Subsidence Prediction and Inversion of Subsidence Data

Proceedings of the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 543-552

  Fokker, Peter A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTICITY; HYDROCARBONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

GAS FIELDS; PORO-ELASTIC COUPLINGS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642459158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/78227-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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