GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T13. Fracture, Faulting, and Reactive Fluid Flow in Tight Rocks: Coupled Processes in Shale, CO2 Sequestration, and Geothermal Energy II

Session No. 33
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288553
FRACTURING OF SHALES AS FUNCTION OF STRESS AND ANISOTROPY
Abstract ID#: 284134
GUTIERREZ, Marte, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 308 Coolbaugh, 1012 14th St, Golden, CO 80401 and KATSUKI, Daisuke, Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 206 Marquez Hall, 1600 Arapahoe Street, Golden, CO 80401, mgutierr@mines.edu
FRACTURE SHEARING IMPACT ON FLUID FLOW
Abstract ID#: 285310
CRANDALL, Dustin1, MOORE, Johnathan2, STADELMAN, Matthew3 and GILL, Maggie2, (1)Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, (2)AECOM, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, (3)ORISE, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, dustin.crandall@netl.doe.gov
NEW APPROACHES TO RELATING THE MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIOR OF SHALES TO PORE-SCALE CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES
Abstract ID#: 286414
HEATH, Jason1, DEWERS, Thomas1, RINEHART, Alex2, YOON, Hongkyu1 and MOZLEY, Peter3, (1)Geomechanics, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 0751, Albuquerque, NM 87123, (2)New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, jeheath@sandia.gov
CO2 STORAGE AND ADSORPTION KINETICS IN SHALES
Abstract ID#: 283659
JOEWONDO, Nerine1, ZHANG, Yijia1, KUMAR, Sanyog1 and PRASAD, Manika2, (1)Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, njoewond@mines.edu
EFFECT OF SURFACTANTS ON THE RATE OF WATER IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED SHALES
Abstract ID#: 285565
DAS, Saikat1, DHIMAN, Indu2, BILHEUX, Hassina Z.2 and ELLIS, Brian R.1, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2350 Hayward Street, 2340 GG Brown Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, (2)Chemical and Engineering Materials Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, saikatd@umich.edu
STRESS-PERMEABILITY EFFECTS THROUGH SHEAR FRACTURES FORMED IN THE SUBSURFACE
Abstract ID#: 287531
FRASH, Luke, Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, CAREY, J. William, Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and VISWANATHAN, Hari, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, lfrash@lanl.gov
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288554
LABORATORY VISUALIZATION AND ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN A COMPLEX, FRACTURED MEDIUM
Abstract ID#: 284155
NAKAGAWA, Seiji, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 74R316C, Berkeley, CA 94720 and KNEAFSEY, Timothy J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, snakagawa@lbl.gov
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPIRICAL MODEL RELATING PERMEABILITY AND SPECIFIC STIFFNESS FOR ROUGH FRACTURES
Abstract ID#: 285157
WANG, Lichun, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712 and CARDENAS, M. Bayani, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712; Austin, TX 78712, wanglichun@utexas.edu
FLUID COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS DURING HYDRAULIC FRACTURE
Abstract ID#: 285425
MIGHANI, Saied, BOULENOUAR, Abdelhamid, MOK, Uli, EVANS, Brian and BERNABE, Yves, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave EAPS, Cambridge, MA 02139, smighani@mit.edu
INCREASING THE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING THE WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
Abstract ID#: 280880
VISWANATHAN, Hari1, CAREY, J. William2, ROUGIER, Esteban3, PORTER, Mark3, KARRA, Satish3, KANG, Qinjun4, HYMAN, Jeffrey3, MARTINEZ, Joaquin Jimenez3, LEI, Zhou3, MAKEDONSKA, Nataliia3 and FRASH, Luke5, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Computational Earth Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (5)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, viswana@lanl.gov
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERSECTING/NONPLANAR FAULTS IN RESERVOIR-GEOMECHANICAL MODELS USING THE EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
Abstract ID#: 283410
LOTFIAN, Zahra1, PREVOST, Jean H.1 and SUKUMAR, N.2, (1)Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001 Ghausi Hall, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, zlotfian@princeton.edu
MULTISCALE CHARACTERISTICS OF MECHANICAL AND COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES IN MANCOS SHALE
Abstract ID#: 285375
YOON, Hongkyu1, INGRAHAM, Mathew D.1, GRIGG, Joseph2, MOZLEY, Peter2, HEATH, Jason1 and DEWERS, Thomas1, (1)Geomechanics, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 0751, Albuquerque, NM 87123, (2)Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, hyoon@sandia.gov
 
Discussion
Abstract ID#: 288555
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