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McLellan, P.J.,
Geomechanics
Applications in the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry, Invited
petroleum geomechanics lecture, presented at the 1st Canadian-US Rock
Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, May 27 - 31, 2007. |
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McLellan, P.J.,
Recent Learnings from Geomechanical
Investigations of Wellbore Stability in Coalbed Methane Horizontal Wells
in Western Canada, Presented at the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts/Canadian Well Logging Society
Topical Conference - Geomechanics: Petrophysics Under Stress, Kananaskis, Alberta,
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2006. |
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McLellan, P., Hernandez, E., and Podetz,
C,
Well Planning to Reduce Costs Associated with Borehole Instability in
Western Canada, Presented at the 2005 Canadian Association
of Drilling Engineers Drilling Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 17,
2005. |
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McLellan, P.J.,
Podetz, C., and Hernandez, E.,
Just How Stable is a Horizontal Well in Coal? Early Learnings From
Wellbore Stability Investigations in Western Canada, Poster
presentation at the 2005 Gussow Geoscience Conference on Coalbed
Methane, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Canmore, Alberta,
March 9-11, 2005. |
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Bellis, C., Bothwell, P., Burke, L., Grace, R., MacDonald, R. and
McLellan, P.J.,
A Design and Execution of Successful Well Kill on the
World's Longest Running Blow-out, SPE 90542 presented at the SPE Annual
Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Sept. 26 -29, 2004.
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McLellan, P.J., Hawkes,
C.D., Smith, S.,
Coupled
Modeling of Borehole Instability and Multiphase Flow for Underbalanced
Drilling, SPE 74447
presented at the IADC Underbalanced Technology Conference, Aberdeen,
Scotland, Nov. 27-28, 2001 and at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference,
Dallas, Texas, Feb 26-28, 2002.
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McLellan, P.J., and Hawkes,
C.D., Borehole Stability, Sand Production and Microseismic Monitoring
Innovations for Horizontal Wells, Poster Presentation at the One-day
SPE/CIM Horizontal Well Conference, Calgary, Alberta, November 7, 2001.
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Hawkes, C.D., McLellan, P.J., Ruan, C.G. and Maurer, W.C.,
Wellbore Instability in Shales: A Review of Fundamental Principles,
Physico-Chemical Mechanisms in Mud-Shale Interaction and GRI-Funded
Research,
CD-ROM, Part 1: Wellbore Instability in Shales: A
Review of Fundamental Principles and GRI-Funded Research, Part 2:
Review of Physico-Chemical Mechanisms in Mud-Shale Interaction and their
Effects on Wellbore Stability, Gas Research Institute Report No.
GRI-99/0025.3, December, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J. and Hawkes,
C.D., Using In-situ Stresses and Rock Mechanical Properties to Plan
Your Best Well Trajectory with STABView, Presented at the GeoCanada
2000 Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 1, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Borehole
Stability, Sand Control and Geomechanics – Some Recent Heavy Oil
Experience, Presented at Slugging It Out VIII, sponsored by the
Petroleum Society of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, April 10, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Wellbore
Instability and What You Can Do About It, Back-to-Basics
Presentation given to the Petroleum Society of CIM, Calgary, March 21,
2000.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Collapsing Boreholes, Moving Casing and Reservoirs that Talk,
Presentation to the Petroleum Engineering Club, University of Calgary,
March 17, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Hawkes,
C.D., and Yuan, Y.,
Minimizing Borehole Instability Risks in Build
Sections Through Shales, Presented at the 7th SPE/CIM One Day
Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 3,
1999.
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Hawkes, C. and McLellan,
P.J. Borehole Stability Analysis for Underbalanced Drilling,
Paper 99-07, Presented at the Joint CSPG/Petroleum Society Conference,
Calgary, Alberta, June 14-18, 1999. Published in the Canadian Journal of
Petroleum Technology, Vol. 40, No. 5, 31-38, May, 2001.
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Cox, R., McLellan, P.J.,
and Dwyer, J.,
Considerations for Drilling of Build Sections with Coiled Tubing,
Presented at the 6th Annual One-day SPE/CIM Conference on Horizontal
Well Technology, Calgary, Alberta, November 12, 1997.
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McLellan, P.J., Reducing
Underbalanced Drilling Risks with Borehole Stability Pre-planning,
Presentation at the DEA44/67/101 Meeting, Kananaskis, Alberta, June,
1997.
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Hawkes, C.D. and McLellan,
P.J.,
A New Model for Predicting Time-Dependent Failure of Shales:
Theory and Application, Annual Technical Meeting of the Petroleum
Society of CIM, Calgary, June, 1997. Also published in the Journal of
Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 30, No. 12, December, 1999.
