MR44A:
Shale and Mudstone Multiphysics I

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Session ID#: 16445

Session Description:
Shale and mudstone behavior impact most efforts in subsurface science and engineering, and are a focus of energy surety and security. Hydrocarbon shale plays, long-term storage of CO2, and disposal of nuclear waste spur much research on coupled processes and constitutive behavior of these fine-grained nano-porous rocks. This session invites researchers to interact on aspects of multiphysics of shales with emphasis on multi-scale characterization of heterogeneity, constitutive modeling, and performance assessment. This includes but is not limited to: leakage mitigation and production decline; geomechanical and hydrological characterization of fracture networks and their evolution; chemo-mechanical coupling from reaction and sorption; petrophysical characterization using various microscopy/scattering/diffraction/tomography methods; acoustic/electromagnetic properties and geophysical monitoring; and advanced modeling of coupled processes.
Primary Convener:  Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geological Engineering Program, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, Jason E Heath, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and 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
Chairs:  Jason E Heath, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 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, Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geological Engineering Program, Madison, WI, United States and Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • S - Seismology
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
5112 Microstructure [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
5114 Permeability and porosity [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Permeability of Utica Shale Fractured at Reservoir Conditions (Invited) (166014)
James W Carey and Luke Frash, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Characterization of Rock Failure for Longmaxi Shale During the Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment (166403)
Hongyu Zhai1, Chang Xu1, Yibo Wang1, Ziqiu Xue2, Xinglin Lei3 and Yi Zhang2, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), Kyoto, Japan, (3)Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Pore Capture in Shales Due to Pervasive Micro-fracturing (180456)
Nicholas W Hayman1, Hugh Daigle2, Eric D Kelly3, Kitty Milliken4 and Han Jiang3, (1)University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (4)University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States
Investigation of quartz diagenesis in mudstones of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp Formations (160560)
Autumn Eakin, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States and Julia S Reece, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, United States
How Microfracture Roughness Can Be Used to Distinguish Between Exhumed Cracks and In-Situ Flow Paths in Shale (120080)
A.M.H. Pluymakers, University of Oslo, Physics, Oslo, Norway, Maya Kobchenko, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway and François Renard, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenboble, France
Importance of Capillary Heterogeneity in Developing a Representative Reservoir Model for Shales with Complex Fractures (159420)
Yiwen Gong and Ahmad Sakhaee-Pour, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Inferences from Microfractures and Geochemistry in Dynamic Shale-CO2 Packed Bed Experiments (194465)
Abiola Olabode and Mileva Radonjic, Louisiana State University, Petroleum Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Numerical Framework for Simulating Unconventional Formations (Invited) (182994)
Timur Talgatovich Garipov1, Joshua A White2, Alexandre Lapene1 and Hamdi Tchelepi3, (1)Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (3)Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, United States

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