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Visualizing Principal Stress Trajectory
Patterns for Geoscientific and
Geotechnical Applications
Name: Ned Thomas
Advisor: Ruud Weijermars
Date: February 4, 2017
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What Can We Learn from
Principal Stress Patterns?
(Weijermars, 2013, Figs 9,12)
βπ1π1 β
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Kirsch Equations
Tangential Stress:
β’ ππ =1
2π1 + π3 1 +
π
π
2β
1
2π1 β π3 1 + 3
π
π
4cos 2π β π
π
π
2
Radial Stress:
β’ ππ =1
2π1 + π3 1 β
π
π
2+
1
2π1 β π3 1 β 4
π
π
2+ 3
π
π
4cos 2π + π
π
π
2
Shear Stress:
β’ πππ = β1
2π1 β π3 1 + 2
π
π
2β 3
π
π
4sin 2π
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A Concise Algorithm
The Frac Number, F, controls the net
fluid pressure in the borehole as it
relates to the natural background
stress in the host rock and the
pressure in the penetrated formation.
π =π·π΅π¬π»
ππ
π = βππ|ππ|
The stress solutions are governed by two non-dimensional parameters
The Bi-axial Stress Scalar, Ο, specifies
the anisotropy of the far-field stresses
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Updated Non-dimensional Equations
Tangential Stress:
β’ ππβ =
1
21 β π 1 +
π
π
2β
1
21 + π 1 + 3
π
π
4cos 2π β πΉ
π
π
2
Radial Stress:
β’ ππβ =
1
21 β π 1 β
π
π
2+
1
21 + π 1 β 4
π
π
2+ 3
π
π
4cos 2π + πΉ
π
π
2
Shear Stress:
β’ πππβ = β
1
21 + π 1 + 2
π
π
2β 3
π
π
4sin 2π
Principal Stresses:
β’ π1,3β =
1
2ππ₯β + ππ¦
β Β± πβπ₯π¦2 +
1
4ππ₯β β ππ¦
β 21
2 π =π·π΅π¬π»
ππ
π = βππππ
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(Weijermars and Schultz-Ela, 2015, Fig. 3)
Overbalanced | Balanced | Underbalanced
π > π ExcessMud Weight
π < π InadequateMud Weight
π = π
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Faults around Salt Stocks
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a: Radial fractures in the roof of the Pierce salt stocks, North Sea basin (Carruthers, 2012). b: Salt diapir with interpreted concentric fractures, North Sea basin (Stewart, 2006).
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tan 2π½ =2ππ₯π¦
ππ₯ β ππ¦
π½ =1
2tanβ1
2ππ₯π¦
ππ₯ β ππ¦
Principal Stress Trajectories
Bi-axial plane stress (Ο = 1) Balanced borehole pressure (F = 0)
Borehole net-pressure is 2 times far-field principal stress:
π·π΅π¬π» = π ππ
ππ
ππ
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Overbalanced holes (F>0)
Excess mud weight
Risk of hole opening and lost circulation
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Dike Patterns of the Spanish Peaks, CO
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Dike patterns of the Spanish Peaks region, Colorado (Muller and Pollard, 1977), with solid blue lines representing mode I dike paths (MΓ©riaux and Lister, 2002).
Field photographs of igneous dike emanating from the West Spanish Peak(Photos taken by Weijermars in 1990).
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Stress Trajectories around
a Horizontal Wellbore
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Extensional Basin Compressional Basin
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Underbalanced holes (F<0)
Inadequate mud weight
Risk of shear failure including breakout and/or collapsed hole
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Neutral Point Stress-ReversalThe neutral point defines a boundary called
a βstress cageβ for overbalanced wellbores
and βfracture cageβ for underbalanced
For underbalanced holes (F < 0), all
radial stress inside the fracture cage is
negative (tension) while all tangential
stress is positive (compression)
For overbalanced holes (F > 0), all
radial stress inside the stress cage is
positive (compression) while tangential
stress is negative (tension)
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Neutral Point Locations
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Concentric faulting
near large salt diapir
in Lower Congo Basin
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(fig. 7.8 in Carruthers, 2012)
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Mud Volcano Fault Evolution
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Apsheron anticline in the South Caspian Basin Courtesy: Virtual Seismic Atlas
Mud volcano systems:
High fluid pressures (typically)
β hydraulic fractures and shearing
β open fractures and dilatant faults
Ο1 is oriented normal to the image for this extensional basin
Concentric faults around the southernmost mud volcano indicate that underbalanced conditions (F < 0) prevailed at some point
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Fracture Cage
Right: Initial crack is too short to extend beyond the fracture cage. As a result, this fracture redirects around the borehole.
(Weijermars et al., 2013, Fig. 10)
Recall: A fracture will redirect along planes parallel to the maximum principal stress.
Left: Initial crack is long enough to extend beyond the fracture cage region. As a result, when the fracture redirects parallel to the maximum principal stress, it propagates radially away from the borehole.
Initial Cracks
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(Weijermars, 2016)
Controlling the initiation and propagation direction of hydraulic fractures for stimulation of the reservoir zone
Drilling
Prevention of
wellbore damage
during drilling
toward a target
reservoir
Hydraulic Fracturing
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Conclusions
β’ Predict fracture orientations and planes of shear failureβ’ Characterize some
of the most critical aspects of wellbore stability
β’ Apply to a number of geotechnical and geoscientific fields
β’ Deduce boundary conditions such as: (1) stress anisotropy, (2) far-field stress magnitudes, and (3) hole pressures
Principal stress trajectory patterns:
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Ned Thomas
Texas A&M University
Thank you!
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Visualizing Principal Stress Trajectory Patterns
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