The 10th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics

›8:45 (1h45)

Fluid Extraction Processes (Petroleum Engineering, Gas/Shale, ...)
Teng-fong Wong

8:45 - 10:30 (1h45)

Fluid Extraction Processes (Petroleum Engineering, Gas/Shale, ...)

Teng-fong Wong

› Energy Budgets in the extraction of pore fluids from geomaterials - Gary Couples, Heriot-Watt University, UK 08:45-09:25 (40min)

› Quantitative estimation of the effect of clay distribution on the elastic properties of shales - Philippe Cosenza, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers - HydrASA, France 09:25-09:45 (20min)

› A more robust experimental determination of Thomsen's anisotropy parameters – The δ parameter - Joel Sarout, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Autralia 09:45-10:05 (20min)

› Seismic attenuation at low frequencies in partially saturated rocks: what we have learnt, and new prospective - Nicola Tisato, University of Toronto - Civil Engineering, Canada, ETH Zurich- Rock Deformation Lab, Switzerland 10:05-10:25 (20min)

›10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:00 (1h30)

Fluid Injection Processes (Fracking, CO2 Sequestration, ...)
Teng-fong Wong

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

Fluid Injection Processes (Fracking, CO2 Sequestration, ...)

Teng-fong Wong

› ‘Dry-out' phenomena on initial experimental study of microscale supercritical CO2 displacement - Ying Wang, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, China 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Poro-elastic damage modeling applied to wellbore hydraulic stimulation - Eyal Shalev, Geological Survey of Israel 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Proppant-Induced Opening of Hydraulically Created Fractures - Patrick Selvadurai, McGill University, Montréal, Canada 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Stress field variations obtained from focal mechanisms of induced seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field: Geomechanical implications - Patricia Martínez-Garzón, Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany 12:00-12:20 (20min)

›12:30 (2h)

Lunch and free time

12:30 - 14:30 (2h)

Lunch and free time

›14:30 (1h40)

Laboratory Rock Mechanics: Imaging Processes and Processing Images
Patrick Baud

14:30 - 16:10 (1h40)

Laboratory Rock Mechanics: Imaging Processes and Processing Images

Patrick Baud

› Physical and mechanical factors affecting stress induced electric potential field in rock - Marcus Dobbs, British Geological Survey, UK 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› Combined rock mechanics, rock physics and CT image quantification of physical processes - Øistein Johnsen, Norwegian Geotechnical institute, Norway 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› Experimental and field constraints on the mechanism of formation of natural joints (dilatancy banding vs mode I fracturing) - Jean-Pierre Petit, Géosciences Montpellier, France 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› Microstructures induced by dynamic damaging and fracture healing by fluid circulation into a porous limestone: an experimental approach - Mai Linh Doan, ISTerre and Grenoble University, France 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Development and application of time-lapse ultrasonic tomography for laboratory characterisation of localised deformation in hard soils/soft rocks - Erika Tudisco, Division of solid mechanics, Lund University, Sweden 15:50-16:10 (20min)

›16:10 (30min)

Coffee break

16:10 - 16:40 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:40 (2h)

Laboratory Rock Mechanics: Imaging Processes and Processing Images
Patrick Baud

16:40 - 18:40 (2h)

Laboratory Rock Mechanics: Imaging Processes and Processing Images

Patrick Baud

› Insights into transport properties and failure modes from CT imaging of porous rock - Teng-fong Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 16:40-17:20 (40min)

› Characterization of the early strain localization in a sandstone rock - Patrizia Lanatà, Laboratoire 3SR and Grenoble University, France 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Impact of microstructural and mineralogical heterogeneities on deformation and dessication cracking of the Tournemire clay-rock by coupling DIC and SEM methods - Anne-Laure Fauchille, Institut IC2MP, Poitiers, France 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› Stick-slip behaviour of saturated sandstone specimens with different saw-cut failure planes - Elli-Maria Charalampidou, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany 18:00-18:20 (20min)

› Fracture and healing – an efficient geological process - Yan Lavallée, University of Liverpool, UK 18:20-18:40 (20min)

›18:40 (1h20)

Poster session with aperitif

18:40 - 20:00 (1h20)

Poster session with aperitif

›20:30 (1h30)

Banquet

20:30 - 22:00 (1h30)

Banquet