Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Time Event  
08:00 - 11:30 Registration (Reception)  
08:30 - 09:00 Opening GeoProc 2017 (Principal amphitheatre)  
09:00 - 09:30 Keynote lecture (C.Spiers): Effects of THMC processes on rock and fault behavior under upper crustal conditions (Principal amphitheatre) - C.Spiers  
09:30 - 10:30 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Principal amphitheatre) - J.Sulem  
09:30 - 09:45 › Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Shale - Victor Vilarrasa, Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research  
09:45 - 10:00 › Pore and grain scale changes during pore collapse and liquefaction in chalk - EURIPIDES Papamichos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, SINTEF Petroleum Research  
10:00 - 10:15 › THM Behavior of a Fluid Inclusion - A.P.S. Selvadurai, A.P.S. Selvadurai, McGill University  
10:15 - 10:30 › Chemical Control of Fracture Permeability, Injectivity, and Reservoir Sweep in Geologic CO2 Storage - Thomas Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (Reception)  
11:00 - 12:00 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Principal amphitheatre) - C.Spiers  
11:00 - 11:15 › Thermo-mechanical behavior of clays explained from the nanoscale - Laurent Brochard, Laboratoire Navier  
11:15 - 11:30 › Hydro-mechanical modelling of a coalbed methane production well via a dual-porosity approach - Francois Bertrand, Université de Liège  
11:30 - 11:45 › Hydro-mechanical modelling of a gallery sealing over the entire life of a deep repository - Daniel Ruiz, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya  
11:45 - 12:00 › Flexible parallel implicit modelling of fractured reservoirs - Mauro Cacace, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences  
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant)  
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote lecture (E.Aharonov): A steady-state physics-based rock-friction constitutive law: predicting friction dependence on temperature, stress and slip rate (Principal amphitheatre) - E. Aharonov  
14:30 - 15:30 Induced seismicity, fault reactivation and landslides (Principal amphitheatre) - Y.Guglielmi  
14:30 - 14:45 › Coupled fluid flow and geomechanical modeling studies on fault activation, induced seismicity and potential fault leakage in geologic carbon storage - Jonny Rutqvist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  
14:45 - 15:00 › A numerical approach for simulation of shear dilation of three-dimensional fracture networks - Inga Berre, Christian Michelsen Research, University of Bergen  
15:00 - 15:15 › Superposition of processes may explain post-injection seismicity in deep geothermal systems - Silvia De Simone, Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Dept.of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) [Barcelona]  
15:15 - 15:30 › Strain localisation in submerged slopes due to rapid sedimentation - Andreas Stoecklin - Institute for Geotechnical Enginnering [ETH Zurich]  
15:30 - 16:30 Experimental advances in THMC processes (Principal amphitheatre) - E.Papamichos  
15:30 - 15:45 › Flow of CO2-rich fluids in simulated wellbore interfaces: Experiments and models exploring reactive transport on length scales of several metres - Tim Wolterbeek, Utrecht University - Amir Raoof, Utrecht University  
15:45 - 16:00 › The impact of thermal cycles on the mobilization of shear strength for energy piles - Andreea Vasilescu, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique  
16:00 - 16:15 › Mechanical properties of thin-layered rock masses in dry and water-soaked conditions and their influences on stability of large tunnels - Yuting Zhang, Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute  
16:15 - 16:30 › Experimental investigation of pore pressure propagation around the borehole during drilling in gas shale formations - MA Tianshou, State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chendu, Sichuan, P.R. China  
15:30 - 16:30 Numerical challenges in THMC modeling (Room 1) - T. Poulet  
15:30 - 15:45 › The effects of temperature on oil wellbore stability in rocks using coupled THM numerical simulation - Mohammad Oliaei, assistant professor at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran  
15:45 - 16:00 › Coupled CFD-DEM simulation of slip instabilities in sheared granular layer: applications to granular fault gouge - Omid Dorostkar, Eldgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology  
16:00 - 16:15 › Hydraulic apertures of open and sealing fractures - Tobias Kling, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Geosciences - Philipp Blum, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Geosciences  
16:15 - 16:30 › A multiscale numerical modeling of elastoplastic behavior of saturated double porous geomaterials - YAJUN CAO, Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille LML  
16:30 - 17:00 Refreshment (Reception)  
17:00 - 18:00 Experimental advances in THMC processes (Principal amphitheatre) - K.Regenauer-Lieb  
17:00 - 17:15 › Mechanical degradation analysis of sandstone under chemical corrosion - Wei Wang, Key Laboratory of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University  
17:15 - 17:30 › Effects of temperature on the instantaneous and time dependent volume changes of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone - Malik Belmokhtar, École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)  
17:30 - 17:45 › Poroviscoelastic behavior of common sedimentary rock - Roman Makhnenko, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
17:00 - 18:00 Numerical challenges in THMC modeling (Room 1) - D.Garagash  
17:00 - 17:15 › Fluid-rock interactions in THMC simulations: its numerical challenges and future modeling perspectives - Allan Leal, ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences  
17:15 - 17:30 › Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of an in situ heating test in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone - Manon Vitel, Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs, Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs  
17:30 - 17:45 › An X-FEM technique for simulation of hydraulic fracturing in impervious fractured domains: numerical and experimental investigations - Mohammad Vahab, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.  
