Narasimhan, S., Mainali, P., Rowe, H., Morrell, A., Ingram, W., Benson, A., Ganser, N., Arrington, S. Constructing High Resolution, Inch Scale Continuous Logs via a Multi Domain Approach to Improve Hydraulic Fracturing by Capturing Thin Beds In Bone Spring, Delaware Basin, Reeves County, TX. Unconventional Resources Technology, Austin, July 2017
Mainali, P., Yemidale, G., Dix, M., Heard, S., Crosby, Z. Advanced Well-Site Geochemistry While Drilling: Improved Wellbore Positioning and Formation Evaluation of Unconventional Reservoirs (abstract). American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Cancun, September 6-9, 2016.
Crosby, Z., Mejia, C., Langford, C., Mainali, P. Optimizing Shale Reservoir Characterization with Spectroscopy Evaluation While Drilling (abstract). American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Cancun, September 6-9, 2016.
Mejia, C., Nardi, G., Heard, S., Langford, C., Mainali, P., Galindo, J., and Crosby, Z. Optimized Completions Design with Integrated LWD and Wellsite Geochemistry for Petrophysical Analysis and Enhanced Well Placement. Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference, Buenos Aires, June 1-3, 2016. SPE-180975-MS.
Mainali, P., Yemidale, G., Hankins, B., and Matson, C. Formation Evaluation of multiple pay zones within an unconventional Reservoir (Permian Basin): An integrated interpretation using elemental, mineralogical, programmed pyrolysis, and mud gas data. SPWLA, Longbeach June 18-22, 2015.
Heard, S., Nardi, G., Mainali, P., Langford, Co., Crosby, Z., and Mejia, C. Optimized Completions Design with Integrated LWD and Wellsite Geochemistry for Petrophysical Analysis and Enhanced Well Placement. SPWLA Tropical Conference, Houston, November 12-13, 2015.
Dix, M.C., Mainali, P., Matson, C., Hankins, B. Using Cuttings-Based Elemental, Mineralogical, and Organic Data to Assist Drilling Operations: The First 12 Years and Directions for the Future (abstract, oral presentation). In: 2014 West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium (WTGS 2014).
Mainali, P., Stillwell, H., Yemidale, G. An Integrated approach to evaluating the Second White Specks Formation in Alberta using elemental chemostratigraphy, pyrolysis, and advanced mud-gas compositional data (extended abstract, oral presentation). In: 2014 Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG).
Ingram, W., Mainali, P., Hartman, C., Casarta, N. A New Approach to Applied Geochemistry in Reservoir Evaluation: An Integrated multi-mineral And Porosity Model. Poster Presentation In: AAPG, Houston 2014.
Hollon, B., Mainali, P., Dix, M., Fu, R., Houghton, N., Waddell, M., Application of Whole Rock Bulk Geochemistry for Evaluating a CO2 Injection Well in Late Triassic Sandstone. AAPG, Houston, 2014
Mainali, P., Rowe, H. Chemostratigraphic Constraints on Late Jurassic Paleoceanography of the East Texas Basin, Southern Margin of North America (abstract). In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #PP33A-1659.
Mainali, P., Rowe, H. Preliminary Geochemistry of The Bossier-Haynesville Formation from East Texas Basin, East Texas and Louisiana (abstract). In: 2010 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 297.
Mainali, P., Rowe, H. Chemostratigraphy of the Bossier-Haynesville Formation, East Texas Basin, Texas and Louisiana (abstract). In: AAPG Bulletin Fall 2010.
Experience Using a Novel 45 Degree Transducer to Develop a General Unconventional Shale Geomechanical Model, ARMA 2013
Oil Shale Rock Mechanics-How to Deal with Huge Changes with Grade and Temperature, 33rd Oil Shale Symposium 2013
Impact of Experimental Studies on Unconventional Reservoir Mechanisms, SPWLA 2013 and SPE 2014
Comparison among Models Which Estimate Minimum Horizontal Stress, EAGE 2014, Dubai
Experimental Methods to Validate Anisotropic Geomechanical Model for Shale Gas Reservoir Evaluation, EAGE 2014, Dubai
Using the Wrong Method to Estimate Stress from Depletion Causes Significant Errors in Predicting Wellbore Integrity and Fracture Geometry , SPE 2015
Production Performance in the In-Fill Development of Unconventional Resources , SPE 2015
Effect of Horizontal Stress Models and Biot Poro-Elasticity on Predicted Fracture Geometry , SPE 2016
The Impact of Changing Operational Activities on Unconventional Resource Extraction , SPE 2016
Evaluating the Application of Unconventional Resource Extraction Technology to a Conventional Play, SPE 2016
Integration of Completions Data Analysis Techniques, Drilling and Geomechanical Attributes to Optimize Horizontal Completion Methodologies by Pushing the Operational Limits of the Spraberry Trend, SPE 2017
Constructing High Resolution, Inch Scale Continuous Logs via a Multi Domain Approach to Improve Hydraulic Fracturing by Capturing Thin Beds in Bone Spring, Delaware Basin, Reeves County, TX, URTeC 2017
Characterization of Sub-Log Scale Variability in Mudstones and the Effects of Variable Sampling Scales on High Resolution Models, Examples from Bone Spring Formation, West Texas, URTeC 2017
Defining Linkages between Chemofacies, Mechanical Stratigraphy, and Brittleness in the Austin Chalk: Implications for Geomechanics and Induced Fracture Simulations, URTeC 2017
Inorganic Geochemical Characteristics of Lithofacies and their Linkages to the Mechanical Stratigraphy of Upper Wolfcamp and Bone Spring Formations, Delaware Basin, Texas, URTeC 2017
Characterizing the Post Stimulation Time-dependent Connectivity Between Wells and Across Horizons in an In-fill Development Program, SPE Midland 2017
Development Optimization of Horizontal Wellbores Using Lamé Elastic Constants from 3D Seismic, AAPG 2018 and Leading Edge 2019
Understanding Development Drivers of Horizontal Wellbores in the Midland Basin, SPE 2018
Calculating Far Field Anisotropic Stress from 3D Seismic in the Permian Basin, The Leading Edge 2019
Geomechanical Integrity of the Patterson Potential CO2 Storage Site, Southwest Kansas, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2021
Importance of Multi-Domain Integration in Selection of a Proper Landing Point for Unconventional Horizontal Drilling and Completions, ATCE 2022
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Evaluating Development Strategies in the Marcellus to Address Well Spacing, In-fill Timing and Operational Sequencing, URTeC 2022
Integrated Multidisciplinary Workflow for the Optimization of Development in Permian Through Facies Modeling, CONEXPLO 2022-07132022