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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Hariharan Ramakrishnan, Sugar Land, TX (US);

George Waters, Oklahoma City, OK (US);

Edward C. Boratko, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Ahmad Latifzal, Houston, TX (US);

Doug Bentley, Warsaw, PL;

Inventors:

Hariharan Ramakrishnan, Sugar Land, TX (US);

George Waters, Oklahoma City, OK (US);

Edward C. Boratko, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Ahmad Latifzal, Houston, TX (US);

Doug Bentley, Warsaw, PL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06G 7/50 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/008 (2013.01); E21B 33/124 (2013.01); E21B 49/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example in-situ stress measurements in hydrocarbon bearing shales are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes lowering a downhole tool into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean shale formation, logging via the downhole tool, a portion of the wellbore adjacent the shale formation to generate logging results, processing the logging results to select test intervals along the portion of the wellbore, performing a stress test at one or more of the selected test intervals to generate stress test results for the shale formation, and adjusting a model representing at least one property of the shale formation based on the stress test results.


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