17:45 - 18:00 › Finite Strain description of Fractal Damage in Geo-materials - Ali KARRECH, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia  
18:00 - 21:00 Cocktail (Poster hall)  
18:00 - 21:00 Poster Session (Poster hall) - All topics  
18:00 - 21:00 Hydraulic fracturing (Poster hall) - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 › An Enriched Finite Element Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture in Porous Media based on Continuum Damage Mechanics - Amir Reza Khoei, Sharif university of technology  
18:00 - 21:00 › Numerical Advances to simulate Shear Failure and Tensile Failure due to Hydraulic Fracturing Operations - Berta María Gómez Castro, Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya [Barcelona]  
18:00 - 21:00 Experimental advances in THMC processes (Poster hall) - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 › Characterization of bentonite seal infiltrated with brine from laboratory test and theoretical modelling - Zhenze Li, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission  
18:00 - 21:00 › Tracer tests and numerical simulations on nonlinear fluid flow behaviors in 2D fracture networks - Bo Li, Shaoxing University - Zhen Zhong, Shaoxing University  
18:00 - 21:00 Induced seismicity, fault reactivation and landslides (Poster hall) - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 Instabilities, bifurcation phenomena and strain localization due to THMC processes - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 › Numerical analysis of strain localization in a Cosserat continuum with THM couplings - Hadrien Rattez, Laboratoire Navier  
18:00 - 21:00 Numerical challenges in THMC modeling (Poster hall) - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 › 3D Numerical Study on Permeability Property of Columnar Jointed Rock - qingxiang meng, Research Institute of Geotechnical Enginnering, Hohai University,Nanjing 210098, China  
18:00 - 21:00 › Energy-based approaches for the computation of fracture parameters in poroelastic media - Morteza Nejati, ETH Zurich  
18:00 - 21:00 › Reactive flow patterns in fractured media - Julian Mindel, Eldgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich  
18:00 - 21:00 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Poster hall) - Poster session  
18:00 - 21:00 › Analytical model of self-sealing process of fractures in claystone - Soheib Maghsoodi, LEMTA  
18:00 - 21:00 › Fluid pressure feedback on rocks at the micro-scale - Martin Lesueur, School of Petroleum Engineering, The University of New South Wales  
18:00 - 21:00 › Model development for fully coupled hydro-thermal-mechanical analysis of brine migration in salt - Mengsu Hu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  
18:00 - 21:00 › Modeling stress transfer during hydraulic stimulation of geothermal reservoirs - Gunnar Jansen, University of Neuchâtel  
18:00 - 21:00 › Modelling the desiccation induced damage zone for a bedded argillaceous rock with a visco-elastoplastic model - Son Nguyen, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission  
18:00 - 21:00 › Multiphysics modelling in the frame of deep geothermal energy systems - Alain dimier, Eifer Karlsruher Institut für Technologie  
18:00 - 21:00 › Numerical Homogenization Analysis on Elastic Property of Jointed Rock with Crystalline Structure - weiya xu, Hohai University  
18:00 - 21:00 › Studying overpressure and stress heterogeneity above a deep geothermal reservoir: a multi-physics rock mechanical approach - Robin Seithel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology  
18:00 - 21:00 › THMC in deep geological nuclear waste disposal - Manman Hu, UNSW  

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:30 Keynote lecture (J.Rice): Thermo-hydro-mechanical processes stabilizing Antarctic ice stream shear margins (Principal amphitheatre) - J.Rice  
09:30 - 10:30 Instabilities, bifurcation phenomena and strain localization due to THMC processes (Principal amphitheatre) - I.Stefanou  
09:30 - 09:45 › Multiscale THMC Coupling for Next Generation Reservoir Engineering - Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, University of New South Wales  
09:45 - 10:00 › Long-term and short-term evolution of engineering properties of geomaterials - Tomasz Hueckel, Duke  
