MR51A
Shale, Mudstone, and Clay Mineral Multiphysics II

Friday, 18 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
301 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Jason E Heath, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Hari Selvi Viswanathan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Chairs:  Jason E Heath1, Hari Selvi Viswanathan2, Timothy J Kneafsey3 and Thomas A Dewers1, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States(2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States(3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Science Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jason E Heath, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
08:00
Creep Behavior of Organic-Rich Shales - Evidences of Microscale Strain Partitioning (Invited) (60135)
Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin Madison, Geological Engineering, Madison, WI, United States, Luiz F. G. Morales, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany and Georg H Dresen, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
08:15
Coupling of Multiphase Flow and Geomechanics in Fractured Porous Media: Application to CO2 Leakages from Natural and Stimulated Fractures (Invited) (60482)
Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
08:30
Sealing shales versus brittle shales: A threshold in the properties and uses of fine-grained sedimentary rocks (Invited) (80806)
Ian C Bourg, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
08:45
Direct Measurement of Changes to a Sheared Shale Fracture (83151)
Grant S Bromhal, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
09:00
Influence of Composition and Deformation Conditions on the Strength and Brittleness of Shale Rock (78387)
Erik Rybacki1, Andreas Reinicke2, Tobias Meier3, Masline Makasi4 and Georg H Dresen1, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Shell P&T Production Enhancement and Well Construction R&D, Rijswijk, Netherlands, (3)geomecon, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Glencore Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Australia
09:15
Pore-Scale X-ray Micro-CT Imaging and Analysis of Oil Shales (69256)
Tarik Saif, Imperial College, Earth Science & Engineering, London, United Kingdom
09:45
The Architecture and Frictional Properties of Faults in Shale (81874)
Jonathan Imber, Univ Durham, Durham, United Kingdom