MR016
Experimental and Theoretical Advancements in Shale Mechanics
Session ID#: 78450
Session Description:
Shale is a multi-component composite of minerals and organic matter. The compositional and structural complexity, as well as exposure to chemically-reactive, high pressure, high temperature conditions overcomplicates the mechanical behavior of shale making it difficult to design for various engineering operations such as drilling, completion, stimulation and production in unconventional hydrocarbon resource plays. This session provides a platform for technical exchange and discussion of recent experimental and theoretical research advancements in laboratory characterization, theoretical modeling and field applications of shale. Typical topics include, but are not limited to, laboratory testing and characterization of shale at different scales (such as nanometer- and micrometer-sized indentation, scratch, pillar and beam tests, core plug tests, polyaxial tests, and CT/SEM- scanning), analytical and numerical modeling of shale mechanics problems, field operations in shale formations, as well as the related field-scale modeling and design work.
Index Terms:
3902 Creep and deformation [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3909 Elasticity and anelasticity [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3924 High-pressure behavior [MINERAL PHYSICS]
3954 X-ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction [MINERAL PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Yanhui Han, Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners: Shengli Chen, Louisiana State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Amin Mehrabian, Penn State University, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College Park, PA, United States and Younane N. Abousleiman, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Primary Liaison: Shengli Chen, Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX, United States
Deformation Experiments on Bowland and Posidonia Shale – Creep behavior at in situ pc – T conditions (490131)
Johannes Herrmann1, Erik Rybacki1, Hiroki Sone2 and Georg H Dresen1, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)University of Wisconsin, Geological Engineering Program, Madison, WI, United States
Angle-Dependent determination of Delta Parameter: the Group/Phase Velocity Trade-Off and Influence of the Transducer’s Size, Form and Coupling. (493976)
Viacheslav Sviridov, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Ivan Abakumov, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Geophysics, Berlin, Germany and Sergei A Shapiro, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Experimental Investigation of Fracture Conductivity versus Proppant Areal Concentration Curves under Different Mixing Ratios (516867)
Zihao Li, Vriginia Tech, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Yuntian Teng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States and Cheng Chen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
In-situ synchrotron X-ray tomography of fluid injection experiments (535349)
Michael Chandler1, Julian Mecklenburgh1, Anne-Laure Fauchille2, Roberto Emanuele Rizzo3, Lin Ma1, Patrick J. Dowey1, Steve May1, Robert C. Atwood4, Peter D. Lee5, Ernest H Rutter1, Anna Bogush6 and Rochelle Taylor7, (1)University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Manchester, United Kingdom, (2)Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Department of Engineering, Nantes, France, (3)University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM, (4)Diamond Light Source, Didcot, United Kingdom, (5)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (6)Coventry University, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry, United Kingdom, (7)Edge Hill University, Department of Geography, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Imaging Hydraulic Fractures of Shale Cores Using Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) Imaging Technique (573119)
Linan Liu1, Shouding Li1, Pei Chai2, Xiao Li1, Jianming He1, Zhiming Zhang2 and Long Wei2, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
A New Multiphysics Model for Shale Gas Flow in Organic-Rich Shale Rock (Invited) (583254)
Zihao Li, Vriginia Tech, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Yuntian Teng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States and Cheng Chen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Correctly Determining the Static and Dynamic Elastic Anisotropy of Transversely Isotropic Rocks: Application to the Unconventional Duvernay Reservoir, Canada (587264)
Douglas R Schmitt, Purdue University, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Luyi Shen, University of Alberta, Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Micrometer-scale Experimental Characterization of the Lower Huron Shale in the Central Appalachian Basin (604903)
Xinyu Tan1, Ellen S Gilliland1, Xu Tang2, Ming Fan1 and Nino Ripepi1, (1)Virginia Tech, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, Nottingham, United Kingdom
