50th US Rock
Mechanics / Geomechanics
Symposium 2016
Houston, Texas, USA 26 - 29 June 2016
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VOLUME 1
TECHNICAL SESSION 1: GEOMECHANICS IN GEOTHERMAL PROCESSES 1
3D Analysis of Thermo-poroelastic Processes on Fracture Network Deformation and Induced Micro-Seismicity Potential in EGS ...... 1 Safari, Reza; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Hydro-Thermally Induced Shear Stimulation ...... 8 Bauer, Stephen; Huang, Kai; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Barrow, Perry; Chen, Q.
Laboratory Study on Cyclic Hydraulic Fracturing of Pocheon Granite in Korea ...... 18 Zhuang, Li; Kim, Kwang Yeom; Jung, Sung Gyu; Diaz, Melvin; Zang, Arno; Stephansson, Ove; Zimmerman, Günter; Yoon, Jeoung Seok; Park, Sehyeok; Min, Ki-Bok
Modeling Induced Microseismicity in an Enhanced Geothermal System...... 24 Sherman, Christopher; Templeton, Dennise; Morris, Joseph; Matzel, Eric
Permeability Potential Modeling of Geothermal Prospects Combining Regional Crustal Strain Rates with Geomechanical Simulation of Fault Slip and Volcanic Center Deformation: A Case Study for Washington State Geothermal Play Fairways...... 31 Swyer, Michael; Cladouhos, Trenton; Davatzes, Nicholas; Forson, Corina; Czajkowski, Jessica; Schmalzle, Gina
Thermal Effects During Hydraulic Fracturing in Low-Permeability Brittle Rocks ...... 45 Salimzadeh, Saeed; Paluszny, Adriana; Zimmerman, Robert
TECHNICAL SESSION 2: GEOMECHANICS IN GEOTHERMAL PROCESSES 2
3D Thermo-poromechanical Analysis of Reservoir Stimulation Using Damage Mechanics with Application to the Fenton Hill HDR Experiment ...... 51 Gao, Qian; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Application of Hydraulic and Thermal Stimulation Techniques at Raft River, Idaho: A DOE Enhanced Geothermal System Demonstration Project...... 62 Bradford, Jacob; Moore, Joseph; McLennan, John; Podgorney, Robert; Plummer, Mitchell; Majer, Ernie; Tiwari, Shashank
Numerical Modeling of Newberry EGS Stimulation...... 67 Cheng, Qinglu; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Parametric Study of Energetic Simulation for Geothermal Applications ...... 76 Morris, Joseph; Vorobiev, Oleg; Herbold, Eric; White, Bradley; Homel, Michael
Primary Constraints on the Design of and Enhanced Geothermal System Reservoir ...... 81 Mattson, Earl; Plummer, Mitchell; Podgorney, Robert; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Huang, Hai; Xia, Yidong
Revisiting Fenton Hill Phase I Reservoir Creation and Stimulation Mechanisms Through the GTO Code Comparison Study...... 93 Fu, Pengcheng; McClure, Mark; Shiozawa, Sogo; White, Mark
TECHNICAL SESSION 3: ROCK EXCAVATION, BREAKING, DYNAMIC LOADING
Developing the Ground Index (GI) for Rock Collapse Assessment in Tunneling...... 102 Wang, Hao; Jiao, Yu-Yong; Adoko, Amoussou Coffi; Seitshiro, Itumeleng T.
Experimental Study of Impact of Creep on Coal Permeability ...... 112 Bai, Tianhang; Noraei Danesh, Nima; Chen, Zhongwei; Aminossadati, Saiied M.; Kizil, Mehmet; Pan, Zhejun; Connell, Luke D.
Influence of Hydrostatic Confining Pressure on the Dynamic Tensile Failure of Rock Material...... 118 Wu, Bangbiao; Xia, Kaiwen; Guo, Y.
Rock Failure Process in Indirect Tension using SPH Method ...... 125 Deb, Debasis; Pramanik, Ranjan; Douillet-Grellier, Thomas; Das, Sudip; Pan, Kai; Jones, Bruce David; Williams, John R.
Rock Mass Modeling Approach for Simulating Wave Propagation, Rock Fracture, and Rock Ejection ...... 132 Raffaldi, Michael; Loken, Mark
XFEM Simulation of Blast-induced Crack Propagation in Rocks ...... 144 Romanel, Celso; Roehl, Deane; López Bendezú, Marko Antonio
TECHNICAL SESSION 4: CIVIL POSTERS
Development of Biogrouting Using Plant-derived Urease and Calcium Phosphate Compound...... 152 Takatsu, Momoko; Kawasaki, Satoru; Nadeeka, R. A. N.
Geomechanics of Heave Due to the Use of Pyritic Mudstone, Ireland ...... 157 Shrimer, Fred
Investigation on a Slope Movement in a Complex Rock Formation: Modeling of the Deformation Mode and Remedial Measures...... 167 Lembo-Fazio, Albino; Graziani, Alessandro; Assefa, Siraj Mulugeta
Performance Analysis of Multiple Rock Caverns for Thermal Energy Storage...... 177 Park, Dohyun; Park, Eui-Seob
Slaking of Mudstone and its Mechanical Consequences in 1D Compression Condition...... 183 Putra, Andius Dasa; Kikumoto, Mamoru
Study on Stability and Treatment Project for Yangnangou Tunnel Portal Slope of Shiyan to Baihe Road in Hubei Province ...... 191 Luo, Hongming; Chen, Shanxiong
Use of Geological Strength Index to Characterize the Miami Formation for Shallow Foundation Design...... 200 Truzman, Miguel
TECHNICAL SESSION 5: INTERDISCIPLINARY POSTERS
Acoustic Emission Characterization of Frozen Sandstone in Uniaxial Compression Test ...... 207 Liu, Bo; Zhang, Gong; Liu, Lulu; Xu, Wei
Bakken Formtion Shales Nano Scale Analysis Understand Mechanical Parameters...... 214 Liu, Kouqi; Ostadhassan, Mehdi; Bubach, Bailey; Jabbari, Hadi
Breakage Mechanics Modeling of the Brittle-ductile Transition in Granular Materials...... 222 Wang, Pei; Arson, Chloe
Cohesion and Fracturing in a Transparent Jointed Rock Analogue...... 228 Gomez Rodriguez, Diana; Dusseault, Maurice; Gracie, Robert
Connection of Elastic and Thermal Properties of Bentheimer Sandstone Using Effective Medium Theory (Rock Physics) ...... 237 Yalaev, Tagir; Bayuk, Irina; Abashkin, Vladimir; Tarelko, Nikolay
Constrution of a Geological Information CIM Management System and Application to Construction Sites...... 244 Utsuki, Shinji; Nakaya, Masashi
A Coupled Nonlocal Damage Model for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation ...... 250 Huang, K.; Ghassemi, A.
Coupled Reservoir Simulation of Geomechanics and Fluid Flow in Organic-rich Rocks: Impact of Gas Desorption and Stress Changes on Permeability During Depletion ...... 260 Shovkun, Igor; Espinoza, Nicolas; Ramos, Matthew
Critical State Modeling of Sedimentary Rock Incoporating Healing and Decay of Structure...... 267 Kikumoto, Mamoru; Yasuhara, Hideaki; Kishida, Kiyoshi; Vu, P. Q. N.
Deformation Properties of Saw-Cut Fractures in Barnett, Mancos and Pierre Shales...... 276 Ye, Zhi; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Development of a Test Apparatus to Determine Thermal Properties of Rock Specimens ...... 284 Nuszkowski, John; Harris, Alan; Hudyma, Nick; Thomas, Andrew
Dilation of Shales under Triaxial Compression ...... 291 Ding, Xiang; Wang, Zhiyin; Zhang, Guangqing; Li, Shiyuan; Lin, Qing
Effect of Cleavage Anisotropy on Hydraulic Fracturing Behavior of Pocheon Granite...... 298 Zhuang, Li; Kim, Kwang Yeom; Jung, Sung Gyu; Diaz, Melvin Baudilio; Yeom, Sun; Shin, Hyu Soung
Evaluation of Brittleness from Spalling and Bending Tests ...... 305 Tarokh, Ali; Peng, Jianwen; Labuz, Joseph; Fakhimi, Ali
Experimental Study of Volume Effect on the Water-sand Seepage Characteristics in Broken Rock Mass ...... 311 Pu, Hai; Xiao, Cheng
A Fully Coupled Hydro-mechanical Model for Discrete Fractured Porous Rock Masses Based on Numerical Manifold Method...... 318 Hu, Mengsu; Wang, Yuan; Rutqvist, Jonny
Geomechanical Anisotropy of Utica Shale From Static and Dynamic Measurements...... 329 Zhou, Xuejun; Vachaparampil, Alex; Hu, Lianbo; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Gill, Ivan; Chitrala, Yashwanth
High-resolution Numeric Simulation of a Standard Rockfall Test Setup...... 341 Leibundgut, Fritz; Wolinski, C.
Historical Developments of True Triaxial Testing Machines – Challenges and Improvements ...... 348 Kaunda, Rennie; Peretitako, Alexander
Impact of Flow Regimes on Coal Fines Generation During Coal Seam Gas Production Process...... 356 Bai, Tianhang; Chen, Zhongwei; Aminossadati, Saiied; Pan, Zhejun; Liu, Jishan; Danesh, Nima; Li, Ling
Influence of Boundary Constraint Stiffness on Stress Heterogeneity Modelling...... 366 Gao, Ke; Harrison, John; Lei, Qinghua; Latham, John-Paul
The Influence of CEC, Salinity, and Silt Content on the Stress Dependent Petrophysical Properties of Resedimented Mudrocks ...... 373 Hathon, Lori; Dessouki, Mohab; Myers, Michael; Lee, J. M.
