Geomechanical assessment using coupled reservoir-geomechanical simulation is
becoming increasingly important for analyzing the potential geomechanical risks in …

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 …

Oil sand reservoirs and caprock undergo deformations triggered by pore pressure increases
and thermal induced stresses during the steam-assisted-gravity-drainage (SAGD) …

Investigating the mechanical responses and failure features of the deep coal measure strata
(CMS) is essential for designing hydraulic fracturing treatments and preventing geological …

With advances in characterizing the reservoir heterogeneities and modeling the complex
reservoir-geomechanical behavior using modern geological modeling software and …

Understanding in-situ horizontal stress is crucial for various applications in deep ground,
including oil drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and nuclear waste repository design. The …

Aiming at the surrounding rock failure of heterogeneous and unequal pressure circular
roadways, the approximate analytical algorithm of the plastic zone is proposed. Through the …

Accurate determination of petrophysical and fluid transporting properties of rocks is essential
for many engineering applications. In this paper, microcomputed tomography (CT) imaging …

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 …

Knowledge of in situ stress magnitude and orientation plays a very important role in
geological/geotechnical engineering and in the development of energy resources, such as …