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McLellan, P.J., Borehole
Stability - New Tools for Better Well Planning, Presentation to the
Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers, January, 1997.
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Wan, R., Achari, G.,
Schacter, R. Joshi, R. and McLellan, P.J.,
Time-Dependent Effect of
Drilling Fluids on Fernie Shales, Presented at the Annual Technical
Meeting of the Petroleum Society of CIM, Calgary, 1996. Also published
in the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 37, No. 5, 47-51,
May, 1998.
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Wan, R., Achari, G.,
Schacter, R. Joshi, R. and McLellan, P.J.,
Effect of Drilling Fluids
on Shear Strength Properties of Fernie Shales, Presented at 2nd
North American Rock Mechanics Symposium - NARMS ‘96, Montreal, Quebec,
June 1996.
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Hawkes, C.D., Effects of
Pore Pressure Penetration on the Extent of the Yielded Zone Around a
Wellbore, Ph.D. thesis, University of New Brunswick, July 1996.
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McLellan, P.J. and Wilcox,
M., Wellbore Instability in Build Sections of Horizontal Wells,
Presented at the Drilling Engineering Association International Meeting
for DEA44/67, Calgary, June, 1995.
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McLellan, P., Hernandez, E., and Podetz,
C,
Well Planning to Reduce Costs Associated with Borehole Instability in
Western Canada, Presented at the 2005 Canadian Association
of Drilling Engineers Drilling Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 17,
2005. |
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McLellan, P.J., Hawkes,
C.D., Smith, S.,
Coupled Modeling of Borehole Instability and
Multiphase Flow for Underbalanced Drilling, SPE 74447
presented at the IADC Underbalanced Technology Conference, Aberdeen,
Scotland, Nov. 27-28, 2001 and at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference,
Dallas, Texas, Feb 26-28, 2002.
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Hawkes, C. and McLellan,
P.J.
Borehole Stability Analysis for Underbalanced Drilling,
Paper 99-07, Presented at the Joint CSPG/Petroleum Society Conference,
Calgary, Alberta, June 14-18, 1999. Published in the Canadian Journal of
Petroleum Technology, Vol. 40, No. 5, 31-38, May, 2001.
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Cox, R., McLellan, P.J.,
and Dwyer, J.,
Considerations for Drilling of Build Sections with Coiled Tubing,
Presented at the 6th Annual One-day SPE/CIM Conference on Horizontal
Well Technology, Calgary, Alberta, November 12, 1997.
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McLellan, P.J., Reducing
Underbalanced Drilling Risks with Borehole Stability Pre-planning,
Presentation at the DEA44/67/101 Meeting, Kananaskis, Alberta, June,
1997.
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McLellan, P.J. and Wilcox,
M., Wellbore Instability in Build Sections of Horizontal Wells,
Presented at the Drilling Engineering Association International Meeting
for DEA44/67, Calgary, June, 1995.
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Hawkes, C.D. and McLellan,
P.J.,
A Practical Method for Estimating Apparent Capillary Cohesion,
To be presented to GeoEdmonton'08, Annual Conference of the Canadian
Geotechnical Society, Edmonton, Alberta, September 21-24, 2008.
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Hawkes, C.D. and McLellan,
P.J., Numerical Modeling Tools and Techniques for Assessing Sand
Production Risks, Poster Presentation at the SPE Advanced
Technology Workshop on Sand Production and Control, San Antonio, Texas,
November 13-15, 2001.
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McLellan, P.J., and Hawkes,
C.D., Borehole Stability, Sand Production and Microseismic Monitoring
Innovations for Horizontal Wells, Poster Presentation at the
One-day SPE/CIM Horizontal Well Conference, Calgary, Alberta, November
7, 2001.
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McLellan, P.J. and Hawkes,
C.D.,
Sand Production and Control in Horizontal Wells for Gas Storage
Reservoirs, SPE 65510 presented at the 2000 SPE/CIM
International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, Calgary,
Alberta, November 6-8, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Borehole
Stability, Sand Control and Geomechanics – Some Recent Heavy Oil
Experience, Presented at Slugging It Out VIII, sponsored by the
Petroleum Society of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, April 10, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Understanding
& Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing at Shallow Depth: A Joint Industry
Project, Presentation
given at the Water Innovation Forum,
Sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary,
Alberta, June 15, 2006.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Proposal for a Joint-Industry Project on Shallow Hydraulic Fracturing
Operations for Coalbed Methane and Unconventional Gas, Abstract
of a presentation given at the Shallow Gas Production Technology Forum,
Sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary,
Alberta, March 15, 2006. |
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Read, R.S. and Maxwell, S.,
Microseismic Monitoring for Fracture Diagnostics, Presented at the
PTAC Shallow Gas Forum, Calgary, Alberta, June 21, 2001.
