Oil and Gas Exploration : Methods and Application.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributor List -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Experience of Regional Prediction of Hydrocarbon Deposits Prospecting in the Vicinity of Ural Oil and Gas Provinces -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Some Information About Oil-Gas-Reserves of Ural's Region and Their Geological Environment -- 1.2. Method of Information Analysis for the Regional Prediction -- 1.3. Depth Criteria by Estimation of Oil Gas Potential of Geological Medium -- 1.4. Discussion of the Results -- 1.4.1. Estimation of Oil Gas Prospecting by Profile Works -- 1.4.2. Estimation of Oil and Gas Prospecting of Geological Medium of Main Oil and Gas Provinces and Area of the Ural Region on the Basis of Obtained Information and Revealed Depth Criteria -- 1.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2. Wavelet-Based Multifractal Analysis of Landsat 8 Images: Applications to Mineral Deposits and Shale Gas Reservoirs -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. 2-D Wavelet Transforms -- 2.2.1. Wavelet Spectra of Self-Similar Processes -- 2.3. Multifractal Formalism -- 2.3.1. Multifractal Descriptors -- 2.4. Applications to Landsat 8 Images -- 2.4.1. Multifractal Analysis for Assessing Mineral Deposits -- 2.4.2. Multifractal Analysis of Landsat 8 Images of a Shale Gas Reservoir in the United States -- 2.4.3. Application to the Shale Reservoir of Vaca Muerta, Argentina -- 2.5. Conclusions and Further Developments -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 3. Seismic Signal Denoising Using Empirical Mode Decomposition -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Theory -- 3.2.1. EMD Algorithm -- 3.2.2. Gaussian Noise Model and EMD Signal Denoising -- 3.2.3. Discrete Wavelet Transform -- 3.2.4. Wavelet Thresholding -- 3.3. Application on Synthetic Data -- 3.4. Application on Real Seismic Data -- 3.5. Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 4. A Lithological Segmentation Technique From Well Logs Using the Hilbert-Huang Transform -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Theory -- 4.3. Application on Simulated Well Log Data -- 4.4. Application on KTB Velocity Logs -- 4.5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5. Seismic UNIX and GNU Octave for VSP Data Processing and Interpretation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Linux: Free and Open Operating System -- 5.3. Seismic Unix: Free Software for Seismic Data Processing -- 5.4. UNIX Stream Editor (SED) and AWK -- 5.5. GNU Octave -- 5.6. VSP Data Processing in SU and Octave -- 5.7. VSP Data Interpretation -- 5.8. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Seismic Spectral Decomposition Applications in Seismic: A Review and Application -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Time-Frequency Analysis in Reflection Seismic -- 6.2.1. Short Time Fourier Transform-Based Analysis -- 6.2.2. Wavelet Transform-Based Analysis -- 6.2.3. S-Transform-Based Analysis -- 6.2.4. Matching Pursuit Method -- 6.2.5. Wigner-Ville Distribution -- 6.2.6. Empirical Mode Decomposition-Based Analysis -- 6.2.7. Synchron-Squeezed Transform (SST)-Based Analysis -- 6.3. Application Using Matlab -- 6.4. Spectral Decomposition in Modern Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study -- 6.5. Discussions and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7. Electromagnetic Geophysical Research With Controlled Source -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Theory and Theoretical Methods of Solving Complicated Problems -- 7.3. Practical Realization of the New Conception -- 7.4. Problem of Monitoring Active Zones of Geological Medium Using Controlled Sources -- 7.5. Research on the Effect of Self‐Organization of Rock Burst Mines in Massifs, Using Active Electromagnetic Monitoring -- 7.