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T209. Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry

 
CONE-SHAPED HORSTS DISCOVERED AMONG NORTH SEA POLYGONAL NORMAL FAULTS: GEOMETRY AND MECHANICS
Abstract ID#: 230048
HALE, Dave, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Boulder, CO 80402 and GROSHONG, Richard H. Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, Emeritus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, rhgroshong@cs.com
 
CONJUGATE FAULTING AND THE COMPLICATIONS AT THE CROSSOVER OF AN X-FAULT SYSTEM
Abstract ID#: 225950
LINGREY, Steven, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, steve.lingrey@exxonmobil.com
 
INTEGRATION OF SANDBOX, NUMERICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL RESTORATION MODELLING TECHNIQUES IN 3D: STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE PICO DEL ÁGUILA ANTICLINE (EXTERNAL SIERRAS, SOUTHERN PYRENEES)
Abstract ID#: 224900
VIDAL-ROYO, Oskar, Midland Valley Exploration, 144 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2HG United Kingdom, oskar@mve.com
 
GEOMECHANICAL MODELING OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: IMPORTANCE OF MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY, STRESS STATE, AND PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES
Abstract ID#: 226288
SMART, Kevin J., OFOEGBU, Goodluck I., MORRIS, Alan P., MCGINNIS, Ronald N., and FERRILL, David A., Geosciences & Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, ksmart@swri.org
 
NON-ANDERSONIAN FAULT ANALYSIS IN RESERVOIRS
Abstract ID#: 222293
BUSETTI, Seth, ConocoPhillips, Structure and Geomechanics, 600 N. Dairy Ashford St, PR2018, Houston, TX 77079, seth.busetti@conocophillips.com, KRANTZ, Robert W., Subsurface Technology, ConocoPhillips, Structure and Geomechanics, 600 N. Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX PR 2010, MACDONALD, Justin, ConocoPhillips, Structure and Geomechanics, 600 N. Dairy Ashford St, PR2026, Houston, TX 77079, and HENNINGS, Peter, Structure and Geomechanics, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079
 
STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION, GEOMECHANICAL MODELING, AND FRACTURE PREDICTION IN THE CLAIR FIELD, WEST OF SHETLANDS BASIN, UK
Abstract ID#: 227873
KRANTZ, Robert W., Subsurface Technology, ConocoPhillips, Structure and Geomechanics, 600 N. Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX PR 2010, bob.krantz@conocophillips.com and CONWAY, Andrew, Nsbu, ConocoPhillips UK, Aberdeen, AB15 6FZ, United Kingdom
 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFORMATION, DIAGENESIS AND RESERVOIR QUALITY IN THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE AT ALCOVA RESERVOIR, CENTRAL WYOMING, USA
Abstract ID#: 224135
HENNINGS, Peter, ConocoPhillips Subsurface Technology, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, Peter.Hennings@ConocoPhillips.com and CSOMA, Anita, Geological and Reservoir Engineering Technology, ConocoPhillips, 600 North Dairy Ashford, PR-3064, Houston, TX 77079
 
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Abstract ID#: 234175
 
CONTROLS ON OPENING-MODE FRACTURE FORMATION ON A LARAMIDE-STYLE FOLD AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SUBSURFACE FRACTURE PREDICTION
Abstract ID#: 228392
HARKINS, Nathan W., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, nathan.w.harkins@exxonmobil.com, MYERS, Rodrick, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, BECKER, Thomas P., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067, and BECKER, S.P., Petroleum Geochemistry, Hydrocarbon Systems Division, ExxonMobil Upstream research Company, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77098
 
NATURAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF TIGHT-GAS SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS, PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 231764
EICHHUBL, Peter1, FALL, András2, LAUBACH, Stephen E.2, BODNAR, Robert J.3, and DAVIS, J. Steve4, (1) Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, peter.eichhubl@beg.utexas.edu, (2) Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, (3) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4) ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252
 
FAILURE OF CAPROCK SEALS - MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY, STRESS HISTORY AND TENSILE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF EXHUMED ANALOGS
Abstract ID#: 228761
PETRIE, Elizabeth S., USU Geology, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, espetrie@aggiemail.usu.edu, EVANS, James P., Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, and BAUER, Stephen, Sandia National Laboratories, Geomechanics Research Center for Experimental Geoscience, 1515 Eubank Se, Albuquerque, NM 87123
 
FAULT DAMAGE ZONE AND CORE FRACTURE POROSITY DIFFERS IN ADJACENT SANDSTONES OWING TO INHIBITED QUARTZ ACCUMULATION ON FELDSPAR AND LITHIC GRAIN SUBSTRATES
Abstract ID#: 225755
LAUBACH, Stephen E., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu
 
MINERALOGICAL CONTROLS ON FAULT-ZONE ARCHITECTURE AND PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE IN SANDSTONES
Abstract ID#: 230854
GOODWIN, Laurel B., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, laurel@geology.wisc.edu, MOZLEY, Peter S., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, and COOK, Jennie E., BP America, 501 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079
 
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FLUID EFFECTS OF NANBAIJIANTAN FAULT
Abstract ID#: 219893
WU, Kongyou Sr1, PATON, Douglas2, and ZHA, Ming Sr1, (1) School of Geoscience, China University of Petroleum, NO.66,Changjiang River West Road, Economic & Tech.Development District, Qingdao,Shandong, 266580, China, wukongyou@163.com, (2) University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
 
USING XRF ANALYSES TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS ON ROCK STRENGTH DETERMINED FROM MICRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES
Abstract ID#: 225103
ALSLEBEN, Helge, ENDERLIN, Milton, KIESEL, Meredith, and WOODWORTH, Daniel, School of Geology, Energy, and the Environment, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298830, Fort Worth, TX 76129, h.alsleben@tcu.edu
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