Influence of Embankment Loading on the Hydro-Mechanical Response of a NATM Tunnel in Saturated Ground ...... 380 Prassetyo, Simon; Gutierrez, Marte
Influence of Mineral Compositions of Rocks on Mechanical Properties ...... 388 An, Fengchen; Pan, Rui; Zhang, Guangqing; Xu, DeCai; Xing, YueKun; Xie, RenYuan; Li, Shiyuan
Injection Experiments on Basaltic Tuffs Under Triaxial and Heated Conditions with Acoustic Emissions Monitoring...... 396 Halvaei, Mostafa Eskandari; Bakshi, Rohit; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Introduction of New Roughness Parameters to Quantify Rock Joints Surface Using Fourier Analysis...... 406 Mehranpour, Mohammad Hadi
Laboratory Characterization and Detection of Fractures through Combined Ultrasonic and Triaxial-Stress Testing...... 411 Grover, Tarun; Shovkun, Igor; Espinoza, D. Nicolas; Ramos, Matthew; Torres-Verdin, Carlos
Laboratory Scale Investigation of Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation...... 419 Hu, Lianbo; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Pritchett, John; Garg, Sabodh
Methods for FEM Stress Initialization Based on Stress Functions, and Application to a Reservoir Cross-Section...... 430 Lakshmikantha, M. R.; Segura, J. M.; Aliguer, Ignasi; Carol, Ignacio; Rafels-Ybern, Carles; Prat, Pere; Jaques, Irene
Microcracking and Stress - Strain Response of Thermally Loaded Granitic Rock: in Situ and Laboratory Experiments ...... 437 Petruzalek, Matej; Lokajicek, Tomas; Sosna, Karel; Franek, Jan; Zaruba, Jiri
Modeling Crack Connectivity of Induced Fractures in a Naturally Fractured Formation...... 443 Omidi, Omid; Abedi, Reza; Clarke, Philip
Modeling of Natural Fracture Propagation Under Sedimentation...... 456 Ouraga, Zady; Guy, Nicolas; Pouya, Ahmad
Modified Relationship Between Point Loading Strength and Uniaxial Compressive Strength by DEM...... 462 Dong, Haoran; Li, Ruinan; Zhang, Zike; Zhang, Guangqing; Ding, Xiang; Li, Shiyuan
Multi-scale Modeling of Time-dependent Behavior of Claystones ...... 470 Farhat, Faten; Shen, Wanqing; Shao, Jian-Fu; Pourpak, Hamid; Su, Kun
NonEuclidean Model of Inelastic Deformations Applied to Rock Cutting ...... 478 Vtorushin, E.V.; Dorovsky, V.N.
Numerical Modeling of Gas Breakthrough Pressure in Water-saturated Argillite and Gas Migration Pathways ...... 489 Zhang, Xiang; Colliat, Jean Baptiste; Duveau, Gilles;
Numerical Modeling of Land Subsidence Resulting from Oil Production ...... 499 Zhong, Ruizhi; Zhang, Shang; Liu, Yupei
On the Reservoir Stimulation Mechanisms In Fractured Reservoirs ...... 509 Ghassemi, Ahmad; Kamali, Amirhossein
On the Stress Changes During CO2 Geological Storage: Considering Two Phase Flow Regime...... 518 Bedayat, Houman; Hosseini, Seyyed A.; Moghadam, Mahdi
Predicting Fracturation Density and Measuring Uncertainty From Borehole Data...... 525 Hekmatnejad, Amin; Emery, Xavier
Preliminary Investigation of Dynamic Characteristics of Leaching Strings for Solution Mining of Salt Cavern Storage ...... 531 Yang, Chunhe; Li, Yinping; Ge, Xinbo; Wang, Bingwu; Shi, Xilin
Rock Mass Classification and Analysis of the Conventional Geomechanical Hypotheses...... 537 Amusin, Boris; Costa e Silva, M. M.
Simulation of Dynamic Triggering of Acoustic Emissions Using a Bonded-Particle Model...... 546 Lu, Hang; van der Baan, Mirko
Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Trajectories in Heterogeneous Reservoirs...... 552 Parchei Esfahani, Matin; Gracie, Robert
Stress Initialization in Geomechanics Using the Adjoint-state Method ...... 561 Pancrace, Raphaelle; Baroni, Axelle; Rasolofosaon, Patrick
Study on the Inter-relations Between Post-peak Behavior and Strength Parameter Evolution of Rocks ...... 568 Wang, Shuilin; Guo, Mingwei; Lu, Yingfa
Thomsen’s Delta Dependent Stress Anisotropy for Orthorhombic Hydrocarbon Reservoirs...... 574 Hossain, Zakir
Time-Dependent Deformation of Pierre Shale as Determined by Long-duration Creep Tests...... 584 Nopola, Jay; Roberts, Lance
Use of a Swarm Algorithm to Reduce the Drilling Time Through Measurable Improvement in Rate of Penetration ...... 592 Self, Ryan; Atashnezhad, Amin; Hareland, Geir
TECHNICAL SESSION 6: COAL MINING GROUND CONTROL
Analysis of Roof Control Plans for Improved Stability at Four-Way Coal Mine Intersections...... 598 Sinha, Sankhaneel; P Chugh, Yoginder
The Application of Statistical and Computational Techniques for Analyses of Pre-Driven Longwall Recovery- Room Stability and Support Options ...... 611 Maleki, Hamid
Investigation of Beam Specimen Geometries Under Four-point Asymmetric Bending for Shear Mode Fracture Toughness Measurement of Rocks ...... 619 Alkan, Ugur; Tutluoglu, Levent
Mining Data in a Longwall Coal Mine to Predict Intersection Stability...... 628 La Pointe, Paul
Properties of Immediate Above Seam Strata and Their Relationship to Ground Control at San Juan Mine ...... 642 Burkhard, David
Stability Evaluation of Two Parallel Declines Joining Multi-Seam Workings with Low Interburden Thickness...... 650 Mohanty, Samrat; Layton, Jason
TECHNICAL SESSION 7: MODELING ROCK MASS FRACTURING PROCESS
Application of a Fast Marching Method to Model the Development of the Fracture Zone at the Edges of Tabular Mine Excavations...... 664 Napier, John
Applications for Numerical Modeling of Blast Induced Rock Fracture...... 672 Furtney, Jason; Andrieux, Patrick; Hall, Alex
Considerations on Slope Stability in a Jointed Rock Mass...... 679 Varun, Varun; Cundall, Peter; Damjanac, Banko
Continuum/Discrete Numerical Simulation of Columnar Basalt in Large-scale Underground Excavations...... 688 Meng, Guotao; Detournay, Christine; Cundall, Peter
Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Containment in Layered Reservoirs...... 694 Bunger, Andrew; Yoshioka, Keita; Adachi, Jose; El-Fayoumi, Amr; Xing, Pengju
Laminar - Turbulent Transition in the Propagation of Heightcontained Hydraulic Fracture ...... 702 Zia, Haseeb; Lecampion, Brice
TECHNICAL SESSION 8: FRACTURING MECHANICS – PHYSICS AND MODELS
Application of State of the Art Hydraulic Fracture Modelling Techniques for Safe-Optimized Design and for Enhanced Production...... 712 Yu, Jian; Armstrong, James; Parfitt, Darren; Dutko, Martin; Profit, Matthew; Mutlu, Uno
Implementing a Universal Tip Asymptotic Solution Into an Implicit Level Set Algorithm (ILSA) for Multiple Parallel Hydraulic Fractures...... 722 Dontsov, Egor; Peirce, Anthony
Mechanisms-Based Fracture Model For Geological Materials...... 730 Zubelewicz, Alek; Hoeink, Tobias
Modeling Multiple Curved Fractures Connected Through a Wellbore Using a Fluid-coupled XFEM Algorithm...... 739 Abbas, Safdar; Gordeliy, Elizaveta; Peirce, Anthony
Numerical Simulation of Rock Dynamic Fracturing and Failure Including Microscale Material Randomness ...... 748 Omidi, Omid; Abedi, Reza; Enayatpour, Saeid; Clarke, Philip
Use of Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Model for Optimization of Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing and Horizontal Wells in Enhanced Geothermal System Applications...... 761 Hu, Xiexiaomeng; Tutuncu, Azra
TECHNICAL SESSION 9: ROCK MASS, FAULT ZONE, FRACTURE ROCK CHARACTERIZATION 1
Collecting Discontinuity Data at Kartchner Caverns Using LIDAR for the Purpose of Numerical Modeling...... 772 Kemeny, John; Wu, Haoyan; Chen, Na; Bates, Melissa
Creating a Digital Outcrop Model by using Hyper-Spectrometry and Terrestrial LiDAR ...... 783 Park, Junhyeok; Bates, Melissa; Jeong, Yongsik; Kim, Kwangmin; Kemeny, John
Development and Application of a Site-Specific Rock Mass Classification Scheme for Wylfa Newydd New Build Nuclear Power Station in the UK...... 789 Hunt, Robert G.; Edmonds, Victoria O.; Shilston, David T.; Walsh, Martin G.
Exploring the Link Between Permeability and Strength Evolution During Fracture Shearing ...... 798 Ishibashi, Takuya; Fang, Yi; Wang, Chaoyi; Asanuma, Hiroshi; Elsworth, Derek
Fracturing of Migmatite Monitored by Acoustic Emission and Ultrasonic Sounding ...... 803 Petruzalek, Matej; Lokajicek, Tomas; Svitek, Tomas
Hydro-mechanical Modeling of Field Hydraulic Injection Inside a Fault Zone ...... 811 Tsopela, Alexandra; Donzé, Frédéric; Guglielmi, Yves; Castilla, Raymi; Gout, Claude
TECHNICAL SESSION 10: FRACTURE MODELING OF INITIATION AND PROPAGATION
Development of a Fully-coupled, Hydro-mechanical Model for Finite-discrete Element Simulations of Fluid-driven Fracturing...... 818 Lisjak, Andrea; Tatone, Bryan S. A.; Kaifosh, Patrick; He, Liqiang; Mahabadi, Omid; Grasselli, Giovanni
Hydraulic Fracture Growth and Containment Design in Unconventional Reservoirs ...... 829 Huang, Jian; Ma, Xiaodan; Shahri, Mojtaba; Safari, Reza; Yue, Kaimin; Mutlu, Uno
Including a Stochastic Discrete Fracture Network into One-Way Coupled Poromechanical Modeling of Injection- Induced Shear Re-Activation ...... 843 Zoback, Mark; Jin, Lei
Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Initiation from Perforation Tunnels using the 3D Lattice Method ...... 854 Zhang, Frank; Mack, Mark
VOLUME 2
Modeling of Near-wellbore Fracture Reorientation Using a Fluid-coupled 2D XFEM Algorithm ...... 861 Gordeliy, Elizaveta; Abbas, Safdar; Prioul, Romain
Multiple Intersecting Cohesive Discontinuities in 3D Reservoir Geomechanics...... 870 Das, K.C.; Sandha, S.S.; Carol, I; Vargas, P.E.; González, N.A.; Rodrigues, E.; Segura, J.M.; Lakshmikantha, M.R.; Mello, U.T.
