| CPC G01N 33/241 (2013.01) [G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 24/081 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01); G01N 2223/616 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a computer system, a first set of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) data representing a rock sample, wherein the rock sample is obtained from an underground formation comprising gas-bearing sandstone;
obtaining by the computer system, a plurality of second sets of micro-CT data in a sequence, wherein each of the second sets of micro-CT data represents the rock sample after a performance of a corresponding triaxial shear test on the rock sample, and wherein performing each triaxial shear test comprises:
applying a triaxial load force to the rock sample, and
removing the triaxial load force from the rock sample;
estimating, by the computer system based on the first micro-CT data and the plurality of second sets of micro-CT data, one or more characteristics of the underground formation, wherein the one or more characteristics comprises at least one of:
a permeability of the underground formation, or
a porosity of the underground formation; and
causing, by the computer system, one or more resource extraction operations to be performed on the underground formation based on the one or more characteristics of the underground formation.
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