Each GeoSystems Team has produced a number of papers and presentations based on the research that they completed for their Master's degree. Please see below for a list of the related links. For reprints of the publications please email geosystem@geosc.psu.edu. Also listed on this page are the links to the GeoSystems Annual Reports.

 

Publications and Presentations related to GeoSystems:

Best, K., 2002, Development of an Integrated Model for Compaction/Water Driven Reservoirs and its Application to the J1 and J2 Sands at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 294p.
Best Thesis - Chapters 1 and 2
Best Thesis - Chapters 3 and 4
Best Thesis - Chapters 5 and references

Comisky, J., 2002, Petrophysical Analysis and Geologic Model For The Bullwinkle J Sands with Implications for Time-Lapse Reservoir Monitoring, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Louisiana, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 134p.

Enunwa, C., Razzano, J. L., Ramgulam, A., Flemings, P. B., Ertekin, T., Karpyn, Z. T., submitted, Tahoe Field Case Study - Understanding Reservoir Compartmentalization in a Channel-Levee System, Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies.

Ertekin, T., Flemings, P.B., 2001, PETROLEUM GEOSYSTEMS - a reflective analysis of Penn State's initiative to train the next generation of technical leaders for the petroleum industry, Technical Exchange Meeting 2001, 12p.

Flemings, P.B., Comisky, J., Liu, X., Lupa, J.A., 2001, Stress-Controlled Porosity in Overpressured Sands at Bullwinkle (GC65), Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper #13103.
OTC Full Text (purchase from SPE website)
OTC Full Text (password protected)

Kuhl, E., 2003, Optimization of Recovery from Two-Layer Reservoirs with Crossflow, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 82p.

Lee, T., Baker, S., Flemings, P.B., (submitted), Time-Lapse Acoustic Impedance Inversion at Popeye Field, Green Canyon 116, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Geophysics.
Geophysics Full Text (pdf format/password protected)

Lee, C., 2003, Time-Lapse Impedance Inversion at Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 62p.

Lupa, J.A., Flemings, P.B., Tennant, S., 2002, Pressure and Trap Integrity in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, The Leading Edge, V. 21, no. 2, p. 184-187.
TLE Full Text

Lupa, J.A., 2002, Geopressure and Flow Focusing on the Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, GC 65, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 95 p.

Ramgulam, A., 2006, Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks in the Optimization of History Matching, Master's Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 137 p.

Razzano, J., 2006, Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Tahoe Field, Viosca Knoll Block 783, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Master's Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 111 p.

Seldon, B.J., Flemings, P.B., 2005, Reservoir Pressure and Sea Floor Venting: Predicting trap integrity in a Gulf of Mexico deepwater turbidite minibasin, AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, no. 2, p. 193-209.
AAPG Full Text (pdf format/password protected)

Seldon, B.J., 2003, Reservoir Pressure and Sea Floor Venting: Predicting Trap Integrity in a Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Turbidite Minibasin, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 34p.

Seren, Doruk, 2008, Prediciton of Flowing Frictional Pressure Drop in Deviated Gas Condensate Wells Through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks, The Pennsylvania State University, 132 p.

Strickland, B.Y., Flemings, P.B., Lee, T., Kuhl, E.J., (submitted), Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Green Canyon Block 116, Gulf of Mexico, Marine and Petroleum Geology.
MPG Full Text (pdf format/password protected)

Strickland, B.Y., 2003, Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 52p.

Strickland, B.Y., Kuhl, E.J., Lee, T., Seldon, B.J., Flemings, P.B., Ertekin, T., 2003, Integration of Geologic Model and Reservoir Simulation, Popeye Field, Green Canyon 116, Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies, v. 53, p. 918-932.

Swanston, A., 2001, Imaging Drainage of Turbidite Reservoirs Through Time-lapse Seismic Analysis at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 112p.

Swanston, A.M., Flemings, P.B., Comisky, J.T., Best, K.D., 2003, Time-lapse imaging at Bullwinkle field, Green Canyon 65, offshore Gulf of Mexico, Geophysics, V.68, no.5, p. 1470-1484.
Geophysics Full Text

For further details on Initiative funding please see our Annual Reports (pdf files).

1999 Annual Report

2000 Annual Report

2001 Annual Report

2002 Annual Report

2003 Annual Report

 

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