TECHNICAL SESSION 11: SAND CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
A 3-D Poro-Elasto-Plastic Model for Sand Production Around Open-Hole and Cased & Perforated Wellbores...... 879 Wang, Haotian; Cardiff, Philip; Sharma, Mukul
A Hydro-mechanical Erosion Analytical Model for Sand Prediction ...... 889 Gravanis, Elias; Sarris, Ernestos; Papanastasiou, Panos
Modelling Hole Failure Under Anisotropic Stresses Using DEM...... 897 Walle, Lars; Li, Liming
Sample Preparation Method of Clay-Rich Sandstone Analogue of Sandstone Reservoirs in Kazakhstan...... 904 Shabdirova, Ainash; Minh, N. H.; Kim, Jong; Bissekenova, Zhanel
Thermal Effects on Sand Prediction ...... 911 Wang, Yarlong; Zhang, Baoping; Zeng, Yijin
Well Strengthening in Gas Wells from Near Wellbore Drying...... 918 Papamichos, Euripides
TECHNICAL SESSION 12: DRILLING GEOMECHANICS 1
Effect of Non-linear Plasticity of Clay on Collapse Gradient for Deep Water Drilling ...... 927 Choi, Jung Chan; Grande, Lars; Jostad, Hans Petter; Thompson, Nicholas; Manalac, Evangeline Barrameda;
A Fast and Flexible Boundary Detection Algorithm for DEM Simulation...... 935 Miska, Stefan; Yu, Mengjiao; Kang, Yongfeng
Modelling Cement Hardening in Pre-salt Wells ...... 942 Brandao, Nuno; Roehl, D.
Numerical Modeling of Borehole Breakout in Ductile Formation Considering Fluid Seepage and Damage-Induced Permeability Change...... 948 El Mohtar, Chadi; Gray, Kenneth; Li, Xiaorong
Stability of Borehole with Breakouts – An Experimental and Numerical Modelling Study ...... 958 Wu, Bailin; Chen, Zuorong; Zhang, Xi
Theoretical Development on Morphology of Wellbore Toroidal Breakout...... 968 Oyedokun, Oluwafemi; Schubert, Jerome
TECHNICAL SESSION 13: SUBSURFACE STRESS MODIFICATION
A Comparison of Short-term and Long-term Creep Experiments in Unconventional Reservoir Formations ...... 985 Rassouli, Fatemeh; Zoback, Mark
Geomechanical Impacts of a Welding Salt Layer on Adjacent Sediments ...... 992 Heidari, Mahdi; Nikolinakou, Maria; Hudec, Michael; Flemings, Peter
Induced Stresses Around Staged Fractures and Impacts on SRV region in Low-permeability (Tight, Fractured and Shale) Formations ...... 999 Wang, Yyarlong; Zeng, Yijin; Zhang, B.; Karaoulanis, Fotios
The In-situ Stress Response of Reservoirs to Pressure Reduction followed by Pressure Increase: Depletion and Rebound Stress Paths from Two Case Studies...... 1006 Davison, Mark; Foo, Isaac; Ellis, Fritha; Proughten, Anthony
Laboratory Investigation on Effective Stress in Middle Bakken: Implications on Poroelastic Stress Changes Due to Depletion and Injection...... 1014 Ma, Xiaodong; Zoback, Mark
Where Does the Stress Path Lead? Irreversibility and Hysteresis in Reservoir Geomechanics...... 1020 Holt, Rune M; Gheibi, Sohrab; Lavrov, Alexandre
TECHNICAL SESSION 14: IN SITU STRESS AND PORE PRESSURE
A Comparison Study of Extended Leak-off Tests in Permeable and Impermeable Formations ...... 1033 Feng, Yongcun; Gray, Kenneth
Determination of Maximum Horizontal Field Stress from Microseismic Focal Mechanisms - A Deterministic Approach ...... 1043 Agharazi, Alireza
Determining Minimum and Maximum Horizontal Stress Magnitudes from Borehole Sonic Measurements in Organic Shales ...... 1052 Walsh, John; Sinha, Bikash; Waters, George
Geomechanical Characterization for the CO2 Injection Test Site, Offshore Pohang Basin, SE Korea...... 1064 Quach, Nghiep; Chang, Chandong; Jo, Yeonguk; Shinn, Young Jae; Song, Insun; Kwon, Yi-Kyun;
Pore-pressure Prediction Based on Seismic Velocities Coupled with Geomechanical Modeling...... 1070 Flemings, Peter; Nikolinakou, Maria; Heidari, Mahdi
Use of Unique Database of Good Quality Stress Data to Investigate Theories of Fracture Initiation, Fracture Propagation and the Stress State in the Subsurface ...... 1078 Fintland, Trygve G.; Helstrup, Ole Anders; Horsrud, Per; Raaen, Anne Marius; Andrews, Jamie S.
TECHNICAL SESSION 15: LABORATORY AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS - METHODS
Comparing Laboratory Hydraulic Fracturing and Brazilian Test Tensile Strengths ...... 1092 Mehrgini, Behzad; Memarian, Hossein; Dusseault, Maurice; Eshraghi, Hassan; Ghavidel, Ali; Goodarzi, Bahman; Hassanzade, Maryam; Niknejad, Maryam
Experimental Characterization of Toughness Profile for Hydraulic Fracturing of Shales...... 1100 Soroush, Hamed; Dudley, John W.; Savitski, Alexei A.; Madyarov, Andrew; Deviney, Darrick B.;
Measurement of Grain Compressibility of Fine-Grained Source Rock...... 1109 Mitra, Abhijit; Govindarajan, Sudarshan; PaiAngle, Meghana; Aldin, Munir
A Method of Triaxial Testing for Determining Constitutive Parameters of Anisotropic Rocks Using a Single Specimen...... 1116 Togashi, Yota; Kikumoto, Mamoru; Tani, Kazuo
Size Effects on Triaxial Strength Measurement and Brittle-Ductile Behavior of Carbonate Rock...... 1124 Moronkeji, Dee; Shouse, Richard; Prasad, Umesh; Franquet, Javier
Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement of Sidewall Cores for Different Stress Paths...... 1135 Aldin, Munir; Engelder, Terry; Mitra, Abhijit; Govindarajan, Sudarshan
TECHNICAL SESSION 16: GEOLOGY IN GEOMECHANICS
Investigation of the Coupled Mechanical-Thermal Evolution of Passive Continental Margins Incorporating Flexural Isostasy ...... 1144 Roberts, Daniel; Yu, Jianguo; Bere, Adam; Garai, Attila; Dutko, Martin; Armstrong, James
Mineral and Organic Matter Constituents in Weak Interfaces in Shales...... 1154 Ptaszynska, Aleksandra; Green, Sidney; Hupka, Jan; Suarez-Rivera, Roberto
Modernized Mechanical Testing of Kerogen-Rich Shales (KRS) by Monitoring In Situ Microscale Tensile Failures...... 1163 Hull, Katherine; Abousleiman, Younane; Han, Yanhui; Muntasheri, Ghaithan; Hosemann, Peter; Kendall-Still, Evan; Howard, Cameron
Stress and Porosity in Fold-and-thrust Belt Systems ...... 1170 Gao, Baiyuan; Flemings, Peter; Nikolinakou, Maria
Tensile Mechanical Behavior of Kerogen and Its Potential Implication to Fracture Opening in Kerogen-Rich Shales (KRS) ...... 1178 Han, Yanhui; Muntasheri, Ghaithan; Hull, Katherine; Abousleiman, Younane
Use of Borehole Images, Spectroscopy Data and Geology to Reduce Borehole Instability in Fractured Carbonates...... 1186 Avila, Jessica
TECHNICAL SESSION 17: COUPLED PROCESSES – FLOW AND THERMAL RESPONSES
Estimating Drilling Conditions Based on Forward Modeling Along Wells, A Case Study Including Mechanical and Chemical Compaction...... 1195 Segura, Jose M; Díez, Jorge; Alvarellos, Jose; Polo, Teresa; Moss, Corey; Kean, Allan E; Lakshmikantha, M.R.
Feasibility Study of Heat Extraction from a Closed-loop Fractured Geothermal Reservoir; A Multiphysics Problem...... 1203 Ahmadi, Milad; Dahi Taleghani, Arash
Geomechanical Simulation of Underground Coal Gasification ...... 1212 Elahi, Seyed Moein; Chen, Zhangxing; Nassir, Mohammad
Influence of Stress on the Permeability of a Three-dimensional Fractured Sedimentary Layer...... 1225 Lei, Qinghua; Wang, Xiaoguang; Xiang, Jiansheng; Latham, John-Paul
Laboratory Gas Migration Experiments through Intact and Fractured Rock...... 1235 Broome, Scott; Feldman, Joshua; Cashion, A. T.
