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2026
Shale as a Barrier

Thermal Stimulation of Annular Shale Barriers for Long-Term Well Integrity

van Oort, E.; Lucas, A.; Kverneland, J.; Godøy, R.; Reitan, H.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.

2025
Drilling & Fracturing

Fracture Plugging by Novel Thermally Activated Lost Circulation Materials

Denduluri, V.S.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; Juenger, M.; van Oort, E.

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2024
CCUS & Emerging

Evaluation of Caprock Integrity with Laboratory Scale In-Situ CO₂ Injection Test

Adisornsupawat, K.; Sangnimnuan, A.; Rabiabpo, P.; Govindarajan, S.; Thombare, A.; Gokaraju, D.; Aldin, M.

Shale as a Barrier

Long Term Annular Sealing of CO₂ Injection and Storage Wells Using Shale Barriers

van Oort, E.; Lucas, A.; Kverneland, J.; Godøy, R.; Reitan, H.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.

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CCUS & Emerging

Quantification of Elastic and Strength Properties Degradation in High Porosity Sandstones Due to CO₂ Interaction

Muhamad Zaidi, M.N.; Tan, C.P.; Md Shah, S.S.; Amir Rashidi, M.R.; Kashim, M.Z.; Thombare, A.

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Rock Mechanics

Advanced Rock Mechanical Characterization of Giant Cretaceous Carbonate Sequence for Reservoir Development

Noufal, A.; El Wazir, Z.; Al Madani, N.; Shinde, A.L.; Benmamar, S.; Perumalla, S.; Aldin, M.; Govindarajan, S.; Gokaraju, D.

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Drilling & Fracturing

Thermally Activated Lost Circulation Mitigation of Severe Losses in Fractured and Vugular Formations

Denduluri, V.S.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; Juenger, M.; van Oort, E.

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2023
CCUS & Emerging

Integrated Thermo-Poro-Mechanical Characterization for CO₂ Sequestration at Deep Aquifer Conditions

Govindarajan, S.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.; Abdulbaki, O.; Gokaraju, D.; Mitra, A.; Patterson, R.

Drilling & Fracturing

A New Confined Swelling Test for Improved Fluid-Shale Compatibility Evaluation

van Oort, E.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.

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CCUS & Emerging

Mechanical Properties Degradation in Depleted Clastic Reservoirs for CO₂ Storage

Amir Rashidi, M.R.; M Ali, S.S.; Kashim, M.Z.; Md Shah, S.S.; Tan, C.P.; Muhamad Zaidi, M.N.; Thombare, A.

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2022
Shale as a Barrier

Annular Creep Barrier Evaluation and Qualification Using Ultrasonic Measurements

van Oort, E.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; Lucas, A.

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Rock Mechanics

Maintaining Uniaxial Strain Boundary Condition in Absence of Radial Deformation Monitoring

Mitra, A.; Aldin, M.; Myers, M.T.; Hathon, L.; Prakash, S.; Gokaraju, D.; Abdulbaki, O.; Aldin, H.; Thombare, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Patterson, R.; Guedez, A.

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Shale as a Barrier

Fixing Leaking Annular Cement Barriers Using Creeping Shale Formations

van Oort, E.; Delabroy, L.; Kristiansen, T.; Dyngeland, T.; Kverneland, J.O.; Godoy, R.; Reitan, H.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.

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Shale as a Barrier

Simplifying Well Abandonments Using Shale as a Barrier

van Oort, E.; Juenger, M.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.; McDonald, M.; Lucas, A.; Ditlevsen, F.

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Rock Mechanics

Consideration of Stress Shadows in Stacked Plays

Nagel, N.B.; Gokaraju, D.; Mitra, A.; Sanchez-Nagel, M.A.

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2021
Rock Mechanics

Direct Measurement of Permeability and its Evolution with Stress

Gokaraju, D.; Djordjevic, O.; Mitra, A.; Hathon, L.; Guedez, A.; Patterson, R.; Simone, A.; Aldin, M.; Aldin, S.; Thombare, A.; Govindarajan, S.

Rock Mechanics

Experimental Investigation for Selection of Unloading Criterion in Multistage Triaxial Testing

Govindarajan, S.; Aldin, M.; Guedez, A.; Thombare, A.; Gokaraju, D.; Mitra, A.; Patterson, R.

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2020
Rock Mechanics

A Coupled Laboratory Measurement – Machine Learning Workflow to Predict Elastic Anisotropy by Lithotype in Shale

Mitra, A.; Kessler, J.; Govindarajan, S.; Gokaraju, D.; Thombare, A.; Guedez, A.; Aldin, M.

Core Analysis

An Integrated Geomechanical, Petrophysical and Petrographical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Plug Cleaning Technique for Ultra-Low Permeability Rocks

Guedez, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Lambert, D.; Keyes, S.; Patterson, R.; Mickelson, W.; Mitra, A.; Aldin, S.; Gokaraju, D.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.

Rock Mechanics

Anisotropic Strength and Failure Behaviors of Transversely Isotropic Shales: An Experimental Investigation

Wang, Y.; Li, H.; Mitra, A.; Han, D.; Long, T.

Shale as a Barrier

Experimental Technique to Investigate Shale Creep for Annular Barrier Formation in Oil and Gas Wells

Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; van Oort, E.

