Search Results - "Couples, G. D."

New Experimental Equipment Recreating Geo-Reservoir Conditions in Large, Fractured, Porous Samples to Investigate Coupled Thermal, Hydraulic and Polyaxial Stress Processes by McDermott, C. I., Fraser-Harris, A., Sauter, M., Couples, G. D., Edlmann, K., Kolditz, O., Lightbody, A., Somerville, J., Wang, W.

“…Use of the subsurface for energy resources (enhanced geothermal systems, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons), or for storage of waste (CO 2 ,…”
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Fast 4‐D Imaging of Fluid Flow in Rock by High‐Speed Neutron Tomography by Tudisco, E., Etxegarai, M., Hall, S. A., Charalampidou, E.‐M., Couples, G. D., Lewis, H., Tengattini, A., Kardjilov, N.

“…High‐speed neutron tomographies (1‐min acquisition) have been acquired during water invasion into air‐filled samples of both intact and deformed (ex situ)…”
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Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Stress Sensitivity of Fracture Permeability Under Changing Polyaxial Stress Conditions by Fraser‐Harris, A. P., McDermott, C. I., Couples, G. D., Edlmann, K., Lightbody, A., Cartwright‐Taylor, A., Kendrick, J. E., Brondolo, F., Fazio, M., Sauter, M.

“…Understanding and predicting fracture propagation and subsequent fluid flow characteristics is critical to geoenergy technologies that engineer and/or utilize…”
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Representation of multiscale heterogeneity via multiscale pore networks by Jiang, Z., van Dijke, M. I. J., Sorbie, K. S., Couples, G. D.

“…Developing a better understanding of single‐/multiphase flow through reservoir rocks largely relies on characterizing and modeling the pore system. For simple…”
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Hydro-geomechanical modelling of seal behaviour in overpressured basins using discontinuous deformation analysis by Rouainia, M., Lewis, H., Pearce, C., Bicanic, N., Couples, G.D., Reynolds, M.A.

“…A coupled hydro-geomechanical modelling environment, developed to evaluate the coupled responses of fluid flow in deforming discontinuous media, is described…”
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Stochastic Pore Network Generation from 3D Rock Images by Jiang, Z., van Dijke, M. I. J., Wu, K., Couples, G. D., Sorbie, K. S., Ma, J.

“…Pore networks can be extracted from 3D rock images to accurately predict multi-phase flow properties of rocks by network flow simulation. However, the…”
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Pore network extraction for fractured porous media by Jiang, Z., van Dijke, M.I.J., Geiger, S., Ma, J., Couples, G.D., Li, X.

“…•Development of a pore-network extraction method for rocks with intersecting fractures embedded in a porous matrix.•Implementation of an efficient shrinking…”
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Sampling and preparation of c.200 mm diameter cylindrical rock samples for geomechanical experiments by Fraser-Harris, A., Lightbody, A., Edlmann, K., Elphick, S., Couples, G.D., Sauter, M., McDermott, C.I.

“…Experimental investigation of rock mechanical properties of real and artificial samples often requires much care and attention to detail during sample…”
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Sandstone cementation and fluids in hydrocarbon basins by HASZELDINE, R. S, MACAULAY, C. I, MARCHAND, A, WILKINSON, M, GRAHAM, C. M, CAVANAGH, A, FALLICK, A. E, COUPLES, G. D

“…Are porewater flow or stasis exclusive hypotheses? We think there is an intermediate view. Processes governing sandstone cementation in the deep sub-surface…”
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Estimation of pre-dolomitisation porosity and permeability of a nummulitic carbonate reservoir rock using the Multi-Component Architecture Method (MCAM) by Mangione, A., Lewis, H., Geiger, S., Jiang, Z., Couples, G.D., Buckman, J., Beavington-Penney, S., Hall, S.A.

“…The fossiliferous Eocene carbonate reservoir interval of the offshore Hasdrubal Field has a diagenetic history in which dolomitisation of micrite-rich facies…”
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Pressure cells and pressure seals in the UK Central Graben by Darby, David, Stuart Haszeldine, R., Couples, Gary D.

“…The Central Graben of the North Sea is characterised by high levels of overpressure (up to 40 MPa overpressure at 4500 m depth). We present pressure data for…”
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A Hydro-Geomechanical View of Seal Formation and Failure in Overpressured Basins by Couples, G. D.

“…The formation of seals, and the consequent retention of overpressure, is a common and expected event during normal basin evolution in active basins that have a…”
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Representation of multiscale heterogeneity via multiscale pore networks: Representation of Multiscale Heterogeneity by Jiang, Z., van Dijke, M. I. J., Sorbie, K. S., Couples, G. D.

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Mathematical modelling of groundwater flow at Sellafield, UK by McKeown, Chris, Haszeldine, R.Stuart, Couples, Gary D.

“…Sellafield in West Cumbria was a potential site for the location of the UK's first underground repository for radioactive, intermediate level waste (ILW). The…”
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A Hydro-Geomechanical View of Seal Formation and Failure in Overpressured Basins Approche hydro-géomécanique de la formation des barrières d'étanchéité et de la fracturation dans les bassins en surpression by Couples G. D.

“…The formation of seals, and the consequent retention of overpressure, is a common and expected event during normal basin evolution in active basins that have a…”
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Stochastic Pore Network Generation from 3D Rock Images: Pore-Scale Modeling Approaches of Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media by JIANG, Z, VAN DIJKE, M. I. J, WU, K, COUPLES, G. D, SORBIE, K. S, MA, J

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High-pressure experimental models of geological structures by Brémand, Fabrice, Couples, G.D., Lewis, H.

“…In order to understand deformation processes that operated in large-scale, natural systems, experimental models can provide a crucial means of developing ideas…”
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Lateral variations of strain in experimental forced folds by Couples, Gary D., Lewis, Helen

“…Packages of rock layers, deformed under confining pressure by the uplift and rotation of a steel-block forcing assembly, translate both towards, and away from,…”
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