Three-dimensional printing for geoscience: Fundamental research, education, and applications for the petroleum industry

Sergey Ishutov, T. Dawn Jobe, Shuo Zhang, Miguel Gonzalez, Susan M. Agar, Franciszek J. Hasiuk, Francesca Watson, Sebastian Geiger, Eric Mackay, and Richard Chalaturnyk

AAPG Bulletin

... of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 111, no. 42, p. 15013–15018, doi:10.1073/pnas.1414764111. Biot, M. A., 1956...

Stress Field Change due to Reservoir Depletion and Its Impact on Refrac Treatment Design and SRV in Shale Reservoirs

Jiahang Han, Andy Sookprasong, Robert Hurt

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 𝜺𝜺 𝒊𝒊𝒊𝒊 is given in terms of total stress 𝝈𝝈 𝒊𝒊𝒊𝒊 (Biot, 1941...

Abstract: Seismic Lithofacies Prediction Using AVO-Analysis: Application to a North Sea Deep-Water Clastic System, by P. Avseth, G. Mavko, and T. Mukerji; #90933 (1998).

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Observations On Fluid/Fracture Pressure Coupling Ratios

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Petroleum Drilling Techniques, Issue 2, 2018

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Modelling hydraulic-fracturing in 2D; #120124 (2013)

Magnus Wangen and Nina Simon

Search and Discovery.com

... (Figure 1). The model is based on the Biot equations for coupled fluid flow and deformations in the rock. Fractures are represented on the same grid...

Compressibility, Porosity, and Permeability of Shales Involving Stress Shock and Loading/Unloading Hysteresis

Faruk Civan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... porous rocks is determined by an amended Biot’s (1941) law as the difference between the total confining stress  c and some degree of participation...

Reservoir Characterization for Gas Production and CO2 Sequestration

Adriana Gordon, Raul Cova, Evan Mutual, Bill Goodway, Scott Leaney, Wendell Pardasie, Matt Ng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., a Biot-Willis estimation can be employed to factor in porosity and mineral moduli effects, refining our understanding of the rock's geo-mechanical...

3D Geomechanical Analysis of Refracturing of Horizontal Wells

Dharmendra Kumar, Ahmad Ghassemi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... − 𝜈𝜈), where α is the Biot’s effective stress coefficient, and ν is the drained Poisson’s ratio. The production from the initial fracture will cause...

Development of a Pore Pressure Workflow and Multi-Variate Depletion Flag for Horizontal Child Wells in the Eagle Ford Formation

Rachel Grande, Taylor Levon, Bruce Warren

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... effective stress, psi Pc = Total closure stress, psi Pp = Pore pressure, psi α= Biot’s coefficient, unitless The theory of effective stress...

Physical-Model Investigation of the Influence of Early Extensional (Growth) Faults on Fold-Thrust Structures, with Application to the Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt

J. M. Dixon

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... to lock. It is noteworthy but not surprising that the wave­ length of the folds (and therefore the spacing of the thrusts, e.g., Dixon & Liu, 1991...

Computer Simulation Models of Salt Domes

James C. Howard

AAPG Bulletin

... and Vermilion Parishes, Louisiana: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 37, p. 2455-2474. Biot, M. A., and H. Ode, 1965, Theory of gravity instability...

Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis

Jon E. Olson, Stephen E. Laubach, Robert H. Lander

AAPG Bulletin

...). Geophysical techniques, which infer fracture attributes from their effects on wave propagation, sample a larger volume but have limited capability...

An Integrated Geomechanical and Microseismic Study of Multi-Well Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation in the Bakken Formation

Yi Yang, Mark Zoback, Michele Simon, Ted Dohmen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... ray, electrical resistivity, density, and P- and S-wave sonic velocity are available for petrophysical analysis in vertical well A, B, D, E and F...

