MR41C:
Flow and Transport in Unconventional and Conventional Rocks, Fractures, and Analog Media II Posters


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Session ID#: 60890

Session Description:
Rock mechanical and hydraulic properties exert a first order control over tectonic processes. Understanding their effects on transport are also critical for oil/gas exploration and production in unconventional reservoirs, as they became one of the major contributors to energy supplies. Experimental approaches, numerical simulations, and theoretical models are therefore needed to better understand geomechanical and petrophysical properties of rocks. In addition to multi-scale and complex behavior of rocks, another challenge is investigating transport phenomena under in-situ conditions. In this session, we invite studies that take innovative approaches to overcoming such challenges. In particular, we aim to provide an opportunity for recent developments and applications of unconventional techniques to tight reservoirs. We also seek contributions that take advantage of the latest advances in additive manufacturing (and analog material in general) applied to earth sciences, especially for numerical validation of fluid flow and mechanical deformation.
Primary Convener:  Jean E Elkhoury, Schlumberger-Doll Research Center Cambridge, Cambridge, United States
Conveners:  James D Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States and Jianchao Cai, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China
Primary Liaison:  James D Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
Chairs:  Jean E Elkhoury, Univ. of California, Irvine, Cambridge, United States and Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jianchao Cai, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China
Index Terms:

5102 Acoustic properties [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
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:

Connecting field data with constitutive physical models for production forecasting of unconventional oil and gas (443009)
Justin Montgomery and Francis O'sullivan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Hydro-mechanical behavior of Musandam limestone fracture with confining pressures less than 1MPa (358575)
Hao Kang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Herbert H. Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and John Germaine, Tufts University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Medford, MA, United States
Reliability of representing fracture permeability with statistical roughness parameters (388569)
Yu Qiu1, Joseph Ho Yin Ma2, Yunyue Elita Elita Li2 and Arthur C H Cheng2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Frictional Behaviour and Comminution of Sintered Glass Samples as an Analogue of Volcanic Rocks (392370)
Jackie E Kendrick1, Amy Hughes2, Yan Lavallée1 and Fabian B Wadsworth3, (1)University of Liverpool, Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)University of Liverpool, Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, Liverpool, L69, United Kingdom, (3)University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, DH1, United Kingdom
Compression of Porous Materials: combined ultrasonic and microtomography measurements with lattice-Boltzmann permeability simulations (417659)
Brendan A Anzures1, Heather C Watson2, Yoshio Kono3, Tony Yu4 and Yanbin Wang4, (1)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (2)Union College, Physics and Astronomy Department, Schenectady, United States, (3)Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Matsuyama, Japan, (4)The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States
Fracture Flow Tests and Aperture Measurements (461283)
Rafael Villamor Lora, Eden GeoPower Inc, Somerville, United States and Herbert H. Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Collapse of Atomic Structure and Hydrophilic Transition of Talc by Mechanical Grinding: Implication for Shallow Seismic Cycles (464046)
Hyun Na Kim, Kongju National University, Geoenvironmental Sciences, Gongju, South Korea, Byung-Dal So, Kangwon National University, Geophysics, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea and Jin Woo Kim, Kongju National University, Gongju, South Korea
Gas relative permeability and its modeling in tight and ultra-tight porous rocks (347132)
Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States
Research of Crustal Stress Simulation Using Finite Element Analysis Based on Corner Point Grid (347202)
Yuyang LIU, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China and Mao PAN, Peking University, School of Space and Earth Sciences, Beijing, China
On the interactions between the critical dimensionless numbers associated with multiphase flow in 3D porous media (357440)
Ming Fan1, Laura Dalton2, James E McClure3, Nino Ripepi4, Erik Westman5, Dustin Crandall6 and Cheng Chen3, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (2)National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (6)National Energy Technology Laboratory Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Pore-scale Analysis of Acoustic Properties in Fractured Carbonate Rocks (370719)
Maojin Tan, China University of Geosciences Beijing, School of Geophysics and Information Technology, Beijing, China and Mengning Su Sir, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, China
Simultaneous determination of pore space and tortuosity fractal dimensions based on pore size distribution (376485)
Yuxuan Xia, Jianchao Cai and Wei Wei, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
A new analytical solution for history matching and performance forecasting in fractured unconventional reservoirs (400133)
Kaixuan Qiu, Peking University, Beijing, China
Water adsorption and desorption isotherms for characterizing pore structure in Longmaxi Formation shale of south China (411543)
Weijun Shen1, Xizhe Li2, Xiaobing Lu1 and Feifei Fang3, (1)Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing, China, (3)Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing, China
Laboratory study on capillary pressure and resistivity in tight sandstones (416654)
Wenlian Xiao1, Yubin Yang1, Jinzhou Zhao1, Lingli Zheng1, Min Li2 and Junqiang Zhang1, (1)Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu, China, (2)Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
Experimental investigation on the effective pressure coefficient for permeability and deformation in the tight sandstone (426483)
Junqiang Zhang1, Wenlian Xiao1, Yves Bernabe2, Ulrich Mok2, J Brian Evans2, Jinzhou Zhao1 and Lingli Zheng1, (1)Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu, China, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
A New Methodology to Observe Pressure Controlled Fluid Flow Behavior in Porous Mudrocks through Small Angle Neutron Scattering (444408)
Yuxiang Zhang, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arlington, TX, United States and Qinhong Hu, National Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China
Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Impact of Wall Characteristics on Methane Transport in Nanometer Channels (464196)
Wen Bin Jiang1, Mian Lin1,2, Lili Ji1 and Gaohui Cao1, (1)Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Engineering Science, Beijing, China
Rapid Analysis of Tight Oil-Water Displacement Using a 3D Intermingled Fractal Model (464883)
Caoxiong Li1,2, Mian Lin1,2, Wen Bin Jiang1, Lili Ji1 and Gaohui Cao1,2, (1)Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Engineering Science, Beijing, China

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