H53C:
Fracturing and Near-Fracture Processes II Posters

Session ID#: 2442

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Not an Option (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States and Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States and Peter S Nico, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Peter S Nico, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1822 Geomechanics [HYDROLOGY]
1858 Rocks: chemical properties [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
H53C-0863
Impact of Wettability on Fracturing of Nano-Granular Materials (13912)
Mathias Trojer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States and Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Resources Laboratory, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
H53C-0864
Fracture patterns in synclinal folds, Miaofengshan, Beijing (14220)
Xiaoxue Zhuang Liu1, Zonghu Liao1 and Ze'ev Reches2, (1)China University of Petroleum, College of Geosciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
 
H53C-0865
MICROMECHANICAL ASPECTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESSES (14745)
Sergio Andres Galindo Torres1, Somayeh Behraftar1, Alexander Scheuermann2, Ling Li3 and David Williams2, (1)University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, (3)Hohai University, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China
 
H53C-0866
Investigation of Crack Propagation in Rock using Discrete Sphero-Polyhedral Element Method (15355)
Somayeh Behraftar1, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres1, Alexander Scheuermann2, Ling Li3 and David Williams2, (1)University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, (3)Hohai University, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China
 
H53C-0867
Permeability of calcite-cemented fractures in mudrocks: Flow highway or hindrance? (18301)
Christopher James Landry1, Peter Eichhubl2, Masa Prodanovic3 and Adenike Tokan-Lawal1, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)HotRock, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States
 
H53C-0868
Studying Cryogenic Fracturing Process and Fracture Morphology using Transparent Specimens (19430)
Minsu Cha1, Xiaolong Yin1, Timothy J Kneafsey2, Yu-Shu Wu3, Naif Alqahtani1, Taylor Patterson1, Bowen Yao1 and Jennifer Miskimins1, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Colorado School of Mines, Petroleum Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
 
H53C-0869
Laboratory Visualization Experiments of Temperature-induced Fractures Around a Borehole (Cryogenic Fracturing) in Shale and Analogue Rock Samples (31435)
Timothy J Kneafsey1, Seiji Nakagawa1, Yu-Shu Wu2 and Sumit Mukhopadhyay1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Colorado School of Mines, Petroleum Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
 
H53C-0870
Laboratory Experiments on Wave Emissions Generated by the Variable Viscosity of Fracturing Fluids (20442)
Arash Dahi Taleghani and Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
H53C-0871
Influence of Natural Fractures Cohesive Properties on Geometry of Hydraulic Fracture Networks (29420)
Miguel Alejandro Gonzalez-Chavez, Arash Dahi Taleghani and Ping Puyang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
H53C-0872
Discrete fracture modeling of hydro-mechanical damage processes in geological systems (30830)
Kunhwi Kim, Jonny Rutqvist, James E. Houseworth and Jens T Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
H53C-0873
Cohesive model applied to fracture propagation in Indiana Limestone (31065)
Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, Alex J Rinehart, New Mexico Tech, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, United States and Joseph E Bishop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
 
H53C-0874
Gravity-Driven Hydraulic Fractures (31752)
Leonid N Germanovich, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, United States, Dmitry Garagash, Dalhousie University, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Halifax, NS, Canada, Larry C Murdoch, Clemson University, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States and Marvin Robinowitz, Grand Resources, Tulsa, OK, United States
 
H53C-0875
Optimizing Hydraulic Fracture Spacing and Frac Timing in Unconventionals – Taking Advantage of Time-Dependent Pressure Diffusion (31755)
Farrokh Sheibani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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