Evaluating the Potential of the World-Class Najmah Unconventional Reservoir: Collaborative Approach to Design a Pilot Well

Mohammad Al-Bahar, Talal Al-Adwani, Vandana Suresh, Nejoud Al-Ostad, Anas Al-Rukaibi, Abrar Al-Najjar, Vladimir Caicedo, Gary Robinson, Ting He, Robert Johnston, Nima Hosseinpour-Zonoozi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... strength (TSTR) was estimated by applying a multiplier of 0.1 to the UCS. Biot’s constant (Alpha) of 1 was used in the poroelastic equation. An overburden...

Depostional Environments of the Rock Springs Formation, Southwest Flank of the Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming

Mark A. Kirschbaum

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Presetvatron of drstnbutary-channel and mouth-bar deposrts IS rare due to rntense wave reworkrng The shorelrnes were modrfred by large-scale storm events...

Geomechanical Modelling, Fracture Permeability Analysis and Fault Stability Assessment for a Fractured Basement Field, Offshore Viet Nam

Adrian White, David Castillo, Sanjay Thakur

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... require depthcontinuous profiles for all three principal stresses, the pore pressure, sliding friction (µ) and the Biot coefficient (α). Also required...

Analysis of Fracture Interference - Coupling of Flow and Geomechanical Computations with Discrete Fracture Modeling

Jiahui Chen, Juliana Y. Leung

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... − 𝐾𝐾 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 /𝐾𝐾𝑠𝑠 is the Biot coefficient, Kdr is the drained bulk modulus, Ks is the bulk modulus of solid rock grains, 𝑝𝑝 = ∑ 𝛼𝛼 𝑠𝑠 𝛼𝛼 𝑝𝑝 𝛼𝛼 is average...

An Unconventional Approach to a Difficult-to-Develop Target: Application of Geomechanics and Clay Speciated Workflow to Successfully Drill the Wolfcamp D Formation in the Midland Basin

David Brannan, C. Lance Reynolds, Shawn Renaud, Ryan Adams, Foster Bowman

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... or overbalanced mud-system (Figure 2). This approach focuses on petrophysical mechanical properties including Biot’s coefficient, Unconfined Compressive...

Contributions to the Study of Sediments and Faunas

E. A. Lohse, Charles Aves, G. A. Rusnak, C. M. Hoskin, W. R. Pickens, T. Votaw

GCAGS Transactions Special

..., Trochammina i n f l a t a , and the Cretaceous Foram Globotruncana sp. Recent stu di es o f the Laguna Madre area suggests extremely slow d e p o s i t i o...

PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE-SCHIST SEQUENCE IN WILSON PARK, I FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO

Robert L. Reuss

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... m 0.5 1.5 cm and wave l e n g t h s between 2.0 and 5.0 cm ( F i g . 6 ) . Cong l o m e r a t e - f i l l e d s c o u r marks u p t o 1 m long, 15 m...

Mechanism for Emplacement of Piercement Diapirs

Richard S. Bishop

AAPG Bulletin

... properties as viscosity and shear strength. In general, we observe that slow sedimentation rates produce small, discrete diapirs with vertical sides...

New Insights on Natural Hydraulic Fractures Induced by Abnormally High Pore Pressures

Terrell W. Miller

AAPG Bulletin

... are favored and should occur at lower pore pressures in less compressible rocks buried in basins with lower geothermal gradients. Biot, M. A., 1956...

AAPG/Datapages Discovery Series No. 7: Multidimensional Basin Modeling, Chapter 14: 3-D Coupled Basin Reaction, Transport, and Mechanics Modeling: Applications to Fracture, Fault, and Salt Tectonic Regimes

Tuncay, K., A. Park, P. Ortoleva

AAPG Special Volumes

... that there is a limited depth range for the operation of this mechanism.Figure 14. Basin RTM simulated salt wave showing associated deformation...

Laboratory Determination of the Continuous Stress-Dependent Permeability of Unconventional Oil Reservoir Rocks

Daisuke Katsuki, Marte Gutierrez, Azra N. Tutuncu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... Permeability (CPGP) test, and the Pressure-Pulse Decay Permeability (PDP) with Klinkenberg correction. The stress-dependent Biot poroelastic coefficient...