Fully coupled modeling of seabed subsidence and reservoir compaction of North Sea oil fields

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-161

  Lewis, Roland W ^a   Makurat, Axel ^b   Pao, William K S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Ekofisk oil reservoir; Finite element analysis; Multiphase flow; North Sea; Poroelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; SEAFLOOR; SUBSIDENCE;

EKOFISK OIL FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0042366194     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-002-0239-z     Document Type: Article

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