V43G:
Shale Reservoir Science and Technology I

Session ID#: 2918

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
3018 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Paul R Craddock, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, United States and Nicholas J Drenzek, Statoil, Houston, TX, United States
Primary Convener:  Paul R Craddock, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-Convener:  Nicholas J Drenzek, Statoil, Houston, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Paul R Craddock, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:
Virtual Option?: Yes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Storage and Transport of Hydrocarbons in Organic-Rich Mudstones (Invited) (5872)
Robert Leonard Kleinberg1, Kerstin Iris Falk2 and Benoit Alain Coasne2, (1)Boston University, Institute for Global Sustainability, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Prediction of Shale Transport Properties Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method: Permeability and Effective Knudsen Diffusivity (9708)
Qinjun Kang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States and Li Chen, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Mechanical properties of organic matter in shales mapped at the nanometer scale (24655)
Moshe Eliyahu1, Simon Emmanuel2, Ruarri James Day-Stirrat3 and Calum Macaulay3, (1)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, (2)The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, (3)Shell Houston, Houston, TX, United States
Monitoring hydraulic fracturing with seismic emission volume (15003)
Fenglin Niu1,2, Youcai Tang3, Haichao Chen4, Kai TAO3 and Alan Levander5, (1)China University of Petroleum, State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, and Unconventional Natural Gas Institute, Beijing, China, (2)University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China, (3)China University of Petroleum, State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, and Unconventional Natural Gas Institute, Beijing, China, (4)China University of Petroleum at Beijing, Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, and State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, Beijing, China, (5)Rice University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, United States
Variations of Carbon Isotopes during Shale Gas Production from the Horn River Basin, British Columbia, Canada (8176)
Giselle Norville, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Karlis Muehlenbachs, University of Alberta, Earth and Atmopsheric Scdiences, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Minimizing the water and air impacts of unconventional energy extraction (Invited) (27664)
Robert B Jackson, Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Trace Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals Present in Pennsylvania Groundwater are Correlated with Geogenic Brines rather than Hydraulic Fracturing Active Zones (31587)
Brian Drollette1, Kathrin Shregglman2, Emma D’Ambro3, Martin Elsner4, Nathaniel R Warner5, Megan O’Connor6, Osman Karatum6, Avner Vengosh7, Robert B Jackson8, Thomas Darrah9 and Desiree Plata10, (1)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (2)Helmholtz Center Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany, (3)Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, United States, (4)Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Neuherberg D-85764, Germany, (5)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (6)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, (7)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States, (8)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (9)Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, (10)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Evaluating the Influence of Chemical Reactions on Wellbore Cement Integrity and Geochemical Tracer Behavior in Hydraulically-Fractured Shale Formations (10632)
Circe Verba, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Research and Innovation Center, Albany, OR, United States, Athena Lieuallen, National Energy Technology Laboratory Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Jonathon Yang, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, Marta E Torres, Oregon State Univ, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Alexandra Hakala, Research and Innovation Center, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, United States