Prof Quentin Fisher

Professor of Petroleum Geoengineering

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 31920
Email address: q.j.fisher@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 7.134

Publications

Tueckmantel C; Fisher QJ; Grattoni CA; Aplin AC (2012) Single- and two-phase fluid flow properties of cataclastic fault rocks in porous sandstone, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 29, pp.129-142. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.07.009
Tueckmantel C; Fisher QJ; Manzocchi T; Skachkov S; Grattoni CA (2012) Two-phase fluid flow properties of cataclastic fault rocks: Implications for CO2 storage in saline aquifers, GEOLOGY, 40, pp.39-42. doi: 10.1130/G32508.1
Jolley SJ; Fisher QJ; Ainsworth RB; Vrolijk PJ; Delisle S (2011) Reservoir Compartmentalization, Geological Society of London.
Segura JM; Fisher QJ; Crook AJL; Dutko M; Yu JG; Skachkov S; Angus DA; Verdon JP; Kendall J (2011) Reservoir stress path characterization and its implications for fluid-flow production simulations, PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE, 17, pp.335-344. doi: 10.1144/1354-079310-034
Tueckmantel C; Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ; Lickorish H; Khalil SM (2010) Fault seal prediction of seismic-scale normal faults in porous sandstone: A case study from the eastern Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 27, pp.334-350. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.008
Angus DA; Kendall J; Fisher QJ; Segura JM; Skachkov S; Crook AJL; Dutko M (2010) Modelling microseismicity of a producing reservoir from coupled fluid-flow and geomechanical simulation, GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING, 58, pp.894-914. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00913.x
Angus DA; Verdon JP; Fisher QJ; Kendall J (2009) Exploring trends in microcrack properties of sedimentary rocks: An audit of dry-core velocity-stress measurements, GEOPHYSICS, 74, pp.E193-E203. doi: 10.1190/1.3183940
Al-Hinai S; Fisher QJ; Al-Busafi B; Guise P; Grattoni CA (2008) Laboratory measurements of the relative permeability of cataclastic fault rocks: An important consideration for production simulation modelling, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 25, pp.473-485. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.07.005
Hall SA; Kendall J; Maddock J; Fisher Q (2008) Crack density tensor inversion for analysis of changes in rock frame architecture, GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, 173, pp.577-592. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03748.x
Fisher QJ; Jolley SJ (2007) Treatment of faults in production simulation models, Geological Society Special Publication, pp.219-233.
Zijlstra E; Reemst P (2007) Incorporation of the two-phase flow properties of fault rocks into production simulation models of the Roliegend reservoirs, Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 292, pp.295-308.
Al-Busafi B; Al-Siyabi Z; Fisher Q (2007) Incorporating multiphase behaviours in dynamic simulation models using in-situ-generated pseudofunctions, SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings, 1, pp.377-392.
Kendall J; Fisher QJ; Crump SC; Maddock J; Carter A; Hall SA; Wookey J; Valcke SLA; Casey M; Lloyd G; Ismail WB (2007) Seismic anisotropy as an indicator of reservoir quality in siliciclastic rocks, pp.123-136.
Fisher QJ; Harris SD; Casey M; Knipe RJ (2007) Influence of grain size and geothermal gradient on the ductile-to-brittle transition in arenaceous sedimentary rocks:Implications for fault structure and fluid flow, Geological Society Special Publication, pp.105-121.
Jolley SJ; Dijk H; Lamens JH; Fisher QJ; Manzocchi T; Eikmans H; Huang Y (2007) Faulting and fault sealing in production simulation models: Brent Province, northern North Sea, PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE, 13, pp.321-340. doi: 10.1144/1354-079306-733
Al-Hinai SM; Fisher QJ; Grattoni CA; Harris SD; Al-Busafi BS (2007) Recent advances in the understanding and incorporation of the mulwtiphase fluid flow properties of fault rocks into production simulation models, SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings, 3, pp.1041-1050.
