Hydraulic fracturing has completely revolutionized how shale resources are exploited to
extracthydrocarbons. However, sustainability and environmental issues have fueled the …

Shales are known for often marked intrinsic anisotropy of many of their properties, including
strength, permeability and velocity for example. In addition, it is well known that anisotropic …

Shale reservoirs have gained the attention of many in recent years due to their potential as a
major gas resource. Production from this kind of formation, however, requires an accurate …

Anisotropy of velocity in shaly overburden is known to cause significant problems for
geophysical interpretation, including depth conversion and fluid identification. In addition …

Clay-rich shales form the overburden in many sedimentary basins and the seals to
hydrocarbon accumulations in the subsurface. Their strength properties are not well …

Stress dependency and anisotropy of dynamic elastic properties of shales is important for a
number of geophysical applications, including seismic interpretation, fluid identification, and …

Prediction of sonic velocities in shales from well logs is important for seismic to log ties if the
sonic log is absent for a shaly section, for pore pressure anomaly detection, and for data …

This study assesses the petroleum potential of the Palaeo–Mesoproterozoic Birrindudu
Basin in the northwestern Northern Territory, which is one of several Proterozoic basins in …

Triaxial testing was used on a suite of shales of varied age and geographic distribution in
order to ascertain static and dynamic elastic properties, strength and frictional response. The …

This chapter reviews major developments in rock physics of organic‐rich shales (ORSs).
First, it brings together available published laboratory measurements on shales including …