Tuesday Poster Presentations

Comparing Fluvial Sand-Body Stacking in Paleocene-Eocene Willwood (Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.) and Wasatch (Piceance Basin, Colorado, U.S.A.) Formations

S. Alpheus, L. Hajek, E. Greenberg, T. Baisden, E. Chamberlin

Amazon Fluid Mud Impact on Wave- and Tide-Dominated Pliocene Orinoco Delta (Trinidad) Shoreline

Y. Peng, R. Steel, C. Olariu

Comparative Analysis of Oncoids From the Upper Flagstaff Formation, Sanpitch Mountains, Central Utah

M. Sheban, S. Judge, E. Werthmann, P. Hurst, E. Luna, J. Charlton

Predicting Geomechanical Behavior: Empirical Relationships Between Mudstone Strength and Fluid Saturation

J. Ammon, A. A. DeReuil, L. Birgenheier, J. McLennan

Sediment Transport and Dispersal in the Appalachian Basin, Observations From the Rock Record and Flume Experiments

Z. Yawar, J. Schieber

An Analysis of Caddisfly Larval Cases From Domal Bioherms in the Upper Green River Formation, White Hill Cuesta, Ephraim, Utah

P. Hurst, S. Judge, E. Werthmann, M. Sheban, E. Luna, R. Reynolds

Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Lower to Middle Carboniferous Siliciclastic Deposition in STACK, North-Central, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

J. Bynum

An Integrated Depositional Model for the Late Pennsylvanian to Early Permian Mudstone Deposits in the Midland Basin, West Texas

J. C. LunaGonzalez, L. Birgenheier

Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments I (SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: Z. Jobe, Y. Spychala, A. Fildani

Scaling Relationships Between Stratigraphy and Morphology of Submarine Channels

L. Shumaker, Z. Jobe, J. Moody, D. Cai

Quantifying Longitudinal Changes in Deep-Water Slope Channel Fill Over a 40 km-long Segment of a Submarine Slope System, Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation, Chile

B. G. Daniels, S. Southern, S. A. Kaempfe, L. Stright, B. W. Romans, S. Hubbard

Drift Influence on Deep-Marine Slope Channel Facies and Geometries: Implications for Reservoir Quality Distribution – Block 2, Offshore Tanzania

A. Fuhrmann, I. Kane, R. Ferguson, S. Barker, C. Siversen, R. Brunt

Core- and Log-Based Recognition Criteria for Deep-Water Channel Bodies: Using Outcrops to Inform Stratigraphic Architecture Predictions Beyond the Wellbore

S. Hubbard, B. W. Romans, S. Southern, L. Stright, B. G. Daniels, S. Fletcher, A. Jackson, S. A. Kaempfe, R. Macauley, A. Nielson, D. Niquet, C. Meirovitz, E. Pemberton, A. P. Reimchen

Outcrop-Based Quantification of Short-Scale Heterogeneity in Hybrid Event Beds (HEBs) to Inform Modelling of HEBs-Prone Turbidite Reservoirs

M. Carnevale, F. Felletti*, M. Marini, M. Patacci, M. Fonnesu, W. D. McCaffrey

Insights Into Internal Structure of a Megabed From Long Distance (130×30 km) Correlation: The Contessa Megaturbidite of the Miocene Marnoso-Arenacea Formation (Serravallian; Northern Apennines, Italy)

F. Felletti, M. Marini

Prediction of Reservoir-Scale Sand Body Geometry From Mud Cap Thickness in Ponded Basins

L. Amy, M. Patacci, W. D. McCaffrey, B. Kneller

Stratigraphic Architecture of Turbidite and Mass-Transport Deposits in the Outcropping Bone Spring Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas

W. Walker, Z. Jobe

Mass Transport Complexes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Their Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration

M. Arthur, M. Gani

Complex Structural, Lithological and Subtle Gas Traps, Upper Rotliegend, Polish Permian Basin

H. Kiersnowski, K. Wolanski, K. Kwolek, W. Zarudzki, P. Zwolinski

Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments II (SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: L. Hansen, A. Fildani, I. Kane

3-D Seismic Analysis of Cenozoic Slope Deposits and Fluid Flow Phenomena on the Nigeria Transform Margin

O. A. Olobayo, M. Huuse

Compound Seismic Forward Modeling of the Atiart Submarine Canyon Outcrop, Spain: Application to the Submarine Canyon System on the Subsurface Loppa High, Barents Sea

D. Harishidayat, S. E. Johansen, C. Puigdefabregas, K. O. Omosanya

Advanced 3-D Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of the East-Mediterranean Frontier Deepwater Basins: An Approach for Enhancing Reservoir Fairways Predictions

F. H. Nader, C. Souque, J. Lecomte, R. Deschamps, B. Chauveau, D. Granjeon, R. Staples, E. Woon, P. Tricker, A. Frascati

Interpretation and De-Risking of Ultra-Deep Water Prospects in the SEAL Basin, Brazil, Using a Cognitive Interpretation Approach and High Integrity AVO Information

T. Wooltorton, R. Moore*, C. Reiser

Cyclic Steps at the Channel-Lobe Transition Zone in Offshore Mozambique, East Africa

X. Xu, F. Lyu, H. Sun, Y. Lu

Structure and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in the North Panama Deformed Belt: Observations From Latest Seismic Reflection Imaging

A. Goswami, K. Reuber, J. Pindell, B. W. Horn, A. Bliss

Bridging the Gap Between Giant Gilbert-Type Bottomset and Associated Mixed Turbiditic-Contouritic Systems in a High Sediment Supply Setting

R. Rubi, S. Rohais, S. Bourquin, I. Moretti, G. Desaubliaux

Statistical Analysis and Stacking Patterns in Turbidite Sand Sheets (Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes Basin, Chile)— Any Implication for Allogenic Cycles?

