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UK in-situ stress field orientation from borehole breakouts and drilling induced tensile fractures identified using borehole imaging

Dataset title UK in-situ stress field orientation from borehole breakouts and drilling induced tensile fractures identified using borehole imaging
Dataset creators British Geological Survey
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

This datasets contains 323 observations of borehole breakouts across and drilling induced tensile fractures from borehole imaging used to re–characterise the UK stress field orientation in 2016. This was published in the Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology and is openly available using doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.012

The observations relate to 39 wells from Central England, Northern England and Northern Scotland and are provided with links to screen grabs of the images for clarity. The basic well metadata is supplied along with a description of the dataset.

The Images were generated in the IMAGE DISPLAY module of the Landmark RECALL software and are supplied on an "as shown" basis. Descriptions of the tools and the techniques used are listed in the accompanying paper:

KINGDON, A, FELLGETT, M W, & WILLIAMS, J D O. 2016. Use of borehole imaging to improve understanding of the in–situ stress orientation of Central and Northern England and its implications for unconventional hydrocarbon resources. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 73, 1–20.

Dataset content dates 04–Jan–2015 – 07–Jul–2015
Dataset spatial coverage Central and Northern England
Northern Scotland
Dataset supply format Microsoft Excel 2016 and PDF
Dataset language English
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record.
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 04/2017
Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) 10.5285/cb9c22d8-53f1-489f-b4d3-5d008d2a7841
Dataset citation text Fellgett, M W, Kingdon, A, and Williams, J D O. 2017. UK stress field orientation from borehole breakouts and drilling induced tensile fractures identified using borehole imaging. DOI: 10.5285/cb9c22d8-53f1-489f-b4d3-5d008d2a7841
Constraints and terms of use Data available under the Open Government Licence when using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on this record.
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Further information http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.012