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 8. Reflection of Processes of Nonequilibrium Two-Phase Filtration in Oil-Saturated Hierarchic Medium by Data of Active Wave Geophysical Monitoring -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Development of a Mathematical Model Using the Results of Active and Passive Geophysical Monitoring -- 8.3. Algorithm of Modeling for Longitudinal wave Propagation in the Medium with Hierarchic Inclusions -- 8.4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9. Defining the Surface of the Fluid-Saturated Porous Inclusion in the Hierarchic Layered-Block Medium According to Electromagnetic Monitoring Data -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Inverse Problem Solution Algorithm of 2-D Electromagnetic Monitoring Data from the Layered-Block Medium with Hierarchic Structure -- 9.3. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10. Hardware and Software System for Research in Oil and Gas Boreholes -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Physical Basis of the Method -- 10.3. New Hardware for Geoacoustic Digital Measurements -- 10.4. Method of Measurements -- 10.5. Results of Three‐Component Geoacoustic Measurements Processing -- 10.6. Discussion of the Hardware and Software, Using Results for Borehole Research on the Hydrocarbon Deposits -- 10.7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11. Application of Borehole Magnetometry to Study Oil and Gas Deposits in Western Siberia -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Method of Borehole Magnetometry -- 11.3. Results and Discussion of the Research -- 11.4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12. A Novel Model to Estimate S-Wave Velocity Integrating Hölderian Regularity, Empirical Mode Decomposition, and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Theory -- 12.2.1. Local Hölderian Regularity -- 12.2.2. Multifractional Brownian Motion -- 12.2.3. Point-Wise Estimation of the Hölderian Regularity of mBm.

12.2.4. Hölderian Regularity-based Fine-to-coarse Reconstruction Algorithm -- 12.2.5. Multiple Layer Perceptron Artificial Neural Networks -- 12.3. Results and Discussion -- 12.4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13. Geophysical Method of Defining Residual and Active Rock Stresses -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Problem and Solution Methods -- 13.3. Results -- 13.4. Discussion of Results -- 13.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14. On the Possibility of Using Mobile and Direct-Prospecting Geophysical Technologies to Assess the Prospects of Oil-Gas Content in Deep Horizons -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Mobile Geophysical Technology -- 14.2.1. Technology Components and Equipment -- 14.2.2. Problem Solving -- 14.2.3. Testing and Efficiency -- 14.2.4. Stages of Work -- 14.2.5. The Features of Mobile Direct-Prospecting Methods -- 14.3. Investigation Results in Dnieper-Donets Basin -- 14.3.1. Oil and Gas Prospect Area in the Poltava Region -- 14.3.2. Gas Field in Poltava Region -- 14.3.3. On the Possibility of Defining Gas Accumulations in Dense Sandstones -- 14.4. Results of Mobile Method Application in Caspian Basin -- 14.4.1. License Blocks Atyrau [Geta et al., 2012a, b] -- 14.4.2. Structure EMBA-B (NUR) Within Block E [Murzagaliev and Tautfest, 2012] -- 14.5. Pripyat Depression -- 14.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15. Anomalies of Low Density in the Crystalline Crust of Thermobaric Origin: A New Insight Into Migration and Localization of Hydrocarbons -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Influence of the PT Regimes on Elastic Characteristics of Rocks -- 15.3. Influence of Mineral Composition of Rocks on Their Elastic Characteristics -- 15.4. Nature of Low Velocity Zones: Thermobaric Decrease of Rock Density -- 15.5. Influence of Pressure and Temperature on Rock Density.

15.6. Similarity Between Experimental and Observational Data -- 15.7. Dynamics of LVZs in the Crystalline Crust -- 15.8. LVZs in the Crust as Zones of Increased Porosity of Mineral Matter and Active Transformations of Gas-Liquid Inclusions -- 15.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16. The Use of Aeromagnetics and Micromagnetics to Identify Potential Areas of Hydrocarbons in the Midcontinental United States: Caveats and Pitfalls -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Geology -- 16.3. Aeromagnetics -- 16.4. Micromagnetics -- 16.4.1. Evaluation of the Micromagnetics -- 16.5. Conclusion -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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