J. Wu, B. Kneller

Stacking Patterns in Submarine Fan System of Linked Rifting Grabens: Insights From Integrated Numerical Stratigraphy Modelling

X. Wang, P. Lu*, J. Carvalho, R. Borsato, T. Alshammasi, H. Shakhs, R. Asuaje, A. Hajji, M. M. Mezghani

Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments III (SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: A. McArthur, A. Fildani, I. Kane

Impact of Channel-Fill Asymmetry in Field-Scale Dynamic Reservoir Performance Prediction for Deep-Water Channelized Turbidite Systems

C. Meirovitz, L. Stright, S. Hubbard, B. W. Romans

Structured Analysis of Analog Data Sets as an Aid to Deep-Marine Reservoir Characterization

S. Cullis, M. Patacci, L. Colombera, W. D. McCaffrey

The Turbidites That Never Were: Sedimentological and Petrological Characterization of Fine-Grained Sandstones, Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation, Windermere Supergroup, British Columbia, Canada

T. Billington, R. C. Arnott

Clearing the Muddy Waters: Sedimentological Characterization and Comparison of Matrix-Rich Sandstones in the Neoproterozoic Windermere Turbidite System (British Columbia, Canada) and Ordovician Cloridorme Formation (Quebec, Canada)

J. Ningthoujam, R. C. Arnott

Surge Propagation in Debris Flows

P. A. Allen, O. Harlen, R. M. Dorrell, W. D. McCaffrey, R. Thomas

Quantifying Tabularity of Turbidite Beds: Methodology and Applications

L. Tokes, M. Patacci*

The Early Evolution of the Molasse Basin, Austria: Depositional Environment and Stratigraphic Architecture of Deep-Water Deposits

C. Jaikla, D. R. Lowe

Three-Dimensional Forward Stratigraphic Modelling of the Gravel- to Mud-Rich Fan-Delta in the Slope System of Zhanhua Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China

Q. Liu, X. Zhu, H. Zhu, K. Liu

Late Pleistocene Bryant Canyon Turbidite Facies: Implications for Gulf of Mexico Mini-Basin Petroleum Systems

J. E. Damuth, H. C. Olson, C. H. Nelson

Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments IV (SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: Z. Jobe, I. Kane, N. Nieminski

Progressive Confinement and Downslope Propagation of Submarine Slope Channels

R. Ferguson, I. Kane, A. Fuhrmann, S. Barker, C. Siversen, R. Brunt, O. J. Martinsen

Erosion and Bypass Records in Upper Slope Submarine Canyons

K. Ono, P. Plink-Bjorklund

Slope Channel Downslope Facies and Architectural Heterogeneity in Medium-Relief Basin-Margin Clinoforms, Jurassic Neuquen Basin, Argentina

Y. Gan, R. Steel, C. Olariu*, C. Carjaval, F. DeAlmeida

Predict Sandstone Distribution by Integrated Study of Mass Transported Deposit Using Borehole Image and Seismic Data: A Case Study From Northern Gulf of Mexico

W. W. Xu, B. Winkelman, T. Wilkinson, A. Kumar, L. Chen, R. Hayden, J. Gendur, R. Hearn, D. Shan, J. Meyer, J. A. Canas, O. Mullins

3-D Turbidite Forward Modelling for Exploration and Geohazard Studies

C. Barbieri, L. Gnavi, G. Davoli, A. Consonni, F. Podenzani, R. Pirovano

Geologic Origin of the Mari Mound Complex From Sediment Injection, Deep-Water Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

S. Heron, P. Weimer, H. Pettingill, A. Hurst, R. Bouroullec, G. Dorn

Giant Submarine Landslide Triggered by Paleocene Mantle Plume Activity in the North Atlantic

E. Soutter, I. Kane, M. Huuse, K. Helland-Hansen

Regional Evaluation of Mesozoic Chronostratigraphy, Paleoenvironment and Source Rock Systems in the Southern Ocean (South Atlantic)

E. Setoyama, M. D. Greb, S. Kanungo

The Impact of Hyperpycnal Flows on the Character of Deep-Marine Sedimentation

F. J. Laugier, P. Plink-Bjorklund

Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems: Subsurface, Outcrop, & Modern I (SEPM) (P)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: J. Hsieh, J. Bishop, L. Zahm

Application of Handheld ED-XRF for High-Resolution Chemostratigraphy in Texturally Homogeneous Carbonate Mudstones: Salina A-1 Carbonate (Silurian), Michigan Basin

M. A. Hemenway, S. E. Kaczmarek, K. G. Rose

Stable Carbon Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Shallow-Marine Carbonates, Lower Cretaceous Adriatic Platform, Croatia: What Is the Curve Telling Us?

