation Management for Enhanced Stimulation Efficiency in the Cane Creek Play
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043632
A Novel Fracture Conductivity Calculation Methodology for Integrating Fracture Simulation and Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) for Unconventional Development
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044817
Theme 5: Rock and Hydraulic Fracture Modelling II
A Study of the Geomechanic and Microseismic Responses of Different Rocks to the Injection of CO2: Implication for Carbon Sequestration
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4037963
Compaction and Micromechanics of a Mudstone Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055453
Comparative Experimental Investigation of Damage Variables for Sedimentary and Geothermal Rock Specimens Based on 3D-DIC
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055572
Theme 6: Fluid-Rock Interactions II
Investigating H2S Occurrence in Bakken Oil-Producing Wells Using Sulfur Isotopes in Gas, Water, and Rock Samples
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4036258
Assessing Mineral Scaling in Wellbores: Identifying Sources and Controlling Chemical Factors
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044650
Theme 6: Geochemical Reservoir Characterization I
Understanding the Impacts and Fate of Lost Drilling Fluid by Oil Geochemistry
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4027808
Testing the Impact of Stratigraphic Target Selection on Drilling Performance, Cap-Ex and Reservoir Drainage in the Anadarko Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042460
Time-Lapse Diamondoid Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs: A New Frontier in Production Monitoring
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043338
Theme 6: Integrated Geochemical Investigations
Geochemically-Driven Petrophysical Transformations in Caney Shale and Their Impact on Reservoir Productivity
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042958
Assessing Hydrogen Sulfide Generation from Pyrite Reduction: Implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4047869
Characterizing the Tops of Devonic Units in the Challenging SubAndean Region of Bolivia
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055210
Theme 7: Applications to Reservoir Characterization I
Predicting Hydraulic Fracture Injection Pressure Using Hybrid Model for Completions Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4028108
A Deep Learning Workflow for Integrated Geological, Petrophysical, and Geomechanical Interpretation
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4040968
Data-Driven Risking for Induced Seismicity
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044665
Theme 7: New Approaches, Workflows and Best Practices; Case Study Examples I
A Machine-Learning-Based Gas Lift Optimization Workflow for Unconventional Fields
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4033553
Efficient Asset Optimization with Hybrid Models: Combining Surface Network and Reduced Physics Reservoir Models
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4036174
Case Study: Using Acoustically Derived Completion Data, Machine Learning, and Economics to Evaluate Completion Effectiveness in the Bakken
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044668
Theme 7: Production Forecasting II
Towards Universal Production Forecasting via Adversarial Transfer Learning and Transformer with Application in the Shengli Oilfield, China
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4032318
Innovating Oil and Gas Forecasting: Developing a Trailblazing Generative AI Model
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044635
Enhancing Production Forecasting Accuracy: A Machine Learning Approach in the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044746
Theme 8: Assessing EOR Application in Different Unconventional Plays
Field Implementation and Surveillance of Gas Injection Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Bakken
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4031314
Evaluation of Cyclic Gas Injection EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs and Exit Strategies, Including Potential Storage Options Using Bakken Field as an Example Case
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043537
Potential for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Permian Wolfcamp and Elsewhere
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044579
Theme 8: Nano Pores: From the Lab Analysis to Field Observations
In-Depth Study of the Interactions Between Wet Sand and Fracturing Fluids
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4037224
Small Pores Have a Big Impact on Enhanced Recovery from Tight Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4038756
Analytical and Machine Learning Based Modifications to Unconventional Reservoir Simulation Models to Capture Near-Fracture Transient Effects
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044074
Theme 8: Optimizing Artificial Lift Systems
Eagle Ford: The Journey from Well Performance to Artificial Lift Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4029098
Implementation of an Artificial Lift System by Using Non-Conventional Progressive Cavity Pumps in Shallow and Low Production Wells in Block 2 "Gustavo Galindo Velasco", Santa Elena, Ecuador
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4055466
Theme 8: Optimizing Choke / Drawdown Management, and Flowback Strategies
An Integrated Study of Fluid Characterization, Operational Choke Management and Performance Prediction to Optimize the Shale Oil Production
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4052747
Flowback Strategy for Condensate Reservoir Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4060243
Evaluation of Enhanced Oil Recovery from the Powder River Basin Turner Shale via the SuperEOR and UltraEOR Processes
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4054041
Theme 9: A Future of Production Forecasting: Data-Driven Models and Physics-Based Solutions II
Generalization of Butterfly Models to Multi-Well and Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4026302
Machine Learning vs. Type Curves in the Appalachian Basin: A Comparative Study
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4036239
Physics Informed Deep Learning Models for Improving Shale and Tight Forecast Scalability and Reliability
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042557
Theme 9: EUR and Performance Prediction: Decline Curve Analysis and Beyond II
Assessing B-Factor Through Production Analysis and Simulation Modeling in Permian Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4029346
Convolutional Neural Networks Forecasting for Unconventional Drilling Units for US Land
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044012
Optimizing Unconventional Well Performance: Streamlining Type Curve Benchmark Analysis for Enhanced Production Insights
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4044736
Theme 9: EUR and Performance Prediction: Decline Curve Analysis and Beyond III
A Comparison of Petrophysically Derived Post Refrac Recoverable Oil and Gas with Offset New Well EUR Results
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4042322
A Comparative Study for Probabilistic EUR Forecasting in Shale Gas Reservoir Using Early-Time Production Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043379
Fast Optimization of the Net Present Value of Unconventional Wells Using Rapid RTA
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043501
Theme 9: Well Spacing and Well Interference Impact II
Quantifying Well Communication Using Flowback and Early-Time Production Data
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4043791
Interference Testing in Shale: A Generalized ‘Degree of Production Interference’ (DPI) and Developing New Insights into the Chow Pressure Group (CPG)
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2024-4053742
