Effect of axial stresses on reservoir rocks

Energy Sources

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 915-920

  Kok, Mustafa Versan ^a   Gurkan Iscan, A ^a   Buket Ulker, E ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axial stresses; In situ stresses; Permeability; Porosity; Reservoir rock

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CORE SAMPLES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIR ROCKS;

ROCKS;

EID: 0036786159     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310290086824     Document Type: Article

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