Land subsidence spreading factor of the northern adriatic gas fields, Italy

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 459-475

  Baú, Domenico ^a   Ferronato, Massimiliano ^a   Gambolati, Giuseppe ^a   Teatini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active waterdrive; Antrophogenic land subsidence; Finite elements; Gas withdrawal; Northern adriatic basin; Reservoir compaction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SUBSIDENCE;

ACTIVE WATERDRIVE; AQUIFER HYDRAULICALLY CONNECTED; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; LAND SUBSIDENCE; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; RESERVOIR COMPACTION; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

EID: 0006735957     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2001)1:4(459)     Document Type: Article

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