Geomechanical modeling of hydraulic fracturing: Why mechanical stratigraphy, stress state, and pre-existing structure matter

Kevin J. Smart, Goodluck I. Ofoegbu, Alan P. Morris, Ronald N. McGinnis, and David A. Ferrill

AAPG Bulletin

... that include a pore pressure degree of freedom. Figure 3.Illustration of basic model geometries and boundary conditions. (A) Case 1 with simple, horizontal...

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Slippage of a Natural Fracture Resulting from an Approaching Hydraulic Fracture

Lianbo Hu, Behzad Hemami, Ahmad Ghassemi, Spencer Riley, Dan Kahn, David Langton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... are based on the properties and boundary conditions we applied in the lab-scale test. Figure 10 shows the induced normal and shear displacement...

Design Support for Texaco CO2 Flooding Projects

R. L. Gardenas, A. J. Nute

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the oil. Under certain conditions of temperature and pressure, CO2 may become first-contact miscible with the reservoir oil. This type of oil recovery...

Applications of Shallow High-Resolution Seismic Reflection to Environmental Problems

Richard D. Miller, William E. Doll, Carlene Merey, William E. Black

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... years. The successful use of the technique for shallow applications depends on several key conditions. First and foremost is the existence...

Rate Transient Analysis of Fracture Swarm Fractal Networks

Jorge A. Acuña

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the literature. When fractures have large conductivity, the system exhibits only sub-linear flow until boundary conditions are reached. With low...

ABSTRACT: Numerical Modeling of Fault-Related Folding and Associated Fluid Flow, by L. M. Strayer and P. Hudleston; #91021 (2010)

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An Experimental Investigation into Surface Roughness of a Hydraulic Fracture

Abbas Movassagh, Manouchehr Haghighi, Dane Kasperczyk, Mohammad Sayyafzadeh, Xi Zhang

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... are different in various selected segments. However, they follow an increasing trend in radial directions from the initiation point at the wellbore...

Handling natural complexity in three-dimensional geomechanical restoration, with application to the recent evolution of the outer fold and thrust belt, deep-water Niger Delta

Pauline Durand-Riard, Chris Guzofski, Guillaume Caumon, Marc-Olivier Titeux

AAPG Bulletin

... problem constrained by boundary and contact conditions, isotropic elastic behavioral laws, and spatially variable geomechanical properties, as discussed...

Abstract: Experimental Studies of Re-Pressurization and Boundary Conditions Effects on Stress Path Coefficient in Unconsolidated Sands;

Sabyasachi Prakash, George Wong, Michael Myers, Lori Hathon

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...Abstract: Experimental Studies of Re-Pressurization and Boundary Conditions Effects on Stress Path Coefficient in Unconsolidated Sands; Sabyasachi...

Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

Julia F. W. Gale, Stephen E. Laubach, Jon E. Olson, Peter Eichhubl, and András Fall

AAPG Bulletin

...), or it may vary for unknown reasons (Zeng et al., 2013). Shale formations are composed of different types of rock separated by interfaces, including laminae...

Frequency-dependent seismic-stratigraphic and facies interpretation

Hongliu Zeng

AAPG Bulletin

... surface picking and seismic facies interpretation, however, the selection process is much more difficult, if not impossible. Different types...

More on Drag and Settling

Gerard Middleton, John B. Southard

Special Publications of SEPM

... densities, sizes, and shapes. Richardson and Meikle (1961) studied the settling of concentrated dispersions composed of two different types of grains...

Vertical Seismic Profiling--A Measurement that Transfers Geology to Geophysics: Chapter 2

B. A. Hardage

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the seismic wavefield in the real earth conditions that exist between the earth's surface and the subsurface reflector. These measurements...

Anionic Surfactant Mobility in Unsaturated Soil: The Impact of Molecular Structure

Barry J. Allred, Glenn O. Brown

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

..., a series of experiments were conducted having the same moisture content boundary conditions but different time durations. Concentration profiles plotted...

Modelling Syntectonic Sedimentation in a Relay Ramp of an Extensional Fault System

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A Semi-analytical Solution of the Induced Stress Change in a Layered Reservoir Based on the Stress Formulation

Shihao Wang, Yanbin Zhang, Ouassim Khebzegga, Bin Wang, Zhe Liu, Xian-Huan Wen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... rocks. We apply Fourier’s transform to the governing hydromechanical equation and enforce continuity conditions on the interfaces between neighboring...

Formation of Oil Pools by Introduction of Hydrocarbons from Different Sources

T. A. Botneva, N. A. Yeremenko, O. L. Nechayeva

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... a commonly found but little studied phenomenon - the presence of different genetic types of oils in different parts of the same pool. The theoretical...

Abstract: Analog Modeling of Transfer Zones in Thrust Wedges, by J. Malavieille, S. Calassou, and C. Larroque; #90956 (1995).

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Replacement of Aragonite by Calcite in Sediments from the San Cassiano Formation (Italy)

S. Frisia Bruni , H.-R. Wenk

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of aragonite at least under conditions of slow diagenetic alteration. The replacive calcite in the San Cassiano fossils and the calcite crystals...

ABSTRACT Genetic Types of Paleogene Slope Break Zones and Their Controls on Depositional System in Bohai Offshore Area, #90104 (2010)

Xu Changgui; Zhou Xinhuai

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.... The slope break zone in Paleogene in Bohai sea area are divided into 4  types, viz. extensional boundary faulted slope break zone, strike‐slip...

Does Liquid Slip Flow Occur in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks? A Laboratory Study of Liquid Permeability

Sheng Peng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... psi. In the tests of different temperatures, measurements were conducted at 26.5 to 45 °C with the other conditions unchanged. Fig. 4. A schematic...

Abstract: Deep Structure of the Mendeleev Rise on the Basis of Multicomponent Wide-angle Studies ('Arctic-2012' project), by Sergey Kashubin; #90177 (2013)

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Elastic Waves in Porous Media Saturated with Non-Wetting Fluid

Jimmy X. Li, Reza Rezaee, Tobias M. Müller, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... pore boundary where the intermolecular potential between the fluid and solid wall is weaker than in wetting fluid conditions. This particular slippage...

Dynamic Topology: A New Approach to Help Distinguish Modes of Rift Fault Network Formation?

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A Unified Leak-off and Flow-back Model for Fractured Reservoirs

Dylan Copeland

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... a separate model for fluid flow inside the fractures, the LOFB model is defined within porous reservoir blocks, having boundary conditions along...