Valcke SLA; Casey M; Lloyd GE; Kendall J; Fisher QJ (2006) Lattice preferred orientation and seismic anisotropy in sedimentary rocks, GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, 166, pp.652-666. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02987.x
Schmid S; Worden RH; Fisher QJ (2006) Carbon isotope stratigraphy using carbonate cements in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group: Corrib Field, west of Ireland, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 225, pp.137-155. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.006
Schmid S; Worden RH; Fisher QJ (2006) Sedimentary facies and the context of dolocrete in the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group: Corrib field west of Ireland, SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, 187, pp.205-227. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.028
Al-Busafi B; Fisher QJ; Harris SD; Kendall M (2005) The impact of faults representation on history match and future generated seismic impedance response in reservoir models - Case study for Pierce Field, North Sea, 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts, pp.1765-1776.
Fisher QJ (2005) Recent advances in fault seal analysis as an aid to reservoir characterisation and production simulation modelling, 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts, pp.1757-1764.
Al-Busafi B; Vaszi AZ; Fisher QJ; Harris SD (2005) Incorporating the multiphase flow properties of fault rocks in simulation models using in-situ-generated pseudofunctions, 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts, pp.1925-1928.
Worden RH; Charpentier D; Fisher QJ; Aplin AC (2005) Fabric development and the smectite to illite transition in Upper Cretaceous mudstones from the North Sea: An image analysis approach, 249, pp.103-114.
Harris SD; Fisher QJ; Vaszi A; Wu K (2005) Modelling the effects of faults on fluid in petroleum reservoirs: an example of multiscale-multiphysics simulation, In: Ingham DB; Pop I (Ed) Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, Elsevier, pp.441-476.
Al-Busafi B; Fisher QJ; Harris SD (2005) The importance of incorporating the multi-phase flow properties of fault rocks into production simulation models, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 22, pp.365-374. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.11.003
Porter JR; McAllister E; Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ; Condliffe DM; Kay MA; Stylianides G; Sinclair IK (2005) Impact of fault damage zones on reservoir performance in the Hibernia Oilfield (Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Newfoundland): an analysis of structural petrophysical and dynamic well-test data, In: Hiscott R; Pulham A (Ed) Petroleum Resources and Reservoirs of the Grand Banks, Eastern Canadian Margin, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper, 43, Geological Association of Canada, pp.129-142.
Raiswell R; Fisher QJ (2004) Rates of carbonate cementation associated with sulphate reduction in DSDP/ODP sediments: implications for the fon-nation of concretions, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 211, pp.71-85. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.020
Schmid S; Worden RH; Fisher QJ (2004) Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Sherwood Sandstone (Triassic), Corrib Field, Slyne Basin, west of Ireland, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 21, pp.299-315. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.015
Schmid S; Worden RH; Fisher QJ (2003) The origin and regional distribution of dolomite cement in sandstones from a Triassic dry river system, Corrib Field, offshore west of Ireland, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, 78-9, pp.475-479. doi: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00118-3
Fisher QJ; Casey M; Harris SD; Knipe RJ (2003) Fluid-flow properties of faults in sandstone: The importance of temperature history, GEOLOGY, 31, pp.965-968. doi: 10.1130/G19823.1
Fisher QJ; Cliff RA; Dodson MH (2003) U-Pb systematics of an Upper Carboniferous black shale from South Yorkshire, UK, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 194, pp.331-347. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00383-2
Boult PJ; Fisher Q; Clinch SRJ; Lovibond R; Cockshell CD (2003) Geomechanical, microstructural, and petrophysical evolution in experimentally reactivated cataclasites: Applications to fault seal prediction: Discussion, AAPG BULLETIN, 87, pp.1681-1683. doi: 10.1306/0505030144d
Sperrevik S; Gillespie P; Fisher QJ; Halvorsen T; Knipe RJ (2002) Empirical estimation of fault rock properties, In: Koestler AG; Hunsdale R (Ed) Hydrocarbon seal quantification: papers presented at the Norwegian Petroleum Society Conference, 16-18 October 2000, Stavanger, Norway, Norsk Petroleumsforening Special Publication, Elsevier, pp.109-125.
