Chairs: James W Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, Stéphanie Vialle, Curtin University, Dept. of Exploration Geophysics, Perth, WA, Australia; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Qinhong Hu, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States and Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
Primary Convener: James W Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Co-conveners: Stéphanie Vialle, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; Curtin University, Dept. of Exploration Geophysics, Perth, WA, Australia, Qinhong Hu, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States and Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
OSPA Liaison: Stéphanie Vialle, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; Curtin University, Dept. of Exploration Geophysics, Perth, WA, Australia
Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Production in the Barnett Shale (24594)
Rajan Gupta1, Richard Middleton1, James W Carey2, Robert Currier1, Satish Karra3 and Hari Selvi Viswanathan4, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States
Steep Decline and Low Hydrocarbon Recovery in Fractured Shale: What and Why? (19659)
Qinhong Hu, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States, Troy Barber, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Zhiye Gao, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China, Xubo Gao, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Robert P Ewing, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Laboratory study of mechanical and petrophysical properties of both intact and naturally fractured shale samples from the Tournemire Underground Research Laboratory (17281)
Christian David1, Audrey Bonnelye1, Alexandre Schubnel2, Pierre Henry3, Yves Guglielmi4, Claude Gout5 and Pierre Dick6, (1)University of Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France, (2)Ecole Normale Supérieure/CNRS UMR 8538, Laboratoire de Géologie, Paris, France, (3)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France, Aix-En-Provence, France, (4)Aix Marseille University, Marseille Cedex 03, France, (5)TOTAL - Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Feger, Pau, France, (6)IRSN Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex, France
Mechanistic Processes Controlling Gas Sorption in Shale Reservoirs (31059)
Todd Schaef1, John Loring2, Eugene S. Ilton2, Casie L Davidson3, Toni Owen3, David W Hoyt4, Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou5, B. Pete McGrail4 and Christopher Thompson5, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Geochemistry, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (5)Pacific NW National Lab, Richland, WA, United States
Shale Fracture Analysis using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method (26808)
Zhou Lei1, James W Carey2, Esteban Rougier2, Earl E. Knight3 and Hari Selvi Viswanathan4, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-17, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States
Creep and Hysteresis Effects on the Marcellus Shale Matrix Permeability Behavior (18043)
Athma R. Bhandari, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Peter J Polito, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Peter B Flemings, The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States and Steven L Bryant, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Integrated Experimental and Computational Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Use of Alternative Fracking Fluids (27705)
Hari Selvi Viswanathan1, James W Carey2, Satish Karra3, Mark L Porter4, Esteban Rougier2, Duan Zhang4, Nataliia Makedonska4, Richard Middleton4, Robert Currier4, Rajan Gupta4, Zhou Lei5, Qinjun Kang1, Daniel O'Malley6, Jeffrey Hyman4 and LANL LDRD DR Hydraulic Fracturing Team, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-17, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (6)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computational Earth Sciences, Los Alamos, NM, United States