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| 2013 | Amy Fox, Paige Snelling, Jon McKenna, Chris Neale, Carl Neuhaus, Jennifer Miskimmins | Geomechanical Principles for Unconventional Reservoirs |
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| 2012 | SPE | Mike Mueller | Why passive seismic in the Gulf of Mexico will benefit the oil industry, regulators and a concerned public |
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| 2012 | SPE | Michael Kratz, Andrew Hill and Scott Wessels | Identifying Fault Activation in Unconventional Reservoirs in Real Time Using Microseismic Monitoring |
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| 2012 | SPE | Brian M. Cornette, Cherie Telker, Alejandro De La Peña | Refining Discrete Fracture Networks with Surface Microseismic Mechanism Inversion and Mechanism-Driven Event Location |
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| 2012 | ARMA | Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, William B. Barker, Kevin Smith | Induced Hydraulic Fractures or Reactivated Natural Fractures? Modeling the Response of Natural Fracture Networks to Stimulation Treatments |
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| 2011 | First Break | Scott Wessels | Identifying Faults and Fractures Using Source Mechanism Inversion, b Values, and Energy Release Rates |
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| 2011 | Geophysics | David Gei, Leo Eisner and Peter Suhadolc | Feasibility of Estimation of Vertical Tranverse Isotropy from Microseismic Data Recorded by Surface Monitoring Arrays |
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| 2011 | First Break | Scott Wessels, Alejandro De La Peña, Michael Kratz, Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud and Terry Jbeili | Identifying Faults and Fractures in Unconventional Reservoirs |
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| 2011 | SPE | B.J. Hulsey, Leo Eisner and Dr. Michael P. Thornton, Dana Jurick | Application of Relative Location Technique from Surface Arrays to Microseismicity Induced by Shale Fracturing |
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| 2011 | EAGE | Yang Zhang, Leo Eisner, William B. Barker, Michael C. Mueller, Kevin Smith | Consistent Imaging of Hydraulic Fracture Treatments from Permanent Arrays Using a Calibrated Velocity Model |
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| 2011 | EAGE | Leo Eisner, Christian Stotter, Michael C. Mueller, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, Erwin Herndler | Design of Passive Seismic Monitoring for Underground Gas Storage in the Vienna Basin, Austria |
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| 2011 | EAGE | Alejandro De La Peña, Scott Wessels | Barnett Mechanisms |
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| 2011 | SEG | Leo Eisner, Dr. Michael P. Thornton and Jessica Griffin | Challenges for Microseismic Monitoring |
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| 2011 | SEG | Scott Wessels, Michael Kratz, Alejandro De La Peña | Identifying Fault Activation During Hydraulic Stimulation in the Barnett Shale: Source Mechanisms, b Values, and Energy Release Analysis of Microseismicity |
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| 2011 | ARMA | Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud and Leo Eisner | Stimulated Fractured Reservoir DFN Models Calibrated with Microseismic Source Mechanisms |
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| 2011 | The Leading Edge | Leo Eisner, Yang Zhang, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, Michael C. Mueller and Dr. Michael P. Thornton | Effective VTI Anisotropy for Consistent Monitoring of Microseismic Events |
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| 2011 | EAGE | Leo Eisner, Alejandro De La Peña, Scott Wessels, William B. Barker and Werner M. Heigl | Why Surface Monitoring of Microseismic Events Works |
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| 2010 | EAGE | Leo Eisner, B.J. Hulsey, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, Dana Jurick, Heigl Werner and William Keller | Comparison of Surface and Borehole Locations of Induced Seismicity |
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| 2010 | SEG | Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Randal L Billingsley | Techniques to Estimate Fracture Effectiveness When Mapping Low-Magnitude Microseismicity |
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| 2010 | SEG | Jo Ellen Kilpatrick, Leo Eisner, Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Brian Cornette, Morris Hall | Natural Fracture Characterization from Microseismic Source Mechanisms: A Comparison with FMI Data |
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| 2010 | EAGE | Leo Eisner, Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Andrew Hill, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, Dr. Michael P. Thornton | Beyond the Dots in the Box - Microseismicity-Constrained Fracture Models for Reservoir Simulation |
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| 2010 | SEG | B.J. Hulsey, Brian Cornette, David Pratt | Surface Microseismic Mapping Reveals Details of the Marcellus Shale |
