Shale Petrophysics

Schubarth, S., Mullen, M., Kessler, C., Halliburton Energy Services, “SUCCESSFUL PREDICTION OF WELL PRODUCTIVITY FROM OPENHOLE LOGS IMPROVES PROFITABILITY IN SEVERAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS: CASE HISTORIES”, Society of Petrophysicists and Well-Log Analysts, Document ID 1998-AA, SPWLA 39, Annual Logging Symposium, 1998.

Mullen, M. , Roundtree, R., Halliburton; Barree, B., Barree and Assocs, “A Composite Determination of Mechanical Rock Properties for Stimulation Design (What to Do When You Don’t Have a Sonic Log)”, SPE 108139, Presented at the Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium, 16-18 April 2007, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

Miller, B., SPE, Paneitz, J., SPE, Whiting Petroleum, Mullen, M., SPE, Meis, R., SPE, Tunstall, M.,SPE, Garcia, M., SPE, Halliburton, “The Successful Application of a Compartmental Completion Technique Used To Isolate Multiple Hydraulic-Fracture Treatments in Horizontal Bakken Shale Wells in North Dakota” SPE 116469, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Rickman, R., Mullen, M., Petre, E., Grieser, B., Kundert, D., SPE, Halliburton, “A Practical Use of Shale Petrophysics for Stimulation Design Optimization: “All Shale Plays Are Not Clones of the Barnett Shale”, SPE 115258, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Kundert, D, Mullen, M., Halliburton, “Proper Evaluation of Shale Gas Reservoirs Leads to a More Effective Hydraulic-Fracture Stimulation”, SPE 123586, SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference, 14-16 April 2009, Denver, Colorado.

Mullen, M., Pitcher, J., Hinz, D., Halliburton; Everts, M., Dunbar, D., RTA; Carlstrom, G., Brenize, G., Anshutz, “Does the Presence of Natural Fractures Have an Impact on Production? A Case Study from the Middle Bakken Dolomite, North Dakota”, SPE 135319, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 19-22 September 2010, Florence, Italy.

Ramurthy, M., Halliburton, Baree, R.D., Baree & Associates, Kundert, D.P. Halliburton, Petre, E., Hunt Oil Company, Mullen, M., Realm Energy, “Surface-Area vs. Conductivity-Type Fracture Treatments in Shale Reservoirs” SPE 140169, pp. 357-367, Volume 26, Number 4, SPE Production and Operations, November 2011; Presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, 24-26 January 2011, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

Pitcher, J., Buller, D., Mullen, M., “Shale Exploration Methodology and Workflow”, SPE 153681 Prepared for a presentation at the SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 23-25 January 2012.

Pitcher, J., Kwong, S., Yarus, J., Halliburton; Mullen, M., Stimulation Petrophysics Consulting, “Exploring Shale Basins using Existing Wells”, SPE 152579, Prepared for a presentation at the SPE/EAGE European Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition held in Vienna, Austria, 20-22, March 2012.

Mullen, M., Stimulation Petrophysics Consulting LLC., Enderlin, M., Texas Christian University, “Fracability Index – More Than Rock Properties”, SPE 159755, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 8-10 October 2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Shelley, R., StrataGen Engineering, Minner, W. StrataGen Engineering, Mullen, M., StimulationPetrophysics Consulting, LLC, “A North American Review of Commercial Shale Plays; Have we Learned Anything Besides Serendipity?”, SPE 167063, Presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition-Asia Pacific, 11-13 November 2013, Brisbane, Australia.

Lehman, L., StrataGen, Andress, G., StragaGen, Minner, W., StrataGen, Mullen, M., Stimulation Petrophysics Consulting, LLC, “Source Rock Stimulation: Does This Require More Art or Science?”, SPE 171432, Presented at the SPE Asia Pacific Oil &Gas Conference and Exhibition, 14-16 October 2014 , Adelaide, Australia.