<

BULLETIN DE VEILLE GEOSCOPIE n°46 – Décembre 2016

Edito

Voici notre dernier bulletin de l’année !

De nombreux évènements ont marqué cette année 2016, mais le principal dans notre domaine restera la

chute historique des prix du brut en début d’année et ses effets sur le tissu industriel des filières sub-surfaces

avec notamment les restructurations et/ou acquisitions/fusions qui en ont découlé. Son effet reste bien plus

étendu qu’au seul secteur du pétrole.

Malgré cet environnement difficile, nous avons constaté que de nombreuses jeunes pousses continuent à

voir le jour, portées par l’esprit d’entreprendre, avec l’idée de faire mieux avec moins en étant disruptif,

espérant, souvent avec succès, se faire une place dans un monde où les cartes viennent d’être rebattues.

En effet les grands donneurs d’ordre, convaincus de la nécessité d’innover et de penser différemment, leur

prêtent une oreille attentive espérant trouver la solution leur permettant de surmonter l’obstacle de la baisse

des cours du brut.

Bonne lecture et joyeuses fêtes à tous !

SOMMAIRE DU BULLETIN DE VEILLE GEOSCOPIE N°46

Pages 2-3 : ACTUALITES

Page 3 : PROJETS

Page 4 : AGENDA DU POLE AVENIA ET DE SES PARTENAIRES

Page 5 : TABLEAUX DE BORD DE L'ACTIVITE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE

Pages 6-8 : BREVETS

Pages 9-12 : PUBLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES

Cliquer ICI pour s’abonner au bulletin - Cliquer ICI pour se désabonner

Avec

2 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 – DECEMBRE 2016

ACTUALITÉS

Les Géosciences en France

18/11/2016 - Paris geothermal district heating on track

to deliver heat by winter 2017 [source] Geothermal heating development continues in and

around Paris, the Capital of France. The Grigny

geothermal project, just outside of Paris has reached

a drilling depth of 1,200 meters with a target depth of

1,600 meters. The project expects to tap into water

with a temperature of around 70 degrees Celsius. It is

expected that the project will start delivering heat to

around 10,000 households and communal buildings in

the municipalities...

28/11/2016 – Veolia chosen to engineer and deliver a

large scale wastewater treatment plant for Aramco’s

Jazan refinery in Saudi Arabia 2017 [source] Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Water

Technologies, has been chosen by contractor

Tecnicas Reunidas to engineer and procure a

wastewater treatment plant for the Jazan Refinery

and Terminal in Saudi Arabia

07/12/2016 – Comment le PDG de Total prépare

l’après-pétrole [source] De passage à Bordeaux, Patrick Pouyanné, numéro un

de Total, qui vient de racheter Saft, a dévoilé à "Sud

Ouest" sa stratégie pour devenir un acteur majeur des

énergies renouvelables. Il évoque également l’avenir

du pétrole, de son site de Pau et de l’ancien bassin

gazier de Lacq.

Marché de la géothermie

18/11/2016 - 2016 China Geothermal International

Forum, Beijing, Nov 17-18, 2016 [source] En route to Beijing/ China, I am very much looking

forward speaking at the 2016 China Geothermal

International Forum. With Taking place in Bejing the

event is organised by China’s Sinopec. At the

instructions of the National Energy

Administration(NEA), Sinopec operated the national

geothermal energy development and utilization

research and technology application center, and

completed the compiling of geothermal energy

development and...

18/11/2016 - ARGeo launches Africa Geothermal

Inventory Database (AGID) [source] During the recently concluded 6th African Rift

Geothermal Conference in Addis Ababa/ Ethiopia,

UNEP-ARGeo launched a web based geographic

information system of its Africa Geothermal Inventory

Database (AGID). With this web based “AGID – Web

GIS”, it is aimed to share geothermal information in the

East Africa Rift Region. The GIS database

was launched during the event by Juliette Biao

Koudenoukpo – Regional Director, UN Environment,...

18/11/2016 - Successful demonstration of closed-loop

geothermal plant in Kokonoe, Japan [source] In a release yesterday by Kyoto University it is reported

on successful tests of a demonstration project that

utilises geothermal energy for power generation

without tapping into water resources fueling local hot

springs. A team of researchers, including Associate

Professor Takehiko Yokomine from the Kyoto University

Graduate School of Engineering and the Japan New

Energy Corporation (J-NEC), were recently successful

in carrying out a...

18/11/2016 - New feed-in-tariff for Indonesia to be

introduced this month [source] The Indonesian geothermal feed-in-tariff has been a

matter of discussion for a long long time. Recently we

reported about efforts to change the existing system,

based on those discussions, industry concerns and a

study worked on by ARUP. Now, the government

expects to introduce the new feed-in-tariff mechanism

already this month. With this it hopes to push down the

large up-front capital cost and limit the risks of

geothermal exploration to...