A. Husinec, J. F. Read

The Role of Ocean Currents on Platform Drowning in the Straits of Florida

S. Bashah, A. Ling, G. Eberli, T. Mulder

Wolfcampian Carbonate Platform Sequence Stratigraphy of the Wylie Mountains, Van Horn, TX: Implications for a Platform to Basin Wolfcamp Framework

T. W. Canada, C. Kerans, C. K. Zahm

Seismic Geomorphology of the Early and Late Miocene Carbonate Systems in an Active Tectonic Margin, Offshore East Java, Indonesia

R. Fifariz, X. Janson, C. Kerans

Depositional and Reservoir Character of Mixed Heterozoan-Large Benthic Foraminifera-Siliciclastic Sequences, Middle Miocene, Dominican Republic

E. E. Core, E. K. Franseen

Oceanographic Controls on Sedimentology and Geomorphology of a Modern Shallow Marine Carbonate Platform: Pulau Layang-Layang, South China Sea

T. C. Neal, E. C. Rankey, C. M. Tiwol, D. Awang, K. P. Jakobsen

Application of XRF, Biostratigraphic, and Carbon Isotope Data to Establish a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework and Depositional Facies Model for the Burnt Bluff Group, Michigan Basin, U.S.A.

M. Al-Musawi, S. E. Kaczmarek

Integrated Outcrop and Subsurface Evaluation of Permian Reservoir Trends and Paleostructural Controls on Facies and Reservoir Rocks, Eastern Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.

E. B. Coalson, R. F. Inden

Facies and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in Permian Cold-to-Warm Water Carbonate Cycles in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.

R. F. Inden, E. B. Coalson

Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems: Subsurface, Outcrop, & Modern II (SEPM) (P)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: J. Hsieh, J. Bishop, L. Zahm

Palegeographic Reconstruction of the Louann Salt Basin in the Gulf of Mexico

J. W. Snedden, I. Norton, M. Hudec, A. Eljalafi, F. Peel

Marine Calcite Concretions as Base Level Markers: Examples From the Transgressive and Lowstand Systems Tract in the Mixed System

D. F. McNeill, J. S. Klaus, P. Swart

Distribution of and Environmental Impacts on Microbial Mat Ecosystems of Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos

N. Stein, D. Quinn, J. Grotzinger, W. Fischer, B. Ehlmann, M. Gomes, A. Hayden, U. F. Lingappa, A. Knoll, E. Trower

Identification of Lateral Carbonate Caprock Flanking Paradox Basin Salt Walls, Utah and Colorado

P. L. Poe, K. Giles, B. Brunner, K. Lerer, R. Kernen, A. Labrado

The Challenge of Porosity and Facies Variability Along Lateral Wells: A Case Study From The San Andres Formation, Permian Basin

O. Zened, V. Vallega, G. A. Sultan, S. Das

Multiscale Characterization and Simulation of Acidizing-Induced Pore Structure Evolution in Low Permeability Carbonates

M. O. Abouelresh, E. Abdelfatah, S. R. Hussaini, M. Pournik

Influence Factors and an Evaluation Method Study About the Breakthrough Pressure of Carbonate Caprocks

X. Zhou, X. Lü, Z. Bai, Y. Hou, T. Cheng, W. Yang, Z. Wang

Quality Reservoir Bed Development and Karst Cycle of Carbonate Rocks Buried Hill: A Case Study From Bozhong Sag

H. Li, X. Hua, X. Sun, H. Yu, W. Shi

Integration of Seimic-Sedimentary Modeling With Source Rock Prediction Methods to the Study of Lower Cambrian in the Tarim Basin, NW China

R. Xiong

Theme 3: Unconventional Systems of the Western United States (EMD/SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: W. Morris, D. Blood

Freshwater Facies of the Lower Bakken Shale: Lost Observations Updated by New Palynology Redefine Lower to Middle Bakken Surfaces and Sequences

P. Doughty, M. diPasquo, P. Filipiak, M. Kondas, B. J. Rice, G. W. Grader

Controls on Reservoir Quality of the Carbonates of the Wolfcamp A in the Eastern Midland Basin (Howard County, Texas): A Case for Active, Open-System Diagenesis

E. deZoeten, R. H. Goldstein*

High-Resolution Eustatic Sea Level Reconstruction Across the Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary From the Tri-State Area of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri: Conodonts, Carbon Isotopes, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Type Kinderhookian Region

B. D. Cramer, B. Stolfus, R. J. Clark, N. Hogancamp, J. E. Day, B. J. Witzke, S. Surine

Solving Geological Complexity of the Bakken Shale Using a Slim Micro Imaging Tool: Implications for Fracture and Facies Characterization

E. Haddad, J. S. Herrera, E. Velez

Tidal-Channel and Flood Tidal-Delta to Mud-Flat Lithofacies Associations and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Famennian Three Forks Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota

T. D. Wulf, C. R. Handford, P. Holterhoff, M. Kloska

Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Controls on Reservoir Sweet Spots in Wolfcamp A, Howard County, Midland Basin