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Bell, J.S., Price, P.R.,
and McLellan, P.J.,
In-Situ Stress in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 29
in the Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, ISPG/ARC/CSPG,
1994.
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McLellan, P.J., Lawrence,
K.H., and Cormier, K.W.,
A Multiple Zone Acid Stimulation Treatment of a
Horizontal Well, Midale, Saskatchewan,
Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 31, No.
4, 71-82, April 1992. (Selected as one of the best papers presented at the 42nd
Annual Technical Meeting of the Petroleum Society)
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McLellan, P.J. and
Woodland, D.,
A Compilation of Minifrac Instantaneous Shut-in
Pressures and Closure Pressures from Western Canada, Poster
presentation at the Second International Workshop on Hydraulic
Fracturing Stress Measurement, International Society for Rock Mechanics,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1988.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Caprock
Integrity: What you Need to Know for Thermal Recovery Projects,
Presented at "Slugging it Out XVI", 16th Annual One-day
Conference on Heavy Oil, Canadian Heavy Oil Association / Petroleum
Society of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, April 14, 2008.
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McLellan, P.J. and Collins,
P. (Editors),
Geomechanics Chapter , The CHOA Handbook, Canadian Heavy Oil Association, pp.
397-446, 2006.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Learnings from Coupled Reservoir-Geomechanical Simulation Studies for
SAGD in Athabasca Oil Sands Reservoirs, Alberta, Presentation at
the SPE Advanced Technology Workshop on Thermal Heavy Oil and Bitumen
Recovery, Calgary, Alberta, March 14-15,
2006. |
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McLellan, P.J.,
Unconventional Heavy Oil & Bitumen: Some Geomechanical Aspects,
Abstract of a presentation given at the Petroleum Technology Alliance of
Canada sponsored Roadmap Workshop on Unconventional Heavy Oil and Bitumen,
Calgary, Alberta, March 2, 2006. |
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Read, R.S., McLellan, P.J.,
and Maxwell, S.,
Integrated Application of Microseismic Monitoring and Geomechanical
Modeling to Characterize the Effects of Conventional and Thermal
Recovery Processes, Presented at the PTAC Enhanced Petroleum
Recovery Research and Technology Development Priorities Workshop,
Calgary, Alberta, September 26, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J., Borehole
Stability, Sand Control and Geomechanics – Some Recent Heavy Oil
Experience, Presented at Slugging It Out VIII, sponsored by the
Petroleum Society of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, April 10, 2000.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Geomechanics Investigations at the Mallik
Gas Hydrate Reservoir and Implications for Drilling, Production and
Subsidence, To be presented at the Canadian Institute
Conference "Unlocking the Resource Potential of Gas Hydrates",
Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 15-16, 2008. |
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Goldberg, D., Weinberger, J., and McLellan, P.,
In
Situ Evaluation of Natural Gas Hydrate Systems Using Borehole Logs,
Chapter in a Society of Exploration Geophysicists Monograph on Gas
Hydrates, (in publication), April, 2008.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Recent Learnings from Geomechanical
Investigations of Wellbore Stability in Coalbed Methane Horizontal Wells
in Western Canada, Presented at the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts/Canadian Well Logging Society
Topical Conference - Geomechanics: Petrophysics Under Stress, Kananaskis, Alberta,
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2006. |
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McLellan, P.J., Understanding
& Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing at Shallow Depth: A Joint Industry
Project, Presentation
given at the Water Innovation Forum,
Sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary,
Alberta, June 15, 2006.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Proposal for a Joint-Industry Project on Shallow Hydraulic Fracturing
Operations for Coalbed Methane and Unconventional Gas, Abstract
of a presentation given at the Shallow Gas Production Technology Forum,
Sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary,
Alberta, March 15, 2006. |
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Wilson, N.S., Enkin, R,J., McLellan, P.J.,
Low, C., Podetz, C.G., Dallimore, S.R., Fayek, M., Taylor, B.,
Diagenesis, Magnetism and Geomechanics of the Mallik 5L-38 Gas
Hydrate Reservoir, Mackenzie Delta, Canada, Abstract of a Poster
Presented at the AAPG Annual Convention, Calgary, Alberta, June
19-22, 2005. |
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McLellan, P.J., Gillen, K.P., Podetz,
C.G., Dallimore, S.R., Inoue, T., and Hancock, S.H.,
In situ stresses in the Mallik area; in Scientific Results
from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program,
Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, (ed.) S.R. Dallimore and
T.S. Collett; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585, 15p. |
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McLellan, P.J., Gillen, K.P., Podetz,
C.G., and Dallimore, S.R.,
Characteristics of natural fractures in the JAPEX/JNOG/GSC et al.
Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well; in Scientific
Results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well
Program. Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, (ed.) SR.
Dallimore and T.S. Collett; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585,
13p. |
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McLellan, P.J.,
Geomechanics of the Mallik Gas Hydrate Reservoir, Mackenzie Delta,
NWT, Presentation to the Emerging Petroleum Systems Division
of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, April
20, 2005. |
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McLellan, P.J.,
Podetz, C., and Hernandez, E.,
Just How Stable is a Horizontal Well in Coal? Early Learnings From
Wellbore Stability Investigations in Western Canada, Poster
presentation at the 2005 Gussow Geoscience Conference on Coalbed
Methane, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Canmore, Alberta,
March 9-11, 2005. |
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McLellan, P., Podetz, C., Peterson, J., Gillen, K., Hancock, S.
Dallimore, S., Inoue, T.,
In-situ Stresses
in the Mallik Area, Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Presented at the Mallik
International Symposium (Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research
Well Program), Makuhari, Japan, Dec. 8-10, 2003.
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McLellan, P.J., In-Situ
Stresses and Their Application to Coalbed Methane Extraction and CO2
Sequestration, Presentation given at the Canadian Coalbed Methane
Forum Technical Conference, Calgary, Alberta, September 22, 1999.
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Smith, S.A., Dobroskok, A.A., McLellan, P.J., Hawkes,
C., Steadman, E.N., and Harju, J.A.,
Geomechanical Investigations at an
Acid Gas EOR Pilot Project in the Zama Oil Field, Alberta, Canada, Poster to be presented at GHGT-9, 9th International
Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Washington, D.C.,
Nov. 16-20, 2008.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Caprock
Integrity: What you Need to Know for Thermal Recovery Projects,
Presented at "Slugging it Out XVI", 16th Annual One-day
Conference on Heavy Oil, Canadian Heavy Oil Association / Petroleum
Society of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, April 14, 2008.
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McLellan, P.J., Understanding
& Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing at Shallow Depth: A Joint Industry
Project, Presentation
given at the Water Innovation Forum,
Sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary,
Alberta, June 15, 2006.
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McLellan, P.J.,
Unconventional Heavy Oil & Bitumen: Some Geomechanical
Aspects, Abstract of a Presentation Given at the Petroleum
Technology Alliance of Canada sponsored Roadmap Workshop on
Unconventional Heavy Oil and Bitumen, Calgary, Alberta, March 2, 2006. |
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Bellis, C., Bothwell, P., Burke, L., Grace, R., MacDonald, R. and
McLellan, P.J.,
Design and Execution of Successful Well Kill on the
World's Longest Running Blow-out, SPE 90542 presented at the SPE Annual
Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Sept. 26 -29, 2004.
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Hawkes, C. McLellan, P., Zimmer, U., Bachu,
S.,
Geomechanical Factors Affecting Geological Storage of CO2 in
Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs, CIPC 2004-258, Presented at the Canadian
International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 8-10, 2004
and published in the Canadian Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 44,
No.10, 52-61, 2005.
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Read, R.S., McLellan, P.J.,
and Maxwell, S.,
Integrated Application of Microseismic Monitoring and Geomechanical
Modeling to Characterize the Effects of Conventional and Thermal
Recovery Processes, Presented at the PTAC Enhanced Petroleum
Recovery Research and Technology Development Priorities Workshop,
Calgary, Alberta, September 26, 2000.
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Wilson, N.S., Enkin, R,J., McLellan, P.J.,
Low, C., Podetz, C.G., Dallimore, S.R., Fayek, M., Taylor, B.,
Diagenesis, Magnetism and Geomechanics of the Mallik 5L-38 Gas
Hydrate Reservoir, Mackenzie Delta, Canada, Abstract of a Poster
Presented at the AAPG Annual Convention, Calgary, Alberta, June
19-22, 2005. |
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McLellan, P.J., Gillen, K.P., Podetz,
C.G., Dallimore, S.R., Inoue, T., and Hancock, S.H.,
In situ stresses in the Mallik area; in Scientific Results
from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program,
Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, (ed.) S.R. Dallimore and
T.S. Collett; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585, 15p. |
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