18/11/2016 - French geothermal cluster GEODEEP

appoints Director for export [source] In an announcement today, the French Geothermal

Cluster GEODEEP reports having appointed a new

General Director for Export. GEODEEP’s new General

Director for Export is Mr. Sylvain BROGLE from

Clemessy, while Mr Erwan BOURDON will serve as

GEODEEP Deputy General Director for Export

GEODEEP is a cluster initiative by 18 French

companies, from small and medium-sized entities to

major groups active in geothermal energy in France

and...

18/11/2016 - Italy issues new Geothermal Guidelines

for development and operation [source] As part of its new Energy Policy and Plan, the Italian

Government has made high and medium enthalpy

geothermal energy one of the strategic elements.

Unlike several other renewable energy sources,

geothermal is now part of the bigger picture for

energy planning in Italy. With the approval in 2015, a

parliamentary resolution committed the government

to a number of actions: the ‘ start of’ zoning

procedures ‘ of the Italian territory for...

18/11/2016 - Hawaii Explores Possible Collaboration

with Energy Development Corp on Geothermal Power

[source] Luis P. Salaveria, a Filipino-American government

official, who is the Director of the Department of

3 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 – DECEMBRE 2016

Business, Economic Development and Tourism

(DBEDT), visited the Philippines May 14 to 18, 2016, to

learn how Hawaii can incorporate geothermal power

to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels and

increase efficiency measures. DBEDT is a state

department in the executive branch, which falls under

the Office of the Governor. The department...

18/11/2016 - Icelandic Company Moves Forward with

Expansion Drilling Project at Reykjanes Geothermal

Field [source] Iceland-based geothermal developer HS Orka

recently signed a contract for drilling of an

approximately three-mile, high-temperature well at

the Reykjanes geothermal field on the southern

peninsula of Iceland.

Marché du stockage géologique

23/11/2016 – Stockage souterrain d’énergie: un

potential à creuser [source] Les cavités souterraines et les aquifers peuvent stocker

d’importants volumes d’énergie (gaz, air comprimé,

hydrogène, chaleur). Les différentes techniques

permettent un stockage journalier ou intersaisonnier, à

l’échelle locale ou nationale.

Techniques et technologies pour les

géosciences

18/11/2016 - BP, GE launch offshore big-data system

starting with Atlantis in gulf [source] BP PLC and GE have announced the startup of Plant

Operations Advisor (POA), a big-data digital system

designed to improve the efficiency, reliability, and

safety of BP’s oil and gas production operations

offshore. The pilot started with Atlantis oil and natural

gas field in the Gulf of Mexico.

18/11/2016 - Online monitoring system helps assess

integrity of North Sea platform [source] Operating company CNR International has been

working with Fugro for more than three decades

toward the development and maintenance of an

asset integrity program on one of its Ninian oil platforms

in the North Sea.

18/11/2016 - BP, GE launch offshore big-data system

starting with Atlantis in gulf [source] BP PLC and GE have announced the startup of Plant

Operations Advisor (POA), a big-data digital system

designed to improve the efficiency, reliability, and

safety of BP’s oil and gas production operations

offshore. The pilot started with Atlantis oil and natural

gas field in the Gulf of Mexico.

18/11/2016 - Co.L.Mar adapts pipeline leak detector

for AUVs [source] Pipeline inspection specialist Co.L.Mar has sold its first

acoustic leak detector for installation on an

autonomous underwater vehicle to a major oil

company.

18/11/2016 - Canadian firm with new solution to utilise

oil and gas wells for geothermal power [source] Earlier this month, Alberta/ Canada–based Terrapin

Geothermics announced a new innovative

technology to generate clean, renewable and

reliable power for Alberta. Terrapin has developed a

proprietary low temperature geothermal engine

capable of generating renewable electricity from

industrial waste heat streams. It can also capture the

geothermal energy available in Alberta’sabandoned,

suspended or orphaned oil and gas wells.

LES PROJETS COLLABORATIFS

2016 - 2017 - GTR [source]

CO2CouldSim. CO2 storage and CO2-enhanced oil

recovery subsurface simulations, using open-source

software in the Cloud BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (UK); OPENGOSIM;

TOTALSIM; UNIV HERIOT WATT (UK) - ABSTRACT

__TKMsep## CO2CloudSim will be the only web

application supporting open-source software to

simulate CO2 storage and CO2-enhanced oil

recovery (CO2 -EOR) subsurface processes,

combining parallel computing and Cloud

technologies. Due to its inherently ad hoc

development process, open-source software brings

continuous innovation from experts worldwide, but is

difficult to use. Parallel computing dramatically

reduces the time needed to...

