Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences by Supervisor "Dusseault, Maurice"
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Factors influencing the occurrence of energy wellbore leakage in Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-22)Wellbore leakage refers to the unwanted leakage of subsurface fluids along the annuli of oil and gas wellbores. Wellbore leakage is of concern because it may cause natural gas - and exceptionally other fluids such as brine, ... -
Modelling of Multistage Hydraulic Fracture Operations in Unconventional Resources – The Application of Geomechanics and Field Data to the Optimization of Fracture Spacing and Production
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-08)Massive multistage hydraulic fracturing using horizontal wells has been an integral part of the natural resource industry in Canada. The process uses long horizontal wells divided into many stages to access large volumes ... -
Tectonic Stresses and Injection-Induced Fault Slip Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-14)Understanding the Earth's stress state at depth is fundamental to a wide variety of subsurface projects, ranging from seismology projects to studies on underground energy storage or extraction. The primary objectives of ...