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Flow Systems: Basic Concepts, Interpretive Tools and Global Examples
- Basin Characterization
- Basin Flow vs Compartments – Open vs Closed Systems - Pressure vs Elevation Graphs
- Global Examples: Delaware Basin – Green River Basin – Rift Basin (North Sea) – Oriente Basin – Williston Basin
- Hydrodynamic Applications: Tools and Data
- Fundamentals of Hydrodynamics
- Hydrostatic verses Hydrodynamic Regimes
- Data Types and Data Application
- Fluid Flow Theory – Darcy’s Law
- Hydrodynamic Analysis in the WCSB – Conventional Flow Systems
- Concept of Basinal Flow – Hydraulic Head and Salinity mapping
- Density Driven Flow – Hydrodynamic Based Migration Modelling
- Tilted Oil Water Contacts – Destructive and Constructive Impact of fluid flow on trapping
- Hydrodynamics and Oil Quality Case Study: The Clearwater Formation
Aquifer Mapping and Assessment
- Water Chemistry
- Water Chemistry Screening
- Conventional Formation Water: Multivariate Cross-plots – Stiff Diagrams
- Unconventional Formation Water: TDS Curves – Isotopic Cross-plots
- Shallow Assessment for Source Water
- Water Sourcing – General Rules, Guidelines and Resources
- Hydrogeological Assessment for Source Water: A Case Study and Workflow
- Deep Assessment for Aquifer Disposal
- Types of Disposal Wells, Regulatory Requirements and Resources (AB/BC)
- Factors to Consider: Disposal Capacity – Hydraulic Isolation – Reservoir and Fracture Pressure – Faulting and Fracturing – Fluid Chemistry Compatibility
Deep Basin Systems and the Montney Formation
- Morphology of the Deep Basin
- The Evolution and Development history of the Montney Formation
- The Physical Evolution of a Deep Basin System
- Interpretation and Mapping of Deep Basin Systems
- Pressure Data Challenges in Low-Permeability Reservoirs
- Regional versus Pad Level Analysis of Pressure Data
- An Introduction to Common Pressure Measurements in the Deep Basin
- Geothermics and Thermal Maturity
- Geothermal Gradient and Isotherm Mapping
- Burial and thermal history of source rocks
- Gas Chemistry
- Gas Chemistry data as a proxy for liquids production
- Identifying Secondary Dry Gas Migration using Gas Chemistry
- An introduction to using Produced and Mud Gas Isotopes
- Fluid Dynamics and Liquids Phase Transitions
- The role of fluid dynamics in risk mitigation
- Pressure-Temperature plots and the determination of fluid transition zones
- Graphical analysis of reservoir conditions to predict and determine the produced fluid
- Subsurface Drivers and Completions Outcomes
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