Modeling of Reservoir Compaction and Casing Integrity Evaluation Using Reservoir Simulation

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 514-521

  Abou Sayed, Ahmed S ^a   Meng, Fanhong ^a   Noble, John E ^a   Guo, Quanxin ^a  

^a Advantek Intl Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPRESSIBILITY; DEFORMATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL CASINGS; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

DEEP-WATER RESERVOIRS; WELLBORE TRAJECTORIES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0345737425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81072-MS     Document Type: Conference Paper

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