MAKING GEOPHYSICS MEANINGFUL TO GEOLOGISTS

Geophysics ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 985-991
Author(s):  
Harrison T. Brundage
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Petroleum Geologist ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth

This has been a problem in the past, just as the converse has also. Communications barriers, however, are fading away, because at each level, educational, corporate divisional, and in operations, geologists are becoming better geophysicists and geophysicists are becoming better geologists. Their formerly discrete endeavors are becoming better coordinated and their work less separate. Geophysicists have been largely concerned with measurements of earth‐crust phenomena. Incorporation of more geology into such measurements has increased the reliability of the conclusions. As knowledge of the earth increases, the application of geology becomes less of an intuitive matter and thus more precise also. In this epoch in which oil and gas exploration proceeds to progressively greater depths, the distinction between a petroleum geologist and a petroleum geophysicist becomes more difficult to define. The time appears to be approaching when universities aiming graduates at the petroleum industry may graduate petroleum earth scientists, not geologists and geophysicists.

scholarly journals Reservoir characterization and by-passed pay analysis of philus field in Niger delta, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunmonu Ayobami ◽  
Adabanija Adedapo ◽  
Adagunodo Aanuoluwa ◽  
Adeniji Ayokunnu
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Reservoir Characterization ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Volumetric Analysis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stock Tank ◽  
Original Oil In Place

Hydrocarbon resources have become the most essential commodity contributing to any nation’s growth and development in the recent years. For the past decades now, the quest for hydrocarbon resources has been increasing in an arithmetic rate that its supply can no longer meets the demand for its consumption today. In petroleum industry, seismic and well log analyses play a vital role in oil and gas exploration and formation evaluation. This study is aimed to effectively characterize the reservoirs and analyze the by-passed pay in Philus Field, Niger-Delta, Nigeria in order to look into the economic viability and profitability of the volume of oil in the identified reservoir(s). The faults in the study area trend in NW-SE direction and dip towards the south. Seven reservoirs were mapped on Philus field. A discovery trap and a by-passed (new prospect) trap were mapped out on the field. The petrophysical analysis showed that porosity of Philus field was 0.24. The volumetric analysis showed that the Stock Tank Original Oil in Place of discovery trap (Philus field) ranged from 1.6 to 43.1 Mbbl while that of new prospect trap ranged from 18.1 to 211.3 Mbbl. It is recommended that the oil reserve of Philus field needs to be recalculated.

PESA's 50 years—the rise and rise of technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 372
Author(s):  
John Begg
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Not For Profit

This paper presents an overview of the past 50 years of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA). PESA is a not-for-profit professional association for individuals involved in the oil and gas exploration industry.

scholarly journals Interaction between hydraulic fractures and natural fractures: current status and prospective directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1613-1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladoyin Kolawole ◽  
Ion Ispas
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Natural Fractures ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
The Past ◽  
Unconventional Oil And Gas

Abstract Hydraulic fracturing treatment is one of the most efficient conventional matrix stimulation techniques currently utilized in the petroleum industry. However, due to the spatiotemporal complex nature of fracture propagation in a naturally- and often times systematically fractured media, the influence of natural fractures (NF) and in situ stresses on hydraulic fracture (HF) initiation and propagation within a reservoir during the hydrofracturing process remains an important issue. Over the past 50 years of advances in the understanding of HF–NF interactions, no comprehensive revision of the state of the knowledge exists. Here, we reviewed over 140 scientific articles on investigations of HF–NF interactions, published over the past 50 years. We highlight the most commonly observed HF–NF interactions and their implications for unconventional oil and gas production. Using observational and quantitative analyses, we find that numerical modeling and simulation is the most prominent method of approach, whereas there are less publications on the experimental approach, and analytical method is the least utilized approach. Further, we suggest how HF–NF interactions can be monitored in real time on the field during a pre-frac test. Lastly, based on the results of our literature review, we recommend promising areas of investigation that may provide more profound insights into HF–NF interactions in such a way that can be directly applied to the optimization of fracture-stimulation field operations.

scholarly journals The history of the Scientific Center for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Earth remote sensing development in the Kyiv department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil

2018 ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Anton Mychak
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
General Nature ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The analysis of the development of methods for remote sensing of the Earth in the oil and gas prospecting industry in the period from 1979 to 1992 in the Kiev Department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil Fuels Development of the USSR Ministry of Petroleum Industry and the USSR Academy of Sciences (KD IG FFD) is presented. The structure and main scientific and methodological problems that were solved by the team of specialists of the KD IG FFD are given. The main scientific and methodological results of the Kiev department are presented: maps, methodological recommendations, successful results of forecasting oil and gas prospecting structures on the territory of Ukraine and oil and gas provinces of the former USSR. The leading role of KD IG FFD in the training of specialists in the use of aerospace methods in the study of oil and gas bearing regions and, in general, nature management is emphasized.

