Experience Using Measurements Made on Borehole Drill Cuttings to Construct and Apply Rock Mechanical Profiles of Heterogeneous Rock Masses
K Glover
In the proceedings of: GeoVancouver 2016: 69th Canadian Geotechnical ConferenceSession: SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - II Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
ABSTRACT: Rock mechanical profiles are tools that can be used to improve the construction and use of deep boreholes while reducing some associated risks and costs. In recent years, the upstream oil and gas industry has increasingly turned to the characterization of drill cuttings to obtain the data required to analyse the problems associated with designing deep boreholes. Various types of data can now be routinely obtained from drill cuttings using a combination of geochemical and nano-materials testing methods. Specific techniques include indirect mechanical property measurements such as rock mineralogy and x-ray fluorescence to construct effective media models that can constrain rock mechanical properties. In this paper we will focus on direct measurement techniques such as instrumented nano-indentation analysis that has shown some promise as a potential tool for the geotechnical community. .
RÉSUMÉ: Profils mécaniques rock sont des outils qui peuvent être utilisés pour améliorer la construction et l'utilisation des forages profonds, tout en réduisant certains risques et les coûts associés. Ces dernières années, l'industrie pétrolière et gazière en amont a de plus en plus tourné vers la caractérisation des déblais de forage pour obtenir les données nécessaires pour analyser les problèmes liés à la conception des forages profonds. Différents types de données peuvent maintenant être régulièrement obtenues à partir de déblais de forage en utilisant une combinaison de méthodes d'essais géochimiques et nano-matériaux. Des techniques spécifiques comprennent les mesures des propriétés mécaniques indirectes telles que la minéralogie de la roche et de la fluorescence à rayons X pour construire des modèles de médias efficaces qui peuvent contraindre roche propriétés mécaniques. Dans cet article, nous allons nous concentrer sur les techniques de mesure directes telles que l'analyse instrumentée nano-indentation qui a montré une certaine promesse comme un outil potentiel pour la communauté géotechnique.
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K Glover (2016) Experience Using Measurements Made on Borehole Drill Cuttings to Construct and Apply Rock Mechanical Profiles of Heterogeneous Rock Masses in GEO2016. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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