InSAR data reveal that the largest hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquake in Canada, to date, is a slow-slip event

TS Eyre, S Samsonov, W Feng, H Kao, DW Eaton - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
For tectonic earthquakes, slip rate spans a continuum from creep to supershear
earthquakes, where slow slip events (SSEs) are important in releasing stress without …

Petroleum distribution in the Montney hybrid play: Source, carrier bed, and structural controls

T Euzen, N Watson, M Fowler, A Mort… - AAPG …, 2021 - archives.datapages.com
The main controls on petroleum accumulations in sedimentary basins include source-rock
distribution, thermal maturity, migration pathways, and structural and stratigraphic traps …

Occurrence and preservation of primary organic matter in a hybrid unconventional reservoir: Montney Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

OH Ardakani, J Cesar, PK Pedersen, SJ Mackie… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Triassic Montney Formation of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
(WCSB) is a world-class unconventional hydrocarbon resource in North America. It was …

Conodont sequence biostratigraphy of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation

CM Henderson, ML Golding… - Bulletin of Canadian …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Conodonts have proven to be excellent index fossils to study the subsurface Montney
Formation given their small size and regular occurrence in most marine facies. Twenty …

Hydrocarbon charge and petroleum system evolution of the Montney Formation: A multidisciplinary case study of the Blueberry sub-play in Northeast British Columbia …

EA Watt, DP Laycock, E Michael… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The origin, timing, and evolution of hydrocarbons in the early Triassic Montney Formation
siltstone has long been debated and is poorly understood. A proper understanding of the …

Phase separation and secondary migration of methane-rich gas accompanying uplift of an unconventional tight-hydrocarbon system, Montney Formation, western …

JM Wood, T Euzen, L Sharp, S Leroux - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Tight-hydrocarbon systems can undergo significant depressurization through leakage of
fluids, primarily gas, in response to uplift. Leakage at the up-dip margins of these systems …

Depositional framework and trace fossil assemblages of the lower Triassic Montney formation, northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

PD González, CM Furlong, MK Gingras… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon production from the Lower Triassic Montney Formation in northeastern British
Columbia, occurs primarily from unconventional reservoirs consisting predominantly of fine …

Natural mineralized fractures from the Montney-Doig unconventional reservoirs (Western Canada Sedimentary Basin): Timing and controlling factors

M Gasparrini, O Lacombe, S Rohais… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Characterizing the origin of natural fractures in organic-rich fine-grained deposits is key to
constraining permeability evolution in these potential source rocks and tight reservoirs, as …

Extremely high resolution XRF core scanning reveals the Early Triassic depositional history of the Montney Formation in northeastern British Columbia, Canada

SD Schoepfer, CM Henderson, TF Moslow… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Montney Formation is a laterally extensive, fine-grained sedimentary unit in
western Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, and a major target of hydrocarbon …

Geochemical evidence for the internal migration of gas condensate in a major unconventional tight petroleum system

JM Wood, J Cesar, OH Ardakani, A Rudra, H Sanei - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Unconventional petroleum systems go through multiple episodes of internal hydrocarbon
migration in response to evolving temperature and pressure conditions during burial and …