Assessing Natural Gas and Oil Resources. An Example of a New Approach in the Greater Green River Basin

Assessing Natural Gas and Oil Resources. An Example of a New Approach in the Greater Green River Basin

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Published: 2003

Total Pages: 105

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This report presents a new approach to assessing natural gas and crude oil resources and the results of applying that approach to the Greater Green River Basin in south- western Wyoming. The methodology builds upon existing assessments of technically recoverable resources by evaluating economic and environmental considerations and including these into the assessment as additional resource attributes. The primary objectives of this effort are to inform government officials and other stakeholders involved in land use planning, development of energy policies, and energy development and utilization planning. The approach aims to guide strategic (i.e., large-scale and long-term) planning, and is not intended to replace existing project-specific economic or land use planning processes.


Assessing Natural Gas and Oil Resources

Assessing Natural Gas and Oil Resources

Author: Tom LaTourrette

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780833033604

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Natural gas demand in the United States has been increasing for the last 15 years and is projected to grow substantially in the next 20 years.


The Petroleum System

The Petroleum System

Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Investigations about porosity in petroleum reservoir rocks are discussed by Schmoker and Gautier. Pollastro discusses the uses of clay minerals as exploration tools that help to elucidate basin, source-rock, and reservoir history. The status of fission-track analysis, which is useful for determining the thermal and depositional history of deeply buried sedimentary rocks, is outlined by Naeser. The various ways workers have attempted to determine accurate ancient and present-day subsurface temperatures are summarized with numerous references by Barker. Clayton covers three topics: (1) the role of kinetic modeling in petroleum exploration, (2) biological markers as an indicator of depositional environment of source rocks and composition of crude oils, and (3) geochemistry of sulfur in source rocks and petroleum. Anders and Hite evaluate the current status of evaporite deposits as a source for crude oil.


Oil Shale Development in the United States

Oil Shale Development in the United States

Author: James T. Bartis

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2005-09-16

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 0833041002

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In the early 1980s, industry and government took a hard look at the economics of extracting oil from vast deposits of shale that lie beneath the western United States. Oil prices subsided, and interest waned. With oil prices spiking and global demand showing no signs of abating, reexamining the economics of oil shale makes sense. In this report, the authors describe oil shale resources; suitability, cost, and performance of new technologies; and key policy issues that need to be addressed by government decisionmakers in the near future.


Petrophysics

Petrophysics

Author: Djebbar Tiab

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-03-27

Total Pages: 976

ISBN-13: 0443241287

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Petrophysics, a seminal text in the field authored by recognized experts, now in its 5th edition, delivers information for reservoir engineers, production engineers and geoscience students fundamental to understanding rock-fluid interaction, and critical to maximizing reservoir performance while minimizing emissions and environmental impacts. This new edition lays a foundation through an introduction to petroleum geology, including an overview of pre- and post- carbon emission concerns, porosity and permeability, formation resistivity and water saturation, capillary pressure, wettability, applications of Darcy's Law, naturally fractured reservoirs, stress effects on reservoir rock, reservoir characterization and well logs, fluid-rock interactions, shale gas and shale oil in unconventional reservoirs, and culminates in current studies on permeability from practical interpretation of pressure and rate transient analysis of tight and shale reservoirs. Each chapter synthesizes relevant theory, studies and advances, methods, procedures, calculations, definitions, exercises and assignments designed to reinforce learning. • Continues its longstanding, 28-year history as the leading book on petrophysics• Captures advances in field technologies, reservoir evaluation and testing, porosity, permeability, updated calculations and indices in wettability, permeability, brittleness and fracability.• Includes up-to-date discussions on carbon footprints and strategies to reduce emissions• Each chapter synthesizes relevant theory, studies and advances, methods, procedures, calculations, definitions, exercises and assignments designed to reinforce learning