Tight-Gas Wettability Resource-Plays Rock-log Calibration

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Published Technical Papers & Talks

Periodic Calibration: Porosity & permeability from cuttings.

Periodic Calibration: Cementation Exponent, Archie “m”.

Includes summary table, interpretations, SEM and optical photomicrographs, macro core photos, visual analysis log and spreadsheet, explanations of Stolper gas shows, Sneider and Archie rock typing systems, and more.

Evidence and Causes of Super-Lithostatic Fracturing.

University of North Dakota, Energy & Environmental Research Center (1999/2000)

Leigh C. Price and Kathy Stolper

Cuttings Analysis – An Integral Support Tool for Exploration and Exploitation.

Innovative Applications of Petroleum Technology Guidebook – 1997

RMAG (1997)

Stolper, Kathy

Invited guest speaker at an RMAG symposium to share her experience in successfully applying detailed visual rock analysis in exploration and exploitation projects.

(October 1997)

Stolper, Kathy

Invited guest speaker at the CSPG-SEPM meeting in Calgary to share her experience in visually estimating Archie “m”.

(June 1997)

Stolper, Kathy

Calculate a More Accurate Water Saturation by Visually Estimating Archie “m”.

Hydrocarbon Production From Low Contrast, Low Resistivity Reservoirs Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent Regions Log Examples of Subtle Pays.

RMAG (1996)

Stolper, Kathy

Impact of Archie “m” on Evaluating Conventional and Low Resistivity Pay.

AAPG Bulletin (1995)

R. M. Sneider, H. R. King, K. K. Stolper, J. T. Kulha

Identify Potential Low-Resistivity Pay Using Visual Rock Analysis.

Houston Geological Society Bulletin (December 1994)

Stolper, Kathy

Calculate a More Accurate Water Saturation by Visually Examining “m”.

Houston Geological Society Bulletin (September 1994)Stolper, Kathy

Use Your Spreadsheet as a Tool for Exploration.

Geobyte (August 1992)

Stolper, Kathy and Stolper, Bob

Petrophysical Properties of Seals.

AAPG Bulletin (1991)

Sneider, Robert M., Kathy Stolper, and John Sneider

Archie’s Cementation Exponent “m” (Order Vs Disorder). Also see published papers below.

Stolper Geologic, Inc

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Success Example: Oil Producing Low-resistivity zone; incorrectly believed to be water-wet.

How common minerals can misleadingly influence log responses.
Also see published papers below.

How common rock attributes effect Archie’s cementation exponent “m”. Also see published papers below.

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Typically how we document photomicrographs with interpretive annotations from our SEM analyses.

Typically how we document rock properties derived from our optical microscopy.

Visual Rock Analysis
Spreadsheet and Log

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Scanning Electron Microscopy Report