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| 2010 | EAGE | Alejandro De La Peña, Leo Eisner, Dr. Michael P. Thornton and Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud | Detection of Mechanical Failure During Hydraulic Fracturing Through Passive Seismic Microseismic Monitoring |
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| 2010 | EAGE | Leo Eisner, Alejandro De La Peña, Scott Wessels, William B. Barker, Werner Heigl | Why Surface Monitoring of Microseismic Events Works |
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| 2010 | EAGE | Kit Chambers, J.-Michael Kendall, Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl and Jose Rueda | Testing the Ability of Surface Arrays to Monitor Microseismic Activity |
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| 2010 | AAPG | Leo Eisner, Vladimir Grechka and Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud | Future of Microseismic Analysis: Integration of Monitoring and Reservoir Simulation |
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| 2009 | SPE | William B. Barker | Increased Production Through Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Over a Multiwell Program |
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| 2009 | AOGR | Jose Nevarez and Chris Neale | Near Surface Permanent Arrays Displace Conventional Frac Monitoring and Open Door to Cost Effective Long Term Reservoir Development Monitoring |
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| 2009 | EAGE | Petr Kolinsky, Leo Eisner, Vladimir Grechka, Dana Jurick, Dr. Peter M. Duncan | Observation of Shear-Wave Splitting from Microseismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing: A Non-VTI Story |
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| 2009 | CSEG | Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Leo Eisner | Geological Microseismic Fracture Mapping - Methodologies for Improved Interpretations Based on Seismology and Geologic Context |
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| 2009 | CSEG | Jo Ellen Kilpatrick, Julia Kurpan, Leo Eisner, Morris Hall | Source Mechanisms for Slick-Water and Nitrogen Fracture Stimulation Treatments |
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| 2009 | SEG | Chuntao Liang, Dr. Michael P. Thornton and Dr. Peter M. Duncan | Enhance Seismic Interferometry Signal Using an Adaptive FK Filter |
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| 2009 | SEG | Morris Hall, Jo Ellen Kilpatrick | Surface Microseismic Monitoring of Slick-Water and Nitrogen Fracture Stimulations, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma |
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| 2009 | SEG | William R. Keller, B. J. Hulsey and Dr. Peter M. Duncan | Correlation of Surface Microseismic Event Distribution to Water Production and Faults Mapped on 3D Seismic Data: a West Texas Case Study |
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| 2009 | SEG | Chuntao Liang, Dr. Michael P. Thornton, Peter Morton, B.J. Hulsey, Andrew Hill, and Phil Rawlins | Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Passive Seismic Data with an Adaptive FK Filter |
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| 2008 | SPE | Dr. Sherilyn Williams-Stroud | Using Microseismic Events to Constrain Fracture Network Models and Implications for Generating Fracture Flow Properties for Reservoir Simulation |
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| 2008 | SEG | Leo Eisner, David Abbott, William B. Barker, James D. Lekings and Dr. Michael P. Thornton | Noise Suppression for Detection and Location of Microseismic Events Using a Matched Filter |
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| 2007 | SPE | David Abbott, Chris Neale, James D. Lakings, Lynn Wilson, Jay C. Close, Evan Richardson | Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics in the Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Using Surface Microseismic Monitoring Technology |
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| 2006 | EAGE | I. Weir-Jones, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, S.A. Shore, and S.M.J. Taylor | Design Considerations for Cost Effective PMM Systems |
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| 2006 | SEG | James D. Lakings, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, Chris Neale, and Todd Theiner | Surface Based Microseismic Monitoring of a Hydraulic Fracture Well Stimulation in the Barnett Shale |
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| 2006 | EAGE | Dr. Peter M. Duncan and James D. Lakings | Microseismic Monitoring with a Surface Array |
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| 2006 | EAGE | Dr. Peter M. Duncan and James D. Lakings | Frontier Exploration Using Passive Seismic |
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| 2006 | EAGE | I. Weir-Jones, Dr. Peter M. Duncan, S.A. Shore, and S.M.J. Taylor | Data Acquisition, Transfer and Processing for Multi Channel Permanent PMM Systems |
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