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Modeling of in-situ horizontal stresses and orientation of maximum horizhontal stress in the gas hydrate-bearing sediments of the Mahanadi offshore basin, India

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Horizontal stresses are key parameters of reservoir geomechanics and wellbore stability modeling. For scientific well drilling, where direct measurements are not always available, modeling of horizontal stresses is challenging, especially for highly porous un-compacted gas hydrate-bearing sediments below the seafloor. We have estimated the minimum (Sh) and maximum (SH) horizontal stresses by using rock poro-elastic models based on three wells data which are situated at the national gas hydrate program (NGHP)-01 sites of the offshore Mahanadi basin. The stress magnitudes are validated by wellbore breakout. We have computed the stress magnitudes using 2D seismic for mapping the gas hydrate-bearing sediments. The average gradients of SH and Sh (10.58 MPa/km and 10.48 MPa/km) are less than the gradient of vertical stress, SV (10.67 MPa/km). The present-day stress distribution at the NGHP-01 site is principally a normal faulting (SV > SH > Sh) regime as obtained from stress polygons. The breakouts identified from both formation image and caliper data, suggest a NNW-SSE orientation for SH in the Pleistocene age, which is slightly anti-clock wise relative to the northward oriented of the Indian sub-continent. This change in the orientation of SH could be due to a local structure/fault system cross-cutting the bottom simulating reflector, and mass sliding/slumping on the seafloor. The orientation of SH varies from N11.25°W to N25.7°W of D-quality. We have analysed wellbore stability using the Mohr–Coulomb circle and hoop stress techniques. These results will enable numerical modeling of production from gas hydrate reservoirs planned for the future.

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    Identification of breakout from formation image and caliper log data and hence, orientation of horizontal stress in the gas hydrates-bearing sediments of the offshore Mahanadi basin.

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    Magnitude of the maximum horizontal stress at breakout intervals and the continuous profile of the horizontal stresses using both well data at NGHP-01 sites and multi-channel seismic data.

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    Analysis of stress polygons, Mohr circles and hoop stress distributions at the selected depth intervals near the gas hydrate-bearing sediments.

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Authors' are thankful to the DST-INSPIRE, Delhi, for funding the project (DST/Inspire Faculty award/2016/Inspire/04/2015/001681) dated 10-08-2015. The authors acknowledge to the head of the gas hydrate section and director CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad and Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), New Delhi for providing us with NGHP-01 wells, 2D seismic data, and other geological information.

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    Pradeep Kumar Shukla & Dip Kumar Singha

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    Dip Kumar Singha

  3. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, 248001, India

    Kalachand Sain

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Shukla, P.K., Singha, D.K. & Sain, K. Modeling of in-situ horizontal stresses and orientation of maximum horizhontal stress in the gas hydrate-bearing sediments of the Mahanadi offshore basin, India. Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour. 8, 90 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-022-00401-6

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