Mechanical properties of shales are key parameters influencing hydrocarbon production–
impacting borehole stability, hydraulic fracture extension and microscale variations in in situ …

Clays play important roles in velocity anisotropy. Unlike brittle minerals, eg, quartz, ductile
clays are commonly more easily affected by mechanical compaction. Hence, clays tend to …

Carbonate reservoirs are important targets for promoting the oil and gas reserve exploration
and production in China. However, such reservoirs usually contain developed complex pore …

We examined the effects of the petrophysical and mineralogical variables on the acoustic
properties of Upper Assam sandstones. All parameters were evaluated in the laboratory …

During last years, the Palermo Aike (or Inoceramus) shale formation, in the Austral Basin of
Argentina, has received increasing attention from both the oil industry and academia. Due to …

We present an original anisotropic stress-dependent rock physics model for the organic rich
shales of the Inoceramus formation, the main source rock and unconventional reservoir in …

This work presents an approach to characterize the pore-structure and anisotropy in
carbonate samples based on the Effective Medium Method (EMM). It considers a matrix with …

S-wave velocity (Vs) is a critical petrophysical parameter for reservoir characterization. It is
desirable to predict Vs based on conventional logging data, but the logging cost is high …

As an essential component in shale, OM (organic matter) grains and their arrangements may
play essential roles in affecting the anisotropy of the reservoir. However, OM grains are …

In their classical paper, Brown and Korringa (1975) developed a theory to describe the
elastic behavior of porous saturated rocks with microheterogenous frames, valid for isotropic …