Development of the Natural Vegetable Gum Drilling and Completion Fluids System for Industrial Intelligent Application

2012 ◽  
Vol 443-444 ◽  
pp. 241-245
Author(s):  
Feng Xia Li ◽  
Guang Cheng Jiang ◽  
Zheng Ku Wang ◽  
Mao Rong Cui ◽  
Wen Hua Li
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Free Fluid ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Fluid System ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Completion Fluids

To ensure the fluids selected to drill and complete the well would simplify the operation for the oil and gas development in the petroleum industry, a natural vegetable gum drilling and completion fluids system is developed for the industrial intelligent application. As the system combines the advantage of the drilling fluid and completion fluid, it need not change the two different fluids during the operation, which is beneficial to the intelligent operation. In addition, the formulation of the proposed system has mainly taken the environment factor into consideration as the environmental protection has become main concern before the implementation of the oil and gas exploration. An extensive laboratory work of the natural vegetable gum drilling and completion fluids system is carried out, including the formulation study of the detailed system and the corresponding performance evaluation. In the system, the vegetable gum is chosen as raw material and TLJ-1 is optimally selected as the major treatment agent in the natural vegetable gum drilling and completion fluid system. The LV-CMC, polyglycol and QS-2 are taken as the auxiliary treatment agents for the system. And the three formulations, i. e. the solids-free fluid system, the low-solids fluid system and the weighting fluid system have been presented in this paper. The laboratory analysis has demonstrated that the prosperities of the system are proper for the industrial intellectual application, with the temperature resistance capability of 315 ℉.

The Application of Microbes in Petroleum Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 542-546
Author(s):  
Ji Hua Wang ◽  
Shan Shan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Impact

With the advances in biological sciences, microbiology techniques to be applied to people in all areas of production and life, this paper introduces the microorganisms in the oil industry in all sectors such as oil and gas exploration microorganisms, microbial enhanced oil recovery and microbial degradation of the oil pollution and other aspects of the application. By summarizing the impact of microbial technology for the various aspects of oil industry, make the foundation of the microbial creative application in the field of oil industry.

scholarly journals Renewable hydrocarbon deposits formed by the ether-geosoliton mechanism of growing Earth

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
R. M. Bembel ◽  
M. R. Bembel ◽  
M. I. Zaboeva ◽  
E. E. Levitina ◽  
L. A. Sukhov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Depth Migration ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Nuclear Synthesis ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
Hydrocarbon Deposits ◽  
Exploration And Development

The inorganic concept of the formation of oil and gas deposits, based on the thermonuclear synthesis of helium and carbon, greatly increases the prospects for oil and gas exploration and development. Nuclear synthesis of hydrogen, helium and carbon, the main chemical elements that form hydrocarbons, not only occurs in the core and mantle of the Earth, but also energetically provides geosoliton depth migration of gases to deposits within the Earth's crust.

THE OIL AND GAS LABOUR MARKET — AN OVERVIEW

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Ronald Bogan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
Skill Shortages ◽  
And Training ◽  
Exploration Activity

Over the past four years the Australian Oil and Gas Exploration Industry has moved from a period of high exploration and development, skill shortages and overseas recruitment, through to a period of declining levels of exploration activity and expenditure, low world prices and significant retrenchments.A number of manpower and training aspects of industry development and decline over the period 1980 through to 1987 are discussed.The paper reviews and examines aspects of the Australian oil and gas work force and labour market. It brings into sharp focus a number of critical training and professional development issues facing the industry today. It proposes a review and rationalisation of academic programs for geoscientists and planning for future manpower requirements for the industry.

Interest in Senegalese oil and gas projects will grow

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers ◽  
Fuel Costs ◽  
Positive Results

Subject Senegal's oil and gas prospects. Significance Senegal is preparing to join the ranks of Africa's oil and gas producers, as exploration led by Cairn Energy and Kosmos Energy delivers positive results. Poor supply and high energy costs have historically been a barrier to Senegal's economic development. The oil and gas finds could radically transform the economy, although Kosmos' gas discovery is a long way offshore and will require cooperation with neighbouring Mauritania. While BP's involvement is a significant boost to the project, the past participation of the president's brother has raised transparency concerns. Impacts The emergence of Dakar as a regional port would prompt wider inward investment. The power sector will benefit from lower fuel costs, but not through an instant windfall. Senegal's neighbours stand to gain from increased oil and gas exploration investment and better energy supply.

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