High In Situ Stress Anisotropy Lead to Formation of Complex Fracture Patterns

Table 1

Comparison of representative elastoplastic parameters between the Athabasca oil sands and the current target reservoir sands.

Sample		Cp’ MPa	Linear Young’s moduls, GPa	Dilation angle, °
Current target reservoir sands	A1	0.1	3.176	55
	A2	0.5	4.448	57
	A3	2.0	7.450	43
	A4	5.0	17.140	58
Athabasca oil sand in Alberta, Canada	1	0.05	0.077	53
	2	0.1	0.079	52
	3	0.3	0.186	48
	4	0.45	0.206	44
	5	0.6	0.226	41
	6	0.7	0.233	34