[HTML][HTML] Research progress on evaluation methods and factors influencing shale brittleness: A review

H Li - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Clarifying the evaluation methods and factors influencing shale brittleness is of great
practical significance for fracture mechanism analysis, rock mass stability evaluation …

Application of nanoindentation technology in rocks: a review

Z Ma, R Pathegama Gamage, C Zhang - Geomechanics and Geophysics …, 2020 - Springer
Nanoindentation has become an increasingly popular method to determine the mechanical
properties of both homogeneous and heterogeneous materials. Rocks are inherently …

Mechanical properties of organic matter in shales mapped at the nanometer scale

M Eliyahu, S Emmanuel, RJ Day-Stirrat… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of organic matter strongly affect the way shales deform and
fracture. However, the way organic matter responds to mechanical stresses is poorly …

Nano to macro mechanical characterization of shale

V Kumar, CH Sondergeld, CS Rai - SPE Annual Technical Conference …, 2012 - onepetro.org
We report on a nano-indentation study of shales from the Barnett, Woodford, Ordovician,
Eagle Ford and Haynesville plays. Careful selection of load and displacement during nano …

Geomechanical characterisation of organic-rich calcareous shale using AFM and nanoindentation

SP Graham, M Rouainia, AC Aplin, P Cubillas… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2021 - Springer
The geomechanical integrity of shale overburden is a highly significant geological risk factor
for a range of engineering and energy-related applications including CO _2 2 storage and …

Rock-physics modeling for the elastic properties of organic shale at different maturity stages

L Zhao, X Qin, DH Han, J Geng, Z Yang… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Modeling the elastic properties of organic shale has been of long-standing interest for
source rocks and unconventional reservoir characterization. Organic shales exhibit …

Raman spectroscopy to study thermal maturity and elastic modulus of kerogen

S Khatibi, M Ostadhassan, D Tuschel, T Gentzis… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although organic-rich oil-producing mudrocks have been studied extensively during the last
decade, kerogen, as one the main constituents, is not thoroughly understood. The unknowns …

Impact of thermal maturation on nano-scale elastic properties of organic matter in shales

S Emmanuel, M Eliyahu, RJ Day-Stirrat… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2016 - Elsevier
The properties of organic matter change during diagenesis and catagenesis, potentially
altering the way shales deform and fracture. Although kerogen in mudrocks is thought to …

The impact of rock composition on geomechanical properties of a shale formation: Middle and Upper Devonian Horn River Group shale, Northeast British Columbia …

T Dong, NB Harris, K Ayranci, S Yang - AAPG Bulletin, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The geomechanical properties of a shale reservoir are essential both to the development of
natural fractures and to the formation's response to hydraulic fracture stimulation. We …

Imaging pores in sedimentary rocks: Foundation of porosity prediction

KL Milliken, ME Curtis - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
This review examines the history and current practice of technologies for imaging of pores in
sedimentary rocks. Pores are that portion of the rock volume occupied by components of …