4 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

AGENDA DU POLE AVENIA ET DE SES PARTENAIRES

Date Événements Lieu

16 mars 2017 CLUB GEOSCIENCES 2017: transfert de technologies entre les filières

du sous-sol : E&P, géothermie, stockage géologique, mines PAU

6-9 mai 2017 IRAN OIL SHOW : Comme RACE et EVOLEN, le POLE AVENIA est

partenaire de BUSINESS France sur cette opération TEHERAN

13 Juin

RENDEZ VOUS GEOSCIENCES : « international B to B event »

Invité d’honneur : IRAN

Présentation du marché, des secteurs et projets par les Iraniens

Intervention de BUSINESS France pour illustrer les

coopérations/collaborations

Rendez-vous B to B

PAU

12-15 Juillet 2017 79TH EAGE conference & Exhibition PARIS 2017 PARIS

Club Géosciences 2017 : nombre de technologies sont développées

spécifiquement, sans forcément se soucier de leur potentiel dans d’autres

domaines. Par conséquent ce club abordera le thème des transferts de technologie

entre les différentes filières du sous-sol et les moyens de les adapter.

IRAN OIL SHOW : pour la troisième édition, Business France va organiser le Pavillon

France au IRAN OIL SHOW qui se tiendra du 6 au 9 mai 2017 à TÉHÉRAN. Dans le

cadre de cet événement, BUSINESS FRANCE propose de mettre à disposition un

stand à un adhérent du POLE AVENIA. Si, vous êtes intéressés manifestez-vous

auprès du pôle. Plus d’information en cliquant >>ici<<

24H de l’innovation au centre de la terre : l’édition 2016 s’est déroulée avec

succès les 2 et 3 décembre. Plus de 150 personnes étaient présentes à cette

manifestation où 17 entreprises ont déposées un sujet en rapport avec la

géologie devant être traité en 24H non-stop par des étudiants de tous horizons.

Le 1er prix a été décerné à l’équipe ‘’les Shakers’’ travaillant sur une

problématique de la société Excellence Logging : « Comment mesurer en continu

le volume de déblais produit lors d’un forage ? » Ces étudiants ont remportés des

imprimantes 3D. Merci aux étudiants, aux entreprises, aux coachs et à nos

partenaires techniques ! Et à l’année prochaine pour une nouvelle édition !

5 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

TABLEAUX DE BORD DE L'ACTIVITE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE

Répartition géographique des brevets et des publications scientifiques

Répartition des documents et principaux acteurs

Les principaux acteurs dans les brevets

6 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

LES BREVETS

Géo information - Géoscience big data

20/10/2016 - US2016306063 SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR MINERAL PROSPECTOR - ELWHA - A method for detecting

underground natural resources using synthetic aperture radar includes providing a ground-penetrating phase-

coherent radar system incorporating a moving platform; sending a plurality of radar signals from a plurality of points

along a plurality of paths through an underground volume, the plurality of radar signals producing a plurality of radar

returns; collecting the plurality of radar returns along the plurality of paths...

13/10/2016 - WO16163893 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SUBSIDENCE - OCTIO (NORWAY) - A method for

measuring subsidence and/or uprise on a field, comprises the steps of: deploying at least one cable (100) on a solid

surface; collecting inline tilt data from numerous tilt sensors deployed along each cable (100); and performing a

statistical analysis on the tilt data to determine changes in curvature on the solid surface. Preferably, the statistical

method involves computing a cumulative inline and/or cross-line tilt, whereby...

15/09/2016 - US2016266278 COMPLEX FRACTURE NETWORK MAPPING - HALLIBURTON (USA) - In some aspects, the

present disclosure includes systems and methods for modeling a fracturing operation in a subsurface formation. The

method includes generating an earth model of the subsurface formation, wherein the earth model is generated

considering unstructured gridding; generating a fracture model of the subsurface formation based, at least in part,

on the earth model of the subsurface formation, and wherein the fracture model is...

Techniques d'exploration

20/10/2016 - WO16167774 FIELD-IONIZATION NEUTRON GENERATOR - HALLIBURTON (USA) - Described herein are

neutron generators that employ direct field ionization of ionizable fusion gases, as well as well-logging tools and

methods that utilize such neutron generators. In various embodiments, the neutron generator includes a cylindrical

field-ionization structure distributed around the inner surface of a tubular housing, and a cylindrical ion-accelerating

grid disposed about the longitudinal axis concentrically to the...

20/10/2016 - RU2600502 BOREHOLE PULSE PLASMA SOURCE WITH CONTACTOR-DISCHARGER - OBSHSHESTVO S

OGRANICHENNOJ OTVETSTVENNOSTYU NOVAS SK invention relates to oil and gas industry, particularly, to well logging

instruments. Downhole source of plasma-pulse action includes a housing, in which there is a control unit connected

with electric energy accumulator, and plasma emitter connected to a mechanism for feeding metal conductor.

