Production allocation: Rosetta Stone or red herring? Best practices for understanding produced oils in resource plays

CD Barrie, CM Donohue, JA Zumberge, JE Zumberge - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The production of crude oil from resource plays has increased enormously over the past
decade. In the USA, around 63% of total output in 2019 was from unconventional …

Mobile or immobile: Hydrocarbon characterization from the comparison of various extraction techniques to produced oils

JA Zumberge, S Perry, K Cheng… - … Conference, 20–22 June …, 2022 - library.seg.org
Understanding hydrocarbon mobility is crucial for forecasting petroleum production. Mobility
assessment from traditional/legacy rock extraction techniques is challenged because light-to …

Machine-learning assisted production allocation using a 3-D full field geochemical model of produced oils in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk of south Texas

J Jweda, H Long, E Michael - Unconventional Resources Technology …, 2021 - library.seg.org
Objectives/Scope: Understanding drainage dynamics of hydraulically stimulated horizontal
wells through time is among the most critical parameters for optimizing field development …

A comparison of hydrocarbon extraction techniques: Trying to make a mountain from a mole hill

CM Donohue, CD Barrie, B Jarvie… - … Conference, 20–22 …, 2020 - library.seg.org
Petroleum geochemistry applications have evolved and developed during the
unconventional boom of the past 10 years as operators have expanded rig rates and grown …

Leveraging oil and water time-lapse geochemistry and well diagnostics to understand drainage and opportunity for infill development in a stacked pay asset, Avalon to …

PJ Jones, M Myers, D Armistead, M Barber… - … Conference, 17–19 …, 2024 - library.seg.org
Objectives/Scope: The objective of this project was to determine fluid flow and drainage in a
reservoir with stacked pay for asset development optimization. The asset is located in the …

Am I producing from where I landed? The importance and challenges of drainage definition via subsurface fluid chemistry

CD Barrie, R Patience - … Technology Conference, 20–22 June 2022, 2022 - library.seg.org
Development of unconventional resource plays, predominantly in the US L48, rely largely
upon production from stacked, horizontal wells. As understanding of drainage networks …

Time Lapse Geochemistry Production Allocation; End Member Definition and Selection; Case Studies, Delaware Basin and Eagle Ford

A Turner, C Donohue, JA Zumberge… - SPE/AAPG/SEG …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Allocation of production from hydraulically fractured wells in multi-target developments can
be complex and challenging. While many tools help to model or approximate the extent of …

Integration of Time Lapse Geochemistry to Enhance Subsurface Characterization at Hydraulic Fracture Test Site II

A Turner, C Donohue, A Zumberge, K Jerath… - SPWLA Annual …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Understanding hydraulic fracture propagation remains a challenge for oil and gas operators
when exploiting resource plays. Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site-2 (HFTS-2) is a well-studied …

Closed retort thermal extraction provides enhanced insight towards oil-source correlations: A Uinta Basin case study

JA Zumberge, J Sigler, L Fidler - SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Oil production in the Uinta Basin has surged over the past 2 years to record-breaking levels,
with individual well performance on par or slightly better than core Permian Basin wells. With …

A Novel Approach to Understanding Multi-Horizon Fluid Flow in Unconventional Wells Using Produced Water Time-Lapse Geochemistry: Powder River Basin …

P Jones, D Dressler, T Conner, J O'Brien… - … Conference, 26–28 …, 2021 - library.seg.org
Objectives/Scope: Increasing focus has been directed towards value that can be derived
from the analysis of produced water from unconventional wells. Work by Laughland et …