T183 Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry

Monday, 28 October 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 506

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  CONE-SHAPED HORSTS DISCOVERED AMONG NORTH SEA POLYGONAL NORMAL FAULTS: GEOMETRY AND MECHANICS
  Dave Hale, Colorado School of Mines, Boulder, CO and Richard H. Groshong, University of Alabama, Tallahassee, FL
  230048 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  CONJUGATE FAULTING AND THE COMPLICATIONS AT THE CROSSOVER OF AN X-FAULT SYSTEM
  Steven Lingrey, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX
  225950 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  INTEGRATION OF SANDBOX, NUMERICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL RESTORATION MODELLING TECHNIQUES IN 3D: STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE PICO DEL ÁGUILA ANTICLINE (EXTERNAL SIERRAS, SOUTHERN PYRENEES)
  Oskar Vidal-Royo, Midland Valley Exploration, Glasgow, N/A
  224900 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  GEOMECHANICAL MODELING OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: IMPORTANCE OF MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY, STRESS STATE, AND PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES
  Kevin Smart, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Goodluck I. Ofoegbu, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Alan P. Morris, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Ronald N. McGinnis, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and David Ferrill, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
  226288 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  NON-ANDERSONIAN FAULT ANALYSIS IN RESERVOIRS
  Seth Busetti, Structure and Geomechanics, Houston, TX and Robert W. Krantz, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ and Justin MacDonald, Structure and Geomechanics, Houston, TX and Peter Hennings, Structure and Geomechanics, Houston, TX
  222293 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION, GEOMECHANICAL MODELING, AND FRACTURE PREDICTION IN THE CLAIR FIELD, WEST OF SHETLANDS BASIN, UK
  Robert W. Krantz, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ and Andrew Conway, ConocoPhillips UK, Aberdeen, N/A
  227873 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFORMATION, DIAGENESIS AND RESERVOIR QUALITY IN THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE AT ALCOVA RESERVOIR, CENTRAL WYOMING, USA
  Peter Hennings, ConocoPhillips Subsurface Technology, Houston, TX and Anita Csoma, ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX
  224135 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  CONTROLS ON OPENING-MODE FRACTURE FORMATION ON A LARAMIDE-STYLE FOLD AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SUBSURFACE FRACTURE PREDICTION
  Nathan W. Harkins, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, Houston, TX and Rodrick Myers, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, Houston, TX and Thomas P. Becker, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX and S.P. Becker, ExxonMobil Upstream research Company, Houston, TX
  228392 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  NATURAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF TIGHT-GAS SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS, PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO
  Peter Eichhubl, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and András Fall, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Stephen E. Laubach, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Robert J. Bodnar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and J. Steve Davis, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Spring, TX
  231764 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  FAILURE OF CAPROCK SEALS - MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY, STRESS HISTORY AND TENSILE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF EXHUMED ANALOGS
  Elizabeth S. Petrie, Logan, UT and James P. Evans, Utah State University, Logan, UT and Stephen Bauer, Geomechanics Research Center for Experimental Geoscience, Albuquerque, NM
  228761 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  FAULT DAMAGE ZONE AND CORE FRACTURE POROSITY DIFFERS IN ADJACENT SANDSTONES OWING TO INHIBITED QUARTZ ACCUMULATION ON FELDSPAR AND LITHIC GRAIN SUBSTRATES
  Stephen E. Laubach, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  225755 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  MINERALOGICAL CONTROLS ON FAULT-ZONE ARCHITECTURE AND PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE IN SANDSTONES
  Laurel B. Goodwin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Peter S. Mozley, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Jennie Cook, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  230854 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FLUID EFFECTS OF NANBAIJIANTAN FAULT
  Kongyou Wu, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao,Shandong, N/A and Douglas Paton, University of Leeds, Leeds and Ming Zha, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao,Shandong, N/A
  219893 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  USING XRF ANALYSES TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS ON ROCK STRENGTH DETERMINED FROM MICRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES
  Helge Alsleben, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and Milton Enderlin, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and Meredith Kiesel, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and Daniel Woodworth, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
  225103 (Technical Sessions)