Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for minimization of effects of near-wellbore stresses and stress variations during in-situ stress testing of formation rock by, for example, setting upper and lower packers of an in-situ stress testing tool at a target depth within a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation, injecting fluid from the in-situ stress testing tool into the subterranean formation at a downhole location within a first interval between the upper and lower packers to create and/or propagate a fracture within the subterranean formation, iteratively conducting a plurality of cycles of potential closure and/or re-opening of the fracture while injecting the fluid from the in-situ stress testing tool into the subterranean formation and recording the minimum stress measurements of the subterranean formation, and moving the upper and lower packers of the in-situ stress testing tool to a new depth within the wellbore while running an imaging and/or acoustic tool module of the in-situ stress te

Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method for characterizing a rock formation sample. The method for characterizing a rock formation sample includes obtaining a plurality of data sets characterizing the rock formation sample. The method further includes training a neural network to generate a computational model. Moreover, the method additionally includes using the plurality of data sets as input to the computational model, wherein the computational model may be implemented by a processor that derives an estimate of permeability of the rock formation sample.