Between electric energy accumulator and plasma emitter there is an electromechanical contactor-arrester

comprising...

13/10/2016 - US2016298631 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INJECTING A CHEMICAL TO FACILITATE OPERATION OF A

SUBMERSIBLE WELL PUMP - BAKER HUGHES (USA) - A well pump assembly has a motor operatively connected to a welt

pump that has an intake. The welt pump assembly has a capillary tube that extends alongside the tubing and has

an outlet at the well pump assembly. A chemical injection pump is connected lo an upper end of the capillary tube

adjacent a wellhead of the well. A logic system detects well fluid falling back downward in the tubing and out the

intake into the well, and in response turns...

13/10/2016 - WO16163984 FRACTURE-SIZE-CORRELATED APERTURE MAPPING FOR LOCALIZED POROSITY AND

PERMEABILITY DETERMINATION - LANDMARK GRAPHICS (USA) - A geomodeling method embodiment includes: (a)

obtaining a model of a subsurface region having a reservoir, the model including a discrete fracture network; (b)

determining an aperture map for each fracture in the discrete fracture network, each aperture map having aperture

values based at least in part on a lateral dimension of the fracture; (c) for each of a plurality of cells in the model: (cl)

identifying a portion of the discrete fracture...

06/10/2016 - WO16159811 DETERMINATION OF INDUCED HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PARAMETERS USING MAGNETIC

LOGGING - SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) - The claimed invention relates to well systems for extracting various fluid media,

in particular for extracting a fluid medium from a hydrocarbon-containing formation using hydraulic fracturing. In

association with the claimed invention, a method is disclosed for determining the parameters of the bottom part of

an induced hydraulic fracture of a formation, in which method a cased well with a cemented casing and with

perforation clusters within a...

7 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

15/09/2016 - US2016265329 FRACTURING WHILE TRIPPING - SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) - A drill string includes drill pipe

and a modular fracturing sub. A processor can control the drill string to drill a wellbore to some desired depth. The drill

string is positioned at a desired location in the wellbore and a section of the wellbore is hydraulically isolated, forming

a cavity. Existing fluid may be evacuated from the cavity and fracturing fluid injected into the cavity until a desired

level of fracturing is attained. Retrievable...

Forage et équipements de puits

27/10/2016 - US2016312100 DATE SEED POWDER AS A FLUID LOSS ADDITIVE FOR DRILLING FLUIDS - ARAMCO SERVICES

(USA); SAUDI ARAMCO (SAUDI ARABIA) - Date seed powder can be used as a fluid loss additive for drilling fluids by

mixing a quantity of date seed powder with a volume of fluid resulting in a mixture. The date seed powder or the

mixture can be added to a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid that includes the date seed powder or the mixture can be

used to drill a wellbore.

27/10/2016 - RU2601205 METHOD OF DETERMINING GAS CONTENT OF COAL BEDS - METHANE JOINT STOCK KUZBASS -

FIELD: measurement technology; gas industry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to methods of determining gas content

of coal beds in order to determine potential of commercial coal deposits for production of methane from coal beds,

as well as for calculation of expected gas abundance of mine workings of coal mines. Method of determining gas

content of coal beds involves collecting samples of a coal core from a coal bed using detachable core-gas...

20/10/2016 - US2016305231 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRILLING USING PORE PRESSURE - BP (USA) - A system and

method for drilling a borehole in a subsurface formation. A method includes rotating a drill bit to remove formation

material from the subsurface formation at an end of the borehole. A value of mechanical specific energy applied to

remove the formation material is calculated. A value of drilling efficiency is calculated based on the value of

mechanical specific energy. Pore pressure of the subsurface formation in contact with the...

20/10/2016 - WO16165813 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING A DRILLING FLUID EXITING A WELLBORE -

SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) - A system for sampling a drilling fluid exiting the wellbore in a portion of a flowline (25)

having a substantially closed section, comprising: - a first portion (80) connected in the closed-section portion of the

flowline, comprising a closing device (88) movable between an open position in which the first portion defines a fluid

passage between the outside and the closed-section portion of the flowline and a closed position in which the

device...

17/10/2016 - KR101659289 A RISER YOKE FOR PIPELINE WITH MAGNET GRIPPER - TECH FLOWER - This invention is the

seabed oil and gas drilling pipes to carry the device., this is an example of invention, implementation is added to the

crane offshore drilling pipes carrying device, the length of the pipe direction will be extended carrying the main beam

(main beam) and, as mentioned above the main beam is installed in the center of the crane main beam above

each of the two sides, and the connection end pieces installed on the pipe part,...

