2019

Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) Results and Plans: Improved Subsurface Reservoir Characterization and Engineered Completions

Timothy R. Carr, Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, BJ Carney, Jay Hewitt, Robert Vagnetti

Paper prepared for the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 22-24 July 2019. URTeC: 415, 10p. https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.15530/urtec-2019-415

Integrating distributed acoustic sensing, borehole 3C geophone array, and surface seismic array data to identify long-period long-duration seismic events during stimulation of a Marcellus Shale gas reservoir

Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, P., Wilson, T.H., Carr, T.R., Kumar, A., Hammack, R. and Di, H.

Interpretation, 7(1), pp. SA1-SA10. https://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2018-0078.1.

Fracture analysis before and after Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale using the Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria

Paper prepared for the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 22-24 July 2019. URTeC: 650, http://archives.datapages.com/data/urtec/2019/650.htm http://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-650

Long-Period, Long-Duration Seismic Events and Their Probable Role in Reservoir Stimulation and Stage Productivity

Kumar, A., Zorn, E., Hammack, R., & Harbert, W.

SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/191377-PA

An Efficient, Consistent, and Trackable Method to Quantify Organic Matter Hosted Porosity from Ion-milled SEM Images of Mudrock Gas Reservoirs

Liaosha Song, Travis Warner and Timothy Carr

American Association Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin, V. 103, No. 6 (June 2019), Pages 1473-1492. DOI: 10.1306/12131817231 http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/2019/06jun/BLTN17231/images/bltn17231.pdf. Also published as feature article in AAPG Explorer at: https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/52874/an-efficient-consistent-and-trackable-method-to-quantify-organic-matterhosted-porosity-from-ion-milled-scanning-electron-microscope-images-of-mudrock-gas-reservoirs

Effect of maturity and mineralogy on fluid-rock reactions in the Marcellus Shale

John Pilewski, Shikha Sharma, Vikas Agrawal, J. Alexandra Hakala and Mengling Y. Stuckman

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2019, 21, 845-855, DOI: 10.1039/c8em00452h, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/em/2019/c8em00452h#!divAbstract

Relationships between lineal fracture intensity and chemical composition in the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin

Martin, Keithan G., Liaosha Song, Payam K Ghahfarokhi, Timothy R. Carr

Interpretation, 7(4), pp. SJ 33-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2018-0221.1

2018

Coupled laboratory and field investigations resolve microbial interactions that underpin persistence in hydraulically fractured shales

Mikayla A. Borton, David W. Hoyt, Simon Roux, Rebecca A. Daly, Susan A. Welch, Carrie D. Nicora, Samuel Purvine, Elizabeth K. Eder, Andrea J. Hanson, Julie M. Sheets, David M. Morgan, Richard A. Wolfe, Shikha Sharma, Timothy R. Carr, David R. Cole, Paula J. Mouser, Mary S. Lipton, Michael J. Wilkins, and Kelly C. Wrighton.

Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, 115 (28) E6585-E6594, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1800155115

Improved Kerogen Models for Determining Thermal Maturity and Hydrocarbon Potential of Shale

Vikas Agrawal, Shikha Sharma

Nature Scientific Reports, (2018) 8 Article 17465 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35560-8

Molecular characterization of kerogen and its implications for determining hydrocarbon potential, organic matter sources and thermal maturity in Marcellus Shale

Vikas Agrawal, Shikha Sharma

Fuel 228 (2018) 429–437, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.04.053

A New Algorithm for Processing Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS)

Carr, Timothy R., Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, BJ Carney, Jay Hewitt and Robert Vagnetti

Conference Proceedings Eastern Section Society Petroleum Engineers, Society Petroleum Engineers, 7-11 October, Pittsburgh, PA, SPE-194814-18ERM-MS, 16p. https://doi.org/10.2118/191814-18ERM-MS

The Impact of Stress on Propped Fracture Conductivity and Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale

El sgher, M., Aminian, K., & Ameri, S.

Paper prepared for the SPE Hydrualic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition held in Woodlands, Texas, USA, 23-25 January 2018, SPE-189899-MS, http://doi.org/10.2118/189899-MS

Contribution of Hydraulic Fracture Stage on the Gas Recovery from the Marcellus Shale

Mohamed El sgher, Kashy Aminian and Samuel Ameri

Paper prepared for the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting Society of Petroleum Engineers held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 7-11 October 2018, SPE-191778-18ERM-MS, https://doi.org/10.2118/191778-18ERM-MS

Members of Marinobacter and Arcobacter Influence System Biogeochemistry During Early Production of Hydraulically Fractured Natural Gas Wells in the Appalachian Basin

Morgan V. Evans, Jenny Panescu, Andrea J. Hanson, Susan A. Welch, Julia M. Sheets, Nicholas Nastasi, Rebecca A. Daly, David R. Cole, Thomas H. Darrah, Michael J. Wilkins, Kelly C. Wrighton and Paula J. Mouser

Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2018, Volume 9, Article 2646, 17p., https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02646

Seismic Attributes Application for the Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data for the Marcellus Shale: New Insights to Cross-Stage Flow Communication

Ghahfarokhi, P. K., Carr, T., Song, L., Shukla, P., & Pankaj, P

Paper prepared for the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, 23-25 January, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, SPE-189888-MS, https://doi.org/10.2118/189888-MS

A Fiber-Optic Assisted Multilayer Perceptron Reservoir Production Modeling: A Machine Learning Approach in Prediction of Gas Production from the Marcellus Shale

Ghahfarokhi, P. K., Carr, T., Bhattacharya, S., Elliott, J., Shahkarami, A., & Martin, K.

