Pore pressure/stress coupling in Brunei Darussalam - implications for shale injection

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 369-379

  Tingay, Mark R P ^a   Hillis, Richard R ^a   Morley, Christopher K ^b   Swarbrick, Richard E ^c   Okpere, Eugene C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Brunei Shell Petroleum ^*  (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC DIKE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE FLOW; MOBILIZATION; MUD VOLCANO; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENT; SHALE; STRESS CHANGE;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0347911966     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.24     Document Type: Article

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