06/10/2016 - US2016290046 INTELLIGENT TOP DRIVE FOR DRILLING RIGS - SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) - A top-drive system

and a drilling rig. The top-drive system includes a sheave configured to receive a drilling line, a frame coupled with

the sheave and configured to transmit a weight of a tubular string suspended therefrom to the sheave, a controller,

and a sensor in communication with the controller. The sensor is configured to directly measure one or more physical

parameters of a drilling operation and provide data representing the one or...

29/09/2016 - US2016280981 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WELL CEMENTING - SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) -

Cement slurries are prepared that comprise water and a blend comprising an inorganic cement and particles with a

sphericity between 0.5 and 0.9 and a Krumbein roundness between 0.5 and 0.9. The particles may comprise

elastomers that impart flexibility to the set cement. The particles may be present at concentrations between 5 percent

and 45 percent by volume of the slurry.

Techniques de production

12/10/2016 - CN106011035 A STRAIN OF BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS OF SURFACE ACTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATION -

DALIAN KNOWS MICROBE TECH - The invention discloses a production surface of active Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) CB - 019, the microbial culture collection strains in China's Management Committee for

General Microbiology Center, for preservation of CGMCC No.11950. The invention of the fermentation and

8 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

production of bio-oil-displacing agent method is simple and easy, the biochemical environment of oil displacement

agent prepared good adaptability,...

27/10/2016 - US2016313267 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE GAS ISOTHERM TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATE RESERVOIR

ROCK WETTABILITY - ARAMCO SERVICES (USA); SAUDI ARAMCO (SAUDI ARABIA) - Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

gas isotherm techniques to evaluate wettability of porous media, such as hydrocarbon reservoir rock, can include

constructing a NMR gas isotherm curve for a porous media sample gas adsorption under various pressures. A

hydrophobic or hydrophilic nature of the porous media sample can be determined using the NMR gas isotherm

curves. A wettability of the porous media sample can be determined based on the NMR gas...

20/10/2016 - WO16167666 IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY BY PRESSURE PULSES - RESONATOR - Method and device for

improved recovery of oil from subterranean oil reservoirs, by application of pressure pulses to at least part of the oil

producing reservoir. The method comprises positioning at least one reciprocating machine (ReM) disposed in a fluid

filled well penetrating the reservoir and generating pressure pulses by activating said ReM. The method is typically

conducted in a pressurized injection well with the at least one ReM...

06/10/2016 - WO16159811 DETERMINATION OF INDUCED HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PARAMETERS USING MAGNETIC

LOGGING - SCHLUMBERGER (FRANCE) - The claimed invention relates to well systems for extracting various fluid media,

in particular for extracting a fluid medium from a hydrocarbon-containing formation using hydraulic fracturing. In

association with the claimed invention, a method is disclosed for determining the parameters of the bottom part of

an induced hydraulic fracture of a formation, in which method a cased well with a cemented casing and with

perforation clusters within a...

08/09/2016 - US2016258263 SOLAR CALCINER ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - VAST POWER SYSTEMS (USA) - A method of

supplying crushed alkaline carbonate from a carbonate resource to a first calcining site having a design calcining

capacity; solar calcining crushed carbonate within a prescribed carbon dioxide (CO2) delivery distance from a first

enhancement location within a first hydrocarbon resource, whereby generating CO2 with a local CO2 generating

capacity and an alkaline oxide; forming a first enhancing fluid comprising generated CO2 and...

Techniques de monitoring

07/10/2016 - KR101662950 SYSTEM FOR QUANTITY PREDICTION OF ACCIDENT DAMAGE BY GAS LEAKAGE IN CONFINED

SPACE - UNIV CHUNG ANG IND ACADEMIC COOPERATION FDN - Underground complex thermal power plant to be

used in confined spaces, such as natural gas, considering the uniqueness of the place and the uniqueness of the

accident risk analysis should be considered in conjunction with the possibility of an accident, to information, accidents

damage precisely depending on each condition can reduce accidents by forecasting, safety system based on the

technology that can create this invention, the...

06/10/2016 - WO16160964 CROSS-WELL SEISMIC MONITORING OF CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION - SCHLUMBERGER

(FRANCE) - Methods are provided for tracking carbon dioxide (CO2) migration in a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir

located under a cap rock in a formation. In one embodiment, at least one seismic source and a plurality of receivers

are located in spaced boreholes in the formation with the sources and receivers located near or at the reservoir so

that direct paths from the sources to the receivers extend through the reservoir. CO2 is injected from the borehole...

HSE-Environnement

13/10/2016 - US2016297690 REMOVAL OF OIL RECOVERY CHEMICALS FROM PRODUCTION FLUIDS - CONOCOPHILLIPS

(USA) - Methods and systems for processing production fluid include embodiments for removal of injected chemicals

from the production fluid. An embodiment of a method includes receiving production fluid from a borehole in an

earth formation, the production fluid including surfactants injected into the earth formation to stimulate production

of hydrocarbons therefrom. The method also includes processing the production fluid to separate the production...

