Abstract: Azimuthal Fourier Coefficients: A Simple Method to Estimate Fracture Parameters; #90174 (2014)

Jon Downton and Benjamin Roure

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... that the F.C.'s are estimating magnitudes rather than signed values of these quantities (i.e. | Bani | and | |). In order to determine the signed...

Practical and efficient three-dimensional structural restoration using an adaptation of the GeoChron model

Peter J. Lovely, Stanislas N. Jayr, and Donald A. Medwedeff

AAPG Bulletin

...), (4) global strain minimization (Mallet, 2002), and (5) elastic unfolding and unfaulting (e.g., Muron, 2005; Maerten and Maerten, 2015). Validation...

Glacigenic postglacial faulting at Saint John, New Brunswick

B. E. Broster, K. B. S. Burke

Atlantic Geology

... that surface displacements ranging from a few millimetres to several decimeters have been usually associated with earthquakes having magnitudes between...

Abstract: The Role of Geomechanics in Enhancing Production in Tight-gas or Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Daniel Moos

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... networks of fractures to reach otherwise inaccessible reserves. The properties of natural fractures are controlled in many cases by the stress magnitudes...

Abstract: Sudden Change: Climate and Sea Level

William F. Tanner

GCAGS Transactions

...Abstract: Sudden Change: Climate and Sea Level William F. Tanner 1995 Vol. 45 (1995), Dates, magnitudes and rates of Holocene sea-level changes were...

Effect of Three Different Depositional Environments of Dipmeter Results: ABSTRACT

J. A. Gilreath

AAPG Bulletin

... deposited in a high-energy marine environment tend to exhibit a great scatter of dip magnitudes. Conversely, low energy environments cause "layer-cake...

Abstract: Miocene Sequence Biostratigraphy of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, by M. M. Jiang; #90989 (1993).

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Abstract: Sudden Change: Climate and Sea Level, by W. F. Tanner; #90955 (1995).

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Abstract: Use of Shear-Wave Anisotropy in Reservoir Characterization in Cymric Oil Field, CA, by G. S. De, D. F. Winterstein, and S. J. Johnson; #90945 (1997).

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Sequential Restoration and Unstraining of Structural Cross Sections: Applications to Extensional Terranes

S. Gregg Erickson, Stuart Hardy, and John Suppe

AAPG Bulletin

... evolution of strain orientations and magnitudes, calculated at each vertex during each increment of restoration. The method is tested on an analog sandbox...

Abstract: The Stress Polygon: 20 Years Later, Still the Tool for Evaluating and Integrating the Scale of Stress Influence, by Milton Enderlin; #90078 (2008)

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Abstract: Reservoir Geomechanics - Implications for Reservoir Fracture Permeability and Fault Seal Integrity, by C. Barton and D. Moos; #90088 (2009)

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ABSTRACT: Constraining Pore Pressure from Wellbore Failure Observations: examples from Venezuela; #90017 (2003)

Chris D. Ward, Daniel Mujica, Carmen Ferrebus

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... at the borehole wall and are not only dependent on pore pressure but also the stress magnitudes, stress directions, pore pressure, rock strength, and well...

ABSTRACT: Results of a Preliminary Test Investigation on the Applicability of Passive Seismic Tomography in VC Block -Assam, India; #90118 (2011)

Rohit Sinha, Nikos Martakis, Akis Tselentis, and Paris Paraskevopoulos

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... with magnitudes M>8.0R (Shillong 1897, M=8.7 and Assam 1950, M=8.7R) and numerous strong earthquakes with magnitudes M>6.0R have been occurred the last...

Core Hardness Testing and Data Integration for Unconventionals

Elizabeth Ritz, Matt Honarpour, William F. Dula, Jack P. Dvorkin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., such as density, elastic properties, total organic carbon, and shale volume. This suggests that the mineralogy may be a key factor in controlling mechanical...

Enhancing Production in High Angle and Horizontal Wells Through An Integrated Workflow: Examples from The Western United States

Iain Pirie, Randy Koepsell, Alisher Yunuskhojayev, Mi Zhou, Brian Dupuis, Gabriela A. Martinez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... an offset pilot well was used in conjunction with the data acquired along the laterals to help build the model and anisotropic elastic properties...

Satellite Interferometry and the Detection of Active Deformation Associated with Faults in Suban Field, South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

Richard A. Schultz, Xiaopeng Tong, Khalid A. Soofi, David T. Sandwell, Peter H. Hennings

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... measurements across the entire Sumatra contractional orogen predict comparable magnitudes and directions for horizontal motions observed locally...

Evaluation of Eustasy, Subsidence, and Sediment Input as Controls on Depositional Sequence Geometries and the Synchroneity of Sequence Boundaries: Chapter 13: Recent Developments in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy

David T. Lawrence

AAPG Special Volumes

... subsidence is modeled in terms of the deflection of a thin, elastic plate whose thickness varies through time as a function of the calculated depth...

Predicting the depth of viscous stress peaks in moving salt sheets: Conceptual framework and implications for drilling

Ruud Weijermars and Martin P. A. Jackson

AAPG Bulletin

... use analytical methods to determine the principal stress magnitudes and stress-trajectory orientations caused by ductile creep in crystalline salt...

Lithological Controls on Mechanical Anisotropy in Shales to Predict In Situ Stress Magnitudes and Potential for Shearing of Laminations during Fracturing; #41690 (2015)

Ken Glover

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...Lithological Controls on Mechanical Anisotropy in Shales to Predict In Situ Stress Magnitudes and Potential for Shearing of Laminations during...

Towards Quantitative Assessment of 4D DAS Time Shifts for Enhanced Stimulated Rock Volume Characterization

Yesser Haj Nasser

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and the DAS survey design. Additionally, the modeling results emphasize the need to account for shale rocks' intrinsic transversely isotropic elastic...

Geomechanical insights on the importance of mechanical stratigraphy to hydraulic fracture containment

Kevin J. Smart, David A. Ferrill, and Alan P. Morris

AAPG Bulletin

.... Strata are represented by elastic-plastic-damage constitutive relationships, with mechanical layering simulated by variations in material properties...

Geomechanical Modeling and Wellbore Stability Analysis Approach to Plan Deep Horizontal Wells Across Problematic Formations

Ahmed K. Abbas, Ralph Flori, Mortadha Alsaba

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... consist mainly of strength parameters, tensile strength, and elastic parameters. These properties are mainly used in wellbore stability analysis...

Disequilibrium compaction as the cause for CretaceousPaleogene overpressures in the Danish North Sea

Ole Valdemar Vejbaek

AAPG Bulletin

... equation instead of the elastic compressibilites that, for instance, can be derived from log data. One-dimensional (1-D) modeling is applied in two...

Intraplate Stresses and the Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Central North Sea: Chapter 35: North Sea and Barents Shelf

H. Kooi, S. Cloetingh

AAPG Special Volumes

... on the stratigraphy at the edge of a sedimentary basin calculated for an elastic lithosphere. When horizontal compression occurs, the peripheral bulge...