This conversation with  Marco Veniere is about the geomechanical properties in the Duvernay.  It is based on Marco Venieri, Per Pedersen, and David Eaton’s recent publication “Predicting unconventional reservoir potential from wire-line logs: a correlation between compositional and geomecahnical properties of the Duvernay shale play of western Alberta Canada”.  We also incorporate elements from the previous paper by Marco Venieri, Ronald Weird, Scott McKean, Per Pedersen, and David Eaton’s scientific article titled “Determining elastic properties of organic-rich shales from core, wireline logs, and 3-D seismic: A comparative study from the Duvernay play, Alberta, Canada”.  Some highlights include discussing how spectral gamma ray and pulsed neutron spectroscopy to reveal elastic properties. 

What does Young's Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio correlate to geologically in core, seismic, and logs?  How do Spectral Gamma Ray and Pulsed Neutron Spectroscopy reveal elastic properties?

May this exchange serve to expand your geological knowledge on the go.

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Citation: Venieri, M., Pedersen, P., Eaton, D. (2020). Predicting unconventional reservoir potential from wire-line logs: a correlation between compositional and geomecahnical properties of the Duvernay shale play of western Alberta Canada. AAPG Bulletin (November 2020). 10.1306/10262019042

Venieri, M., Weird, R., McKean, S., Pedersen, P., Eaton, D. (2020). Determining elastic properties of organic-rich shales from core, wireline logs, and 3-D seismic: A comparative study from the Duvernay play, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (84) 103637, ISSN 1875-5100