An approach for predicting stress-induced anisotropy around a borehole
Formation elastic properties near a borehole may be altered from their original state due to the stress concentration around the borehole. This could result in a biased estimation of formation properties but could provide a means to estimate in situ stress from sonic logging data. To properly accoun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81404 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8814-5495 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-3089 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4127-9891 |
| Summary: | Formation elastic properties near a borehole may be altered from their original state due to the stress concentration around the borehole. This could result in a biased estimation of formation properties but could provide a means to estimate in situ stress from sonic logging data. To properly account for the formation property alteration, we propose an iterative numerical approach to calculate stress-induced anisotropy around a borehole by combining a rock physics model and a finite-element method. We tested the validity and accuracy of our approach by comparing numerical results to laboratory measurements of the stress-strain relation of a sample of Berea sandstone, which contains a borehole and is subjected to a uniaxial stress loading. Our iterative approach converges very fast and can be applied to calculate the spatially varying stiffness tensor of the formation around a borehole for any given stress state. |
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