A. Flotron, E. K. Franseen, R. H. Goldstein

Identifying the Fabric Controls on Mudstone Reservoir Quality: An Integrated Geomechanical and Sequence Stratigraphic Approach

R. Wilson, K. Huffman, P. Montgomery, S. J. Prochnow

Mapping Lower Austin Chalk Primary and Secondary Porosity Using Modern 3-D Seismic and Well Log Methods in Zavala County, Texas

D. Kilcoyne, C. L. Liner

Proximal Bakken Facies – A New Play Type in the Late Devonian-Early Mississippian Williston Basin Succession, North Dakota

S. Egenhoff, T. Nesheim, J. Bader, S. Nordeng

The Upper Mancos Shale in the San Juan Basin: Three Oil and Gas Plays, Conventional and Unconventional

R. F. Broadhead

Strategies for Effective Petroleum Systems Analysis: SCOOP Play of Central-South Oklahoma

M. N. Slack, C. W. Slack, D. A. Wavrek

Second Bone Spring Borehole Image Derived Depositional Facies Characterization: Case Study From the Delaware Basin, West Texas

V. Vallega, B. Driskill, T. Croft, E. Haddad, S. Das

Theme 3: North American Unconventional Systems (EMD/SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: N. Fishman, D. McGee

Reservoir Characterization of the Mississippian Meramec and Osage Series of Canadian, Kingfisher, and Blaine Counties (STACK Trend), Oklahoma: Relating Reservoir Characteristics to Productivity

G. J. Hickman, M. Pranter, Z. Reza, A. Cullen

Lateral Heterogeneity of Microscale Lithology and Pore Development in an Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group Horizontal Core

R. M. Reed, S. C. Ruppel, X. Sun, E. Sivil, H. D. Rowe

H2S Generation in the Montney Tight Gas Siltstone Reservoir: Petrographic and Isotope Geochemical Evidence

M. H. Liseroudi, O. HaeriArdakani, H. Sanei, P. K. Pedersen*, J. M. Wood

Evaluating the Stimulation and Production Shadow in Drilled-Uncompleted (DUC) Wells: Drivers for Creating an Asset Optimization Strategy

P. Pankaj, H. Xue

Post-Orogenic Exhumation of the Northern Appalachian Basin and the Timing of Hydrocarbon Generation: Low-Temperature Thermochronological Constraints From New York and Pennsylvania

C. Shorten, P. G. Fitzgerald

Integrating Core, Wireline Log and Chemostratigraphic Data With Biostratigraphic Data and High Resolution U-Pb Zircon Geochronology to Determine Timing Constraints on the Eagle Ford Group Depositional Processes and Stratigraphy

R. A. Conte, M. Pope

Natural Fractures and Their Relations With Facies, Sequence Stratigraphy, and Rebound Hardness, the “Mississippian Limestone” Play, North-Central Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Y. Wang, G. M. Grammer

The 2017 USGS Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Eagle Ford Shale and Associated Cenomanian Strata, Texas

K. J. Whidden, J. Pitman, O. Pearson, S. Kinney, N. Gianoutsos, S. T. Paxton, L. Burke, R. Dubiel

Multi-Scale, Multi-Modal Imaging for Upscaling Rock Properties

L. A. Hathon, M. Myers, K. Hooghan*

Provenance and Depositional Controls on Reservoir Quality of the Lower Permian (Leonardian) Spraberry Formation, Midland Basin, TX

N. Hu, D. F. Stockli, G. Sharman, H. S. Hamlin, J. Covault

Microfacies Relationships of Organic-Rich Mudstones: Implications for Depositional Processes and Paleoenvironment Interpretations of Mud-Dominated Successions in Ancient Epicontinental Seas

E. Percy, P. K. Pedersen

The Williston Basin Famennian (Devonian) Shale Succession: Stratigraphic Units and Facies of the Lower Bakken and Upper Pronghorn Shales

N. Hogancamp, J. Guthrie, J. Hohman

Where Are the Hydrocarbons? Siliclastic Versus Carbonate Micropores in the Middle Member of the Bakken Formation

T. Kosanke, S. Egenhoff, J. Greene, X. Liu, B. Porter, N. Fishman

Spectral Gamma-Ray (K-U-Th) Response of Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Formation and Eagle Ford Group Mudstones in the USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway Borehole Near Waco, Texas

S. T. Paxton, J. Birdwell, L. Burke, R. Dubiel, N. Gianoutsos, S. Kinney, J. Pitman, O. Pearson, K. J. Whidden

The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project: A Community-Oriented, Database-Driven Effort to Track Changes to Sedimentary Systems in Deep Time

E. Sperling, T. Team

Theme 3: Petrophysics of Unconventional Systems (EMD)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: E. Ortega, T. Olson

A New Method for Conformance and Compression Corrections of Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure and Its Application in Petrophysical Evaluation of Mudrocks

S. Peng

Low Field NMR Evidence of Geo-Polymeric Behavior of Organic Matter in Shale and the Implications on Recovery

R. L. Krumm, J. J. Howard, E. Krukowski

Petrophysical Characterization of Unconventional Carbonate Mudrocks of the Southern Mid-Continent: Mississippi Lime and the STACK Plays (Sooner Trend Anadarko Canadian Kingfisher Counties)

