Progress in Modeling Natural Fracture Distributions: ABSTRACT

John F. Gibbons

AAPG Bulletin

... to be generalized over the body model. The theoretical model is based on the analysis of strain mechanisms during field work for the empirical model. Th...

Comparative Experimental Investigation of Damage Variables for Sedimentary and Geothermal Rock Specimens Based on 3D-DIC

Fatick Nath, Eleazar Cabezudo, Nora Garcia Romero

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... The 3D-DIC system is utilized for image, visualization, and analysis of damage variables under varied load conditions. DIC-made quantitative full-field strain...

Structural Trap Modification Associated with Foreland Lithospheric Flexure; #40780 (2011)

Laurent Langhi, N. Bozkurt Ciftci, and David Dewhurst

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.... • Deformation associated with tips of 2nd-phase faults may introduce risk for top seals as they approach the vicinity of hydrocarbon traps. • The flexural...

A Stochastic Anisotropic Coal Permeability Model Using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, MIP and Stress-Strain Measurements

Syed Shabbar Raza, Victor Rudolph, Tom Rufford, Zhongwei Chen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...A Stochastic Anisotropic Coal Permeability Model Using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, MIP and Stress-Strain Measurements Syed Shabbar Raza, Victor...

Defining the geomechanical operating limits for subsurface CO2 storage

Simon Holford, Mojtaba Rajabi, Scott Mildren, Rosalind King, Adam Bailey

Australian Energy Producers Journal

.... (2015) demon­ strated that layered sedimentary rock units (in their case, a comparatively brittle sandstone reservoir with top and basal shale seals...

ABSTRACT: The Propagation of Pressure and Strain Pulses in Porous Media

Tim Spanos

CSPG Special Publications

...ABSTRACT: The Propagation of Pressure and Strain Pulses in Porous Media Tim Spanos 1998 257 257...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Relationship between Drag Fold Geometry and Fracture Production in the Selma Chalk, Gilbertown Oil Field, Southwest Alabama

Guohai Jin , Richard H. Groshong Jr. , and Jack C. Pashin

GCAGS Transactions

... A-B fault segments (Fig. 1). Figure 1. Structure contour map of the top of the Selma Chalk, Gilbertown Field and vicinity (unsmoothed triangulation...

Strain Measurements in Eastern Marginal Shear Zone of Mount Sedom Salt Diapir, Israel

Israel Zak, Raphael Freund

AAPG Bulletin

...Strain Measurements in Eastern Marginal Shear Zone of Mount Sedom Salt Diapir, Israel Israel Zak, Raphael Freund 1980 568 581 64 4. (April...

Hydromechanical modeling of critically stressed and faulted reservoirs

Xing Zhang, Nick Koutsabeloulis, Kes Heffer

AAPG Bulletin

..., volumetric and shear strain changes, induced deformation evolution, and permeability changes. With a permeability enhancement model, permeability increase...

Marine Production Systems with Vertical Flexible Risers

J. G. de Oliveria, A. W. Morton

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... on this tubing string. There are three 'sliding sleeves" which can be opened and closed using wireline tools. The sleeve above the top packer is run...

ABSTRACT: 3D Mechanical Modeling of Displacement Trajectories in Fault Related Folds: Insights and Implications for 3D Restoration, by Shackleton, Ryan, Michele Cooke; #90026 (2004)

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Abstract: 3-D Structural Modeling of the Tordillo Formation: Structural Styles and Strain Partitioning in the Southern Agrio Fold Belt, Neuquen Basin, Argentina, by David G. Repol and Deborah A. Spratt; #90039 (2005)

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Analysis of Compaction Effects on Coal Fracture Patterns, Upper Cretaceous Rock Springs Formation, Southwestern Wyoming

Stephen E. Laubach, Daniel D. Schultz-Ela, Roger Tyler

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... is elastically weaker than the sandstone. A downward-directed stress on the top surface elements of the model drives the deformation. Analysis of the stress...

Spatial variation of microstructure and petrophysical properties along deformation bands in reservoir sandstones

Anita Torabi, Haakon Fossen

AAPG Bulletin

.... 101112.Alsaleh, M. I., K. A. Alshibi, and G. Z. Voyiadjis, 2006, Influence of micromaterial heterogeneity on strain localization in granular materials...

Significance of Fracture Sets Associated with Stylolite Zones: GEOLOGIC NOTES

R. A. Nelson

AAPG Bulletin

... of a petro-fabric study: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 29, p. 254-259. Choukroune, P., 1969, An example of mesoscopic analysis of concentric folding...

Textural Characteristics of Shale Deformations, and Associated Distribution Models: Implications for Shale Reservoir Fluid Flow

Jim Buckman, Gary Couples, Helen Lewis

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... The deformation features, which emerge at very low magnitudes of bulk strain, create new dilative zones within the rock, and thus enhance the flow...

The effect of temperature on sealing capacity of faults in sandstone reservoirs: Examples from the Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sor fields, North Sea

Jonny Hesthammer, Per Arne Bjorkum, Lee Watts

AAPG Bulletin

..., A., and A. M. Johnson, 1983, Analysis of faulting in porous sandstones: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 5, p. 19-31. Badley, M. E., J. D. Price, C...

Geometric Analysis of the Reed Wash Detachment Fold Train, West Flank of San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Vickye R. Velez

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... kinematically and tested through geometric and strain analysis. These are: 1) the rotating- limb model (Figure 14a); 2) the migrating-hinge model (Figure...

Topographic Forcing of Active Salt Structures in Canyonlands, Utah: Insights From InSAR Mapping and Mechanical Modeling

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Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 1Uncoupled models

Gang Luo, Maria A. Nikolinakou, Peter B. Flemings, Michael R. Hudec

AAPG Bulletin

...: Analysis of the spa prospect to validate nonlinear finite element stress analyses: Society of Petroleum Engineers/International Association of Drilling...

ABSTRACT Strain and Displacement Analysis Using the Displacement/Distance Method: Application to 3D Seismic Data from a Deep Water Thrust Belt, #90123 (2011)

David Iacopini, Rob Butler

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...ABSTRACT Strain and Displacement Analysis Using the Displacement/Distance Method: Application to 3D Seismic Data from a Deep Water Thrust Belt...

The Influence of Stratigraphy and Rock Mechanics on Mesaverde Gas Distribution, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Stephen P. Cumella, Jay Scheevel

AAPG Special Volumes

... are extension fractures, our analysis emphasizes the impact of the magnitude of pore pressure on effective stress and strain boundary conditions and how...

Maturing Prospects and Leads in the Carbonate Pinnacle Reef of the Kais Formation in West Salawati

Budi Abdul Muiz, Hendra Ahmad Suhendar, Vania Iqsora Magfirah, Andang Bachtiar, Prihatin Tri Setyobudi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the Isopach Map, GDE, CRS Reservoir of Kais Formation, and CRS Seal Top Klasafet Formation used in the risk analysis of the petroleum plays. The CCRS...

The Evolution of Tiltmeter-Based Reservoir Monitoring: From Risk Mitigation to Production Optimization (Paper P43)

S Marsic, M. Machovoe, W. Roadarmel

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... and Method Nearly every reservoir-level process generates and propagates outward a pattern of strain that can be detected using sensitive deformation...

Characteristics of Displacement Transfer Zones Associated with Thrust Faults

F.X. O'Keefe, David W. Stearns

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... on the top and sides of all models before deformation and serve as strain indicators. The thrust faults involved in a transfer zone were simulated...