Fractured rock stress–permeability relationships from in situ data and effects of temperature and chemical–mechanical couplings

J Rutqvist - Crustal Permeability, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews field data on stress‐induced permeability changes in fractured rock;
describes the estimation of fractured rock stress‐permeability relationships through model …

Improved oil recovery IOR pilot projects in the Bakken formation

HB Todd, JG Evans - SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology …, 2016 - onepetro.org
Unconventional formations such as the Eagle Ford, Niobrara and Bakken have made a
significant impact on the oil industry over the last decade, but primary recovery factors are …

Quantitative visualization methods for continuous evolution of three-dimensional discontinuous structures and stress field in subsurface rock mass induced by …

Y Ju, Z Ren, J Zheng, F Gao, L Mao, F Chiang… - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Discontinuous structures such as pores, fractures, joints, and faults govern the physical and
mechanical behavior of subsurface rock masses in underground engineering applications …

Relationships between permeability, porosity and effective stress for low-permeability sedimentary rock

J Zheng, L Zheng, HH Liu, Y Ju - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2015 - Elsevier
As the effective stress increases, low-permeability rock undergoes fairly small porosity
changes, but significant decrease in the permeability. Empirical relationships based on …

A water retention curve and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity model for deformable soils: consideration of the change in pore-size distribution

R Hu, YF Chen, HH Liu, CB Zhou - Géotechnique, 2013 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents a hysteretic water retention curve (WRC) and unsaturated hydraulic
conductivity model for deformable soils based on the change in pore-size distribution (PSD) …

Joint opening or hydroshearing? Analyzing a fracture zone stimulation at Fenton Hill

AP Rinaldi, J Rutqvist - Geothermics, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we analyze a deep hydraulic stimulation of a fracture zone that was conducted
as part of the classical Fenton Hill Hot Dry Rock Program in the 1970s. At the time, it was …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling anisotropic adsorption-induced coal swelling and stress-dependent anisotropic permeability

M Chen, S Masum, S Sadasivam, H Thomas - International Journal of Rock …, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the anisotropy of coal swelling, this study proposes an effective stress model
for saturated, adsorptive fractured porous media by considering gas adsorption induced …

On the cubic law and variably saturated flow through discrete open rough-walled discontinuities

MA Dippenaar, JL Van Rooy - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fracture flow is fairly well documented with the widespread application of, for instance, the
cubic law and assumed smooth parallel plate model. Geometrical intricacies such as …

Long-term thermal effects on injectivity evolution during CO2 storage

V Vilarrasa, AP Rinaldi, J Rutqvist - International Journal of Greenhouse …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is likely to reach the bottom of injection wells at a colder temperature
than that of the storage formation, causing cooling of the rock. This cooling, together with …

A three-dimensional hydro-mechanical model for simulation of dilatancy controlled gas flow in anisotropic claystone

J Yang, M Fall, G Guo - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020 - Springer
Dilatancy controlled gas flow is characterized by a series of gas pressure-induced dilatant
pathways in which the pathway aperture is a function of the effective stress within the solid …