Predictions of Rock Permeability by THMC Model Considering Pressure Solution...... 1242 Yasuhara, Hideaki; Kinoshita, Naoki; Kishida, Kiyoshi
TECHNICAL SESSION 18: NUMERICAL MODELING IN SALT AND SOFT ROCK
Chemo-Mechanical Damage and Healing of Granular Salt: Micro-macro Modeling ...... 1246 Shen, Xianda; Zhu, Cheng; Arson, Chloé
Damage and Healing Model of Stiffness and Permeability for Salt Rock: Microstructure Imaging, Fabric Processes and Continuum Mechanics ...... 1254 Zhu, Cheng; Arson, Chloe
Comparison of Fracture Mechanics and Damage Mechanics Approaches to Simulate Three-point Bending and Double-notch Shear Experiments on Rock Samples ...... 1265 Paluszny, Adriana; Zimmerman, Robert; Defoort, Thibaut
Micro-mechanical Analysis of Salt Creep Tests with a Joint-enriched Finite Element Model ...... 1272 Pouya, Ahmad; Zhu, Cheng; Ding, Jihui; Arson, Chloe; Chester, Fred; Chester, Judith
Modeling of Time-Dependent Rock Failure in Abaqus and PFC3D ...... 1282 Roth, Karen; Kemeny, John; Wu, Haoyan
Sphere Indentation - The Hertzian Stress Field and the Effect of Far-field Confining Stress ...... 1291 Huang, Haiying; Liu, Ming
TECHNICAL SESSION 19: SLOPE STABILITY, FOUNDATION, AND DAMS
Empirical Slope Design for Hard and Soft Rocks Using Q-Slope...... 1301 Bar, Neil; Barton, Nick
Intake Slope Stabilization and Spillway Cut in Rock for Hydropower Projects ...... 1309 Lukajic, Boro; Dobson, Ryan; Mann, Jason; Hamilton, Anne Marie
Mechanics of 3D Rock Block Erodibility...... 1316 George, Michael; Sitar, Nicholas
Modeling of Swelling Rocks for Group Pier Foundation Applications...... 1324 Osouli, Abdolreza; Zamiran, Siavash; Marino, Gennaro
New Techniques for Monitoring and Analyzing the Stability of Steep Cliffs against Rock Falls ...... 1331 Maeda, Shouhei; Kodama, Nariaki; Sugawara, Takayuki; Miyashita, Naoshi; Fujii, Yoshiaki
Stability Analysis of Toppling Slope Using the Extended NMM ...... 1344 Chen, Guangqi; Fan, Fusong
TECHNICAL SESSION 20: NUMERICAL MODELING IN MINING
Case Study: Mechanisms of Dilution at Henderson Mine ...... 1350 Pierce, Matt; Fuenzalida, Miguel; Gresham, J.; Loring, D.
Crown Pillar Optimization for Surface to Underground Mine Transition in Erzincan/Bizmisen Iron Mine...... 1357 Yardimci, Ahmet; Karpuz, Celal; Tutluoglu, Levent
Estimating the Height of Mining Induced Connective Fracturing ...... 1367 Adhikary, Deepak; Poulsen, Brett
Framework for Simulating Fracture, Ejection, and Restraint of Rock around a Mine Drift Subjected to Seismic Loading...... 1374 Raffaldi, Michael; Loken, Mark
Roof Collapse Modeling with FLAC3D ...... 1391 Tulu, Ihsan; Esterhuizen, Gabriel
Simulation of Rock Bridge Failure at the Laboratory Scale Using a Combined FDEM Modeling and Discrete Crack Network Approach ...... 1396 Stead, Doug; Karimi, Ladan; Elmo, Davide
TECHNICAL SESSION 21: SLOPE STABILITY IN MINES
3-D Deformation Comparison between Modeling and Field Data for an Open Pit Mine in USA ...... 1407 Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa; Shu, Biao
Data Driven Approaches to Designing Large Open Pit Slopes – Lessons from Engineering Geology ...... 1418 Kaunda, Rennie; Wang, Fei
A Fracture Mechanics Based Slope Stability Analysis with Application to Reclaimed Steep-Slopes...... 1426 Kumar, Dharmendra; Silva, Jhon; Sweigard, Richard J.
Improved Signature Hole Analysis for Blast Vibration Control in Open Pit Mines ...... 1436 Silva, Jhon; Jenks, Patrick; Sharon, Robert
Improvements in Data Collection for Geotechnical Pit Slope Stability Assessment...... 1443 Andrews, Kevin; Dockweiler, Paul
On the Application of Rockfall Risk Assessment Techniques from Field Observation and Quarry Experience...... 1450 Stockhausen, Harald; Alejano, Leandro R.; Arzua, Javier; Escolano, Felix
TECHNICAL SESSION 22: MINING POSTERS
Backfill Composition Effects on Backfill Optimisation in Massive Mining...... 1458 Mashoene, Kholofelo; Zvarivadza, Tawanda
The Compaction Behavior and Permeability Evolution of Broken Rocks: Mechanical Model and Prediction...... 1466 Fan, Long; Liu, Shimin
Distinct Element Method based Stability Analysis of Tunnels in a Deep Coal Mine in China...... 1477 Shreedharan, Srisharan; Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa
Effect of Locating the Stope and Backfill Design on Stress Distribution ...... 1488 Rahimian, Mohammad; Aliabadi Zadeh, Amirmohammad; Moosavi, Mahdi
The Effect of Pulse Frequency on the Acoustic Emission Characteristics in Coal Bed Hydraulic Fracturing ...... 1496 Wu, Jingjing; Kemeny, John; Zhang, Shaohe; Cao, Han
Improved Models for Performance Prediction During Mechanical Excavation in Weak Rock ...... 1503 Kaunda, Rennie; Asbury, Brian; Burkhardt, Michael
Monitoring the Hydration Process and Shear Wave Evolution in Cemented Paste Backfill ...... 1510 Galaa, A.M.; Grabinsky, Murray
New Performance Criterion for Thin Spray-on Liners: Tensile Toughness ...... 1517 Guner, Dogukan; Ozturk, Hasan
Nonlinear Elasticity Theory: Two-Velocity Model of Microfractured Porous Saturated Media ...... 1524 Dorovsky, Vitaly; Perepechko, Yury
The Preliminary Exploration of Coal and Gas Outburst Based on Static-Dynamic Coupling Loading and Effective Stress Theory...... 1536 Chang, Weibin; Qi, Qingxin; Zhang, Lang; Wang, Dong
Research on Comprehensive Gas Control Model at First Mining Face of Lower Protective Seam in Seam Group with High Gas...... 1544 Qin, Ruxiang; Dai, Guanglong; Chen, Gongsheng; Zhou, Yanan; Guo, Laigong; Fu, Baojie
Rock Mechanics Investigations for Pre-mining Support and Mechanization of Underground Operations in Narrow and Weak Manganese Deposit of MOIL Limited, India...... 1549 Manekar, Ganesh; Shome, Dipankar; Kundargi, Gururaj
Study on Frequency Evolution and Predominant Frequency Band Selection of Acoustic Emission During Rock Fracture ...... N/A Liu, X.; Zhang, Y.; Li, H.; Liang, Z.
Support Design and Mining Practices in Bad Ground Conditions: A Case of Zimbabwe Room and Pillar Mining ...... 1558 Chikande, Tonderai; Zvarivadza, Tawanda
TECHNICAL SESSION 23: PETROLEUM POSTERS
Analysis of Vertical Well Collapse Volume in Radial Porous Media Flows of a High Pressure Gas ...... 1566 Chen, Gang; Jin, Yan; Li, Qinghui; Chang, Yang; Zhang, Yayun; Li, Lingling; Zhou, Bo
The Application of Cement Sheath Failure Criterion in Determining the Wellbore Internal Pressure Window...... 1574 Li, Wenda; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Yang, Shuai; Zhang, Yayun; Chen, Yun; Tani, Peng
The Application of Cryogenic Treatment During Refracture Process - Laboratory Studies...... 1581 Zhao, Bo; Zhang, Guang Qing; Lin, Qing
Barite Nano-Micro Particles with LCM Seals Fractured Formations Better in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids...... 1590 Akhtarmanesh, Saman; Alsaba, Mortadha; Qader, Ruaa; Cedola, Alexandra; Caldarola, Vincent; Hareland, Geir; Nygaard, Runar
Calibration of Stiffness and Strength for Layered Rocks...... 1596 Yue, Kaimin; Schultz, Richard A.; Olson, Jon E.
Comparisons of Biot's Coefficients of Bakken Core Samples Measured by Three Methods ...... 1603 Ling, Kegang; He, Jun; Pei, Peng; Wang, Sai; Ni, Xiao
Consideration of Breakdown Conditions of Directional Wells ...... 1616 Barree, William; Miskimins, Jennifer
The Effect of Cyclic Pressure Drop on Shear Activation of Natural Fractures ...... 1634 Gao, Jiajia; Yan, Wei; Cao, Wenke; Li, Yang; Deng, Jingen; Liu, Wei
The Effects of Stress Changes and Natural Fractures on Hydraulic Fracture Interactions ...... 1645 Mack, Mark
The Environmental Block in Coupled Geomechanics Workflow ...... 1651 Oyarhossein, Mohammad; Dusseault, Maurice B
Evaluation of a Modeling Framework Capturing the Evolution of Permeability in Crushable Granular Solids ...... 1661 Esna Ashari, Shiva; Buscarnera, Giuseppe; Das, Arghya
Experimental Investigation on Fracture Geometry in Multi-stage Fracturing under Tri-axial Stresses ...... 1667 Yuan, Liang; Chen, Mian; Hou, Bing; Xiong, Zhenyu; Li, Yuting; Qin, Maobin; Li, Wenda
Experimental Investigation on Non-planar Propagation of Hydraulic Fracture and Proppant Migration for Directional Well Fracturing in Coal Seams...... 1675 Zhou, Yingcao; Xiong, Zhenyu; Fan, Meng; Jin, Yan; Hou, Bing; Chen, Mian; Chen, Gang; Tan, Peng
Experiments and Finite Element Simulation on Cement Sheath Failure in HPHT Well Fracturing...... 1681 Lu, Yunhu; Yang, Shuai; Jin, Y; Chen, M; Yang, Y.K.; Yi, Z.C.; Li, K.C.
A Fluid-Solid Coupled Approach for Numerical Modeling of Near Wellbore Hydraulic Fracturing and Flow Dynamics with Adaptive Mesh Refinement...... 1688 Salinas, Pablo; Pavlidis, Dimitrios; Obeysekara, Asiri; Latham, John-Paul; Lei, Qinghua; Xiang, Jiansheng; Pain, Christopher
Fracture Diagnostics Using a Low Frequency Electromagnetic Induction Method...... 1700 Zhang, Peng; Shiriyev, Javid; Brick, Yaniv; Massey, Jackson; Yilmaz, Ali; Torres-Verdin, Carlos; Sharma, Mukul
Geomechanical Prediction of Thermal Induced Fractures in a Reservoir ...... 1710 Zhiyenkulov, Murat; Arogundade, Olamide; Ajose-Ogunlana, Damilola
Hydro-mechanical Effects of Pore Pressure on Deformability and Fracture Strength of Rock: A Numerical Modeling Study...... 1718 Farahmand, Kiarash; Diederichs, Mark S.