I. Bode-Omoleye, C. Zhang, B. VandenBerg, G. M. Grammer

The Impact of Capillary Condensation on the Hydrocarbon Storage and Mobility

S. Zhang, N. Ionkina

Fracture Development in Middle Permian Lucaogou Formation Tight Oil Reservoir, Junggar Basin, NW China: Main Controlling Factors and Formation Stages

C. Zhang, Q. Luo

Innovative Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Probing the Pore-Structure of Tight Sandstone Reservoirs

D. Xiao, S. Lu

Fracture Detection and Structural Dip Analysis From Oil-Base Microresistivity Image Logs in a Horizontal Well: A Case Study From the Longmaxi Shale

D. Wang, Z. Zhang*, Q. Li, K. Yin, Y. Luo, H. Zhang

Regional Distribution of Rock Properties, Hydrocarbon-Water Contacts, and Hydrocarbon Migration Derived From Carbonate Petrophysical Analysis of the Austin Chalk Across the Onshore Gulf of Mexico Basin, U.S.A.

L. Burke

Investigation of Imbibition in Shale by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

M. Meng, H. Ge

Theme 6: Integrating Petrophysics, Lab Analyses, and Geology (AAPG)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Chair: D. Handwerger

Eagle Ford Shale Petrophysical Characterization Using Deterministic Models Calibrated With Core Analysis From USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway Research Borehole, McLennan County, Texas

L. Burke, R. Sharma, S. Cluff, S. Paxton

Analysis and Integration of Well Logs, Geochemical Data, and Ultrasonic Velocities of Productive Facies in the Upper Viola Formation in Southwestern Kansas

W. K. Hagood, V. Cimino, M. Totten, A. Raef

Measuring Pore Throat Geometry and Angularity Through Mathematical Morphology

A. G. Meyer, L. Stemmerik, P. Frykman

Carbonate Rock Physics and Sequence Stratigraphy in Central Luconia, Malaysia: Towards an Integrated Acoustic Facies for Partially Dolomitized Platforms

G. Ghon, G. Baechle, E. C. Rankey, M. Schlaich, S. Ali, S. Mokhtar, M. Poppelreiter

Movable Fluid Distribution and the Permeability Estimation in Tight Sandstones Using NMR

C. Lv, Z. Ning, Q. Wang, M. Chen

Quantifying Velocity-Geology-Pressure Relationships in Core: The Foundations of a 4-D Seismic Feasibility Study in the Ichthys Gas-Condensate Field, NW Australia

L. J. Knapp, T. Fukunari, K. Yoshimatsu, A. Kato, M. Suzuki, T. Hattori, K. Furuya, R. Matsui

Facies Classification and Geophysical Signature of Lacustrine Carbonates, Case Study of a Presalt Analogue Outcrop in the Green River Formation

M. Adelinet, K. Labat, J. Terrier, R. Deschamps*, Y. Hamon

Integrated Cores, Well Logs, MRI and NMR Data for Carbonate Pore Type Characterization: Case Study of the Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in Southeast Iraq

Y. Li, B. Liu, Z. Jiang, B. Song

The Port Isabel Fold Belt: Neogene Gravitational Spreading in the East Breaks, Western Gulf of Mexico

H. D. Lebit, M. Clavaud, S. Whitehead, S. N. Opdyke, C. Luneburg

Theme 6: Getting the Most Out of Discoveries: Geophysical Techniques and Advances (AAPG) (P)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: W. Shea, R. White

Improving Frame Flexibility Factor Extraction From Seismic Inversion Using Rock Physics Analysis to Characterize the Pore Type of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks of the Early Miocene Baturaja Formation, MLD Area, Northwest Java Basin

D. Agustianto, Y. Sun, R. W. Widodo

Integrated Quantitative Distributary Channel Reservoir Characterization Based on Seismic Variational Mode Decomposition

R. Zhai, F. Li

The Application of an Improved Deconvolution Method Based on Mixed-Phase Wavelet Estimation for Thick Reservoir Connectivity Analysis

P. Zhang, H. Chen, H. Jia, B. Ren

The Use and Applicability of Non-Seismic Methods in Exploration, Frac Monitoring and Reservoir Monitoring

R. Hearst

Austin Chalk Fractured Play Characterization Using Well and Seismic Data in Wilson County

A. Khadeeva, C. Beck, B. Sarmah, S. Evans, J. Magness

Application and Extension of Fine Fault Recognition Technology in Surrounding Area of Penglai 19-3 Oilfield, Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China

X. Ma, D. Zhou, D. Lv, D. Guan, H. Zhang

Theme 4: Tools and Techniques for Modeling Petroleum Systems (AAPG)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: T. Matava, N. Rigg

Thermal Maturation Modeling of the Michigan Basin

J. Hybza, K. Wagenvelt, M. Kominz

Petroleum Systems and Favorable Exploration Direction in the Donghe Area, Tarim Basin, NW China

H. Xu, Z. Lei, H. Fang*

Application of Magnetic Techniques to Lateral Hydrocarbon Migration – Lower Tertiary Reservoir Systems, UK North Sea

