Global Experience

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Seal Integrity

Bailey, W. R., Underschultz, J., Dewhurst, D. N., Kovack, G., Mildren, S., & Raven, M. (2006). Multi-disciplinary approach to fault and top seal appraisal; Pyrenees-Macedon oil and gas fields, Exmouth Sub-basin, Australian Northwest Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 23(2), 241–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.08.004

Jones, R. M., Dewhurst, D. N., Hillis, R. R., & Mildren, S. D. (2002). Geomechanical Fault Characterization: Impact on Quantitative Fault Seal Risking. Proceedings of the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering Conference, 466–473. https://doi.org/10.2523/78213-ms

Brittleness Index

Herwanger, J. V., Bottril, A. D., & Mildren, S. D. (2015). Uses and abuses of the brittleness index with applications to hydraulic stimulation. Society of Petroleum Engineers - Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTeC 2015. https://doi.org/10.2118/178678-ms

Stress Analyses

Hillis, R. R., Mildren, S. D., Pigram, C. J., & Willoughby, D. R. (1997). Rotation of horizontal stresses in the Australian North West continental shelf due to the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian Plates. Tectonics, 16(2), 323–335. https://doi.org/10.1029/96TC02943

King, R., Backé, G., Tingay, M., Hillis, R., & Mildren, S. (2012). Stress deflections around salt diapirs in the gulf of mexico. Geological Society Special Publication, 367(1), 141–153. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP367.10

Mildren, S. D., & Hillis, R. R. (2000). In situ stresses in the southern Bonaparte Basin, Australia: Implications for first- and second-order controls on stress orientation. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(20), 3413–3416. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL011537

Mildren, S. D., Meyer, J. J., & Swarbrick, R. E. (2013). A multi-disciplinary, multi-scale approach to geomechanical model building and geoprediction. International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy: The Ground as Energy Source and Storage.

Nelson, E. J., Chipperfield, S. T., Hillis, R. R., Gilbert, J., McGowen, J., & Mildren, S. D. (2007). The relationship between closure pressures from fluid injection tests and the minimum principal stress in strong rocks. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 44(5), 787–801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.10.004

Nelson, E., Hillis, R., & Mildren, S. (2006). Stress partitioning and wellbore failure in the West Tuna area, Gippsland Basin. Exploration Geophysics, 37(3), 215–221. https://doi.org/10.1071/EG06215

Nelson, E. J., Meyer, J. J., Hillis, R. R., & Mildren, S. D. (2005). Transverse drilling-induced tensile fractures in the West Tuna area, Gippsland Basin, Australia: Implications for the in situ stress regime. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 42(3), 361–371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.12.001

Reynolds, S. D., Mildren, S. D., Hillis, R. R., & Meyer, J. J. (2006). Constraining stress magnitudes using petroleum exploration data in the Cooper-Eromanga Basins, Australia. Tectonophysics, 415(1–4), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2005.12.005

Reynolds, S. D., Mildren, S. D., Hillis, R. R., Meyer, J. J., & Flottmann, T. (2005). Maximum horizontal stress orientations in the Cooper Basin, Australia: Implications for plate-scale tectonics and local stress sources. Geophysical Journal International, 160(1), 332–344. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02461.x

3D Geomechanics

Meyer, J. J., Gallop, J., Chen, A., Reynolds, S., & Mildren, S. (2018). Can seismic inversion be used for geomechanics? A casing deformation example. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2018, URTC 2018. https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2018-2902950

Image Log Analyses

Meyer, J. J., Mildren, S. D., Bartdorff, O., & Tavener, E. (2014). Lessons learnt from the large scale application of image logs to unconventional resources. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, APOGCE 2014 - Changing the Game: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions, 2, 1107–1112. https://doi.org/10.2118/171521-ms

Mildren, S., Nicolson, R., Holford, S., & Titus, L. (2014). Improved reservoir models utilising image log data for a multidisciplinary workflow. EAGE Borehole Geology Workshop: Optimising the Use of Your Borehole Image Data. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20142337

Sayfutdinov, R., Naeini, E. Z., & Mildren, S. D. (2015). Quantitative analysis of seismic derived dips using image log data. 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015: Earth Science for Energy and Environment, 2687–2691. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201413118

Structural Permeability

Mildren, S., Clark, R., Holford, S., & Titus, L. (2013). Characterisation of fracture permeability at Cow Lagoon-1, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia and recommendations for development of the greater Cow Lagoon structure. Society of Petroleum Engineers - Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition 2013: Delivering Abundant Energy for a Sustainable Future, 2, 862–872. https://doi.org/10.2118/167087-ms

EOR

Mildren, S., Burgess, J., & Meyer, J. (2005). Multiple application of image log data to EOR operation in the cooper basin, Australia. IIORC 05 - 2005 SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific, Proceedings, 457–478. https://doi.org/10.2523/97792-ms

Nelson, E. J., Hillis, R. R., Meyer, J. J., Mildren, S. D., Van Nispen, D., & Briner, A. (2005). The reservoir stress path and its implications for water-flooding, Champion Southeast field, Brunei. American Rock Mechanics Association - 40th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, ALASKA ROCKS 2005: Rock Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development in the Northern Regions.