The rush for unconventional oil and gas resources is increasing the level of hazards faced by producers in the field. Hazards and risks could include anything from long-abandoned wellbores to shallow gas pockets, unknown faults and fractures, and the natural seepage of hydrocarbons into groundwater that may be blamed on drilling operations at some future …
NEOS has recently published a comprehensive white paper on the technologies and methodologies that form the foundation for Multi-Measurement Interpretation (MMI). Previously available only to NEOS clients, the white paper highlights MMI applications from the basement to the surface, in conventional and unconventional shale plays, and in both regional reconnaissance and pre-drill assurance situations. The MMI …
In 2011, NEOS GeoSolutions kicked off its first-ever project in Appalachia – a combined neoBASIN survey over all of Tioga County, PA and a more focused neoPROSPECTOR survey covering an ~80 sqkm patch in the southwestern part of the county. The objectives were clearly laid out by the lead underwriter, a supermajor that had previously bought …
Check out the paper we co-authored for the recent Groundwater Protection Conference (2012 Stray Gas Incidence & Response Forum). Click on this link, go to “Day 3″ in the tabbed menu, and scroll down to Bryce McKee (of Shell) where you can download a PDF of the paper. The case study involved “The Use of Remote …
In this, the fourth of a four-part series, we look at applications for multi-measurement methodologies on the surface. Although there are numerous MMI applications for surface investigation, the following come up most often in discussions with our clients: DHI (direct hydrocarbon indicator) and indirect hydrocarbon detection Airborne geo-botany & lithology Environmental baselining Legacy infrastructure detection …
In this, the third of a four-part series, we look at applications for multi-measurement methodologies within the near-surface which, for us and many of our clients, means the first 1,000 meters of the geologic column. Some call this the ‘blind spot’ as it is typically above the deeper intervals targeted for imaging by most 3-D …
In this, the second of a four-part series, we look at applications for multi-measurement methodologies within the reservoir. Although there are numerous MMI applications within the reservoir interval, four continuously come up most often in discussions with our clients: Fault and lineament mapping Fracture fairway detection TOC and brittleness characterization Production sweet spot identification Fault …
Multi-measurement methodologies find application throughout the geologic column, from the basement to the surface. In this, the first of a four-part series, we look at applications in the deepest horizon of interest to most explorationists: the basement. As all geoscientists know, the basement is the foundation upon which all the other sedimentary layers rest, hence …
Well, after a year in the spotlight, it came to be time to retire our original narrated slideshow and to replace it with a newer model. Below you’ll find the latest edition, updated to reflect the latest round of projects we’ve been undertaking for our clients in conventional and unconventional basins around the world. Click here …
Although Colorado’s Piceance Basin contains natural gas, coal, and oil shale, the natural gas-bearing reservoirs of the Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation have been the main focus of development activity. The Williams Fork consists of several thousand feet of shale, sandstone, and coal that were deposited in a coastal plain environment. The formation has long been …
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