Mechanical properties of layered rocks are critical in ensuring wellbore integrity and
predicting natural fracture occurrence for successful reservoir development, particularly in …

The initiation of bitumen-filled microfractures was analysed in the organic-rich Maastrichtian
carbonate mudrocks of Jordan, which show great potential as source rocks and for a future …

Accurately identifying sweet spots remains a significant challenge for the petroleum industry
despite the growing amount of information available for unconventional hydrocarbon …

This paper presents an integrated petrographic–geochemical–geomechanical study of the
growth mechanisms of carbonate and chert concretions observed at outcrop and core from …

In this study, we use Broad Ion Beam polishing and Scanning Electron Microscopy (BIB-
SEM) to characterize the microstructure of selected core samples of immature Upper …