A study established a quantitative fracture identification method for the igneous reservoir rock in the Xingcheng group of Xushen gas field, a field near Daqing in northeastern China. The method uses ...

The heterogeneity and complexity of flow paths in fractured rocks make field studies very difficult. As a result, there are relatively few field study sites where the distribution and character of ...

Suggested Citation: "2 Physical Characteristics of Fractured Rock Controlling Flow and Transport." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, ...

Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at the beginning of production but its advantage over multi-stage fracturing diminishes over time. Network fracturing horizontal wells is efficient at ...

This image shows the variation in permeability in a network of fractures due to quartz dissolving in the fractures. Each plane represents an individual fracture in the network. Fractures are the main ...

For many decades the rock mechanics community has been tacitly assumed that a rock mass can be equated to the sum of fractures and intact rocks. Accordingly, the behaviour of a rock mass can be ...

Mysterious parallel microtunnels discovered in rock defy geology and could be the work of unknown microscopic ancient life.

Fractures are the main way that water and other fluids move through rocks below the Earth's surface. As fluids move through these fractures, the fluids react with minerals in the rock and in the ...