Browsing by Subject "Geomechanics"
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Characterizing Rock Properties and their Impact on the Mechanical Behavior of Crystalline Basement and Caprocks
(2021-05-14)Understanding our observations of the subsurface and its behavior over time requires quantifying both the in-situ conditions and the intrinsic material properties. Because of the difficulty in directly quantifying the ... -
A DISLOCATION-BASED BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD TO MODEL PRESSURIZED FRACTURES
(2019)A significant portion of hydrocarbon and geothermal resources in the world, and especially in the United States, is unconventional. Some of the unconventional resources have special geological structures so that their ... -
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SHALE ROCKS: WITH EMPHASIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND ANISOTROPY
(2017-05-12)The deformation of materials under constant load over time is called creep. The conductivity of fracture produced by hydraulic fracturing decreased over time as a result of this time dependent phenomenon that requires to ... -
Geomechanics of Unconventional Reservoirs: Hydraulic Fracturing and Nanoindentation
(2021-12)Geomechanics is the study of the mechanical response of geologic formations subjected to injection, production, and storage of fluids in the subsurface. It plays a role in understanding formation integrity and the response ... -
An Integrated LiDAR-XRF Study and Geomechanical Lithofacies Analysis of the Leonardian Upper Bone Spring Formation, Bone Canyon, Texas
(2019-05)The purpose of this study is to constrain geomechanical parameters effecting hydraulic stimulation networks within the upper Bone Spring formation, through the collection and examination of outcrop data. Data utilized in ... -
THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE LITHOLOGIES USING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH; COMBINING LABORATORY STUDIES, BOREHOLE & DRILLING DATA AND SEISMIC INFORMATION TO EXPLAIN HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION IN MATURE FIELDS
(2019-05-10)In our current energy landscape, subsurface assessment challenges within the oil industry are becoming more difficult. Mature stage reservoirs present an opportunity to individually investigate different components of the ... -
STRESS PATH AND PORE PRESSURE IN AND AROUND A PRODUCING FORMATION PIERCED BY A SALT DOME
(2018)The pore pressure decrease due to production from a reservoir causes changes in the total and effective stresses, leading to compaction and deformation of the reservoir and the surrounding rocks, which can translate into ...