Viscous creep in room-dried unconsolidated Gulf of Mexico shale (I): Experimental results

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 239-246

  Chang, Chandong ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compaction; creep; shale; viscoplastic

Indexed keywords

BULK MODULUS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CREEP BEHAVIORS; CREEP STRAIN; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC COMPRESSION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LINEAR VISCOUS; STATIC MODULUS; STRAIN RECOVERY; VISCOPLASTIC; VISCOPLASTIC DEFORMATION;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHALE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

CREEP;

ANALOG MODEL; BULK MODULUS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CONFINING PRESSURE; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LABORATORY METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT; RHEOLOGY; SHALE; TRIAXIAL TEST; ULTRASONICS; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUGENE ISLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74249118450     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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