10:00 - 10:15 › Multiphysics couplings and strain localization in fault zones - Jean Sulem, Laboratoire Navier, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech  
10:15 - 10:30 › Hydro-mechanical time-dependent deformation, creep and fracturing of brittle rocks - Tao Xu, Northeastern University  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (Reception)  
11:00 - 12:00 Instabilities, bifurcation phenomena and strain localization due to THMC processes - J.Rice  
11:00 - 11:15 › Microstructure and Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical effects as an explanation of rate dependency during seismic slip - Ioannis Stefanou, Laboratoire Navier  
11:15 - 11:30 › Vaporization of fault water during seismic slip - Jianye Chen, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, High Pressure & Temperature laboratory, Utrecht University  
11:30 - 11:45 › Boudinage and folding as the same fundamental energy instability in ductile deformation - Max Peters, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Geothermal Research  
11:45 - 12:00 › Localization of deformation in a fault gouge with Cosserat microstructure and THCM couplings - Hadrien Rattez, Laboratoire Navier  
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant)  
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote lecture (Y.Guglielmi): Fault slip experiments in Earth Laboratories - Insights into the couplings between permeability creation, stimulated fault area and aseismic / seismic slip (Principal amphitheatre) - Y.Guglielmi  
14:30 - 15:30 Induced seismicity, fault reactivation and landslides (Principal amphitheatre) - E.Aharonov  
14:30 - 14:45 › Earthquake cycles in geometrically complex faults with ageing rate and state friction - Pierre Romanet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Laboratoire de géologie de l'ENS  
14:45 - 15:00 › Research on the impact of principle stress ratio on geological disaster - zhenlong song, Chongqing University, state key laboratory of coal mine disaster dynamics and control  
15:00 - 15:15 › Implementation of a softening-healing law in a distinct element fluid injection simulation - Rima Ghazal, Itasca Consultants SAS  
15:15 - 15:30 › Inverse Proportionality Between Energy Intensities and their Consequences - Gary Couples, Heriot-Watt University  
15:30 - 16:30 Numerical challenges in THMC modeling (Principal amphitheatre) - T.Hueckel  
15:30 - 15:45 › Earthquake rupture modeling on complex fault systems and complex media - Kurama OKUBO, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris  
15:45 - 16:00 › Analysis of the non-linear dynamics of chemically active creeping faults - Sotiris Alevizos, University of New South Wales  
16:00 - 16:15 › Numerical modelling of multi-physics instabilities using REDBACK - Thomas Poulet, CSIRO  
16:15 - 16:30 › Numerical THM Modelling of Performance of Radially Jet-Drilled Laterals in Chalk Reservoirs - Maiya Medetbekova, Centre for Oil and Gas, Technical University of Denmark  
15:30 - 16:30 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Room 1) - J.Rutqvist  
15:30 - 15:45 › Effect of thermal cycles on the mechanical behavior of a model energy pile in dry sand - Van Tri Nguyen, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam - Anh Minh Tang, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech - Jean-Michel Pereira, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech  
15:45 - 16:00 › Hydro-mechanical Coupled Elasto-visco-plastic Damage Analysis of Columnar Jointed Basalt in Baihetan Hydropower Station - weiya xu, Research Institute of Geotechnical Enginnering, Hohai University,Nanjing 210098, China  
16:00 - 16:15 › Computational upscaling of Drucker-Prager plasticity from micro-CT images of synthetic porous rock - Jie LIU, Sun Yat-Sen University  
16:15 - 16:30 › Gas seepage from saturated sediments: Coupling flow and Geomechanics - Ran Holtzman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
16:30 - 17:00 Refreshment (Reception)  
17:00 - 17:45 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Principal amphitheatre) - K.Regenauer-Lieb  
17:00 - 17:15 › Modelling continental glaciation to verify the robustness of the geosphere as a barrier to radionuclide migration from a deep geological repository - Son Nguyen, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission  