VOLUME 3
Impact of Fracture Interactions, Rock Anisotropy and Heterogeneity on Hydraulic Fracturing: Some Insights from Numerical Simulations ...... 1731 Ghassemi, Ahmad
Implications of Stress Re-distribution and Rock Failure with Continued Gas Depletion in Unconventional Reservoirs...... 1740 Saurabh, Suman; Singh, Vivek; Harpalani, Satya
The Influence of Oil-based Drilling Fluid on the Wellbore Instability and Fracturing in Complex Shale Formation ...... 1749 Zhang, Yayun; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Lu, Yunhu; Liang, Chuan; Wang, Di; Du, Xuan; Li, Wenda
Integrated Geomechanical Characterization for Vaca Muerta Fm.: Shale Oil Well Integration from Logs, Core, and Pressures for Fracture Optimization...... 1757 Varela, Raúl; Marchal, Denis; Cavazzoli, Gustavo; Lagarrigue, Emilio; Perez Mazas, Ana María; Sattler, Federico; Porras, Jesus
Laboratory Investigation on Directional Drilling Performance in Isotropic and Anisotropic Rocks ...... 1776 Abugharara, Abdelsalam; Alwaar, Abourawi; Butt, Steve; Hurich, Charles
Method to Detect Permeability Changes Along the Length of the Wellbore...... 1785 Nielsen, Randy; Tuttle, Jake; Taylor, Raili; McLennan, John;
Modeling Nonplanar Propagation of 3D Hydraulic Fractures Using GFEM ...... 1793 Tang, Xuhai; Liu, Quansheng; Xu, Xiaoyu
Nanoparticles in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids Increase Loss Gradient...... 1799 Cedola, Alexandra; Alsaba, Mortadha; Akhtarmanesh, Saman; Qader, Ruaa; Caldarola, Vincent; Hareland, Geir; Nygaard, Runar
Numerical Estimation of Upper Bound of Injection Pressure Window with Casing Integrity under Hydraulic Fracturing...... 1806 Shen, Xinpu; Shen Guoyang; Standifird, William
Numerical Modeling of Microearthquakes by Using Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Simulation for Planar Fracture Propagation...... 1815 Martinez, Eduardo; Kim, Jihoon; Moridis, George
Pore Pressure and Reservoir Location and their Relation to the Combined Basin Compaction and Formation Thermal Properties-Heat Flux and Thermal Conductivity...... 1825 Hayatdavoudi, Asad; Odubayo, S.; Salehi, S.; Mokhtari, M.
Potential Directional Drilling Benefits of Barite Nanoparticles in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids ...... 1847 Caldarola, Vincent; Cedola, Alex; Akhtarmanesh, Saman; Qader, Ruaa; Hareland, Geir
A Revised Method of In-situ Stress Determination from Drilling-induced Fractures: a Case Study of High Temperature and Low Permeability Formation Drilling ...... 1852 Cao, Wenke; Deng, Jingen; Yu, Baohua; Tan, Qiang; Liu, Wei; Li, Yang; Gao, Jiajia
Rotary Sidewall Coring and its Use in Real-Time Strength Estimation ...... 1861 Prasad, Umesh; Moronkeji, Dee; McGlynn, Ian; Maharidge, Russell; Shouse, Richard; Nieuwoudt, Herman
Shale Instability of Deviated Wellbores in Southern Iraqi Fields...... 1866 Nygaard, Runar; Alsubaih, Ahmed
Study of Stress Shadow Effects in Eagle Ford Shale: Insights from Field Data Analysis...... 1874 Simpson, Matthew Dale; Patterson, Ross; Wu, Kan
Triaxial Tests for Shales after Pore Plugging with Nanomaterials: An Example of Rock Characterization on Cuttings-Size Samples...... 1881 Gao, Chao; Miska, Stefan; Yu, Mengjiao; Ozbayoglu, Evren; Takach, Nicholas
The Use of Measurements Made on Drill Cuttings to Construct and Apply Geomechanical Well Profiles ...... 1890 Glover, Ken; Cui, Albert; Tucker, Jason; Bozarth, Troy; Pyper, Steve
Using Scratch Tests for Rock Strength Determination in Discrete Element Method...... 1901 Joodi, Bahman
Utilize An Integrated Geomechanical Wellbore Model To Analyze The Horizontal Borehole Failure Regions Of Laminated Heterogeneous Shale Formation ...... 1908 Gao, Jiajia; Deng, Jingen; Yan, Wei; Wang, Houdong; Feng, Yutian; Xia, Yang
Well Integrity Analysis: 3D Numerical Modeling of Cement Interface Debonding ...... 1918 Podnos, Evgeny; Feng, Yongcun; Gray, Kenneth
Workflow on Incorporating Thick Wall Cylinder Test Results in Finite Element Models of Near Wellbore for Sanding Prediction Studies...... 1929 Likrama, Fatmir; Santana, Claudia
TECHNICAL SESSION 24: NUMERICAL/ANALYTICAL/DEM MODELING IN GEOMECHANICS
Numerical Analysis of Borehole Breakouts with Size-dependent Compressive Strength...... 1938 Zhang, Xi; Wu, Bailin; Chen, Z; Wu, B.
Numerical Modeling of Thermal and Mechanical Effects in Laser-rock Interaction – An Overview ...... 1946 Batarseh, Sameeh; Han, Yanhui; San-Roman-Alerigi, Damian
A Simplified Dilation Model for Modeling the Inelastic Behavior of Rock ...... 1957 Rahjoo, Masoud; Eberhardt, Erik
Stability of Circular Tunnels Excavated in Rock Masses Under Gravity Loading ...... 1962 Hedayat, Ahmadreza
Up-Scaling DEM Simulations ...... 1971 Dusseault, Maurice; Gracie, Robert; Yetisir, Michael
Vast System of Dense Intersecting Fractures: A Key Feature of Hydraulic Fracturing of Gas Shale...... 1980 Bazant, Zdenek; Chau, Viet
TECHNICAL SESSION 25: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CASE STUDIES
3D Hydro-mechanical Modeling of Multiple Injections...... 1989 Scholtès, Luc; Donzé, Frédéric; Pourpak, Hamid; Papachristos, Efthymios; Chareyre, Bruno
3D Poroelastic Simulation and Analysis of Multiple Fracture Propagation and Refracturing of Closely-Spaced Horizontal Wells ...... 1997 Kumar, Dharmendra; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Application of 3D Random Voronoi Tessellated Models for Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation within the Distinct Element Formulation ...... 2009 Ghazvinian, Ehsan; Kalenchuk, Kathy
Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracture of Marcellus Shale...... 2017 Ingraham, Mathew; Bolintineau, Dan; Rao, Rekha; Bauer, Stephen; Quintana, Enrico; Lechman, Jeremy
Microseismic Geomechanics for Refracturing ...... 2025 Zhang, Frank; Mack, Mark
A Novel Approach to Mapping Hydraulic Fractures Using Poromechanic Principles...... 2032 Kampfer, Günther; Dawson, Matthew
TECHNICAL SESSION 26: FRACTURING MECHANICS – DIAGNOSTICS AND MEASUREMENT
AE Investigation of Multi-Wellbore Hydraulic Fractures at the Laboratory Scale...... 2047 Hampton, Jesse; Matzar, Luis; Gutierrez, Marte
Calibrated Microseismic Geomechanical Modeling of a Horn River Basin Hydraulic Fracture ...... 2053 Maxwell, Shawn; Lee, Byungtark; Mack, Mark
Laboratory-Scale Hydraulic Fracturing: Experiment and Numerical Modeling...... 2057 Bai, Jie; Walters, Harold; Dusterhoft, Ron; Martysevich, Vladimir; Matzar, Luis; Sansil, Michele
Notched Specimen Hydraulic Fracturing Method for Conducting Mechanical and Hydrological Experiments at Triaxial Reservoir Conditions...... 2065 Frash, Luke; Carey, J.W.; Viswanathan, H.S.
Numerical Three-point Bending Test of Fracture Process Zone in Post-peak Deformation of Rock...... 2077 Wan, Fang; Fakhimi, Ali
Reducing Breakdown Pressure and Fracture Tortuosity by In-plane Perforations and Cyclic Pressure Ramping ...... 2087 Wong, Sau-Wai; Ding, Yunhong; Falser, Simon; Weng, Dingwei; Fu, Hafieng; Lu, Yongjun; Mo, Weijian
TECHNICAL SESSION 27: ROCK HETEROGENEITY ACROSS LENGTH SCALES
Branch Line Analysis of Faults and Fractures...... 2096 Busetti, Seth; Farrell, Helen
The Influence of Rock Foliation on the Correlation Between Point Load Strength Index and Comminution Indices at Kinross Tasiast Mine ...... 2103 Esmaieli, Kamran; Eden, David; Bhuiyan, Mahadi
Numerical Study of Critical Role of Rock Heterogeneity in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation...... 2114 Zhou, Jing; Huang, Hai; Deo, Milind
Parametric Analyses of Rock Support Design Parameters in Time Dependent Numerical Models...... 2123 Thareja, Rahul; Kallu, Raj
Role of Large Scale Heterogeneities on In-situ Stress and Induced Stress Fields...... 2130 Kaiser, Peter; Maloney, Sean; Yong, Salina
Strength Degradation Approach (SDA) for Estimation of Confined Strength of Micro-defected Rocks ...... 2142 Bahrani, Navid; Kaiser, P.K.
