MR007
Experimental and Theoretical Advancements in Shale Mechanics Posters

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 04:00-20:59
Poster
Primary Convener:  Yanhui Han, Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  Younane N. Abousleiman, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, Amin Mehrabian, Penn State University, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College Park, PA, United States and Shengli Chen, Louisiana State University, Civil & Envrionmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shengli Chen, Louisiana State University, Civil & Envrionmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Chairs:  Yanhui Han, Mishawaka, IN, United States and Shengli Chen, Louisiana State University, Civil & Envrionmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Amin Mehrabian, Penn State University, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College Park, PA, United States
 
Experimental and numerical investigations of the role of rock-fluid interaction induced proppant embedment on fracture conductivity (669876)
Ming Fan1, Zihao Li2, Yanhui Han3, Yuntian Teng2 and Cheng Chen2, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States
 
Fracture conductivity between non-smooth-surface shale slabs: an experimental and numerical investigation (670792)
Zihao Li1, Ming Fan1,2, Yuntian Teng1, Nino Ripepi3 and Cheng Chen1, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States
 
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Lower Huron Shale Mechanical Properties (Invited) (678352)
Ming Fan1, Yanhui Han2, Xinyu Tan3, Liang Fan4, Ellen S Gilliland3, Nino Ripepi5 and Cheng Chen6, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (3)Virginia Tech, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Washington State University, Civil Engineering, Pullman, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (6)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
 
Numerical Study of the Impacts of Increased Ductility on Hydraulic Fracturing in Organic-rich Shale (688047)
Chang Huang, Louisiana State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Shengli Chen, Louisiana State University, Civil & Envrionmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Shale (702053)
Yanbo Wang1, Ja-Rey Corcuera1 and Pania Newell2, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
 
Coupled Poroelastic Solutions for the Reservoir and Caprock Layers with the Overburden Confinement Effects (704587)
Amin Mehrabian and Xing Su, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
 
Improving Pore Pressure Estimation by Rock-physics-based Mineral Substitution (717518)
Min Li, Jingyi Guo and Yuefeng Sun, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States
 
Experimental Study on the Deformation Behaviour of Sandy Opalinus Clay (726617)
Valerian Schuster, Erik Rybacki, Audrey Bonnelye, Johannes Herrmann, Anja M. Schleicher and Georg Dresen, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Investigating the softening of weak interlayers during landslides using nanoindentation experiments and simulations (727944)
Jingjing Xu1, Xuhai Tang Sr2, Yufei Feng1, Zhengzhi Wang1 and Kang Bian3, (1)Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, (2)Wuhan University, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan, China, (3)Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, China
 
Coupling In Situ X-Ray Micro-Imaging And Indentation: A Novel Approach To Evaluate Micromechanics Applied To Oil Shale (740551)
Marco Voltolini1, Timothy J Kneafsey1 and Jonny Rutqvist2, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Fault creep behavior and the frictional response of the Opalinus Clay formation (762378)
Luis Felipe Orellana, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Carolina Giorgetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy and Marie Violay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, LEMR, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
Enhanced analysis of dynamic indentation data for shale mechanical properties mapping (771460)
Jesse Hampton1, Greg N Boitnott2 and Laurent Louis2, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)New England Research Inc., White River Junction, United States