Experimental Studies of Anisotropy on Borehole Breakouts in Mancos Shale

Choens, R. C.; Lee, M. Y.; Ingraham, M. D.; Dewers, T. A.; Herrick, C. G.

doi:10.1029/2018JB017090

Title: Experimental Studies of Anisotropy on Borehole Breakouts in Mancos Shale

Journal Article · Sat Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017090· OSTI ID:1515201

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Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Abstract Measuring the size and orientation of borehole breakouts is one of the primary methods for determining the orientation and magnitudes of the in situ stresses in the subsurface. To better understand the effects of anisotropy on borehole breakouts, experiments were conducted on Mancos Shale, a finely laminated mudrock. A novel testing configuration was developed to conduct borehole breakout experiments in a standard triaxial vessel and load frame. Samples were prepared at three different orientations and deformed under 6.9 to 20.7 MPa confining pressure. The results show a variation of peak strength and breakout geometry depending on the lamination orientation. Samples deformed parallel to laminations failed at a higher maximum compressive stress than samples deformed perpendicular to laminations, which were stronger than inclined samples. These relationships are quantified by a cosine‐based failure envelope. Observed breakout shapes in perpendicular samples are V‐shaped and symmetric around the borehole, which advance as a series of fractures of increasing size into the sidewalls. In inclined samples, fractures form along weaker laminations planes and grow in an en echelon pattern towards the axial stress direction. In parallel samples, long fractures grow from the wellbore towards the axial stress direction. The observed geometries highlight potential sources of error in calculating in situ stresses from borehole breakouts.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1515201

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1515791

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-4347J; 674787

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, Vol. 124, Issue 4; ISSN 2169-9313

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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