Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress

Understanding seismic anisotropy in shales is important for quantitative interpretation of seismic data, 4D monitoring and pore pressure prediction. Along with intrinsic anisotropy caused by preferred mineral orientation that is common in shales, anisotropic stress is an important factor that affect...

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Main Authors: Pervukhina, M., Gurevich, Boris, Golodoniuc, Pavel, Dewhurst, D.
Other Authors: Society of Exploration Geophysics
Format: Conference Paper
Published: SEG 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13805
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author Pervukhina, M.
Gurevich, Boris
Golodoniuc, Pavel
Dewhurst, D.
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Gurevich, Boris
Golodoniuc, Pavel
Dewhurst, D.
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description Understanding seismic anisotropy in shales is important for quantitative interpretation of seismic data, 4D monitoring and pore pressure prediction. Along with intrinsic anisotropy caused by preferred mineral orientation that is common in shales, anisotropic stress is an important factor that affects shale elastic response. While variations of elastic coefficients with anisotropic stress have been the subject of experimental studies, theoretical insight is still largely lacking. Here we suggest a new model that allows parameterization of the stress dependency of elastic coefficients of shales under anisotropic stress conditions. We show that the parameterization requires four parameters, namely, specific tangential compliance of a single crack, the ratio of normal to tangential compliances, characteristic pressure and a crack orientation anisotropy parameter. These parameters can be estimated from experimentally measured stress sensitivity of elastic coefficients in shales to isotropic stress.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-138052018-12-14T00:48:39Z Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress Pervukhina, M. Gurevich, Boris Golodoniuc, Pavel Dewhurst, D. Society of Exploration Geophysics 4D modeling rock physics elastic anisotropy Understanding seismic anisotropy in shales is important for quantitative interpretation of seismic data, 4D monitoring and pore pressure prediction. Along with intrinsic anisotropy caused by preferred mineral orientation that is common in shales, anisotropic stress is an important factor that affects shale elastic response. While variations of elastic coefficients with anisotropic stress have been the subject of experimental studies, theoretical insight is still largely lacking. Here we suggest a new model that allows parameterization of the stress dependency of elastic coefficients of shales under anisotropic stress conditions. We show that the parameterization requires four parameters, namely, specific tangential compliance of a single crack, the ratio of normal to tangential compliances, characteristic pressure and a crack orientation anisotropy parameter. These parameters can be estimated from experimentally measured stress sensitivity of elastic coefficients in shales to isotropic stress. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13805 10.1190/1.3627669 SEG fulltext
spellingShingle 4D
modeling
rock physics
elastic
anisotropy
Pervukhina, M.
Gurevich, Boris
Golodoniuc, Pavel
Dewhurst, D.
Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title_full Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title_fullStr Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title_full_unstemmed Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title_short Stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
title_sort stress dependency of elastic properties of shales: the effect of uniaxial stress
topic 4D
modeling
rock physics
elastic
anisotropy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13805