Rock Mechanics

Mitigation of Sand Production and Estimation of In-situ Stress Orientation – An Experimental Investigation

Thombare, A.; Gokaraju, D.V.; Mitra, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Guedez, A.; Aldin, M.

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Core Analysis

Laboratory Investigation and Characterization of the Poroelastic Response of Ultra-tight Formations

Gokaraju, D.; Thombare, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Mitra, A.; Guedez, A.; Aldin, M.

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2019
Core Analysis

A Novel Non-Destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-Low Permeability Rocks

Guedez, A.; Mickelson, W.; Aldin, S.; Gokaraju, D.; Mitra, A.; Thombare, A.; Patterson, R.; Aldin, M.

Rock Mechanics

Determining P-Wave 45° Laboratory Acoustic Measurement using a Vertically Drilled Plug

Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; Gokaraju, D.; Guedez, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Mitra, A.

Shale as a Barrier

Exploiting Shale Creep Deformation to Create Annular Barriers for Well Plugging and Abandonment: Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation

Enayatpour, S.; Thombare, A.; Aldin, M.; van Oort, E.

Rock Mechanics

Long-term Oil Well Zonal Isolation Control Using Geopolymers: An Analysis of Shrinkage Behavior

Olvera, R.; Panchmatia, P.; Juenger, M.; Aldin, M.; van Oort, E.

Rock Mechanics

Laboratory Based Geomechanical Investigation of Mechanical Response to Depletion and Injection for Reservoir Management

Noufal, A.; El Wazir, Z.; Al Madani, N.; Shinde, A.; Perumalla, S.; Aldin, M.; Govindarajan, S.; Gokaraju, D.

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Core Analysis

Utilization of Sidewall Plugs for Enhancing Rock Characterization

Govindarajan, S.; Gokaraju, D.V.; Mitra, A.; Thombare, A.; Guedez, A.; Ghoneim, T.; Patterson, R.; Aldin, M.

2018
Rock Mechanics

A Novel Method for Experimental Characterization of the Poroelastic Constants in Unconventional Formations

Gokaraju, D.; Aldin, M.; Thombare, A.; Mitra, A.; Govindarajan, S.; Patterson, R.

Rock Mechanics

Developing Correlations for Velocity Models in Vertical Transverse Isotropic Media: Bakken Case Study

Guedez, A.; Mokhtari, M.; Seibi, A.; Mitra, A.

2017
Drilling & Fracturing

Comprehensive Analysis of Initiation and Propagation Pressures in Drilling Induced Fractures

Razavi, O.; Karimi Vajargah, A.; van Oort, E.; Aldin, M.

Rock Mechanics

Evaluation of Fracability Index for Reservoir Rock – A Laboratory Study

Govindarajan, S.; Gokaraju, D.V.; Mitra, A.; Patterson, R.; Aldin, M.

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Rock Mechanics

Evaluation of Fracture Toughness and Its Impact on Hydraulic Fracturing

Gokaraju, D.; Govindarajan, S.; Mitra, A.; Aldin, M.; Patterson, R.

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2016
Drilling & Fracturing

Initiation and Propagation of Drilling Induced Fractures

Razavi, O.; Karimi Vajargah, A.; van Oort, E.; Aldin, M.; Govindarajan, S.

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Drilling & Fracturing

How to Test Fluids for Shale Compatibility

van Oort, E.; Hoxha, B.B.; Hale, A.; Aldin, M.; Patterson, R.

Rock Mechanics

ISRM Suggested Method for Uniaxial-Strain Compressibility Testing for Reservoir Geomechanics

Dudley, J.W.; Brignoli, M.; Crawford, B.R.; Ewy, R.T.; Love, D.K.; McLennan, J.D.; Ramos, G.G.; Shafer, J.L.; Sharf-Aldin, M.H.; Siebrits, E.; Boyer, J.; Chertov, M.A.

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Rock Mechanics

Measurement of Grain Compressibility of Fine-Grained Rock

Mitra, A.; Govindarajan, S.; PaiAngle, M.; Aldin, M.

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Drilling & Fracturing

Optimum Particle Size Distribution Design for Lost Circulation Control and Wellbore Strengthening

Razavi, O.; Karimi Vajargah, A.; van Oort, E.; Aldin, M.; Govindarajan, S.

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Rock Mechanics

Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement of Sidewall Cores for Different Stress Paths

Mitra, A.; Engelder, T.; Aldin, M.; Govindarajan, S.

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2015
Rock Mechanics

Comparison of Multistage to Single Stage Triaxial Tests

Alsalman, M.E.; Myers, M.T.; Sharf-Aldin, M.H.

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Drilling & Fracturing

How to Effectively Strengthen Wellbores in Narrow Drilling Margin Wells: An Experimental Investigation

Razavi, O.; Karimi Vajargah, A.; van Oort, E.; Aldin, M.; Patterson, R.

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2014
Rock Mechanics

Impact of Experimental Studies on Unconventional Reservoir Mechanisms

Rosen, R.; Mickelson, W.; Sharf-Aldin, M.; Kurtoglu, B.; Kosanke, T.; Paiangle, M.; Patterson, R.; Mir, F.; Narasimhan, S.; Amini, A.

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2013
Rock Mechanics

Experience Using a Novel 45 Degree Transducer to Develop a General Unconventional Shale Geomechanical Model

Sharf-Aldin, M.; Rosen, R.; Narasimhan, S.; PaiAngle, M.

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