Accurate hydrocarbon reserve estimation is a crucial step for successful field development.
Unlike for conventional reservoirs, however, reserve estimation for unconventional …

The dilatant shear slip of preexisting fractures/faults by injection at pressures below the
minimum in situ stress has been recognized as an important permeability creation …

Fractures in a rock mass have an important influence on the mechanical response and
hydraulic properties. Investigating and modeling fractures is crucial, especially with regard to …

Almost all reservoir rocks contain natural fractures. The presence of such discontinuities
affects reservoir stimulation to a certain degree. The interaction between the natural and …

The mechanical properties and permeability evolution of sand‐infilled rock joints during the
shear process is an important issue in rock engineering, such as it pertains to hydraulic …

Shear slip of pre‐existing fractures can play a crucial role in hydraulic stimulation to enable
production from unconventional shale reservoirs. Evidence of the phenomenon is found in …

Abstract Moment Tensor Inversion (MTI) of microseismic data recorded during hydraulic
fracturing shows that a large number of events have been found to have moment tensors …

Advances in theories, methods and applications for shale resource use Shale is the
dominant rock in the sedimentary record. It is also the subject of increased interest because …

Shear reactivation of pre-existing fractures can play a crucial role in hydraulic stimulation to
enable production from unconventional shale reservoirs. However, the mechanisms of …

Economic production in nano‐Darcy permeability shale reservoirs or man‐made geothermal
reservoirs requires stimulation to create a large stimulated volume of rock formed by …