S. Badejo, A. Fraser, A. Muxworthy

New Tools for New Challenges: Petroleum System Modeling of the Kurdish Foothills

M. Callies, R. Darnault, Z. Anka, T. Cornu, E. LeGarzic, F. Willien, R. Giboreau

Tectono-Thermal Reconstruction of the Western Bohai Bay Basin (East China) and Its Implication for Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration

J. Chang, N. Qiu, N. Liu

Chemometric Identification of Geochemically Distinct Oil Tribes as a Tool to Advance Understanding of the Petroleum Systems in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia

W. Thompson-Butler, K. E. Peters, J. Moldowan, L. B. Magoon, A. HosfordScheirer, S. Graham

A Virtual Field Laboratory for Data Integration and Characterizations in Unconventional Reservoirs

Y. Tang, L. Lu, L. Gao, J. Chen

Quantitative Fluorescence Techniques for Investigating Hydrocarbon Charge History in Carbonate Reservoirs

N. Liu, N. Qiu

Quantitative Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Migration Pathways in Tight Sand Reservoirs Based on Multi-Parameters: A Case Study From Yanchang Formation of Upper Triassic in Honghe Oilfield, Southwest Ordos Basin, China

J. Jia, N. Qiu, W. Yin, M. Tian, W. Liu

Relating Chemical Speciation of Pore Fluids to Initial Seawater Chemistry and to Diagenetic Reaction Pathways: SrRSA Data Compilation, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.

B. S. Slotnick, L. Chetel, S. Sahoo, C. Veale, L. Francis, H. Volk, S. Paulson, A. Doebbert

Theme 5: Fault and Fracture Characterization I (AAPG)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: L. Thompson, P. Eichhubl

The Influence of Mechanical Stratigraphy on Thrust-Ramp Nucleation and Thrust Fault Propogation: Outcrop Data, Cross Section Reconstructions, and Finite Element Models of Thrust Structures in Utah

S. S. Wigginton, J. P. Evans, E. S. Petrie, S. Janecke, K. J. Smart, D. A. Ferrill

Using Outcrop Analogues to Improve Fault Seal Workflows

Y. Kremer, R. J. Lunn, Z. K. Shipton, S. SosiodeRosa

Natural Fracture Patterns in Fault-Related Folds in the Tight Sandstone Reservoirs, the Southern Margin of Junggar Basin, Northwestern China

G. Liu, L. Zeng

Fracture Characterization and Its Relation to Geomechanical Stratigraphy in a Heterogeneous Reservoir Analog: Implications for Fractured Sandstone Reservoirs From Outcrop Analysis, Cretaceous Mannville Group, Southwest Alberta

B. Komaromi, H. Mai*, P. K. Pedersen

Synthetic Transfer Zone Characterization Using Seismic Data, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

P. Karam, S. Mitra, K. Marfurt

Lithofacies Controls on Deformation Band Development: Implications for Reservoir Quality

K. Clark, I. Stimpson, O. Wakefield, D. Faulkner, J. Griffiths

Fracture-Enhanced Permeability in Tight Carbonate Reservoir Analogue

M. Tiago, S. G. Zihms, H. Lewis, T. Falcão, J. Souza, J. A. Barbosa, V. Neumann, I. Gomes

Lithofacies Control on Deformation Band Frequency and Geometry: Example From the Sherwood Sandstone Group, UK

O. Wakefield, E. Hough, J. A. Hennissen, J. Thompson, C. C. Cripps

Fault Zone Deformation and Fluid History in Mechanically Layered Eagle Ford Formation and Austin Chalk

D. A. Ferrill, R. N. McGinnis, A. P. Morris, K. J. Smart, K. D. Gulliver, M. A. Evans, D. Lehrmann

Theme 5: Fault and Fracture Characterization II (AAPG)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: D. Ferrill, J. Gale

The Iron Wash Fault Zone as a Natural Laboratory for Along Fault Fluid Flow: Implications for Long Term Integrity of Carbon Capture and Storage

R. J. Lunn, Y. Kremer, Z. K. Shipton, M. Heather-Cooley

Characterizing Dynamic Stress Sensitive Fracture Apertures in a DFN Representation: An Example From the Island of Pag (Croatia)

R. Prabhakaran, P. Bruna, G. Bertotti, S. Mittempergher, A. Succo, A. Bistacchi, F. Storti, M. Meda

Distribution Of Natural Hydraulic Fractures (Beef Veins) Within the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

S. Larmier, A. Zanella, A. Lejay, R. Mourgues, F. Gelin

Tectonic Controls on the Formation and Saturation of Conjugate Shear Fracture Networks: Combining Outcrop Analogues With Modelling Studies

Q. D. Boersma, N. Hardebol, A. Barnhoorn, G. Bertotti

Integration of Core Fracture and Lithofacies Descriptions in the Wolfcamp Shale: Implications for Mechanical Stratigraphy and Deformation History

A. Salem, S. Naruk, J. Solum, D. Minisini, P. Desjardins, J. Hnat

Facies-Controlled Fracture Stratigraphy in Organic-Rich Unconventional Petroleum Systems: Implications From Outcrop and Core Analysis of the Turonian Second White Specks Formation, Southwest Alberta

