Abstract: A method according to some embodiments comprises obtaining a formation sample from a borehole, identifying minerals present in a first portion of the formation sample and determining densities of the minerals. The method also comprises determining, using a second portion of the formation sample, material properties associated with the mineral densities. The method further comprises associating the material properties with the identified minerals using the mineral densities, and generating a log comprising the associations.

Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation includes providing capsules comprising at least one of a mineral acid, a Lewis acid, a hydrolysable acid precursor, and mixtures thereof; providing a carrier fluid; placing the capsules and the carrier fluid into a zone in a shale formation, the zone comprising fractures; allowing the capsules to at least partially dissolve. Upon the hydrolysis of the acid, etching of the faces of the fractures occurs.

Abstract: Methods including introducing a particulate-stabilized emulsion into a subterranean formation having a mineralogy profile, wherein the particulate-stabilized emulsion comprises: an external phase, an internal phase comprising a surfactant, and particulates at an interface between the internal phase and the external phase, thereby forming internal phase surfactant droplets surrounded with the particulates and suspended within the external phase, wherein at least a portion of the particulates are composed of a mineral-containing material selected to mimic at least a portion of the mineralogy profile of the subterranean formation; and destabilizing the particulate-stabilized emulsion to release the surfactant from the internal phase surfactant droplets.

Abstract: A method according to some embodiments comprises obtaining a formation sample from a borehole, identifying minerals present in a first portion of the formation sample and determining densities of the minerals. The method also comprises determining, using a second portion of the formation sample, material properties associated with the mineral densities. The method further comprises associating the material properties with the identified minerals using the mineral densities, and generating a log comprising the associations.

Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation includes providing capsules comprising at least one of a mineral acid, a Lewis acid, a hydrolysable acid precursor, and mixtures thereof; providing a carrier fluid; placing the capsules and the carrier fluid into a zone in a shale formation, the zone comprising fractures; allowing the capsules to at least partially dissolve. Upon the hydrolysis of the acid, etching of the faces of the fractures occurs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to identifying potential fracture treatment locations in a rock formation for oil and/or gas production based on production potential. One example method includes receiving internal imaging data of a core sample of a rock formation; generating a digital core sample model of the structure of the core sample based on the internal imaging data; analyzing the core sample model to determine the density distribution of a deposit in the core sample; and determining a production potential value from the density distribution of the deposit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to identifying potential fracture treatment locations in a rock formation for oil and/or gas production based on production potential. One example method includes receiving internal imaging data of a core sample of a rock formation; generating a digital core sample model of the structure of the core sample based on the internal imaging data; analyzing the core sample model to determine the density distribution of a deposit in the core sample; and determining a production potential value from the density distribution of the deposit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to digitally characterizing and simulating wormhole structures in rock. One example method includes receiving internal imaging data of a core sample of a rock formation; generating, by one or more processors of a computing system, a digital core sample model of the structure of the core sample based on the internal imaging data; and analyzing, by the one or more processors, the core sample model to determine the porosity value of the core sample.