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Digital Rock Physics Articles
26 Articles FoundDigital Rock Physics: A New Approach to Shale Reservoir Evaluation - Digital Oilfield Technology, March 2012
Ingrain's Joel Walls, Juliana DeVito and Elizabeth Diaz examine a new approach to shale reservoir evaluation.
Relevance of Computational Rock Physics - SEG Technical Paper, October 2011
Technical paper in SEG's latest issue of Geophysics
Digital Rock Physics Provides New Insight into Shale Reservoir Quality - Hart's E&P, August 2011
Advanced imaging, rigorous physics, and high-speed computation combine to reveal reservoir properties of organic-rich shales.
Eagle Ford Shale Reservoir Properties from Digital Rock Physics - First Break, June 2011
(June, 2011) Joel D. Walls and Steven W. Sinclair report on a workflow for analysis of cores samples from two wells in a shale reservoir focused primarily on the relationship between porosity and permeability in the stratigraphic zone of interest.
Digital Rock Physics Analysis in Complex Carbonates - World Oil, May 2011
(MAY, 2011) In the May issue of World Oil magazine, ADCO's Zubair Kalam and Taha Al Dayyani and Ingrain's Avrami Grader and Carl Sisk discuss how by using CT scanners and specialized image processing, a pilot project delivered accurate special ...
Ingrain featured in DRP - Emerging Technologies article in the month's Journal of Petroleum Technology.
(May, 2011) Ingrain was featured in an article about digital rock physics in this month's Journal of Petroleum Technology.
Digital Rock Physics Provide Critical Insights to Characterize Eagle Ford, February 2011
(February 2011) HOUSTON–Much of the understanding about how shale reservoirs store and flow hydrocarbons has come from high resolution imaging of very small pores, especially within the shale’s kerogen component. Pioneering work by the University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau ...
Technology reveals "inevitable surprises" in shale plays
(November, 2010) Growing knowledge about US shale plays and other unconventional resources suggests heterogeneity might be a more important factor than previously thought. Hart E&P Magazine, article by Jim Sledzik, Energy Ventures; Henrique Tono, Ingrain; and Douglas Gibson; Fotech Solutions.
Inside Ingrain Q3 Newsletter
In a shale system, it is vital to know the relative permeability of oil and gas that is above the bubble point. Critical gas saturation matters to production engineers and reservoir engineers in planning for production and estimating ...
Digital Rock Physics Lab Brings Core Analysis to the Digital Oil Field
(July 2010) Accurate rock chracterization improves understanding of technically challenging reservoirs. To read the article in full, please click here.