Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-situ stress measurement method
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Application No.: US16473407Application Date: 2017-11-06
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Publication No.: US11493393B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Takatoshi Ito , Kazuhiko Tezuka , Tetsuya Tamagawa
- Applicant: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. , Tohoku University
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo; JP Sendai
- Assignee: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.,Tohoku University
- Current Assignee: Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.,Tohoku University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo; JP Sendai
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-254104 20161227
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/039889 WO 20171106
- International Announcement: WO2018/123269 WO 20180705
- Main IPC: G01L5/00
- IPC: G01L5/00 ; E21B49/00 ; E21B49/06 ; G01L1/00

Abstract:
An in-situ stress measurement method is provided. The method includes measuring a length of a maximum diameter at which an amount of distortion relative to a diameter of a standard circle of a measurement cross section of a boring core is largest and a length of a minimum diameter at which the amount of distortion relative to the diameter of the standard circle is smallest based on a shape of the measurement cross section of the boring core; measuring a length of a diameter in a vertical direction and a length of a diameter in a horizontal direction of the measurement cross section of a side-wall core acquired by hollowing ground in a well in an excavation direction thereof, based on a shape of the measurement cross section of the side-wall core; and calculating a maximum horizontal stress and a minimum horizontal stress by first and second equations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200149984A1 IN-SITU STRESS MEASUREMENT METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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