27/09/2016 - US9453392 RAPID INSTALL ENVIRONMENTAL TRAY - D RING SOLUTIONS - A bop tray and related method

for providing fast and effective containment of various wellhead liquids above and around the high drill assembly of

a hydrocarbon wellhead blowout preventer.

9 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

LES PUBLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES

Géo information - Géoscience big data

Development and programming of Geophonino: A low cost Arduino-based seismic recorder for vertical geophones

- 2016 - Computers and Geosciences - UNIV ALICANTE (SPAIN); UNIV INST PHYSICS APPLIED TO SCIENCES TECH (SPAIN)

- The commercial data acquisition systems used for seismic exploration are usually expensive equipment. In this work,

a low cost data acquisition system (Geophonino) has been developed for recording seismic signals from a vertical

geophone. The signal goes first through an instrumentation amplifier, INA155, which is suitable for low amplitude signals

like the seismic noise, and an anti-aliasing filter based on the MAX7404 switched-capacitor...

Computational sciences in the upstream oil and gas industry - 2016 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences - EXXON MOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH (USA) - The predominant

technical challenge of the upstream oil and gas industry has always been the fundamental uncertainty of the

subsurface from which it produces hydrocarbon fluids. The subsurface can be detected remotely by, for example,

seismic waves, or it can be penetrated and studied in the extremely limited vicinity of wells. Inevitably, a great deal

of uncertainty remains. Computational sciences have been a key avenue to reduce and manage...

Techniques d'exploration

Field testing of modular borehole monitoring with simultaneous distributed acoustic sensing and geophone vertical

seismic profiles at Citronelle, Alabama - 2016 - Geophysical Prospecting - BP (USA); LAB NATL BERKELEY LAWRENCE

(USA); SILIXA (UK) - A modular borehole monitoring concept has been implemented to provide a suite of well-based

monitoring tools that can be deployed cost effectively in a flexible and robust package. The initial modular borehole

monitoring system was deployed as part of a CO2 injection test operated by the Southeast Regional Carbon

Sequestration Partnership near Citronelle, Alabama. The Citronelle modular monitoring system transmits electrical

power and signals,...

Off-confocal Raman spectroscopy (OCRS) for subsurface measurements in layered turbid samples - 2016 - Journal of

Optics (United Kingdom) - CTR RAJA RAMANNA FOR ADVANCED TECH (INDIA); INST INDIAN SCIENCE EDUC RESEARCH

(INDIA); INST NATL HOMI BHABHA (INDIA) - We report, for the first time, the development of a depth-sensitive Raman

spectroscopy system for investigating subsurface depths in a layered turbid sample using the concept of varying

Raman collection zones, while keeping the point of illumination fixed on the surface of the target sample. The system

makes use of a conventional confocal Raman configuration and realizes the variation in Raman collection zones

employing off-confocal detection....

A discrete element model to link the microseismic energies recorded in caprock to geomechanics - 2016 - Acta

Geotechnica - EDMONTON (CANADA); ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP (USA); UNIV ALBERTA (CANADA) - A discrete

element model is presented to study slip-induced microseismic events along weak planes and crack-induced

microseismic events within the intact rock for a representative elementary volume, REV, in the caprock of Weyburn

reservoir. Also, the effect of varying factors such as orientation, coefficient of friction and elasticity of the weak plane

on release of microseismic energies is studied. According to the results, for the conditions...

Detailed geological mapping in mountain areas using an unmanned aerial vehicle: application to the Rodoretto

Valley, NW Italian Alps - 2016 - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk - POLYTECH TORINO (ITALY); UNIV STUDI TORINO

(ITALY) - We present a methodology to use a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to perform photogrammetric surveys

and detailed geological mapping in mountain areas. This work is specially related to the presented case study with

the aim to realize geomorphological maps from UAVs, since they can house different types of sensors and acquire

data more rapidly and cheaply than traditional geological surveys directly obtained with field observations. This

work...

Seismic imaging of complex structures with the CO-CDS stack method - 2016 - Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica -

UNIV SHAHROOD (IRAN); UNIV TECH (GERMANY) - Various seismic imaging methods are introduced to resolve some

of the possible ambiguities of seismic interpretation in complex structures. Reducing dependency of imaging

techniques on velocity or using diffraction energy for imaging more structural details are the main topics of the

10 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

imaging research. In this study, we try to improve the seismic image quality in semi-complex structures by combining

the common reflection surface (CRS) method...

