Understanding the pore structures of unconventional reservoirs such as shale can assist in
estimating their elastic transport and storage properties, thus enhancing the hydrocarbon …

Obtaining elastic properties of organic-rich shales through conventional geomechanical
testing could be challenging due to availability of good quality core plugs and significant …

Understanding mechanical properties of shale has been the topic of research in the past
decade due to its importance in hydraulic fracturing and rock physics modeling. Since …

Shear (breakout) and tensile (breakdown) rock failures are the most common wellbore
instability challenges that may occur during drilling operations. In order to prevent these …

As an important unconventional resource, shale oil plays differ from conventional reservoirs
in accumulation and enrichment mechanisms of hydrocarbons. The lower third member of …

Stress-induced borehole multipole waveform characterization and processing interpretation
are critical for borehole stabilization and hydraulic fracturing development. In the first paper …

In this study, the geomechanical behavior of the shale layers is investigated in various
capacities under isotropic and anisotropic scenarios. Primarily, an accurate estimation of …

Abstract The Bakken Formation, an unconventional reservoir with very low permeability, is
the main production zone in the Williston Basin, ND. Reliable numerical simulation of …

The importance of an accurate geomechanical model for borehole stability assessment is
increasing in the petroleum industry due to the growth in the number of drilling operations in …

The importance of the geomechanical modeling and wellbore instability analysis is
increasing in the petroleum industry with recent growth of drilling plans in unconventional …