Paper prepared for the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, USA, 23-24 July 2018. https://doi.org/10.15530/URTEC-2018-290264

Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Characterization for Determining Optimal Well Spacing in the Marcellus Shale

Pankaj, Piyush, Shukla Priyayrat, Kavousi, Payam, Timothy Carr

Proceedings of Society Petroleum Engineers Liquids-Rich Basins Conference-North America Symposium, SPE-191802, September 5-6, Midland Texas, https://doi.org/10.2118/191802-MS, 16p.

Determining Optimal well spacing in the Marcellus Shale: A case study using an integrated workflow

Pankaj, Piyush, Shukla Priyayrat, Kavousi, Payam, Timothy Carr

Proceedings of Society Petroleum Engineers Argentina Exploration and Production of Unconventional Resources Symposium, 14-16 August, Neuquen, Argentina, SPE-191862, https://doi.org/10.2118/191862-MS, 16p.

Integrated Well Interference Modeling Reveals Optimized Well Completion and Spacing in the Marcellus Shale

Pankaj, Piyush, Shukla Priyayrat, Kavousi, Payam, Timothy Carr

Proceedings of Society Petroleum Engineers Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, SPE-191393, 24-26 September, Dallas Texas, https://doi.org/10.2118/191393-MS, 16p.

Analytical Model for Predicting Fracture Initiation Pressure from a Cased and Perforated Wellbore

X Weng, L. Xu, O. Magbagbeola, K. MacPhail, and N. Uschner

Paper prepared for the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, 16-18 October, Muscat, Oman, SPE-191462-18HFT-MS, 21p. https://doi.org/10.2118/191462-18IHFT-MS

Estimation of Fracability of the Marcellus Shale: A case study from the MIP3H in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

Zhu, Yixuan and Timothy R. Carr

Conference Proceedings Eastern Section Society Petroleum Engineers, Society Petroleum Engineers, 7-11 October, Pittsburgh, PA, SPE-191818ERM-MS, 10p., https://doi.org/10.2118/191818-18ERM-MS

2017

Application of Fiber-optic Temperature Data Analysis in Hydraulic Fracturing Evaluation: A Case Study in Marcellus Shale

Shohreh Amini*, Payam Kavousi, Timothy R Carr, West Virginia University

Insights from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL)

Timothy R Carr*, Thomas H. Wilson, Payam Kavousi, Shohreh Amini, Shikha Sharma, West Virginia University: Jay Hewitt, Ian Costello, B. J. Carney, Emily Jordon, Northeast Natural Energy LLC: Malcolm Yates, Keith MacPhail, Natalie Uschner, Mandy Thomas, Si Akin, Oluwaseun Magbagbeola, Adrian Morales, Asbjoern Johansen, Leah Hogarth, Olatunbosun Anifowoshe, Kashif Naseem, Schlumberger: Richard Hammack, Abhash Kumar, Erich Zorn, Robert Vagnetti, and Dustin Crandall, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy.

The Impact of the Hydraulic Fracture Properties on the Gas Recovery from Marcellus Shale

El Sgher, M., Aminian, K., & Ameri, S. (2017, April 23)

Paper prepared for the SPE Western Regional Meeting Society of Petroleum Engineers held in Bakersfield, California, USA, 23 April 2017, SPE-185628-MS, , http://doi.org/10.2118/185628-MS

Measurement of the Marcellus Shale Properties

Elsaig, M., Black, S., Aminian, K., & Ameri, S. (2017, October 4)

Paper prepared for the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting Society of Petroleum Engineers held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 4-6 October 2017, SPE-184042-MS, http://doi.org/10.2118/187523-MS

Laboratory-Scale Studies on Chemical Reactions Between Fracturing Fluid and Shale Core from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) Site

J. Alexandra Hakala*, National Energy Technology Laboratory Dustin Crandall, National Energy Technology Laboratory Johnathan Moore, AECOM National Energy Technology Laboratory Thai Phan, ORISE National Energy Technology Laboratory Shikha Sharma, West Virginia University Christina Lopano, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Role of Organic Acids in Controlling Mineral Scale Formation During Hydraulic Fracturing at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) Site

J. Alexandra Hakala*, National Energy Technology Laboratory Thai Phan, ORISE National Energy Technology Laboratory Mengling Stuckman, AECOM National Energy Technology Laboratory Harry M. Edenborn, National Energy Technology Laboratory Christina L. Lopano, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Correlating distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to natural fracture intensity for the Marcellus Shale

Payam Kavousi, Timothy Carr, Thomas Wilson, and Shohreh Amini, Colin Wilson, Mandy Thomas, Keith MacPhail, Dustin Crandall, BJ Carney, Ian Costello, and Jay Hewitt

Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/segam2017-17675576.1

Seismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Activity at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) Site, West Virginia

Abhash Kumar, Erich Zorn1, Richard Hammack1, William Harbert1, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA; AECOM; Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Biogeochemical Characterization of Core, Fluids, and Gas at MSEEL Site

Shikha Sharma1, Timothy R. Carr, Paula J. Mouser, Kelly Wrighton, David Cole, Michael Wilkins, Thomas Darrah, Alexandra Hakala

Depositional Environment and Impact on Pore Structure and Gas Storage Potential of Middle Devonian Organic Rich Shale, Northeastern West Virginia, Appalachian Basin

Liaosha Song, Tom Paronish, Vikas Agrawal, Brittany Hupp, Shikha Sharma, Timothy Carr; Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

The Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL): Water and Solid Waste Findings—Year One

Paul F. Ziemkiewicz

Geomechanics of the Microseismic Response in Devonian Organic Shales at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) Site, West Virginia

Erich Zorn, William Harbert, Richard Hammack, Abhash Kumar

2016

Accurate Evaluation of Marcellus Shale Petrophysical Properties

Mohamed El sgher, Kashy Aminian and Samuel Ameri and M. Zamirian