Elastic, geomechanical and petrophysical properties of shales

42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics - 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dewhurst, D N ^a   Siggins, A F ^a   Kuila, U ^a   Clennell, M B ^a   Raven, M D ^a   Nordgard Bolas H M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4D SEISMIC; ANISOTROPIC STRESS FIELD; CORE PLUGS; ELASTIC COEFFICIENT; ELASTIC TENSORS; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROFABRIC; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE PRESSURE PREDICTION; PRODUCTION COST; ROCK PHYSICS; SEAL INTEGRITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRESS ANISOTROPY; STRESS RANGE; TIME AND SPACE; ULTRASONIC TEST; WELLBORE STABILITY;

ANISOTROPY; BORING; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; TENSORS; TESTING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

SHALE;

EID: 69549122549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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