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Fracture Short Course at the CSPG Convention, September, 2002 (02/09/02)
Vox Terrae and AGI gave their two day short course on the techniques involved in fractured reservoir characterization at the CSPG conference in May. Participants were provided with new geological and engineering tools for characterizing naturally fractured reservoirs. Details can be found at the CSPG website www.cspg.org |
Another publication of results from the NSERC industry partnership of Vox Terrae with the University of Windsor Department of Earth Science appears in this quarter's CSPG Bulletin. This represents the fourth publication of results from NSERC Grant phase I. The article is entitled "Facies and lithologic controls on paleomagnetism: an example from the Rainbow South Field, Alberta, Canada " .
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Fracture Short Course at the CSPG Convention, June, 2001 (01/06/21)
Vox Terrae and AGI gave a short course on the techniques involved in fractured reservoir characterization. This two-day course provided participants with an understanding of several new geological and engineering tools for characterizing naturally fractured reservoirs. Students were taken from the initial fracture data collection stage in core and logs through to advanced interpretation and modeling techniques for assessing fracture connectivity and conductivity at the well or field scale. |
Vox Terrae presented a poster at the AAPG annual conference in Denver entitled " Predicting fracture orientation and development using strain" . This study investigated both static and kinematic techniques for prediction of fracture development in an example antiformal structure. Contact us for a pdf copy of the poster.
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Caprock Integrity Presentation, November 6-8, 2000 (00/11/7)
Pat McLellan and Dr. Rod Read of Advanced Geotechnology Inc. and Kevin Gillen of Vox Terrae presented a paper at the 4th International conference on horizontal well technology in Calgary, submitted for November meeting, Abstracts " Assessing caprock integrity for steam assisted gravity drainage projects in heavy oil reservoirs" . The conference was co-sponsored by the Canadian section of the SPE and the Petroleum Society of CIM. |
Vox Terrae and its strategic partner, International Geoscience Consulting Inc., have update their fracture study of the Baldonnel Formation in N.E. British Columbia entitled " Fractured Reservoir Characterization in the Baldonnel" . This comprehensive study combines the fracture data obtained from 28 paleomagnetically oriented cores and FMI logs in three distinct structural environments. Elements determined include controls of the direction of open fractures, relationships to structure, and the origin of porosity on open fractures. Contact us for more information on this study and how to purchase it.
In association with the GeoCanada 2000 conference in May 2000, Vox Terrae and Advanced Geotechnology Inc., taught a two-day course entitled "New Tools for Fractured Reservoir Characterization" to twenty-two geologists, geophysicists, and engineers. This two-day course reviewed new geological and engineering tools for characterizing naturally fractured reservoirs. Topics covered included how to distinguish natural and induced fractures, how to assess the role of in-situ stress, how to optimize well trajectories for improving inflow, how to obtain the most from your image logs, and the effects of draw-down and reservoir depletion on well productivity. Thanks goes to Schlumberger Canada for several guest lectures.
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Lowering the Cost of Core Orientation, April, 2000 (00/04/08)
Vox Terrae has extended its capabilities in core orientation. We have developed improved methods of reassembling core. Historically, sections of the core which have undergone full diameter petrophysical analysis generally limit the length of intervals which can be reassembled. Our improved method overcomes this problem, resulting in longer continuous segments and therefore lower orientation costs. |
Another publication of results from the NSERC industry partnership of Vox Terrae with the University of Windsor Department of Earth Science appears in this month's Canadian Journal of Earth Science. This represents the third publication of results from NSERC Grant phase I entitled "Paleomagnetic dating of dolomite/fluid flow events in petroleum reservoirs of the Western Canada sedimentary basin: demonstrating and comparing new methods" .
Pat McLellan of AGI, in association with Kevin Gillen gave a presentation at an information session on Water Shut-Off Technology, sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada (PTAC) on February 9, 2000 in Calgary, Alberta. The title of the talk was "Characterizing Natural Fractures in the Near Wellbore for Evaluating the Feasibility of Water Shut-Off Technologies". Stochastic modelling of natural fracture networks based on new techniques developed for interpreting rock core and borehole image logs were described. Numerical simulation methods using stress-coupled fluid flow in fractures are used to optimize profile control treatments (e.g., fluid rheology, pumping rate, pressure and volume).
Vox Terrae continues it's role as an NSERC industry partner under a grant to the University of Windsor Department of Earth Science. We also continue to provide monitary support, as well as support-in-kind. This represents the half-way point in NSERC grant phase II (1998-2001) entitled "Application of paleomagnetic, geochemical, and petrologic techniques for identifying hydrocarbon source rocks in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin".
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Presentation at the CSPG Convention, June, 1999 (00/04/08)
Vox Terrae and AGI gave a presentation on the techniques involved in stochastic reservoir modelling. Both companies also combined resources to give a one-day short course dealing with new applications in fractured reservoir analysis. |
Vox Terrae gave a presentation on the use of fracture data in determining optimal horizontal well azimuths at the 8th Annual Williston Basin Symposium in Regina, Saskatchewan. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Saskatchewan and North Dakota Geological surveys.
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