Upscaling shear strength of heterogeneous oil sands with interbedded shales using artificial neural network

B Zhang, Z Ma, D Zheng, RJ Chalaturnyk, J Boisvert - SPE Journal, 2023 - onepetro.org
Understanding the shear strength of caprock shale and oil sands is important in risk
assessment of slope stability in open-pit mining, caprock integrity of in-situ thermal recovery …

Numerical investigation of mechanical responses and failure features of coal measure strata using combined finite-discrete element method

R Cong, R Yang, Y Gong, G Li, Z Huang… - Computers and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigating the mechanical responses and failure features of the deep coal measure strata
(CMS) is essential for designing hydraulic fracturing treatments and preventing geological …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical upscaling of anisotropic failure criteria in heterogeneous reservoirs

B Zhang, N Deisman, R Chalaturnyk, J Boisvert - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
With advances in characterizing the reservoir heterogeneities and modeling the complex
reservoir-geomechanical behavior using modern geological modeling software and …

Uncertainty quantification of the factor of safety in a steam-assisted gravity drainage process through polynomial chaos expansion

A Ganesh, B Zhang, RJ Chalaturnyk… - Computers & Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The factor of safety (FoS) is a measure of the operational safety of a reservoir and is defined
as the ratio of the yield strength to the applied effective stress. In the steam assisted gravity …

Integrated Reservoir-Geomechanics Upscaling Workflow

B Zhang - 2019 - era.library.ualberta.ca
The impact of geomechanical behavior in the SAGD process has received increased
attention over the last decade because of its importance in assessing caprock integrity and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of geomechanical upscaling methods for prediction of elastic modulus of heterogeneous media

F Sadeghpour, A Darkhal, Y Gao, HB Motra… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geomechanical properties of rocks are essential for understanding their elastic behavior.
These parameters find their applications in various fields such as petroleum engineering …

Comprehensive Investigation of the Petrophysical and Two-Phase Flow Properties of the Tight Sandstone in Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China: Insights from …

Y Wang, R Song, J Liu, M Qin, Z Zheng… - Lithosphere, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Accurate determination of petrophysical and fluid transporting properties of rocks is essential
for many engineering applications. In this paper, microcomputed tomography (CT) imaging …

Machine Learning Enhanced Upscaling of Anisotropic Shear Strength for Heterogeneous Oil Sands

B Zhang, Z Ma, D Zheng, R Chalaturnyk… - SPE Canadian Energy …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Weak shale beddings are widely distributed in the overburden and reservoir of oil sand
deposits and lead to reduced anisotropic shear strength. Understanding the shear strength …

[PDF][PDF] Upscaling of Plastic Geomechanical Properties for Heterogeneous Continua

B Zhang, R Chalaturnyk, J Boisvert - researchgate.net
P-upscale is integrated with the deformation-based E-upscale (Zhang et al. 2019) and flow-
based permeability upscaling technique for applications in the reservoir-geomechanics …

[PDF][PDF] Upscaling of Plastic Geomechanical Properties and Application in Coupled Reservoir-Geomechanical Simulation for SAGD

B Zhang, R Chalaturnyk, J Boisvert - researchgate.net
P-upscale is integrated with the deformation-based E-upscale (Zhang et al. 2019) and flow-
based permeability upscaling technique for applications in the reservoir-geomechanics …