17:15 - 17:30 › Experimental investigation of shear creep behavior of discontinuity involved in rock mass - weiya xu, Hohai University  
17:30 - 17:45 › The effects of temperature perturbation and chemical reactions on flow-channeling in fractured geothermal doublets - Saeed Salimzadeh, Centre for Oil and Gas, Technical University of Denmark  
20:00 - 23:00 Banquet (Train Bleu)  

Friday, July 7, 2017

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:30 Keynote lecture (A.Onaisi): 1D and 3D geomechanical modelling workflows and field applications in Total (Principal amphitheatre) - A.Onaisi  
09:30 - 10:30 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Principal amphitheatre) - S.Ghabezloo  
09:30 - 09:45 › Numerical modeling of rock fracturing in geothermal systems - Frederic Pellet, Mines ParisTech - PSL research University  
09:45 - 10:00 › Modelling of the poro-elastoplastic behavior of an early-age cement paste: application to well cementing - Marcos Samudio, Laboratoire Navier  
10:00 - 10:15 › Coupling mechanical and swelling effects on natural stiff clays under unloading-reloading loops - Xuan-Phu Nguyen, ITASCA  
10:15 - 10:30 › Thermal behavior of an underground heat storage designed for large scale thermo-electric energy storage - Denis Nguyen, Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières  
10:30 - 11:00 Cofee break (Reception)  
11:00 - 12:00 Hydraulic fracturing (Principal amphitheatre) - A.P.S.Selvadurai  
11:00 - 11:15 › Extent of Tensile Cracking Induced by a Hydraulic Fracture - Dmitry Garagash, Dalhousie University  
11:15 - 11:30 › Crack-tip plastic deformation in fluid-saturated solids - Panos Papanastasiou, University of Cyprus  
11:30 - 11:45 › A coupled RBSM-DFN modeling of hydraulic fracturing - Jian-Fu Shao, SHAO Jianfu  
11:45 - 12:00 › Hydraulic – natural fracture interactions and stress field perturbation, insights from a coupled 3D discrete element model - Efthymios Papachristos, Laboratoire sols, solides, structures - risques [Grenoble]  
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant)  
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote lecture (A.Schubnel): Strength and Anisotropy in Tournemire Shale: Temperature, Pressure and Time Dependences (Principal amphitheatre) - A.Schubnel  
14:30 - 15:15 Hydraulic fracturing (Principal amphitheatre) - P.Papanastasiou  
14:30 - 14:45 › Progressive damage and strain localization in modelling pre-eruptive deformation: analytical and numerical results - Jean-Luc GOT, Institut des sciences de la Terre, Institut des Sciences de la Terre  
14:45 - 15:00 › Non-symmetry of a hydraulic fracture due to the inhomogeneity of the reservoir - Sergey Golovin, Novosibirsk State University, Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics  
15:00 - 15:15 › Tip asymptotic of a hydraulic fracture driven by a power law fluid accounting for the presence of a fluid lag - Fatima-Ezzahra Moukhtari, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)  
14:30 - 15:15 Reservoir mechanics (Nuclear waste disposal, CO2 sequestration, Energy storage, Petroleum engineering, Geothermal energy etc.) (Room 1) - J.-M.Pereira  
14:30 - 14:45 › Micromechanical modeling of time-dependent behavior of a typical shale rock - Faten FARHAT, Université Lille 1  
14:45 - 15:00 › From localized to homogeneous deformation of porous rocks - insights from laboratory experiments and numerical modelling - Antoine Jacquey, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, RWTH Aachen University  
15:00 - 15:15 › On Poroelastic State Initialization under the Influence of Gravity - Ekkehard Holzbecher, German University of technology in Oman  
15:15 - 16:00 Experimental advances in THMC processes (Principal amphitheatre) - A.Schubnel  
15:15 - 15:30 › Thermal shear reactivation in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone - Pierre Delage, Laboratoire Navier  
15:30 - 15:45 › Experimental characterization of desiccation of lime treated clayey silt - Nicolas PONCELET, Université libre de Bruxelles - Bertrand FRANCOIS, Université libre de Bruxelles  
15:45 - 16:00 › Experimental characterization of THMC behavior in granular uncemented media during heavy oil production (EOR) - Miriam Martin Ruiz, Polytechnic University of Madrid  
16:00 - 16:30 Closure (Principal amphitheatre)