Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology

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Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology is an interdisciplinary book bridging the fields of earth sciences and engineering. It covers topics on natural resources exploration as well as the application of geological exploration methods and techniques to engineering problems. Each topic is presented through theoretical approaches that are illustrated by case studies from around the globe. Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology is a key resource for both academics and professionals, offering both practical and applied knowledge in resources exploration and engineering geology. Cover Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology Copyright Contents List of contributors Section 1 Petroleum Exploration 1 Review chapter on petroleum exploration section Geochemistry Unconventional reservoirs New technologies Approaches and numerical methods References Further reading 2 Microseeps as pathfinder and regional filtering tool in petroleum exploration 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Migrating hydrocarbon theory 2.3 Sampling 2.4 Case histories 2.5 Keota Dome 2.6 Dolley and Sawbuck Fields 2.7 Eland Field 2.8 Moore-Johnson Field 2.9 Discussion References 3 Correlation of stable carbon isotope, reflectance, and total organic carbon that help provide a new stratigraphic framewo... 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Geology 3.2.1 Cherokee Basin 3.3 Denver Basin 3.4 Stable carbon isotope 3.5 Arrow Canyon Snaky Canyon 3.6 Discussion of carbon isotopes 3.7 Pyritization data 3.8 Conclusions References 4 A review about recent seismic techniques in shale-gas exploration Key points 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Anisotropy of shale-gas reservoirs 4.3 Seismic methods and properties of gas-bearing shale 4.3.1 Acquisition and processing 4.3.2 Data interpretation and reservoir characterization 4.4 Example from Boonsville field, Fort Worth Basin 4.5 Conclusions References 5 Evaluation of the pilot waterflood at Arikaree Creek Field case study for enhancing oil recovery from a low temperature h... 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Geology 5.3 Seismic interpretation and results 5.4 Production history 5.5 The waterflood hearing 5.6 Results and discussion References 6 Analysis of production and geology of unconventional Mississippian carbonate reservoirs in the Mid-continent of the Unite... 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Geology 6.3 Harper County, Kansas 6.3.1 Production 6.4 Conclusions References 7 Study of nonlinear acoustic processes inside a cracked rock influenced by dynamical loading 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Acoustic emission in crack porous medium 7.3 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in core 7.4 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in borehole 7.5 Conclusions References 8 Applications of shear waves in modern seismic technology: overview and examples 8.1 Introduction 8.2 S-wave information from P-wave AVO analysis and inversion 8.3 S-wave from indirect prediction to direct measurement and interpretation 8.4 Shear wave applications: examples from world basins 8.5 Discussion and conclusion References 9 The low-velocity zone in the crystalline crust of the NW Black Sea shelf as a potential regional methane trap of the ther... 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Materials and method 9.3 Discussion and conclusions References 10 Peculiarities of convection and oil maturation in 3D porous medium structure 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Model and the boundary problem 10.3 Numerical results and discussions 10.4 Conclusions Acknowledgment References 11 Empirical mode decomposition-based approaches for predicting velocity well logs in a petroleum reservoir 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Theory 11.2.1 Local Hölderian regularity 11.2.2 Multifractional Brownian motion 11.2.3 Pointwise estimation of the Hölderian regularity of multifractional Brownian motion 11.2.4 Empirical mode decomposition algorithm 11.2.5 Ensemble empirical mode decomposition algorithm 11.2.6 Complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition algorithm 11.2.7 Hölderian regularity-based fine-to-coarse reconstruction algorithm 11.2.8 Multiple layer perceptron artificial neural networks 11.3 Results and discussion 11.4 Conclusions References 12 New bidimensional empirical mode decomposition-based seismic attributes 12.1 Introduction 12.2 One-dimensional empirical mode decomposition 12.3 Bidimensional empirical mode decomposition 12.4 Instantaneous amplitude 12.5 Application to Algerian seismic data 12.6 Conclusions References 13 Local regularity investigation of well logs from an Algerian tight reservoir 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Theory 13.2.1 Local regularity 13.2.2 Fractional Brownian motion 13.2.3 Multifractional Brownian motion 13.2.4 Estimation of the pointwise Hölderian regularity of mBm 13.2.5 Multifractal analysis 13.2.5.1 Wavelet-based multifractal spectrum 13.2.5.2 Multifractal descriptors 13.3 Well log measurements 13.4 Regularity analysis applied to well log data 13.5 Multifractal analysis applied to well log data 13.6 Conclusion References Section 2 Mineral Exploration 14 Review chapter on mineral exploration section References 15 Precambrian lithospheric evolution of the Fennoscandian Shield 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Seismic heterogeneities of the lithosphere 15.2.1 Earth’s crust 15.2.2 Mohorovichich surface 15.2.3 Lithospheric mantle 15.3 Geologic structure of the lithosphere 15.4 Mantle and crustal processes in the Earth’s crust formation 15.5 Conclusions Acknowledgments References 16 Connection of magneto acoustic emission parameters with conditions of magnetite deposits formation 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Object of research 16.2.1 Characteristics of the test samples 16.2.2 Method of measuring 16.2.3 Results of measurements 16.3 Discussion and qualitative interpretation of the results 16.4 Conclusions References 17 On characterizing anisotropies of the radioactive sources from airborne gamma-ray data using bidimensional empirical mod... 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Theory 17.2.1 One-dimensional empirical mode decomposition 17.2.2 Bidimensional empirical mode decomposition 17.3 Regional geology 17.4 Results and discussion 17.5 Conclusions References 18 Statistical analysis of geological faults for characterizing mineral deposits 18.1 Introduction 18.2 The box counting fractal dimension 18.3 Fractal analysis of Chilean faults 18.4 Conclusions and further developments Acknowledgments References 19 Wavelet-based fractal and multifractal analysis for detecting mineral deposits using multispectral images taken by drones 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Wavelet-based fractal dimension estimation 19.3 The multifractal analysis 19.4 Application to a multispectral image taken by a drone 19.4.1 A multispectral image 19.5 Application of the wavelet-based fractal and multifractal analysis 19.6 Conclusions and further developments Acknowledgments References Section 3 Engineering Geology 20 Review chapter on engineering geology section 20.1 Active monitoring of the structure and state of massif rocks of various content References 21 Account of rock massif hierarchic heterogeneity by deep mining using explosions 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Development of a mathematical model using the results of active and passive geophysical monitoring 21.3 Algorithm of inverse problem solution of 2-D diffraction of linear polarized elastic transversal wave for n-layered me... 21.4 Algorithm of inverse problem solution of 2-D diffraction of linear polarized elastic transversal wave for n-layered me... 21.5 Conclusion References Further reading 22 The similarity of the possible reasons for manifestation of earthquake sources of explosion types and dynamic phenomena ... 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Results and discussions 22.3 Conclusion References 23 Use of the hardware-software complex device “register” for study of seismic dynamic characteristics of engineering buildings 23.1 Introduction 23.2 Hardware-software complex “Register-SD” 23.3 Practical application of the complex on the example of studying seismic dynamic characteristics of a part of the build... 23.4 Conclusions References 24 Tidal motions of potential unstable rock massif at the vicinity of Toktogul hydroelectric power plant 24.1 Introduction 24.2 Object and methods of research 24.3 Results 24.4 Conclusion References 25 New method of defining the geotechnical parameters from CSEM (controlled source electromagnetic method) monitoring data ... 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Surface geology 25.3 Stratigraphy 25.4 Concepts and models 25.5 Results and discussions 25.6 Summary and conclusions Acknowledgments References Index