Collaborative Research: RUI: Characterizing borehole breakouts in anisotropic materials in — NSF Award to Carleton College (MN, $1
This project uses two different methods to study borehole breakouts, which are features formed in wells drilled to obtain oil, gas, and water. These features can be detected as distortions in the shape of the well’s circumference. These distorted shapes are used to understand stresses within the Earth’s crust, includin
| Award title | Collaborative Research: RUI: Characterizing borehole breakouts in anisotropic materials in |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2419208 |
| Awardee | Carleton College |
| City | NORTHFIELD |
| State | MN |
| Amount obligated | $180,350 |
| Principal investigator | Sarah Titus |
| Program | Tectonics |
| Start date | 09/01/2024 |
| Abstract | This project uses two different methods to study borehole breakouts, which are features formed in wells drilled to obtain oil, gas, and water. These features can be detected as distortions in the shape of the well’s circumference. These distorted shapes are used to understand stresses within the Earth’s crust, including in California near the San Andreas fault, which is important for estimating earthquake hazards. However, the inference of stress from breakouts is challenging when the well goes |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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