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Numerical Assessment of Caprock Integrity in SAGD Operations Considering Mechanical Anisotropic Behavior of Shale Layers
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There has been an increasing awareness of the importance of caprock integrity during Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations. However, mathematical tools that have been developed for caprock integrity studies have not incorporated an important characteristic of cap shales, which is the...
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Fall 2019
Lateral–torsional buckling (LTB) is a failure mode that is associated with simultaneous vertical displacement and twisting of a beam when subjected to flexural loading. LTB behaviour is generally well understood for I shaped steel beams; however, the LTB behaviour of T shaped steel beams is not...
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Fall 2010
Because of their high strength to weight ratio, stiffened steel plates are often used in light structures where plates are placed into compression. The stability of steel plates stiffened with longitudinal tee-shaped stiffeners and subjected to uniaxial compression or combined axial compression...
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Spring 2016
Increasing demand of global energy and limited conventional resources force the petroleum industry to shift their focus towards the low permeability reservoirs such as shale or tight rock reservoir. Multi-fractured horizontal wells have economically unlocked the massive hydrocarbon resources from...
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Numerical Investigation of Water Loss Mechanisms During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation in Tight Oil Reservoirs
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Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is widely applied in tight reservoir exploitation. Production is enhanced significantly if hydraulic fractures can connect to regions with enhanced permeability due to the presence of micro (and induced) fractures. However, less than 50% of fracturing fluids are...
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Fall 2015
Over the past decades, the increased volume of oil-field waste disposal and the recognition of the environment and health impacts from conventional and traditional disposal approaches have led to an increased demand for solution-mined salt caverns as an effective method for permanent abandonment...
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Fall 2017
Hydraulic fracturing is a technique to enhance hydrocarbon production by inducing fracture(s) into reservoir rock. A fracture is induced by injecting fluid into the reservoir at pressures greater than the formation breakdown pressure. The fracture(s) geometry, mode, initiation and propagation...