Cubical granite specimens were fractured by borehole pressurization of 1 cP water, 80 cP oil and via a urethane sleeve. Viscous oil tends to generate thick and planar cracks with few branches, while water tends to generate thin and wavelike cracks with many secondary branches. While penetrating fluids extended cracks rapidly, pressurization via a urethane sleeve led to stepwise crack extension. Fault-plane solutions of AE (Acoustic Emission) events indicated that shear-type mechanisms were dominant during water injection and sleeve pressurization, whereas tensile-type mechanisms were dominant during oil injection. These results could be helpful in optimizing stimulation treatments in the petroleum industry.
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