TECHNICAL SESSION 28: DFN FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION
Application of Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) in the Stability Analysis of Delabole Slate Quarry, Cornwall, UK ...... 2151 Elmo, Davide; Havaej, Mohsen; Stead, Doug; Coggan, John
Deep Fluid Injection into Fractured Rock...... 2161 Dershowitz, William; Cottrell, Mark; Hosseinpour, Hooman
DFN Modelling of Major Structural Instabilities in a Large Open Pit for End of Life Planning Purposes...... 2170 Elmo, Davide; Webb, Gordon; Moreno, Cristián Guajardo; Rogers, Steve
Directional Permeability of Discrete Fracture Networks...... 2185 Hoeink, Tobias; Ben, Yuxing; Stoddard, Trevor
Hydraulic Fracture Sensitivity Study with a Fully-Coupled Microseismic Geomechanics Model ...... 2201 Chorney, Drew; Mack, Mark; Maxwell, Shawn
Synthetic Rock Mass Modelling: Experience Gained and Lessons Learned...... 2208 Elmo, Davide; Moffitt, Karen; Carvalho, Joe
TECHNICAL SESSION 29: NEAR-WELBORE PROCESSES 1
Coupling a Fracturing Code to a Transient Reservoir Simulator: A Hands-on Approach...... 2217 Lavrov, Alexandre; Larsen, Idar; Bauer, Andreas
DEM Modeling of the Propagation of Stress-induced Borehole Breakout in Shale Sample ...... 2229 Duan, Kang; Kwok, Fiona
Numerical Estimation of Structural Integrity of Salt Cavern Wells ...... 2237 Orlic, Bogdan; Van Thienen-Visser, Karin; Schreppers, Gerd-Jan
Numerical Investigation of Potential Cement Failure Along the Wellbore and Gas Leak During Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas Reservoirs...... 2247 Martinez, Eduardo; Kim, Jihoon; Moridis, George
On the Finite Element Based Uncertainty Quantification of Thermal Fracturing using Embedded Multiple-Site Cohesive Zone Elements ...... 2258 Najafi, Ali; Enayatpour, Saeid
Three-dimensional Bonded-particle Discrete Element Modeling of Transversely Isotropic Rock: Verification and Application to Laboratory Test on Shale...... 2270 Park, Bona; Min, Ki-Bok; Thompson, Nicholas; Horsrud, Per
TECHNICAL SESSION 30: INTEGRATED RESERVOIR GEOMECHANICS 1
Comparison of Different Methods to Estimate Uniaxial Compressive Strength in a Barnett Shale ...... 2279 Lee, Ji Soo; Kieschnick, John; Geyer, Christopher; Brumley, John; DeSpain, Lance
Hydraulic Fracture Well Interconnections in Anisotropic Stress Fields ...... 2288 Pirayehgar, Atena; Dusseault, Maurice
A New Reservoir Scale Model for Fracture Propagation and Stress Reorientation in Injection Wells ...... 2296 Manchanda, Ripudaman; Hwang, Jongsoo; Cardiff, Philip; Bhardwaj, Prateek; Sharma, Mukul M.
Non-linear Shear Strength Descriptions Are Still Needed in Petroleum Geomechanics, Despite 50 Years of Linearity ...... 2304 Barton, Nick
A Novel Approach to Model DFNs Validating the Geological Evolution with Present Day Fracture Distributions...... 2316 Sarmiento, Sergio; Macaulay, Euan; Arregui, Juan; Sifontes, Ventura; Lakshmikantha, M. R.
On Size-dependent Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Sedimentary Rocks in Reservoir Geomechanics...... 2322 Roshan, Hamid; Masoumi, Hossein; Hagan, Paul
TECHNICAL SESSION 31: DRILLING GEOMECHANICS 2
An Analytical Solution for Wellbore Stability Problem Using Strain Hardening Drucker-Prager Plasticity Model...... 2328 Chen, Shengli; Abousleiman, Younane
Application of Artificial Intelligent Techniques to Determine Sonic Time from Well Logs...... 2335 Zeeshan, Tariq; Mahmoud, Mohamed; Mohamed, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem, Abdulazeez; Elkatatny, Salaheldin
Fault Stability Assessment for Well Planning: a Case Study Related to Salt Structures...... 2346 Segura, Jose M; Mattos Da Cruz, Alexandre; Alvarellos, Jose; Vargas, Pablo E; Lakshmikantha, M.R.; Stachlewski, Gustavo
Influence of Recycled Rubber Tire Morphology on the Mechanical Properties of Well Cements ...... 2352 Agapiou, Kyriacos; Gamwell, Chase; Sodhi, Thomas
Influence of Sorptive Tendency of Porous Medium on Hydraulic Properties of Shale...... 2360 Dokhani, Vahid; Yu, Mengjiao; Bloys, Ben
A Three-Dimensional Elastoplastic Finite Element Model to Determine Stress Distribution around Boreholes Drilled in Compactible Rocks ...... 2370 Pirayesh, Elias; Soliman, Mohamed; Morse, Stephen; Emadi, Hossein
TECHNICAL SESSION 32: WASTE DISPOSAL AND CO2 SEQUESTRATION
Deep Borehole Disposal in Salt Rocks...... 2381 Lüdeling, Christoph; Minkley, Wolfgang
Friction-Permeability Relationships for Reservoir Caprocks...... 2388 Elsworth, Derek; Ishibashi, Takuya; Fang, Yi; Wang, Chaoyi
Laboratory Testing of Surrogate Nondegraded Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Materials...... 2398 Broome, Scott; Ingraham, M.D.; Flint, G.M.; Hileman, M.B.; Barrow, P.C.; Herrick, Courtney
Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Frictionally Weak Minerals on Shear Strength of Faults...... 2413 Wang, Chaoyi; Elsworth, Derek
Polymer-gel Remediation of CO2 Migration Through Faults and Caprock: Numerical Simulations Addressing Feasibility of Novel Approaches...... 2419 Hewson, Chris; Pizzocolo, Francesco; Ter Heege, Jan
Pore-scale Modeling of the Effect of Cementation on Rock Indentation Test...... 2430 Sun, Zhuang; Balhoff, Matthew; Espinoza, Nicolas
TECHNICAL SESSION 33: GEOPHYSICS IN GEOMECHANICS
Acoustic Emission Geomechanics Of Hydraulic Fracturing In The Laboratory ...... 2437 Goodfellow, Sebastian; Flynn, Will; Maxwell, Shawn; Nasseri, Farzine; Young, Paul; Lee, B; Lombos, L.E.A.
Active Ultrasonic Imaging and Interfacial Characterization of Stationary and Evolving Fractures in Rock ...... 2445 Pourahmadian, Fatemeh; Guzina, Bojan
Application of Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods for Detecting Hydraulically-Active Fractured Zones ...... 2451 Um, Evan; Kim, Jihoon
Imaging Fracture Networks Using Joint Seismic and Electrical Change Detection Techniques...... 2459 Knox, Hunter; Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan; Johnson, Timothy; Morris, Joseph; Grubelich, M. C.; Preston, L. A.; Knox, J. M.; King, D. K.
An Investigation of Static and Dynamic Data Using Multistage Tri-axial Tests...... 2471 Bilal, Abdullah; Myers, Michael; Hathon, Lori
Modification of Fracture Geometry by Calcite Precipitation ...... 2477 Xu, Zhenyu; Li, Qingyun; Sheets, Julie; Kneafsey, Timothy; Cole, David; Jun, Young-Shin; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura
TECHNICAL SESSION 34: LABORATORY AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS - ANALYSIS
Comparison of Pressure, Flow Rate, Stepped, and Oscillatory Control Methods for Fracture Permeability Measurements at Triaxial Stress Conditions...... 2483 Frash, Luke; Carey, J.W.; Gutierrez, M.; Hampton, J.; Hood, J.; Viswanathan, H.S.
Enhanced Study of Rock Elastic Anisotropy...... 2492 Lokajicek, Tomas; Svitek, Tomas; Kern, Hartmut; Wenk, Hans-Rudolf
Experimental Determination of the Maximum Indirect Tensile Stress Parameters for Dionysos Marble...... 2501 Kaklis, Konstantinos; Agioutantis, Zach; Mavrigiannakis, Stelios
Failure Criterion with Intermediate Stress and Two Friction Angles...... 2510 Harvieux, Justice; Labuz, Joseph; Makhnenko, Roman
The Predictability of Physico-mechanical Properties of Pyroclastic Rocks from the Needle Penetration Index...... 2515 Yumsak, Sefa Murat; Koyuncu, Yigit Arslan; Kahraman, S.
Sensitivity of Roughness Algorithms to Sampling Frequency for the Characterization of Weathered Limestone Specimens ...... 2520 Brown, Stephanie; Ball, Katherine; Kimes, Lexi; Oglesby, Joshua; Alan, Harris; Hudyma, Nick
TECHNICAL SESSION 35: HAZARDS, RISKS, AND INDUCED SEISMICITY
Effects of a Three-Dimensional Velocity Structure on the Locations of Coal Mining-Induced Seismicity...... 2529 Boltz, M. Shawn; Chambers, Derrick; Swanson, Peter
Evaluating the Effect of Earthquakes on Open Pit Mine Slopes...... 2539 Ozbay, Ugur; Azhari, Amin
Hydraulic Fracturing in CO2 Geological Storage ...... 2548 Papanastasiou, Panos; Papamichos, Euripides; Atkinson, Colin
A Probabilistic Assessment of the Casing Integrity in a Pre-salt Wellbore...... 2555 Pereira, Fernanda; Firme, Pedro; Roehl, Deane; Romanel, C.
Studies of Seismicity Generated by Unstable Failures around Circular Excavations...... 2565 Garvey, Ryan; Ozbay, Ugur; Poeck, Eric; Khademian, Zoheir
Use of Seismic Deformation and Stress Inversion Analysis to Help Improve the Understanding of Rock Mass Response to Excavation...... 2576 Collins, Dave; Toya, Yuzo; Hosseini, Zara
TECHNICAL SESSION 36: COUPLED PROCESS: CHEMICAL, THERMAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES
Dynamic Triaxial Study of Direct Shear Fracturing and Precipitation-Induced Transient Permeability Observed by In Situ X-Ray Radiography ...... 2583 Carey, J. William; Frash, Luke P.; Viswanathan, Hari S.