Konhauser KO; Schiffman P; Fisher QJ (2002) Microbial mediation of authigenic clays during hydrothermal alteration of basaltic tephra, Kilauea Volcano, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 3, . doi: 10.1029/2002GC000317
Fisher QJ; Wignall PB (2001) Palaeoenvironmental controls on the uranium distribution in an Upper Carboniferous black shale (Gastrioceras listeri Marine Band) and associated strata; England, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 175, pp.605-621. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00376-4
Fisher QJ; Harris SD; McAllister E; Knipe RJ; Bolton AJ (2001) Hydrocarbon flow across faults by capillary leakage revisited, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 18, pp.251-257. doi: 10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00064-7
Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ (2001) The permeability of faults within siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs of the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 18, pp.1063-1081. doi: 10.1016/S0264-8172(01)00042-3
Mallett MJD; Clennell MB; Strange JH; Fisher QJ (2001) MRI pore size distributions in fault sealing oil reservoir rock core samples by cryopormetric filtering techniques, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 11, pp.pp.577. doi: 10.1016/S0730-725X(01)00332-0
Porter JR; Knipe RJ; Fisher QJ; Farmer AB; Allin NS; Jones LS; Palfrey AJ; Garrett SW; Lewis G (2000) Deformation processes in the Britannia Field, UKCS, PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE, 6, pp.241-254. doi: 10.1144/petgeo.6.3.241
Raiswell R; Fisher QJ (2000) Mudrock-hosted carbonate concretions: a review of growth mechanisms and their influence on chemical and isotopic composition, JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 157, pp.239-251.
Bolton AJ; Maltman AJ; Fisher Q (2000) Anisotropic permeability and bimodal pore-size distributions of fine-grained marine sediments, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 17, pp.657-672. doi: 10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00019-2
Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ; Worden RH (2000) Microstructures of deformed and non-deformed sandstones from the North Sea: implications for the origins of quartz cement in sandstones, Quartz cementation in sandstones, 29, pp.129-146.
Bottrell SH; Moncaster SJ; Tellam JH; Lloyd JW; Fisher QJ; Newton RJ (2000) Controls on bacterial sulphate reduction in a dual porosity aquifer system: the Lincolnshire Limestone aquifer, England, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 169, pp.461-470. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00222-9
Fisher QJ; Casey M; Ben Clennell M; Knipe RJ (1999) Mechanical compaction of deeply buried sandstones of the North Sea, MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 16, pp.605-618. doi: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00044-6
Fisher QJ; Raiswell R; Marshall JD (1998) Siderite concretions from nonmarine shales (Westphalian A) of the Pennines, England: Controls on their growth and composition, JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH, 68, pp.1034-1045.
Konhauser KO; Fisher QJ; Fyfe WS; Longstaffe FJ; Powell MA (1998) Authigenic mineralization and detrital clay binding by freshwater biofilms: The Brahmani River, India, GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL, 15, pp.209-222.
Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ (1998) Fault sealing processes in siliciclastic sediments, Geological Society Special Publication, pp.117-134.
Peacock DCP; Fisher QJ; Willemse EJM; Aydin A (1998) The relationship between faults and pressure solution seams in carbonate rocks and the implications for fluid flow, pp.105-115.
Knipe RJ; Jones G; Fisher QJ (1998) Faulting, fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs: an introduction, pp.vii-xxi.
Jones G; Fisher QJ; Knipe RJ (1998) Faulting, fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, .
Ottesen Ellevset S; Knipe RJ; Svava Olsen T; Fisher QJ; Jones G (1998) Fault controlled communication in the Sleipner Vest Field, Norwegian Continental Shelf; detailed, quantitative input for reservoir simulation and well planning, pp.283-297.
Knipe RJ; Fisher QJ; Jones G; Clennell MB; Farmer AB; Harrison A; Kidd B; McAllister E; Porter JR; White EA (1997) Fault seal analysis: successful methodologies, applications and future directions, In: Moller-Pederson P; Koestler AG (Ed) Hydrocarbon seals: importance for exploration and production, Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication, 7, Elsevier, pp.15-40.
Leveille GP; Knipe RJ; More C; Ellis D; Dudley G; Jones G; Fisher QJ; Allinson G (1997) Compartmentalisation of Rotliegendes gas reservoirs by sealing faults, Jupiter Fields Area, Southern North Sea, In: Ziegler; K; Turner; P; Daines; R S (Ed) Petroleum geology of the Southern North Sea: future potential, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 123, Bath: Geological Society Publishing House, pp.87-104.
Fisher QJ; Harris SD; Casey M; Knipe RJ (Not yet published) The ductile-to-brittle transition in sandstone: the influence of burial rate, geothermal gradient and grain-size, Geological Society of London Special Publication, .
Gourmelen N; Shepherd A; Angus DA; Fisher QJ; Gouldson A (Not yet published) Quantifying the success of onshore CO2 capture and storage, Nature Geoscience, .