Fully coupled analysis of well responses in stress-sensitive reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 127-138

  Chin, L Y ^a   Raghavan, R ^a   Thomas, L K ^a  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMECHANICS; OIL WELLS; POROSITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRESSES; WELL PRESSURE;

CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIORS; FULLY COUPLED ANALYSIS; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; STRESS-SENSITIVE RESERVOIR;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; OIL WELLS;

GEOMECHANICS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; STRESS SENSITIVE RESERVOIR;

EID: 0031630764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/48967-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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