B. Komaromi, P. K. Pedersen, P. A. MacKay

Polygonal Fault System in the Great South Basin, New Zealand

J. Li, J. Qi

Seismic Modeling and Expression of Common Fold-Thrust Belt Structures

J. Li, S. Mitra

Theme 7: Lake Basins and Their Deposits: From Rifts to Forelands (SEPM)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: M. McGlue, C. Scholz, M. Schuster

Form and Fill of Rift Basins Along Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Lower Talangakar Formation, Jatibarang Subbasin, Offshore NW Java, Indonesia

E. H. Sihombing, L. Wood, P. K. Setiawan, P. Syuhada

Reconstructing the Early Depositional History of a Failed Ocean Basin From a Large 3-D Dataset Acquired in the Colombia Basin, Western Caribbean Sea, Offshore Colombia

B. R. Frost

Closed Basin Hypsometric Curves Influence on Lacustrine Stratigraphy

C. Olariu, R. Steel, Z. Zhang, C. Zhou

Lake-Type and Lacustrine Deposits of an Early Foreland Basin: An Example From Alberta, Canada

J. J. Scott, S. McLeod

Unincised Perched Lake Versus Incised Valley During Lake Lowstand and Early Expansion Stages at the Steep Margin of Dongying Depression, Eastern China

Z. Li, W. Yang, L. Zhang, X. Luo, H. Luo, S. Liu

Architecture and Reservoir Qality of Low-Permeability Eocene Lacustrine Turbidite Sandstone From Dongying Depression, East China

M. Munawar, C. Lin, C. Dong, J. Gluyas, X. Zhang, M. Zahid, C. Ma

Characteristics and Genetic Origin of the Saline Lacustrine Oil: A Case From the Shahejie Formation in the Wenmingzhai Oilfield, Dongpu Depression, China

Y. Xu, X. Pang, T. Hu

High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Reservoir Quality Evaluation of the Yaojia Formation in the Longxi Area, Songliao Basin, China

H. Bi, J. Li, Z. Tang, L. Wang

Redox Condition Variations During Deposition of Lacustrine Mixed Sediments for the Lower Ganchaigou Formation (Oligocene) in Yingxi Area, Qaidam Basin, China: Evidence From Pyrite Framboids and Geochemical Data

Q. Jiang, B. Liu, Y. Ma, R. Guo, Y. Shen

Effective Reservoir Identification and Controlling Factor Analysis for Mixed Sediments in Saline Lacustrine Basin, Shizigou Area, Qiadam Basin, China

S. Zhang, Y. Yang, G. Li, Z. Gao, Y. Li, F. Wu*, J. Wu, W. Guo, X. Zhang, H. Gong

Theme 7: Green River Formation and Other Ancient Lacustrine Analogues (SEPM) (P)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: J. Pietras, E. Jagniecki, A. Carroll

Mg-Clay Characterization of a Lacustrine Carbonate Deposit, Green River Formation (Eocene) Sanpete Valley, Utah, U.S.A.

D. Cupertino, C. Anjos, S. Awramik, P. Buchheim

Paleoredox Conditions, Paleoproductivity, and Depositional Environment of an Eocene Black Shale: Mahogany Zone, Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah

K. Worms, L. Birgenheier, M. VandenBerg

The Hydrological Cycle During Deposition of the Mahogany Oil Shale Interval of Eocene Lake Uinta, Green River Formation, Utah

A. L. Elson, M. Rohrssen, R. Pancost, J. Marshall, J. H. Whiteside

Geochemical Aspects of Organic-Rich Mudstones (Oil Shales) From the Parachute Creek Member, Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah, U.S.A.

A. Ani, D. Keighley

Tight-Oil Resource Potential of the Mahogany Zone Within the Eocene Green River Formation, Uinta Basin

J. Birdwell, R. C. Johnson*, M. VandenBerg

Periods of Rapid Environmental Change Identified by High-Resolution Analysis of an Oil Shale/Stromatolite/Oil Shale Succession, Laney Member, Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A.

K. L. Wright, T. R. Logan, P. Buchheim, R. Biaggi, S. Awramik, D. Cupertino

Early Coarse Clastic Deposition in the Western Elko Basin, Piñon Range, Northeastern Nevada: Implications for Basin Evolution and Petroleum Potential

E. Hollingsworth, M. W. Ressel*, C. Henry

Characteristics of the Eocene Elko Formation, a Lacustrine Sedimentary Section Located in North Eastern Nevada and Comparison of Open Hole of Wireline Logs With Well Site Geologic Observations and Core Data

W. J. Ehni

The Eocene Elko Basin and Elko Formation, NE Nevada: Paleotopographic Controls on Area, Thickness, Facies Distribution, and Petroleum Potential

C. Henry

Inferred Middle Miocene Ages for Reservoir Rocks of Western Snake River Plain Production, Idaho

S. H. Wood, R. Breedlovestrout, R. S. Lewis, D. M. Feeney, V. H. Isakson, M. D. Schmitz

Lacustrine Shale Characterization and Shale Resource Potential in Ordos Basin, China