Adsorption of acidic crude oil components onto outcrop chalk at different wetting conditions during both dynamic

adsorption and aging processes - 2016 - Energy and Fuels - UNIV STAVANGER (NORWAY) - Restoration of carbonate

reservoir core material for special core analysis has been debated in the literature for some time. An important goal

of core restoration is to reproduce initial reservoir wetting properties because wettability dictates important reservoir

parameters, such as capillary pressure and relative permeability of oil and water. It has previously been found that

acidic polar components in crude oil dictate the wetting...

Techniques de production

Application of three different water treatment technologies to shale gas produced water - 2016 - Geosystem

Engineering - CTR FOR WATER RESOURCES CYCLE RESEARCH (SOUTH KOREA); INST KOREA SCIENCE TECH (SOUTH

KOREA); UNIV SEOUL NATL (SOUTH KOREA) - Shale gas produced water is a hypersaline wastewater that is generated

during the shale gas development process called as a hydraulic fracturing. The produced water contains many

substances including inorganic salts, organic compounds, and particulates. The treatment process of the produced

water is mainly composed of four parts: oil and water separation, removal of suspended solids, removal of organics,

and salts removal. This study focuses on...

Hybrid membrane bio-systems for sustainable treatment of oil and gas produced water and fracturing flowback water

- 2016 - Separation and Purification Technology - SCHOOL COLORADO MINES (USA); UNIV FED UBERLANDIA (BRAZIL) -

Development of unconventional oil and gas (O and G) resources through hydraulic fracturing has surged in recent

years. While declines in oil prices have temporarily reduced spending towards research and development of

innovative water management techniques, regulations and expected increase in freshwater demand and cost are

intensifying competition among treatment providers to develop sustainable and efficient strategies for wastewater...

Removal of Radium from Synthetic Shale Gas Brines by Ion Exchange Resin - 2016 - Environmental Engineering Science

- UNIV MICHIGAN (USA) - Rapid development of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas production from shale reservoirs

presents a significant challenge related to the management of the high-salinity wastewaters that return to the surface.

In addition to high total dissolved solids (TDS), shale gas-produced brines typically contain elevated concentrations

of radium (Ra), which must be treated properly to prevent contamination of surface waters and allow for safe

disposal...

Techniques de monitoring

The Demo-CO2 project: Monitoring and comparison of two shallow subsurface CO2 leakage experiments with gas

tracer associated in the carbonate vadose zone - 2016 - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control - ADEME

(FRANCE); ALGADE (FRANCE); DIMELCO (FRANCE); IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (FRANCE); INP BORDEAUX (FRANCE) - A

shallow CO2 injection experiment was performed on a pilot site near Bordeaux, France, in February 2015. A gas

mixture composed of approximatively 90% CO2 and 5% of each He and Kr as gas tracers was injected through a

vertical well, with low injection rate, at 1.80 m depth and into the carbonate vadose zone. A set of geochemical

monitoring tools was installed in order to monitor the developing gas plume and to allow comparison between this...

Field testing of modular borehole monitoring with simultaneous distributed acoustic sensing and geophone vertical

seismic profiles at Citronelle, Alabama - 2016 - Geophysical Prospecting - BP (USA); LAB NATL BERKELEY LAWRENCE

(USA); SILIXA (UK) - A modular borehole monitoring concept has been implemented to provide a suite of well-based

monitoring tools that can be deployed cost effectively in a flexible and robust package. The initial modular borehole

monitoring system was deployed as part of a CO2 injection test operated by the Southeast Regional Carbon

Sequestration Partnership near Citronelle, Alabama. The Citronelle modular monitoring system transmits electrical

power and signals,...

A stochastic inversion workflow for monitoring the distribution of CO2 injected into deep saline aquifers - 2016 -

Computational Geosciences - CTR EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT (CANADA); INST NATL RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

(CANADA); UNIV LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND) - We present a two-step stochastic inversion approach for monitoring the

distribution of CO2 injected into deep saline aquifers for the typical scenario of one single injection well and a

database comprising a common suite of well logs as well as time-lapse vertical seismic profiling (VSP) data. In the first

step, we compute several sets of stochastic models of the elastic properties using conventional sequential Gaussian

co-simulations (SGCS)...

11 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

The role of passive sampling in monitoring the environmental impacts of produced water discharges from the

Norwegian oil and gas industry - 2016 - Marine Pollution Bulletin - DEPT APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ITM

(SWEDEN); INST NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL NGI (NORWAY); UNIV NORWEGIAN LIFE SCIENCES (NORWAY); UNIV

UTRECHT (NETHERLANDS) - Stringent and periodic iteration of regulations related to the monitoring of chemical

releases from the offshore oil and gas industry requires the use of ever changing, rapidly developing and

technologically advancing techniques. Passive samplers play an important role in water column monitoring of

produced water (PW) discharge to seawater under Norwegian regulation, where they are used to; i) measure

aqueous concentrations of pollutants, ii)...

