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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Spring, TX (US);
Jie Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Katy, TX (US);
Harold Grayson Walters, Tomball, TX (US);
Luis Matzar, Humble, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation. The apparatus includes force application fixtures configured to apply opposing compressive forces to a disc-shaped sample of a core plug specimen from the rock formation. Each of the force application fixtures include an applicant portion having an end cap. The end cap has a shaped surface that is configured to conform with a portion of a non-planar side of the disc-shaped sample such that substantially an entire volume of the disc-shaped sample experiences a compressive stress when the opposing compressive forces are applied to the portions of the non-planar side. A system and method for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation are also disclosed.