Fracturing Fluids Effects on Mechanical Properties of Organic Rich Shale...... 2590 Li, Leiming; Liu, Huihai; Lai, Bitao; Liang, Feng; Zhang, Jilin; Muntasheri, Ghaithan
Influence of Laboratory-Induced Maturation on Rock-physics of Organic-Rich Chalks ...... 2600 Shitrit, Omri; Hatzor, Yossef H.; Feinstein, Shimon; Vinegar, Harold J.;
VOLUME 4
Investigation of Thermal Effect of Fluid Injection into Unconsolidated Formation in Microscopic Numerical Models...... 2606 Li, Wenjing; Soliman, Mohamed; Han, Yanhui
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Model for Source Rock Thermal Maturation...... 2615 Garipov, Timur; Tchelepi, Hamdi; White, Joshua; Lapene, Alexandre
Ultrasonic Velocity and Anisotropy of Organic-Rich Chalks ...... 2625 Hatzor, Yossef H.; Vinegar, Harold J.; Gordin, Yair
TECHNICAL SESSION 37: MINING GEOMECHANICS
Expansion of Geotechnical Knowledge by Data Mining of a Geology Database ...... 2633 Ferland, Patrick; Davidson, Alexander; Palleske, Cortney; Kalenchuk, Kathy
Experimental Research on Shear-slip Characteristics of Zigzag-type Gouge of Simulated Fault...... 2642 Lu, Caiping; Liu, Yang; Wang, Hongyu; Liu, Pengfei; Wen, Sihao
Longwall Caving in Potash Mining – Geomechanical Assessment of Damage and Barrier Integrity...... 2647 Lüdeling, Christoph; Minkley, Wolfgang
A Methodology to Select Valid Results from Lab Tests to Estimate Properties of Intact Rock with Microdefects...... 2659 Hormazabal, Esteban; Russo, Andrea
Open Pit Mining Through Historic Underground Workings...... 2664 Duran, Jofree; Dyk, Darren
Stability Analysis and Preliminary Support Design for Longhole Stoping Prefeasibility Study of a Greenfield Platinum Project...... 2673 Chikande, Tonderai; Zvarivadza, Tawanda
TECHNICAL SESSION 38: COMPUTATIONAL ADVANCES IN GEOMECHANICS
Computational Advances and Data Analytics to Reduce Subsurface Uncertainty...... 2678 Baker, Vic; Rose, Kelly; Bauer, Jennifer; Rager, David
Coupling Elasticity and Fluid Flow for a 3D Hydraulic Fracturing Solver ...... 2689 Nintcheu Fata, Sylvain
Development of a New Fully-Parallel Finite-Discrete Element Code: Irazu ...... 2695 Lisjak, Andrea; Mahabadi, Omid; He, Liqiang; Tatone, Bryan; Kaifosh, Patrick; Grasselli, Giovanni
Load and Resistance Separation for Reliability Based Design in Rock Engineering ...... 2704 Harrison, John; El Matarawi, Ali
Optimal Sample Size for Managing Uncertainty in Hoek-Brown Strength Parameters ...... 2712 Bozorgzadeh, Nezam; Harrison, John; Yanagimura, Yoko
Simulation of Hydraulic and Natural Fracture Interaction Using a Coupled DFN-DEM Model ...... 2719 Zhou, Jing; Huang, Hai; Deo, Milind
TECHNICAL SESSION 39: UNDERGROUND STORAGE AND STRUCTURES
Implementation of a Full-Dome, Sonar-Based Finite Element Geomechanical Model to Analyze Cavern and Well Stability at the West Hackberry SPR Site ...... 2730 Sobolik, Steven
Microstructural Characterization of Opalinus Shale...... 2742 Seiphoori, Ali; Moradian, Zabihallah; Einstein, Herbert H.; Whittle, Andrew
Numerical Analysis of Seismic Behavior of Existing Rectangular Underground Structure Enhanced with Ground Improvement...... 2751 Kheradi, Hamayoon; Guanlin, Ye; Nishi, Haruki; Oka, Ryosuke; Zhang, Feng
Omission of Wellbore Block for Computational Efficiency in Big Hill Strategic Petroleum Reserve Model...... 2759 Park, Byoung Yoon; Herrick, Courtney G.
Pillar Stability Analysis at Missouri S&T Dolomitic Limestone Experimental Mine ...... 2764 Arthur, Francis; Hyder, Zeshan; Tiile, Raymond; Mao, Chen Ge
Thermomechanical Effects of a Rapid Depressurization in a CAES...... 2771 Berest, Pierre; Sicsic, Paul; Brouard, Benoit
TECHNICAL SESSION 40: ROCK PROPERTIES FOR UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION
Acoustic Velocities and Pillar Monitoring on the 4850 Level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility...... 2780 Roggenthen, William; Berry, Kimberly
Empirical Ground Support Design Recommendations for Underground Gold Mines in Nevada ...... 2786 Warren, Sean; Kallu, Raj
Factors Affecting the Loading Rate Dependence of Rock Strength ...... 2799 Hashiba, Kimihiro; Kataoka, Minami; Fukui, Katsunori
On-Site Visualization Methods of Axial Forces in Ground Supporting Members Without Using Electricity ...... 2806 Akutagawa, Shinichi; Yamamoto, Takuji; Haba, Toru; Takeya, Koji; Ujihara, Masayuki
Stress-induced Spalling Analysis of Extraction Level Pillars Using a 3-D Extensional Strain Failure Criterion...... 2812 Rahjoo, M.; Woo, K-S.; Eberhardt, E.
Study on Hydraulic Fracturing of Large-size Coal Mass Containing Natural Macro-fractures...... 2821 Liang, Weiguo; Li, Zhigang; Wu, Pengfei
TECHNICAL SESSION 41: FRACTURING MECHANICS – FLUID AND PROPPANT
Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Computational Algorithm for Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation: Case Studies...... 2827 Bai, Jie; Walters, Harold; Sperrazza, Nicholas; McNealy, Timothy; Dusterhoft, Ron
Effect of Confining Stress on Sand-Fiber Proppant Placement in a Deformable Fracture...... 2835 Prioul, Romain; Xu, Wenyue; Ortega, Alberto; Medina, Ricardo; Detwiler, Russell
Importance of Fluid Compressibility and Multiphase Flow in Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation ...... 2843 Park, Jaeyoung; Kim, Jihoon
Numerical Study of Flow Rate Distribution for Simultaneous Multiple Fracture Propagation in Horizontal Wells ...... 2851 Tang, Jizhou; Sangnimnuan, Anusarn; Wu, Kan
Particle Image Velocimetry Analysis of Proppant Settling in a Narrow Slot...... 2858 Tomac, Ingrid; Luo, Lan
Permeability Evolution and Proppant Compaction in Artificial Fractures on Green River Shale ...... 2863 Li, Xiang; Feng, Zijun; Han, Gang; Elsworth, Derek; Marone, Chris; Saffer, Demian; Cheon, Dae Sung
TECHNICAL SESSION 42: INTERACTION OF INDUCED AND NATURAL FRACTURES
The Combined Influence of Stress Barriers and Natural Fractures Upon Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth...... 2871 Morris, Joseph; Settgast, Randolph; Fu, Pengcheng; Sherman, Christopher; Friedrich, Mickey; Leonard, Paul
Completion Optimization Using a Microseismically Calibrated Geomechanical Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation in a Naturally Fractured Formation ...... 2877 Lee, Byungtark; Mack, Mark; Maxwell, Shawn
Distribution and Properties of Faults and Fractures in Shales: Permeability Model and Implications for Optimum Flow Stimulation by Hydraulic Fracturing ...... 2883 ter Heege, Jan
The Interaction Analysis of Propagating Opening Mode Fractures with Veins using Discrete Element Method...... 2896 Lee, Hunjoo; Olson, Jon; Schultz, Richard
Shear Reactivation of Natural Fractures in Hydraulic Fracturing ...... 2904 Moradian, Zabihallah; Fathi, A; Evans, B.
An SPH Approach to the Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Rock Medium...... 2914 Pramanik, Ranjan; Douillet-Grellier, Thomas; Pan, Kai; Jones, Bruce David; Albaiz, Abdulaziz; Pourpak, Hamid; Williams, John R; Du, Jing; Deb, Debasis
TECHNICAL SESSION 43: FRACTURING AND BRITTLENESS
Evaluation of Multistage Hydraulic Fracture Patterns in Naturally Fractured Tight Oil Formations Utilizing a Coupled Geomechanics-Fluid Flow Model – Case Study for an Eagle Ford Shale Well Pad ...... 2924 Tutuncu, Azra; Suppachoknirun, Theerapat
Load-Rate Dependence of Rock Tensile Strength Testing: Experimental Evidence and Implications of Kinetic Fracture Theory...... 2935 Bunger, Andrew; Fernau, Hannah; Lu, Guanyi; Prioul, Romain; Aidagulov, Gallyam
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation from Horizontal Wells in Anisotropic Shale ...... 2942 Sesetty, Varahanaresh; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Rock Brittleness Capacity Upon Compressive Fracture Energy Dissipation to Assess Drilling Efficiency...... 2957 Munoz, Henry; Taheri, Abbas; Chanda, Emmanuel
Simulation of Mode II Unconstrained Fracture Path Formation Coupled with Continuum Anisotropic Damage Propagation in Shale ...... 2963 Arson, Chloe; Busetti, Seth; Jin, Wencheng
Wear of Geo-materials by Mechanical Impulse...... 2973 Boneh, Yuval; Reches, Z.
TECHNICAL SESSION 44: ROCK MASS, FAULT ZONE, FRACTURE ROCK CHARACTERIZATION 2
The Effect of Smooth-Joint Parameters on the Mechanical Behavior of Jointed Rock...... 2980 Kwok, C.Y.; Duan, Kang; Wang, Tao; Hu, Wanrui
Evolution of Relay Zones in Normal Faulted Terranes: Integrating Field Geological Studies with Forward Geomechanical Models ...... 2986 Goteti, Rajesh; Mitra, Gautam
Monitoring Rock Damage Caused by Cyclic Loading using Seismic Wave Transmission and Reflection...... 2997 Modiriasari, Anahita; Bobet, Antonio; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.