T. Zhang, X. Wang

Theme 9: Computational, Sensing, and Experimental Methods for Energy Innovation (AAPG) (P)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: L. Banfield, E. Larsen

Probabilistic Uncertainty Modelling to De-Risk Fault Seal Analysis

C. Reilly, S. Muecklisch, H. Anderson, R. Muir, E. Macaulay, A. Vaughan

Measured Water Saturations in Mudstones: Preliminary Evidence for the Introduction of Water Through Drilling and Completion Practices

A. Douds, M. Stypula, D. Blood

An Integrated Model for EOR Using Downhole Steam Generation

J. Jiang, S. C. James, M. Mojarab

Machine-Learning Assisted Reservoir Property Prediction: A Case Study From the Triassic Snadd and Kobbe Formations, Norwegian Barents Sea

D. Oikonomou, E. Larsen, B. Alaei, C. A. Jackson, I. A. Kjørlaug, K. Helle, R. Sakamoto

Reconstruction of 3-D Pore Space Using Multiple-Point Statistics Based on a 2-D Training Image

Y. Wu, C. Lin, L. Ren, W. Yan, Y. Wang, S. Wu

Fabrication of a 3-D Mini-Model System With Controllable Micro- and Nano-Scale Porosities for Carbonate Reservoirs

W. Wang, S. Chang, G. Thomas, A. Gizzatov

Automation Provides Unique Insights of the Rock Record and Subsurface Through the Delivery of a Robotic Sample Collection and Analysis Device

D. Tonner

Petrophysical Characterization of 3-D Printed Rock and Its Substitution in the Validation Experiment

L. Kong, M. Ostadhassan, C. Li, L. Gong*

Development Optimization of Horizontal Wellbores Using Lamé Elastic Constants From 3-D Seismic

M. L. Shoemaker, S. Narasimhan, J. Peacock, J. Becher, J. Lacy, N. Zakhour, B. Ferguson, C. Petkovsek

An AI-Based Workbench for Knowledge Capture and Integration in Sub-Surface Characterization

R. Cerqueira, E. VitalBrazil

An Improved Method of Electrofacies Analysis for Fractured-Vuggy Reservoirs Using Data Mining and Geological Constrained Approach

F. Tian, X. Luo, S. Li, Y. Lv, X. Shan, C. Shen, B. Guan, X. Liu, X. Wang

Seismic Facies Analysis From Well Logs Based on Machine Learning Techniques

F. Tian, S. Li, X. Shan, Y. Lv, C. Shen, B. Guan, X. Liu, X. Wang, W. Xin

Principles and Applications of InSAR During Development of Onshore Fields

M. E. Allan

Calcium Carbonate Coated Micromodels With Various Permeabilities for Study of Oil-Water Phase Behavior in Reservoir Rock Analogues

S. Chang, A. Gizzatov, G. Thomas, A. I. Abdel-Fattah, W. Wang

Theme 9: Computational Geoscience for Energy Innovation (AAPG)

Exhibit Hall | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Co-Chairs: Y. Zaretskiy, B. Hall

Need for Speed: Data Analytics Coupled to Reservoir Characterization Fast Tracks Well Completion Optimization

P. Pankaj

Mass Failure Complex Morphometrics as an Indicator of Flow Rheology and Composition: A Comprehensive Study in the Gulf of Mexico

H. Deng, L. Wood, Z. Jobe

Interrogating Lithology and Age Data in Sediment Source Terranes for Source-to-Sink and Exploration Applications

E. Szymanski, E. J. Reat, A. Gary, D. O'Grady

Visual Analytics for Reservoir Analogues

E. VitalBrazil, V. Segura, R. Cerqueira, R. dePaula, U. Mello

Transfer Learning Applied to Seismic Images Classification

D. Chevitarese, D. Szwarcman, R. D. Silva, E. VitalBrazil

Multiattribute Analysis of a Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate in the Tarim Basin

J. Qi, H. Gu, J. Li, K. Marfurt

Characterizing the Spatial Scale of Structural and Stratigraphic Features Through Fourier Analysis

C. W. Bomberger, M. Hofmann, B. Berg, J. Andersen

Acceleration of Geostatistical Seismic Inversion Using TensorFlow: A Heterogeneous Distributed Machine Learning Framework

M. Liu, D. Grana

Improving Seismic Interpretation Efficiency and Accuracy Using Supervised Machine Learning to Optimize Fault Interpretation Workflows

Y. Mao, T. O'Toole, K. Rangarajan, S. Angelovich

Semi-Automatic Seismic Interpretation Through the Extraction of Unconformities and Faults

A. J. Bugge, S. Clark, J. Lie, J. Faleide

Bridging Information Gaps in Reservoir Studies – Archiving and Retrieving Data With Relational Database Management Systems

A. Linsel, M. D. Greb, K. Bär, M. Hinderer, J. Hornung

Petrophysical Characterization of a Clastic Reservoir in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin in Colombia Using Artificial Neural Networks and Seismic Attributes

U. Iturraran-Viveros, A. M. Muñoz-Garcia

New Insights Into Mechanism of Ring Structure and Its Implication for Hydrocarbon Exploration

F. Ning, J. Yun, H. Song, J. Li