Assessing the likelihood and magnitude of volcanic explosions based on seismic quiescence - 2016 - Earth and

Planetary Science Letters - DEPT GEOSCIENCES (USA); INST NICARAGUENSE ESTUDIOS TERRITORIALES (NICARAGUA);

INSTITUTION CARNEGIE FOR SCIENCE (USA); UNIV ICELAND (ICELAND); UNIV OXFORD (UK) - Volcanic eruptions are

generally forecast based on strong increases in monitoring parameters such as seismicity or gas emissions above a

relatively low background level (e.g., Voight, 1988; Sparks, 2003). Because of this, forecasting individual explosions

during an ongoing eruption, or at persistently restless volcanoes, is difficult as seismicity, gas emissions, and other

indicators of unrest are already in a heightened state. Therefore,...

The influence of curvature on threedimensional mineralized matrix formation under static and perfused conditions:

An in vitro bioreactor model - 2016 - Journal of the Royal Society Interface - INST FOR BIOMECHANICS (SWITZERLAND);

UNIV EINDHOVEN TECH (NETHERLANDS) - Bone remodelling is the continuous turnover of bone by resorption and

formation. It is controlled by interstitial fluid flow sensed by osteocytes. The refilling of bone resorption sites has been

shown to be curvature driven. In vitro, curvature influences tissue growth and cytoskeletal arrangements under static

and perfused conditions. Nevertheless, this has only been demonstrated for non-mineralized tissue in limited three-

dimensional volumes....

The effect of CO2-enriched brine injection on the mechanical properties of calcite-bearing sandstone - 2016 -

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control - UNIV LEEDS (UK) - The mechanical and fluid-flow response of

subsurface geological reservoirs due to injection of CO2 is of critical importance for the safe management and

storage of anthropogenic carbon emissions. Although the time-lapse seismic method has proven to be an effective

tool to remotely monitor changes in underground fluid saturations, variations in reservoir properties caused by

geochemical interactions can also influence the seismic response. This...

Noble gas fractionation during subsurface gas migration - 2016 - Earth and Planetary Science Letters - UNIV TEXAS

AUSTIN (USA) - Environmental monitoring of shale gas production and geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage

requires identification of subsurface gas sources. Noble gases provide a powerful tool to distinguish different sources

if the modifications of the gas composition during transport can be accounted for. Despite the recognition of

compositional changes due to gas migration in the subsurface, the interpretation of geochemical data relies largely

on...

HSE-Environnement

Application of three different water treatment technologies to shale gas produced water - 2016 - Geosystem

Engineering - CTR FOR WATER RESOURCES CYCLE RESEARCH (SOUTH KOREA); INST KOREA SCIENCE TECH (SOUTH

KOREA); UNIV SEOUL NATL (SOUTH KOREA) - Shale gas produced water is a hypersaline wastewater that is generated

during the shale gas development process called as a hydraulic fracturing. The produced water contains many

substances including inorganic salts, organic compounds, and particulates. The treatment process of the produced

water is mainly composed of four parts: oil and water separation, removal of suspended solids, removal of organics,

and salts removal. This study focuses on...

The role of dispersants in oil spill remediation: Fundamental concepts, rationale for use, fate, and transport issues -

2016 - Oceanography - INSTITUTION WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC (USA); UNIV MINNESOTA (USA); UNIV NORTH

CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL (USA); UNIV OREGON STATE (USA); UNIV TULANE (USA) - Offering a scientific perspective, this

paper provides a rationale for the use of dispersants in oil spill remediation by discussing their formulations and modes

of action and connecting their physics and chemistry to a their environmental fates and impacts. With the first use of

dispersants at the source of the oil release during the Deepwater Horizon incident, there is a new great need for

understanding the efficiency and the environmental...

12 Bulletin de Veille Géoscopie n°46 - DECEMBRE 2016

Hybrid membrane bio-systems for sustainable treatment of oil and gas produced water and fracturing flowback water

- 2016 - Separation and Purification Technology - SCHOOL COLORADO MINES (USA); UNIV FED UBERLANDIA (BRAZIL) -

Development of unconventional oil and gas (O and G) resources through hydraulic fracturing has surged in recent

years. While declines in oil prices have temporarily reduced spending towards research and development of

innovative water management techniques, regulations and expected increase in freshwater demand and cost are

intensifying competition among treatment providers to develop sustainable and efficient strategies for wastewater...

Removal of Radium from Synthetic Shale Gas Brines by Ion Exchange Resin - 2016 - Environmental Engineering Science

- UNIV MICHIGAN (USA) - Rapid development of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas production from shale reservoirs

presents a significant challenge related to the management of the high-salinity wastewaters that return to the surface.

In addition to high total dissolved solids (TDS), shale gas-produced brines typically contain elevated concentrations

of radium (Ra), which must be treated properly to prevent contamination of surface waters and allow for safe

disposal...