Rock Mass Grouting in Major Weakness Zones During Subsea Tunneling ...... 3006 Shi, Peiixn; Pan, Jianli; Zhang, Jie; Chen, Lijuan
Spatial and Temporal Characterization of Mechanical Rock Properties from West Caicos, British West Indies ...... 3012 Zahm, Chris; Nolting, Andrea; Brooks, Donnie; Kerans, Charles
UAV-Based 3-D Characterization of Rock Masses and Rock Slides in Nepal ...... 3027 Chamlagain, Deepak; Lynch, Jerome; Bateman, Julie; Greenwood, William; Zekkos, Dimitrios; Clark, Marin
SESSION 45: NEAR-WELLBORE PROCESSES 2
How Creeping Shale May Form a Sealing Barrier Around a Well ...... 3036 Folstad, Jon Steinar; Li, Liming; Fjaer, Erling
Initiation and Propagation of Drilling Induced Fractures...... 3044 Razavi, Omid; Karimi Vajargah, Ali; van Oort, Eric; Aldin, Munir; Govindarajan, Sudarshan
A New Perspective on Multistage Stimulation of Multiple Horizontal Wells...... 3056 Xia, Kaiming; Fonseca, Ernesto; Jones, Raymond; Zhan, Lang
N-Porosity and N-Permeability Generalized Wellbore Stability Analytical Solutions and Applications ...... 3065 Liu, Chao; Abousleiman, Younane
Partial Annular Cracks Around Cemented Casing Interfaces ...... 3074 Taleghani, Arash Dahi; Tabatabei, Maryam; Ahmadi, Milad
Wellbore Geomechanics of Extended Drilling Margins and Engineered Lost Circulation Solutions ...... 3081 Abousleiman, Younane; Mehrabian, Amin
TECHNICAL SESSION 46: NUMERICAL MODELING IN PETROLEUM GEOMECHANICS
An Algorithm for the Calculation of Material Tangent Stiffness Tensor using Extended Sandler-Rubin Cap Plasticity Model in Finite Element Analysis ...... 3090 Pirayesh, Elias; Soliman, Mohamed; Morse, Stephen; Emadi, Hossein
The Combination of Innovative Completion Hardware and 3D Non-planar Fracture/Reservoir Simulation in Shale Completion Optimization ...... 3100 Gil, Ivan; Cadwallader, Stephan; Sebastian, Herb; Jacob, Wendte; Lee, P; Patel, H; Cadwallader, S; Sun, T; Merletti, G; Fry, M
Coupling a Fluid Flow Simulation with a Geomechanical Model of a Fractured Reservoir...... 3108 Vargas, Pablo E; Carol, Ignacio; Das, Kamal C; Sandha, Sandeep S; Cerqueira, Renato; Mello, Ulisses; Paz, Carmen N; de Bayser, Maximilien; Bryant, Peter W; González, Nubia A.; Rocha, Eduardo R; Lakshmikantha, M.R.; Zhang, Jiang; Segura, Jose M.
A Novel Mesh Generation Algorithm for Field-level Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Simulations...... 3116 Florez, Horacio; Ceberio, Martine
Using Ellipsoidal Inclusion Model to Study Shale Gas Mechanical Anisotropy ...... 3125 Akl, Sherif; Sone, Hiroki
Well Stimulation in Tight Formations: A Dynamic Approach ...... 3132 Abedi, Reza; Enayatpour, Saeid; Omidi, Omid
TECHNICAL SESSION 47: DEPLETION INDUCED SURFACE SUBSIDENCE
3-D Discontinuum Numerical Modeling of Ore Extraction, Backfilling and Subsidence in an Underground Iron Mine in China...... 3144 Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa; Shreedharan, S.; Huang, G.; Cai, S.; Song, H.
Lessons from Larger Than Expected Subsidence Due to Production of Halite and Natural Gas in Fryslan...... 3152 de Waal, Hans; Muntendam-Bos, Annemarie; Van Thienen-Visser, Karin
Rocksalt Creep, Uncertainties, and Their Implications for Surface Subsidence Above a Producing Rocksalt- Capped Reservoir ...... 3162 Marketos, George; Govers, Rob; Spiers, Chris
Shear Enhanced Borehole Closure ...... 3170 Cornet, Jan; Dabrowski, Marcin; Schmid, Daniel
Translating Laboratory Compaction Test Results to Field Scale...... 3180 Roholl, Joost; Van Thienen-Visser, Karin; Breunesse, Jaap
Using Maximal Inscribed Spheres for Image-Based Compaction Forecasting...... 3187 Bhattad, Pradeep; Knackstedt, Mark; Boitnott, Gregory; Louis, Laurent
TECHNICAL SESSION 48: INTEGRATED RESERVOIR GEOMECHANICS 2
3D Geomechanics Completion Quality Mapping...... 3193 Berard, Thomas; Desroches, Jean; Lee, Kwang-Ho; Rodriguez Herrera, Adrian
Evaluating Constitutive Models for Simulation of Water Injection in Land Facies Karamay Oil Sand Reservoirs...... 3210 Lin, Botao; Jin, Yan; Chen, Mian; Hou, Bing; Chen, Sen; Lu, Yunhu
Incorporating Universal Scaling of Fracture Stiffness and Surface Roughness Effects for Improved Productivity Prediction In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs ...... 3219 Crawford, Brian; Tsenn, Michael; Homburg, Janelle; Freysteinson, Jordan; Reese, William
Integrated Evaluation of Haynesville Shale with Special Emphasis on Anisotropy ...... 3229 Clawson, Casey; Shouse, Richard; McGlynn, Ian; Prasad, Umesh; Moronkeji, Dee; Gonzalez, Hector; Franquet, Javier
Multidisciplinary Interpretation of a Tight Gas Reservoir to Understand Its Production Behavior, Northwestern Africa. A Change of an Old Paradigm Model...... 3237 Stockhausen, Harald; Cavero, Jose A.; Corallo, Francesco
Simulations and Case Studies for Enhancing Production in a Stress-sensitive Fractured Carbonated Reservoir...... 3244 Wang, Yarlong; Chen, Yuan; Li, Dongmei
TECHNICAL SESSION 49: INDUCED/TRIGGERED SEISMICITY
Density of Induced Earthquake Hypocenters As a Proxy for Pore Pressure Increase During Well Stimulation...... 3252 Catalinac, Alexander; Dempsey, David; Barton, Colleen
Effect of Fault Orientation on Induced Seismicity Associated with Multi-stage Hydraulic Fracturing ...... 3260 Mack, Mark; Zhang, Frank; Maxwell, Shawn; Chorney, Drew; Grob, Melanie
Monitoring of Fracture Reopening in Sandstones...... 3267 Pradhan, Srutarshi; Stroisz, Anna; Cerasi, Pierre; Stenebraten, Jorn; Bauer, Andreas; Walle, Lars Erik; Stanchits, Sergey; Will, Bob; Jordan, Michael
Numerical Modeling of Heterogeneous Asperity Distributions Controlling the Growth of Shear Rupture on a Frictional Fault ...... 3274 Selvadurai, Paul; Glaser, Steven; Parker, Jessica
Stress State Analysis of a Fault Plane with Large Induced Seismicity...... 3287 Mukuhira, Yusuke; Asanuma, Hiroshi; Ito, Takatoshi; Häring, Markus
Uncertainty Quantification and Inverse Modeling of Fault Poromechanics and Induced Seismicity: Application to a Synthetic Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Problem ...... 3294 Castineira, David; Juanes, Ruben; Jha, Birendra
TECHNICAL SESSION 50: LABORATORY AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS - RESULTS
Creep Experiments on Welded Nonlithophysal Topopah Spring Tuff ...... 3303 Boyd, Peter; Martin, Randolph
Cyclic Permeability and Porosity Hysteresis in Mudrocks – Experimental Study...... 3313 Teklu, Tadesse Weldu; Abass, Hazim; Zhou, Zhou; Li, Xiaopeng
Geomechanics Properties from Laboratory Testing of Soft Rocks from Mount Messenger Formation, New Zealand ...... 3325 Barker, Peter; Read, Stuart; Lyndsell, B.M; Field, Brad
The Impact of CEC, Silt Content, and Salinity on Multistage Triaxial Tests of Reconsolidated Mudrocks...... 3333 Dessouki, Mohab; Myers, Michael; Hathon, Lori
Laboratory Creep Strain Rate Versus Deviatoric Stress for Sylvinite and Halite at Room and Elevated Temperatures...... 3341 Zhao, Hua; Hardy, Michael; Yu, Bo
Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Development in Consolidation of Nominally Dry Granular Salt ...... 3350 Ding, Jihui; Chester, Frederick M.; Chester, Judith S.; Zhu, Cheng; Arson, Chloé
TECHNICAL SESSION 51: SUBSURFACE INTEGRITY
Accurate Forecasts of Stress Accumulation During Slurry Injection Operations...... 3357 El-Kholy, Sherif; Mohamed, Ibrahim; Block, Gareth; Abou-Sayed, Omar; Abou-Sayed, Ahmed
Critical Issues in Subsurface Integrity...... 3370 Bere, Adam; Schultz, Richard; Mutlu, Ovunc
Modelling of Fault Reactivation and Fault Slip in Producing Gasfields Using a Slip-weakening Friction Law...... 3384 Wassing, Brecht; Buijze, Loes; Orlic, Bogdan
Numerical Studies of the Deformation of Salt Bodies with Embedded Carbonate Or Anhydrite Stringers ...... 3395 Li, Shiyuan; Lin, Qing; Wang, Yan
Stress Path Evolution During Fluid Injection into Geological Formations ...... 3401 Gheibi, Sohrab; Holt, Rune M.; Vilarrasa, Victor
Studying the Impact of Thermal Cycling on Wellbore Integrity during CO2 Injection ...... 3411 Gawel, Kamila; Roy, Pratanu; Morris, Joseph; Walsh, Stuart; Hao, Yue; Iyer, Jaisree; Carroll, Susan; Torsater, Malin; Todorovic, Jelena
TECHNICAL SESSION 52: COUPLED PROCESSES – MECHANICAL RESPONSES
Fully Coupled Geomechanics and Reservoir Simulation for Naturally and Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs...... 3423 Jiang, Jiamin; Younis, Rami; Ren, Guotong
Mitigation of the Thermo-mechanical Impacts of the Rock Melt Borehole Sealing System ...... 3435 Nopola, Jay; Vining, Cody
Modelling of a Drill Bit Blaster...... 3443 Hareland, Geir; Elbing, Brain; Thorp, Nicholas; Nygaard, R.
A Parametric Study on Gas Outbursts Induced by Gas Desorption ...... 3450 Zhi, Sheng; Elsworth, Derek
Rigorous Modeling of Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Largely Deformable Anisotropic Geological Systems...... 3462 Kim, Jihoon; Yoon, Hyun
Water Weakening Triggers Mechanical Instability in Laboratory Fluid Substitution Experiments on a Weakly- Consolidated Sandstone...... 3469 David, Christian; Dautriat, Jeremie; Sarout, Joel; Delle Piane, Claudio; Menendez, Beatriz; Macault, Romaric; Bertauld, Delphine
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