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SAID GACI
Sonatrach-Algerian Petroleum Institute (IAP), Boumerdes,Algeria
OLGA HACHAY
Institute of Geophysics Ural Branch of RussianAcademy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
ORIETTA NICOLIS
Facultad deIngenier´ıa, Universidad Andres Bello, Vin˜a del Mar,Chile
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Contents
List of contributors.....................................................................................xiii
Section 1 Petroleum exploration
1 Review chapter on petroleum exploration section.....................................3
Said Gaci
Geochemistry.............................................................................................. 3
Unconventional reservoirs.........................................................................3
New technologies.......................................................................................3
Approaches and numerical methods........................................................ 4
References...................................................................................................8
Further reading........................................................................................... 8
2 Microseeps as pathfinder and regional filtering tool in
petroleum exploration.......................................................................................11
Steven A. Tedesco
2.1 Introduction........................................................................................11
2.2 Migrating hydrocarbon theory.......................................................... 12
2.3 Sampling............................................................................................. 13
2.4 Case histories.....................................................................................16
2.5 Keota Dome........................................................................................16
2.6 Dolley and Sawbuck Fields................................................................ 23
2.7 Eland Field.......................................................................................... 27
2.8 Moore-Johnson Field.........................................................................32
2.9 Discussion........................................................................................... 36
References................................................................................................. 36
3 Correlation of stable carbon isotope, reflectance, and total
organic carbon that help provide a new stratigraphic framework
for defining Desmoinesian and Atokan sediments in the Denver
and Cherokee basins in the Mid-continent United States......................39
Steven A. Tedesco
3.1 Introduction........................................................................................39
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3.2 Geology............................................................................................... 40
3.3 Denver Basin....................................................................................... 43
3.4 Stable carbon isotope........................................................................ 51
3.5 Arrow Canyon Snaky Canyon........................................................... 51
3.6 Discussion of carbon isotopes.......................................................... 53
3.7 Pyritization data.................................................................................. 58
3.8 Conclusions........................................................................................ 60
References................................................................................................. 61
4 A review about recent seismic techniques in
shale-gas exploration .......................................................................................65
Mohammed Farfour, Said Gaci, Mohammed El-Ghali
and Mohamed Mostafa
Key points.................................................................................................. 65
4.1 Introduction........................................................................................ 65
4.2 Anisotropy of shale-gas reservoirs...................................................66
4.3 Seismic methods and properties of gas-bearing shale...................67
4.4 Example from Boonsville field, Fort Worth Basin........................... 72
4.5 Conclusions........................................................................................ 79
References................................................................................................. 79
5 Evaluation of the pilot waterflood at Arikaree Creek Field
case study for enhancing oil recovery from a low temperature
hydrothermal unconventional carbonate reservoir...................................81
Steven A. Tedesco
5.1 Introduction........................................................................................ 81
5.2 Geology............................................................................................... 83
5.3 Seismic interpretation and results.................................................. 102
5.4 Production history............................................................................ 102
5.5 The waterflood hearing ................................................................... 107
5.6 Results and discussion.................................................................... 111
References............................................................................................... 114
6 Analysis of production and geology of unconventional
Mississippian carbonate reservoirs in the Mid-continent
of the United States.........................................................................................117
Steven A. Tedesco
6.1 Introduction...................................................................................... 117
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6.2 Geology............................................................................................. 118
6.3 Harper County, Kansas.................................................................... 121
6.4 Conclusions...................................................................................... 130
References............................................................................................... 130
7 Study of nonlinear acoustic processes inside a cracked rock
influenced by dynamical loading.................................................................133
Veniamin Dryagin
7.1 Introduction...................................................................................... 133
7.2 Acoustic emission in crack porous medium.................................. 134
7.3 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in core ................ 137
7.4 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in borehole......... 144
7.5 Conclusions...................................................................................... 147
References............................................................................................... 148
8 Applications of shear waves in modern seismic technology:
overview and examples..................................................................................151
Mohammed Farfour and Said Gaci
8.1 Introduction...................................................................................... 151
8.2 S-wave information from P-wave AVO analysis
and inversion.................................................................................... 152
8.3 S-wave from indirect prediction to direct measurement
and interpretation............................................................................. 156
8.4 Shear wave applications: examples from world basins................ 162
8.5 Discussion and conclusion.............................................................. 164
References............................................................................................... 165
9 The low-velocity zone in the crystalline crust of the NW
Black Sea shelf as a potential regional methane trap
of the thermobaric type...................................................................................169
Valery Korchin and Oleg Rusakov
9.1 Introduction...................................................................................... 169
9.2 Materials and method...................................................................... 170
9.3 Discussion and conclusions............................................................ 175
References............................................................................................... 181
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10 Peculiarities of convection and oil maturation in 3D porous
medium structure............................................................................................183
Yurie Khachay and Mansur Mindubaev
10.1 Introduction...................................................................................183
10.2 Model and the boundary problem...............................................184
10.3 Numerical results and discussions..............................................187
10.4 Conclusions...................................................................................187
Acknowledgment.................................................................................. 188
References............................................................................................. 188
11 Empirical mode decomposition-based approaches for
predicting velocity well logs in a petroleum reservoir.......................189
Said Gaci and Mohammed Farfour
11.1 Introduction...................................................................................189
11.2 Theory............................................................................................190
11.3 Results and discussion .................................................................196
11.4 Conclusions...................................................................................199
References............................................................................................. 200
12 New bidimensional empirical mode decomposition-based
seismic attributes...........................................................................................203
Said Gaci and Mohammed Farfour
12.1 Introduction...................................................................................203
12.2 One-dimensional empirical mode decomposition.....................204
12.3 Bidimensional empirical mode decomposition..........................205
12.4 Instantaneous amplitude..............................................................205
12.5 Application to Algerian seismic data...........................................206
12.6 Conclusions...................................................................................210
References............................................................................................. 211
13 Local regularity investigation of well logs from an Algerian
tight reservoir..................................................................................................213
Said Gaci and Orietta Nicolis
13.1 Introduction...................................................................................213
13.2 Theory............................................................................................214
13.3 Well log measurements................................................................218
13.4 Regularity analysis applied to well log data...............................219
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13.5 Multifractal analysis applied to well log data.............................222
13.6 Conclusion.....................................................................................225
References............................................................................................. 225
Section 2 Mineral exploration
14 Review chapter on mineral exploration section...................................231
Orietta Nicolis
References............................................................................................. 234
15 Precambrian lithospheric evolution of the
Fennoscandian Shield...................................................................................237
Nikolay Sharov and Linata Sviridenko
15.1 Introduction...................................................................................237
15.2 Seismic heterogeneities of the lithosphere.................................237
15.3 Geologic structure of the lithosphere..........................................242
15.4 Mantle and crustal processes in the Earth’s
crust formation..............................................................................247
15.5 Conclusions...................................................................................253
Acknowledgments................................................................................ 253
References............................................................................................. 253
16 Connection of magneto acoustic emission parameters with
conditions of magnetite deposits formation............................................257
Igor Glukhikh, Viktor Ivanchenko and Sergey Ivanchenko
16.1 Introduction...................................................................................257
16.2 Object of research.........................................................................258
16.3 Discussion and qualitative interpretation of the results.............264
16.4 Conclusions...................................................................................270
References............................................................................................. 272
17 On characterizing anisotropies of the radioactive sources
from airborne gamma-ray data using bidimensional empirical
mode decomposition: a case study from Algeria..................................275
Said Gaci and Mohammed Farfour
17.1 Introduction...................................................................................275
17.2 Theory............................................................................................276
