October New Publications

Shale Gas

  • Durham, Louise S. With Marcellus, It’s All About the Fractures. AAPG Explorer, V. 32, N. 10, pp. 24, 30, October 2011.
  • Durham, Louise. Global Shale Hunters Have Insights to Share. AAPG Explorer, V. 32, N. 10, pp. 28, 30, October 2011.
  • Fasullo, Peter A. Ethylene Industry Prepared For Shales. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 78-87, October 2011.
  • Ginsberg, Susan. Standardized BMPs For Producing Shale Gas Need More Thought. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 33, October 2011.
  • Holder, Dan. Marcellus Shale Continues Impacting Pennsylvania. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 184-186, October 2011.
  • McNeil, Fraser. CT Fracturing Method with Downhole Mixing Designed to Optimize Shale Completions. Journal of Petroleum Technology, V. 63, N. 10, pp. 28-31, October 2011.
  • Pickett, Al. Shale Plays Driving Drilling Fluid R&D. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 109-117, October 2011.
  • Snow, Nick. Mulling a Marcellus Impact Fee. Oil & Gas Journal, V.109, N. 17, pp. 56, October 3, 2011.
  • Sutton, Robert P; Cox, Stuart A.; Barree, Robert D. Study Analyzes Gas Shale Performance. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 88-97, October 2011.
  • Toon, Steve. Cabot’s Forward Curve. Oil and Gas Investor, V. 31, N. 10, pp. 63-65, October 2011.
  • Warren, Michael; Nysveen, Per Magnus. The Shale Revolution Marches On. Oil and Gas Investor, V. 31, N. 10, pp. 81-84, October 2011.

Shale Oil

  • California Oil Shale Play Holds 15 Billion Barrels, Study Says. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 97, October 2011.
  • Durham, Louis S. Smackovers “Brown Dense” to Get Tested. AAPG Explorer, V. 32, N. 10, pp. 20, 22, October 2011.
  • Jaffe, Mark. Oil Companies Rushing to Buy Leases Along Colorado’s Front Range. Denver Post, October 23, 2011. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19169758
  • Mercier, Tracey J.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Brownfield, Michael E. In-Place Oil Shale Resources Underlying Federal Lands In The Green River And Washakie Basins, Southwestern Wyoming. USGS Fact Sheet 3113, October 2011.
  • Morris, Gregory D.L. Mississippi Limestone Emerging As Top-Flight Horizontal Liquids Play. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 58-65, October 2011.
  • Petzet, Alan; Ditrick, Paula. Liquids Play Rejuvenate Lower 48 Onshore Basins. Oil & Gas Journal, V.109, N. 17, pp. 52-56, October 3, 2011.
  • Torkelson, Del. Leasing Suggests Promise For Resource Plays In Mississippi. American Oil & Gas Reporter, V. 54, N. 10, pp. 204-206, October 2011.
  • Williams, Peggy. Delaware Basin Delights. Oil and Gas Investor, V. 31, N. 10, pp. 109, October 2011.

Tight Gas

  • Darbonne, Nissa. The Western Anadarko Basin. Oil and Gas Investor, V. 31, N. 10, pp. 50-61, October 2011.
  • Denney, Dennis. Role of Geomechanics in Appraising a Deep Tight Gas Reservoir: Amin Formation, Oman. Journal of Petroleum Technology, V. 63, N. 10, pp. 29-81, October 2011.
  • Denney, Dennis. Channel Fracturing-Paradigm Shift in Tight Gas Stimulation. Journal of Petroleum Technology, V. 63, N. 10, pp.82-85, October 2011.
  • Denney, Dennis. Damage Mechanisms in Unconventional-Gas-Wll Stimulation-New Look at an Old Problem. Journal of Petroleum Technology, V. 63, N. 10, pp. 86-88, October 2011.

Coalbed Methane

  • Cao, Xiaoyan; Mastalerz, Maria; Chappell, Mark A.; Miller, Lesley F.; Li, Yuan; Mao, Jingdong. Chemical Structures of Coal Lithotypes Before and After CO2 Adsorption As Investigated by Advanced Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. International Journal of Coal Geology, V. 88, N. 1, pp. 67-74, October 2011.
  • Chen, Jian; Liu, Guijian; Jiang, Mengment; Chou, Chen-Lin; Li, Hui; Wu, Bin; Zheng, Llugen; Jian, Dongdong. Geochemistry of Environmentally Sensitive Trace Elemetns in Permian Coals from the Huainan Coalfidle, Anhui, China. International Journal of Coal Geology, V. 88, N. 1, pp. 41-54, October 2011.
  • Jian, Jing-Yu; Cheng, Yuan-Ping; Wang, Leo; Li, Wei; Wang, Liang. Petrographic and Geochemical Effects of Sill Intrusion on Coal and Their Implications for Gas Outbursts in the Wolonghu Mine, Huaibei Coalfield, China. International Journal of Coal Geology, V. 88, N. 1, pp. 55-66, October 2011.
  • Liu, Jishan; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Zhongwei; Wang, Shugang; Elsworth, Derek; Jian, Yaodong. Impact of Transition From Local Swelling to Macro Swelling on the Evolution of Coal Permeability. International Journal of Coal Geology, V. 88, N. 1, pp. 31-40, October 2011.

Gas Hydrates

  • Winters, William J.; Walker, Michael ; Hunter, Robert ; Collett, Timothy S.; Boswell, Ray M.; Rose, Kelly K.; Waite, William F.; Torres, Marta ; Patil, Shirish ; Dandekar, Abhijit. Physical Properties Of Sediment From The Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope. Journal of marine and Petroleum Geology, V. 28, N. 2 , pp. October 2011.

General

  • Alley, Bethany; Beebe, Alex; Rodgers, John; Castle, James W. Chemical And Physical Characterization Of Produced Waters From Conventional And Unconventional Fossil Fuel Resources. Chemosphere, V. 85, N. 1, pp. 74-82, September 2011.
  • Brabb, Earl E. Location And Age Of Foraminifer Samples Examined By Chevron Petroleum Company Paleontologists From More Than 2,500 Oil Test Wells In California. USGS Oopen-File Report 2011-1262, October 2011.
  • Denney, Dennis. Optimizing Horizontal-Wellbore and Fracture Spacing With Interactive Reservoir and Fracture Simulation. Journal of Petroleum Technology, V. 63, N. 10, pp. 70-72, October 2011.
  • Durham, Louise S. Europe Resources Get New Assessment. AAPG Explorer, V. 32, N. 10, pp. 26 October 2011.
  • Merewether, E.A.; Cobban, W.A.; Obradovich, J.D. Biostratigraphic Dta From Upper Cretaceous Formations-Eastern Wyoming, Central Colorado, and Northeastern New Mexico. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3175, October 2011.
  • Shengii, Yang. Non-Stationary and Nonlinear Visco-Elastic Shear Creek Model for Shale. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, V. 48, N. 6, pp. 1011-1020, September 2011.